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MR. JOHN T. ELLIS, OFFERS ENGAGING HISTORY LECTURE Outlines Work on Doctor's Thes is a t Univers ity The History of the Church class was afforded a treat in t he last lecture per iod before t he Christmas holidays. Jo hn T . E llis, A. M., w ho was graduated fro m St. Viator in '27 and who is now pur sui ng his studies for a doctor's degr ee at the Catholic Uni ver s ity, Was hin gto n, D. C. t ook over F ather Card ina l's class durin g the fif t y min ute peri od and lectured on t he history thesis wh ich he is writing for his degTee. T he subject, "Anti-Pa pal Legislation in E ng la nd," was very appropriate both in theme and in time a s the histor y class had been cen t ering t he£r attenti on up on that phase and period of Church history fo r some ti me. Mr. E llis first chos e t o describe the manner in which t he wr itin g of a thesis should be un derta ken . Thi s part of his ta lk wa s based on thr ee ma in points, na mely: 1. Selection of subject. 2. Source of r esearch . 3. Sifting of so urce m aterial. T he major part of his lectur e was spent in outli ning the content mat ter of his Doctor's thesis. He bega n with the yea r 1066, t he year of t he Norman in vas io n a nd con tin ued wi t h great atten t i0l1 to de ta il to th e year 1534, when King Henry VIII for ma ll y declared him self head of t he chu r ch in E ng land. The address was in ter es t ing in its entirety anrl ve ry infor m ationa l, gi ving evidence of th e lecturer 's comp let e master y of t he s ubject. Mr. Ell is re cen tly pu blishe d a,n art icle which ap peared in one of t he December iss ues of t he New W or ld in which he pr aised the last work of the noted Cath olic au thor , F r . F ulton J. Sheen, hi mself a g rad uate of St. Viator Colleg e. T he book, " Religion Without God," Mr . Ellis s ays, ureveals a ver y kee n in s ig ht into the vexing pr oblems whic h beset m odern reli gcous a nd philosophic though t , and demo nstrates beyond qu est io n that he possesses a r are know ledge and understan ding of the var ious movements behind our twen t ieth centur y r elig ious conce pti ons."
Gridiron in New Role As Ice-Skating Rink Another w inter sport ha s made its appearance on t he cam pus dur ing t he past f ew days , t he a ncient and gTaceful art of ice skating. Old Mother Nature ha s been so kind as to provide a sma ll an d unpretentious ska t ing-rink at our very door-step. That portion of t he cam pus w hich, durin g t he Autum n mon ths, form s the setting for many a brillian t gTid · iron batt le, ha s become a small frozen pond, and is being traversed by man y of t he youths of the village, and students a nd f ac ul t y of St. Via tor on g littering blad es of ska t e and sled. Brother Crackn ell a nd Brother Hutton were out s howing the boys a few tricks t he other evening. So far, Brother Cra cknell a ppear s to be the ace of our campus ska ter s . Captain Mike Dela ney of t he Vars ity quintet and Lefty Lae nha rdt, one of our prominent pigs kin toter s, agree that it's much easier t o glide over the old gridiron on ice s kates than (Con t inu ed on fo urt h page)
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Thursday, Janu ary 17, 1929.
" Ca p tain" John Herbert Has Painful Acciden t
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SENIOR BASKETBALL Endowment Column 1/ST. VIATOR TAKES · LEAGUE ORGANIZED ,____ _ _ _ MEASURE OF FAST j XAVIER QUINTET Much Enth usias m Dis played 11
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J ohn Her bert's old "jin x'' is 'on th e St. Via tor College E xte ns ion Cl ub, job once mor e. In the Senior League bas ketta ll ti lt last Sunday morni ng Inc. In Openin g Games when C:t ])tain J ohn's "Sh · " 1939 S traus Bldg ., Chicago played nm ps WatE:on's " VVonder s/ ' the Green-J ers eyed Boys Led All Tel. W abas h 2727 firs t g~ m e of the season f or both Well , they' re off, boys . Yep, t he The Way Founded 1923, Incorpora ted 1927 tea ms, "J aw n" suffer ed an extr em e- Senior Lea g ue has started, a nd Ru teld and La r k in have vowed deadly pair fd frac ture of his left wris t. Purpose: To help fina nce St . Viator The f as t going Iri sh of Saint ViaT he acc ide nt occ urred when the ly enm it y f rom now on. Ca rro11 has CoJleg e by eJt ablis hing f und s fo r tor's ad ded anot her ga me to t heir dought y ca,pta in sought to hea d off a agreed to g ive O'Neil a ha ndi cap Endow ment , Student Aid, a nd College w in colum n w hen t hey def eated th e wild pass and cras hed in to t he wall w hen t hey pla.y on a ccoun t of the Ma inte nan ce, a nd College Develop- hi g hl y touted St. Xavier's t ea m of ' a t t he south end of the gy m. It hap- weig h t advantage, an d the t ip -off me n t . Cincinna ti, Ohio. The fin a l score wa~ p ened when t her e was less than a w ill ta ke pla ce at O'N eil's fou l line. 34 to 18. The Musket eers cam e here Member s hip : Con sis t of t hose w ho Ju st a word for the newcomers to minute left to play and by the t im e wi th t he d is tin ct ion of being t he only " Herb ie" r eache d the dressing r oo m, t his in stitution. Th e Senior League contribute to t he Extens ion Funds ; tea m t hat has b ~a ten St . Viat9r on the amount a nd freq uency of contriafte r fini s hing the ga me with t he was or gani zed five or s ix yea r s ago it s new ftoor. The past two years da ma ged w r is t a t hi s s ide, the inj ury by popular a ppeal throug h t he efforts but ions are left en t ire ly to the do nor. they ha ve walked off the fl oor at . the " Deeds Arc The Test of Loya lt y" had s wollen cons iderab ly a nd loo ked of F ather Harri son. It wa s, the n, a loca l gym na s ium victorious by a S ince the Ex t ens ion Club met on an ythin g but enco ura gi ng. H e was league pr imar il y f or t he p urpose of s mall m argi n in both cases. Howmi ng Day, November 23, Homeco hustled off to t he d octor w ho p r o- en te rta inment durin g t he long winter ever , this year it was a different fifty -one t housan d d ollars in ins urnounced t he member fr ac tu r ed in twu eveni ngs, but s ince t hen has been r es tory. The Ir is h looked bett er than 1 an ce have bee n added to t he E ndow places. gard ed as a tra ining school f or the t hey have so f ar this year. Theif ' men t f und a nd twenty-two new memT his last injury to th e ex-va rsity Var ~ity. Sta r t ing on a s ma ll scale fa st pass ing ga me bro ug ht t he Viabers enroll ed on t he r oster of the bas ket ba ll ma n a nd las t season's at firs t, t he league soon grew t o t he tor forwa rds under the basket for Club. T his brcngs t he fu nd to foo t ba ll cap tai n reca ll s t he incident extent of as ma ny as s ixtee n tea ms, s hots t ime a nd agai n. Despite th e $35 1,000.00 a nd the members hip to of t he t orn li gaments th a t he r eceived a nd never be low ten. It ha s been the fact t hat St. Xavier's team w as com 451. du r ing a. pra ctice session la st fa ll on proud boast of t his league t hat it has posed of large men, much t a ller t han The fo un der s of t he endowm ent brok en ti p befo r e t he end of its never the gridi ron. It was no one's f a ult ; the local quintet, a nd r eputed to have fund now n umber 136 insuran ce it s imply happ ened. schedu le. La.st year Wa lsko's "Jakes" the bes t defe nse in basket ball, th eir fo und er s a nd 15 cas h f ounder s. One T hree years a go whil e pitching f or wen t he leag ue, whi le T om Hanaha n sma ller opponents passed t heir way i! . becomes a fo under by a ss igning t o Ray Hartnett's tea m in t he Senior wo n the individua l sc'Jr!.ng ti tle. t h ro ug h for m a ny shots. the Club a $1,000 twenty year endowBaseball League, Joh nnie t ri ed to Mucilli won the free-throwing conR ed O' Ma lley scored t he fi r st points ment policy, which costs a pproxi!' tag a m an as he s lid into ho me plate test w hich t akes place between the of t he eveni ng w hen he tossed in a ma te ly $50 a n nua ll y, or by dona t ing a nd t his ti me t he luckless athlete hal ves of each ga me. At the end of dou ble-decker f r om under t he bask$500 to t he endowment fu nd. s nap ped the la r ge bone in hi s r igh t t he sea son t he to tals of each man are Red cam e back w it h another a The Memor ial feat ur e of our en- et. wri st. a dded up and the winner is pr esented fe w min ut es late r a nd Viator ha d a dowm ent pla n has a g r eat appeal to A nd t ha t csn't a ll. Alt hough very with a. s ilver meda l or some s uch r elead that was never relinquis hed dur those w ho cherish the name of a def ew fellows are pr esent in schoo l wa rd. Consolation pla ce winni ngs ing t he remain der of the g am e. T he parted fri end . S ixteen m emorials score at t he half was 15 t o 8. w ho mi g ht r ecall th e St . Viator get a slee p over on Sunda ys a nd Mo na re a lready establis hed a s a part of Aca,demy-Pontiac Hig h Scho ol ga me days for the res t of the year. St. Xavier's threatened to overcome the endowm en t throug h th e medium Th e te a ms ente red in this yea r 's Viator's lead s everal times during the t aok in 1923, the w r iter dis tinctly of our ins ura nce plan. T he f ounder s re member s th e occa sion w hen little schedu le a r e a s f ollows : Logan's ga me but a s soon a s they came witha nd t he am ount of t hese mem oria ls in two or three points of Viato1.Js J ohnnie Herber t was transfe rred "Apaches," Hoog's "T roja.n s," Carare a s follows : scor e, some green-jerseyed athlete fro m t he f ootball play ing fi eld to a ro ll's " Va nities," Gallagher 's uGet A Friend, $25,000 .00 . would slip the lea ther between the gray-color ed ambu la nce a nd conveyed 'ems,'' O'Neil's " Ca ge Artist s," HanaColl eg-e Club, $1 5,000.00. han 's " E pworth's," Watson's "Wondmes hes to incr ease the lead of t he to St . Jam es' Hos pital in that cit y Rev . Joseph V. LaMa r re, $10,000.00. Iris h. The Mus ket eers played both er s,'' Herber t 's "Shr imps," J. Mur with a br oken a nk le . J ohn R. O'Connor, $7,000.00. bri lliant and ragged basketball. T heir J. Smi t h's \V ho ca.n boast of more s erious ph y's " Men-0 '-War," T homas L. Warner , $7,000.00. pivot play w hich f eat ur ed offense m isha ps th a n happ y- go-lucky J ohn ? " Sinker s," Lo ng 's 11 Lo ng-Shots," D. Dr. L. C. F ey, $7,000.00. la st yea r was not f unct ioning last And who co uld g reet t he world with ( Cont inued on second page ) Andrew C. O' Laug hlin, $7,000.00. nig ht with t he r esul t t.l tP. t th ey wer e a more enga ging g r in t ha n the one Rt . Rev. M. Derm ody, $5,000.00 . held to four fi eld g oals f or the evenw!.th w hich he f aces ea ch new unforRt. Rev. P. F. Shewbridge, $5,000. Lng. Viator 's defense prevented them . tun a te br eak? A s incer e w is h fo r Bradley and Viator To Rev. P. C. Conwa y, $5,000.00. from wor king t h is pivot play. O'Mat:.. ." :: r his complete a nd im med iate recovery 1 Play Night Grid Game Rev. T . L. Ha r mon, $5,000.00. ley, Delaney a nd Clothier ,ver e foreacco mpanies t he pu blication of this Rev. W. J . Ly nch, $5,000.00. mos t in break ing it up . Capta in · A 1 a.r t icle. Rev. T im oth y E. O'Shea, $5,000 .00 . Dela ney p layed a brillia nt ga me at Brad ley's foo t ba ll schedul e a s reRev. W. J. Ki nsell a, $5,000.00 . leased by Hea d Coach A. J . Ro be rtg uard. It was impossH<c for an op-. Re v. J ohn A. McCart hy, $5,000.00. ponent to dr ibble past 11 M ike" H e F r. Munsch Takes Up son d isclosed t he fac ts that Bradley Rev. Edwa rd S. Keoug h, D. D., wa s the mainspring of our offense n1eet Lo mbar d on the g t·id •\,. Residence in Florida wandill again t hat two ni ght footb all games $5,000.00 . actua ll y takin g t he ba ll out of h is are carded fo r th e hi lltop fi eld. St. ( Contin ued on fo urth pa ge ) A f uneral downstate, a miss ion in Amb r o'-e , a newCi)Pl er in Tech circles Commonweal Lauds Fr. Ch icago, damp a nd biting winds off will be met in a nigh t g'am c on F ri Maguire's Labor Talk Christmas Missions La ke Mic hi gan, and influenza ger ms day, Octo ber 18, while on October 25, at f a ll acti vity, ar e a for m ida ble St. Viato r w ill vis it Bradley f or a Filled by Viatorians combina.tio n fo r an y ma n to contend nig ht enco un te r. The r es t of t he The f ollowin g edi torial ap peared wit h. They wer e more t han enough sched ule includes g a mes w ith ~f c- in the December 26, 1928 iss ue of The followi ng missions were t a ken for Fr. Munsch . ca r e of by the Viator ian Fath er s Kendree, the Uni ve r s ity of !Hinoi s, aThe Commonw ea l" : The case ag ains t the curr ent use duri ng the holida y sea son : He r eturn ed horne Sunda y ni g ht, Il li nois Wesleya n, Wes ter n Te a..::h·~r..s , Fr. O'Connor , H a r va r d, Illinois. December 9t h, with a seve r e cold and Millik in U niversity and Corn ell Col- of th e injunction in labor disputes was never more f or cibly pu t than by Fr. Stephen, St. Mark's (Chica go ) a slight temper a ture. T he next lege. Fa t her J. W. R. Mag uire-who is Fr. Harri son, Chicago Heig h ts m orni ng, being in a f e verish condinow president of Saint Viator's ColFr. Vien, St . Charles. t ion and unable to swallow his toast Kane-May Wedding leg e, but w ho has a ver y much highF r. Car di na l, Beaverville. and coffee, he ca lled everythi ng off and crawled over to the Infirma ry. Took Place in Dec. er pos ition in the hearts of t hose Fr. McG ui r e, Gibson City. Fr. Marzano, Holy An gels ( Chicawho love in tellect ua l coura ge and Her e Dr. Ca nn on perceived his pr ozeal- addressin g t he New go) . spective patient and shipped him The weddi ng of Mi ss Berni ce Kan e mora l Fr. J . Ly nch, Bloomington. away t o St. Mary's Hospita l. For of Kankakee, Illinois, t o Mr. Franklin Orleans conv ention of the American Fr. T. Lynch, P ull man. a bo ut two weeks he tossed around in T . Ma y occurred on Sa tur day, Decem- Federat ion of La bor. E s peciall y good Fr. Swikowski, Bradley. bed, endeavoring t o f eed a cold and ber 15th, in Chi cago. Mr. May, of was hi s distincti on between la bor as F r . Bra doc, Joliet. s ta r ve a f ever a t t he same time. The last year's grad ua t ing class , was one "pr oper ty" a nd as " an a t tribute of Thi s poin t was F r . Landroche, Ma nteno. feve r wor e away but not so the head of the best known and most popular h uma n na t ur e." Fr. Lowney , St. Rose (Chi cago) . cold. It persisted des pite tr eatments. men on t he campus du r ing t he f our clearl y r eckoned with in ear li er court Fr. Phillips, St. P a tr ick's (Ka nk a Consequentl y Dr . Cann on ord err.:J years of his attenda nce at St. Viator. pract ice, but has been lost s ig ht of to him off to a southern clime, w her e He was one of the mai ns tays of the a great exten t in America n dec is ions. kee ). F r. R ice, State Hos pit al. he might build up quickly hi s r un- Viator footba ll sq uad for fo ur years One reason is, of course, t he amoun t F r. La P la nte, Bourbonnais. down condi t ion. On December 27, and was captain of t he t eam in his of r ac keting w hich has acco mpanied the r ise of organ ized labor in this F r . French St. Ph ilip Neri ( Chi cathe •seminole Limited w hi sked our Junior year. His f r iends and former inval id away to th e gard en . spots of school-mates at Via tor join in offer - co unt.r y. But wh ile conceding t hts go). sunn y Florida . Her e he wn tes t ha t , ing their congra tul a t io ns to t he f act, F a t her Mag uire re minded every - 1 Msgr. Legris, N ot r e Dame Conven t (Co n tinued on second page ) (Bourbonn a is ) . 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