St. Viator College Newspaper, 1928-11-30

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lfliatnrian Volume X LVI

Friday, Nove mb er,

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30, 1928

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MRS. J. LEGRIS, MOTHER OF MSGR. LEGRIS, IS DEAD

Entertain At INSTALLATION OF HOMECOMING PARTY Freshmen Carne Between Halves NEW PRESIDENT TERMED SUCCESSFUL IS CELEBRATED 11 d

Pep Meeting, Nov. 22 Drew Large C rowd

Ga ~ h c re d :-tbou t th e hug (' bonfire Loci by one of t he di s tingus hcd at t he "ou th end of t he c'mpus a C One of the Finest in Re- mc·mbcrs o f th eir or ga nization, Mr. : .owd of t.hr ce or l our hundred lista e .Jo hn No la n, th e fr es hman cla ss s tagcent Years. encd to t he speec hes a n d f'.ss is ted in ed a ve ry entertai nin g f eature be- D egrees Con fe tlred On S everal Longand Serviceable Life th e cheers that tradit ional ly precede tw ee n ha l ves at the H om ecom in g fo ot· Th e Homecoming· Dan ce , spon sored ba ll gam e. Althoug h a large part of Comes to a Peaceful C lose. the 1-JonH'co minr: g u me a t St. Viator. N ote d Me n . ft m o ng- lh e Rpea kers of t he e venin g by t he College Club, wa s one of the th e cr owd sought s helter from the Mrs . J ose ph Legris, 88, d ied at t he wer e : Fathcl' J·. \.Y. R. Mag ui r e, Pres i- most s uccessful e ve r held at th e Col- chill y wind s that swe pt t he fie ld durA mid impress ive cer emoni es th e home of her so n, '1'. A. Leg r is of den t of St. Viator College ; Father leg e. Th r alTai r drew rno s t of its in g l he interm ission, a good portion Very Rev. J. W. R. Maguire, c.s.v. Bour bo nn a is at 12:12 o'clock, Mon- T. J. Lynch, Dean of E n g li sh; Rev. E. larg e crowd from t he a lumni who h ad of th e onl ookers re mained in their A. M. wa s formally insta lled as da y, Novem ber 19. Mrs. Legris McL:1 in, former s ta.r half-back and returned fo r th e inaugura l cer emonies seats to watch th e Frosh man euvers . p: ( s iden t of St . Vi a tor College on had been in ill hea.It h for t he past £h o r l-sto p ot S t. V it-.tor; S :11n McA ll - in th e nwrning and for t h e Milli kinT he "wearer s of t he gree n" form - H omecoming Day, November 23. year a nd fo r t he past two w eeks she iscL·, Coach ; J ohn H er bert, capta in Viator footba. ll game in the after noon. eel a doubl e li ne at th e north en d of The Hon orable A. L. Gr ange r, L. L. had been co nfined to her bed Mus ic for t he evening was furn ish - th e Ii eld , and six of the ir number act- B. '8£, r c p res ~ n t i ng th e la y board of of t h is year's f oo tbal l tea m and llor n in Can ada <~Lefty" L ea nhardt, Don McCar t hy, ed by Ja ck Higgin s and h is Royal Pur- ing a s pallbearers, canied an ancient trus t ees, r ead the s peech of introducMrs. Legris was born 'in Canada Tom Hana ha n, "M ike 11 Delan ey, " Red " ple O•·ches tra of Ch icago. catafalque upon whi ch was inscribed tion. T hr> In vocation wa.s offered by The deco rations were beautiful and the w ord " Mill ikin", down th e field th e Rt. Rev. Bernard, J. Sheil, D. D. at th e Cape St. Ignace in 18-JO. At O'Ma ll ey, and Linus Meis ; al l s eniors the age of twelve years she rn oved and member s of th e football squad. form ed the main topi c of con versation a nd tossed t heir burden over th e fe nce. '08, Auxiliary Bi shop of Chicago. to Bourbonna is with her p l -re n ts A s t he cmter s faded and t he hea t for those who had t he habit of "pas s- Much weeping and dis cordant 11 nose In hi s inaugural address t h e new . and has spent pract ically all of her of t he f ire lessen ed t he students and ing t lw tin1e of day" wit h the ir ne igh- blowing" on th e part of the mourn- y: re- id ent. outlined the aims , hopes lon g and useful life in t his village. "grads" drew closer together. As t he bo i s. Ml'. Mat hews and Mr. L a en- er s proved to be extremely amusing an~ des ires of St. Viator College and Shc was ma rri ed to Jos e ph Leg1·is fire died down th e in tere st and en- hardt are to be co mm ended for the to t he aud ience. pledged h imself to th eir f ulfi llm ent. in 1857. Three of her eig ht child- th u::.i asm of the gathering· increas ed very s plend id res ul ts of t hir efforts in On th e trip back up the fie ld the Rev. E. V. Ca r dinal , CSV. A. M., re n are living. Rev. Msgr. G. M. Cheer after cheer di sturbed the us ua l dress ing· t he inte ri or of th e gym for boys produced " Yayoos", the favorite \· i ce - pr ~ s i dent, prest: nted t he Rt. Rev. Legris is a highl y respected and re- quiet of th e old campus. Each speak- th e occa s ion. mus ical in struments of the f r eshmen, A. J . McGa vick, D. D., Bis hop of nown ed instructor at St. Viator Col- er add ed something th a t hi s prcdeMr . Watso n announced t ha t t he Col- a n d proceed ed to de monstrate th eir L-:tC rosse, \Vi scons in, th e Rt. Rev. leg e. Fred E . and Thom as A. Legris ceS£Ol' h ad ove rl ooked, something tha t 1:.-g z Club has fortunatel y realized a united ab ili t y as concert artists. B. J. She il , D. D., Auxiliary Bishop are presiden t a nd v ice-pres id ent r es- ca ll ed for a renewed outburst fro m n ea t s um after all expenses ha d been I n th e center of th e field the ba nd :. f Chi cago, e. nd t he R t. Re v. Mons igpeetively of t he Leg ri s Trust and Sav- t he t hrong-. se ttl ed. This money will be add ed to halted , faced t he Viator side and nor E. A. Pace, S. T . D., Ph. D., ings Bank of Kank akee. Al phonse As a fitting cli ma x to the p e p-meet~ the r ather dep leted treas ury of the pla yed the Viator Loyalty so ng. As vice-rec tor of th e Catho lic UniverLegri s was a stud ent at St. Via tor ing·, ~. burning "VII app ea re ~l in th e club to be used at a late r date as the th e s pectators cheered and clapped ~ity c f Ameri ca , a s candidates for and was pursu ing an advanced law di s t a nc e, s uspend ed bet wee n two office rs see fi t. the ir appro va l, the entertainers t he degree of Doctor of Laws , hencourse a.t Washington when his deat h t r ees. By the light of t he flaming w h eeled to t he right and ma.rched off c·r is ca usa. Following the citations occured at t he age of twen ty -one. "V" th crowd respo nded to a f ew more Catholic Convert Is th e field, continuing- th e strain s of t he dr>g r ees w ere conferred by th e One other so n, Harvey, died f ive cheer s and the n dis banded to form th e Lo yalty Song. Very Reve r end President. Nobel Prize Winner years ago in the Legris horne on Col- into li ttle gro up s for · d i sc u ~s ions of - - - --Bi s hop McGavick re s pond ed for lege Ave., Bourbonnai s , now known t ho morrow's pros pects John "Ducky" O'Malley th e r ec ipients of th e degrees in a as St. Bernard H al l. Mme . S igrid U n ds et, a. Catholic I t peech of gratitud e t o his former conve rt, has been award ed the Nobel Besides her t hree so ns, Mrs. L egAU-Conference Center teac her s, lauding the ir work in the ,-is is s urvived by man y grandc h ild- Former Viator Man prize in li terature f or 1928, the secfie ld of Chistian education. ren and several grea t great grand~ ond wo rnan ever to r ece ive the honor Sain t Viator College is t he proud . At th e ~onclu s ion of th e ceremo children. Wedded to Kank. Girl a nd th e third Norwegian auth or to be possessor of a n All Conference center mes t he Vu::o.tor anth em was s ung by Mrs. Leg ri s ha s long been known d ist ingui shed. in th e person of J. O'Malley. John the College Glee Club w hile the aca, for gen erous contributions to t he A nr ou nce: mcn t wa s made Hom eThe monetary va lue of th e prize O'Mall ey better known to his tea m- I dem ic procession r eturn ed to' t h e 1 Church of w hi ch society s he wa.s such comil1g Day of th e marriage of Miss t hi s year is about $42,060. This repma tes a s "Ducky" has play ed four ! A.lumn i Ha ll. • • • :-. devoted member. d r esents a new record du e , partly to 1 In --i\'!fHI P Mar.cotte, daughter of Mr. an I t he r emi ss ion of some of th e Swedish years on Via tor's footba ll teams. 1 M~s. Nar cisse -~a.rcotte of_ Bo~n:.on- I tax es and pa r tly to im proved bus iness his freshman year h'e played an end Homecoming Banquet 2 1'laJS, to l>lr. ''h ll •am NevJ ll e Hobo Parade Thru '. of conditions, making th e fun ded invest - pos ition, but at th e start of h1s ! Bl oOnlln gton, Illmo is. The weddmg t m ents yie ld more. sophomore year he was sh ifted to t he Held In Refectory Kankakee a uccess l was a n event of lo.3t July 10 and wa o Mme u n d se t became Imown t o t he center position whi ch he has played ever s in ce with t he exceptio n of two . . I solemnized at Clin ton, Ill., t he ver y . E ng li sl;-s peaking world t hrough her The annua l H om ecoming Alu m ni The student parade to t he Clty of I ~ e v. E . S h e~ , . ch ~nce ll or of t he P eo- 1 novel, "Kri st in Lavra.n sdatter ,'' p ub - gamf's in which he played tack le. It B,•_n qc:et held in t h e college din ing Katlk akee on the evening befor e r w. dtocese offtctatmg·. lishcd in 1920. The book dea ls w ith was during th e past two years and the ha ll was attended by nea rl fo ur hunHomeco ming was enj oyed by ~th. l Bot h M1 ·. and Mrs. Nevill e are we ll I condition s in th e Fourteenth Century earl y p:nt of t he present seas on t hat dred members of th e Alumn i Assoc ia participants and onloo kers. The hn e ! known to_ th ~ pr esent stud ent body. ?.nd is typical of her ab ili ty to portray he ma de the great r ecord of playing L!on, t he St. Viator Col lege Extenof some t\vo hun dred hobos f~rmed at 1 Mrs. Nevi lle IS a graduate of .~otre th e mind of t he Middle Ages. Many ni netee n consecutive games without s ion Club, an d friend s of th e College. theN. Y. Central tracks and advanced · Dame Acad emy, a ttend ed St .. Vtator of her outstand in g works deal with mi ssing a play or cal ling time out. Gra ce wa s offered by the Rt. Rev. on the city proper. one ye2:r, and sp ent one .ye~r 111 stud.y ; t he Th irteenth an d Fourteenth Ceo- "Ducky" put a fit ting climax to hi s Aiexande1· J . McGavick, D. D. ~'8 8, ca r eer with a stellar perfonnance Bis hop of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. E scorted by a city motor co p, th ~ at t he U ni vers1ty of 11\:n ois. ~ he IS ' t udes . t he band of merry maker s w e nd~d 1 t he daughter of one of our s. aunc h , Born in 1882 , she has spent most of 1ga in s t Millik in last Saturday. Ther e w er e n o speeches at t he bant~e ir way- :hro u~h .the business d1s- ~ a l umn i. "Bi ll" ~a s. a. three .spor t her life in Oslo, which is t he scene of quet th is Homecoming on accoun t of 1 tr 1ct, cheermg, smgmg, and end eav- man , a nd forme1 p1 es tden t of the most of her novels. F'or ten years she ·~ h e inaug ra tion ce re mon ies . The Visiting Delegatf>'s lk ol'ng to t he utmost to make t~e ear- 1 St. Viator Co lleg e Club . . wa s employed as a municipal clerk, \' ery Rev. Pres ident made a few andrums of t he audien ce ache wtth t he T h e ~ac ~l ty and stud ent . body JO m resigning about two years after t he At Inauguration nou nce. men ts relative to th pr o ~ discordant rack et. in wishmg ~he newly 1~arned couple ap pearance of her first novel. g r a mme of the day. During t he 1 The parade c:;~. m e to a h a lt at the · eve ry conveivable bless mg. Mme . Undset has published here Univer sity of Illinoi s-Lawrence co:n sc of' th e banquet Father Mag uire co rner of Court St. and Schuyler i - - -- - uThe Bridal Wreath," " The Mist r ess W. Murphy, Rev. W. J. Bergin, C. S. was presented with a hu gh boquet of Ave. and traffic was h eld u p for fifdl I of Husaby," a nd "The Cross." ch1ysanthemums by th e Honorabl e V. teen minutes wh ile t he cheerleader I ra ey Ins Itt e Ro sa ry Co llege-Sis ter Mary Ruth, L ')u i ~ E. Beckman,Mayor of Kank aled the students in a g r eat num ber ! "19" Cross Country k e, :ts ?, to ken of the es tee m which Si st er Vincent Ferrer. Thank You of loud a nd enthuswsttc cheers. The Loyol a Unive r sity- Rev. R. M. the people of Kankakee hold for th~ " Kazzoo Band," rid in g in stat e upon ! newl y appointed presid ent. Ke ll ey, S. J. We take th is opportunity to P eo r ia, !11.-(Special) Br adl ey a n a.ncient hayr ack accom pa nied th e Lombard College-Cha rl es 1\'1 . Poor, exp r ess our sincere apprecia rac,keteers in the Viator loyalty College took f irst place in t he first 11 Geo rg·e G. Davis. tion o f th e assi stance given us song. The parade broke up at t h e annua l L ittle 19" cross country run Electric Scoreboard North Central Coll eg-e - Thomas on t he occas ion of om· Homeinstruction of t h e cheerleader and held at th e Peoria Coll ege last SatFinkbe in er, E. E. Rai l. Makes Debut at Viator co rni ng, by t he variou s individurday by placi ng th e ir s ix runne r s the students started t he return trip . De Pau l Uni versity- Rev. Daniel J. uals a nd or ganization s in the By "hooking" rides with t he towns - among t he fi rst 13 for 30 po ints. McHugh, C. M. Mr. n y members of the College Club 'city of Kan kakee, am ong- whom Co ll ege f inished oecond people all were back to school on Illinois S t. Mary's Colleg e (W inona)- a nd sever a l of th e faculty ha ve cxwe can na me: The Kan kak ee ti me for t he bonfire and pep meeting. w ith S!l points w h ile Monmouth Col1 Rev. Julius iN. H au n. pl cssed t heir apprec iation of t he efChamQer of Commerce, Ka nlege grabbed off t hird place wit h 93. 1 St. Ambrose Coll ege-W. A. Haub- fort s of Adrian Richard and Brother kak ee Hotel, Police DepartT he f irst meet w as award ed to Bombs Add Much To Roger Drolet in installing the large ' er. ment, Dail y Republican, Da ily Bradley beca use it was the first seaMarq uette Un iversity- H.ev. VV. J. elec tric scoreboar d at the sou t h end Homecoming Game ' son for man y of th e co ll eges. Se veral News, State Hos pital Green- 1I Grace , S. J. of t he foo t ball playing fi eld. At t he hous e, K ankankee Aviatio n _ __ fai led to send te ams to t he meet bu t t he Millikin-Viator g am e th e s pectaSchool , Majestic Theater, numSt. Viator copied t he custom of oth- indicated t hat t hey would be repreero us down town s tores that s o An inte res t ing addition to Knox Lors we re ke pt informed play by play cr colleges of exploding bo mbs at cr u- s en ted next fal l. Some t hi rteen difgenerou sly contributed inflamcoll eg e 's growing collection of Lin- as to t he progre..()s of t he gam e. The cial moments in t heir big games . It ferent schools were r cp::-e: en ted in mable ma terial for om· bonfire colni a na is a r ect: nt gift from t he two enge nuous in ventors are inde bted was extr emely unfortunate that all th e run with ove r 880 runn ers facof Nov. 22 . Frederick H. Meserve collection, a t o Mt·. A. L . Taylo,- of th e Bell Tel et he fireworks had to follow touch- ir. g- the starter. The !929 mee t will The College Club. copy of a Civil war photograph of phone Company for t he use of t he downs made by t he oppos ing team in be awarded at t he annual mee tin g of w ire, trans mitters a nd rec e ivers. t he Homecoming battl e. th e coaches in Chicago in Decern ber. L - - ·- - - - - - - - - - - - ' Abrah a m Lincoln .

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