St. Viator College Newspaper, 1930-06-30

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Number 14.

MO.'lDA Y, JUNE 30, 1930.

VOL. XLVII.

Dr. Sheen Addresses Students at Graduation Academy Department to Be Closed

Clerics of St. Viator to Have Charge of New Catholic H. S.

AnnounceJTtent of the closmg of St

Ytatot College Htgh School thts June \\aS made at the 62nd Annual Com

At Springfield, Ill.

Eight Alumni Receive Graduate Degrees

Ralph Hoover, '33 Editor of Viatorian for Coming Year Mr Ralph Hoover

At Lhc commencement exeJ·cl<:~es held at Cdl ho1ic Unner::nty at Washmgton,

'33, \\as the un

mencement of St Vmtor Academy la'3t c hallenged choice of tho student body

In a very recent announcement by ''eek b) the Vety R ev J

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Ma· and faculty for the position of Ed1tor

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last week etght form er s tudents

of St

Vlaiot s received advanced de

grecs for graduate work

Bishop Gnffm of Spung(teld, the Via tortan Fathers are to have chatge of the new Sprmgfteld Catholic Htgh School, startmg next September. \Vlule this high school has been e"\.pected fOl some

gUlre C S V' Pres1dent of St Viator College Only foUl th year students will be ndmttted m the academy next September and the class of 1931 Will be the last to be graduated

m Ch1ef of the V1atonan for Hl30 31 H1s appointment follows the tesigna lJOn of Mr John YV Stafford present ed 1t01 "ho g1aduates th1s year so he shall be unable to f1ll that position for

John Everett Wll h ams and James 'l'homac, See"::, who JUSt t ecently were otdalned mto the priesthood, received the degree~ of Bachelor of Sacred Theology

tune and prepaJ·atiOOS for tt have been made lookmg fon\atd to it, the an r.ouncement of Its early opemng for the receptiOn of students wa~ a. complete surpuse The Catholic school S),stem of Sprmg field at present embtaces all depart ments from kmdergatten to Jumor Col

F«-ther Magmre spol<e with tegret of the necesc;1lv of closmg the l)JepatatOiy dep(\ltment at Dourbonnms but ex plamed that the expo:tnston program of the college made It Imperative, for the 'anous educatiOna l accredttmg asso CI.a.twns dtsappro"e of a college and an ac1.clemy b~ITI~ conducted on the same

the coming year There 1'5 no doubt, but what Mr HOO\Cr shall ably ftll one of the most important student pos1ttons upon the campuc:; H1s unt1rms work on the Vta tonan staff the pao; t ;.ear has &hown that h e is capal)ie fot such a. position Although he ts only a Sophomore, h 1s

Rev Charle"3 Hart '17, r eceived th e dPgTee of Doctor of Phtlosophy Hls thcsl& \\a<> · Thomtstic Theory of Mental Faculties' John T :Clhs, '27 a lso recetved the degTee of Doctor of Philosophy His the'lis was "Anti Papal Legtc,latwn m Medle\·al England

lege. The only onusswn heretofo1e has campus been a department f01 boys dunng The mcreasmg enrollment 111 the col their high school courses Thts has been lege dunng the past e 1ght years hac:~ looked forward to anxJOu::.ly by the been <"J.ttendecl "1th a decrease m the catholic population and thetr hopes ate student bod' of the academy and the to be reahzed as eally as next Septern e1·ect10n of nhmerous . ocal Catholic ber It ts parttculally welcome news to htgh schools throughout the state m them the last decade and the steady trend The Vtatonan Fathet s noted educa to•\ l.l'd an tnCI·ease tn the number of tors, wtll be m chatge of the Doys students ''ho pursue h tghet education. Htgh School ..,, ark m Spnngfteld Ar account for the decline m the number rangements for temporal) Quartets ate of ::.tudents attending bo'\Jding htgh

expenence m ne\"\Spaper work prevlOus to his e ntt ance at St Vmtor should pro' e V'tluable m bUJidmg up the colle

now under consideration

'l'Iuee places oqchools

St V1ator Academy ts one of

w1th ample accommodations are a'atl th e oldest Catholic Boarding schools able, and a dec.tston 1s expected to be 111 llhn 01 s reached Wtthm the neAt two weeks, at Which ttme announcements wtll be made, both through the press and pul pits of the variOUS Cathohc churches or the c 1ty of Sprmgfteld Cias5 \ VtU be Added Eeach Year. The. Rev Leo FJanciS Dee a student )J"ext September only students for the gherareduaattmSgt Vtator s fat fom 'ears and m 1926 IS to be Oldamed first yeat wtll be accepted, that IS the at the CathPdtal of Samt Maty Peona present June graduates from the van Til 30 ous e 1ghth grades and additiOnal years Monday June by the Rtght Will be added each September until the Rev Joseph H Schlat man D D H ts four year course IS m opetatwn Thts Fh st Solemn 1\fass wtll be sung at Holy

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Rev. Dee, '26 to Be O d . d J r aiDe

arrangement has been made, because

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gtate publtcatJon 1\11 Hoover ha<:J not g1ven us any oplimJc:;ttc plane; regardmg the destiny

Bishop Shiel Presides at the Sixty-Second Annual Graduation Honorary Degree Conferred on Dr Sheen. The Rt Rev Bet nard J Shiel, D D , 06 A uxiltary B1shop of Chtcago, preSided at the Sn:ty Second annual Commencement of St Viator College, Tuesday June The graduates were ad10 clre& ~ed by St VIator dt~tmgm shed 5

1917 alumnus of the Class of the Rev. Dr Fulton J Sheen, Ph D S T D There \\ere mneteen graduates who recel\ ed their degree<::., eight of them. Thomas L Sullivan '23 received the be111g honor students degree of Mac;ter of Arts His thesis "a<J , The Dommant Role of Bnhsh The DJu.-,tnou s t.onunencement Orator St Ytdtor College " ·as most fortunate Diplomacy In the S)ttan Trouble of 111 bemg able to &ecure ac:; Commence1832 40 Joh n L M c M a h on '?9 ..., a 1so recetved ment speaker he1 tllustrtou& a lumnus the de~ree of Master of Arts Hts the \\·ho has 11c:;en 1n a "\Pt) &hott lime to "'I<J \V'l<:! • ChtJ~topher Columbuc:; In Eng be one of th" out-.tanclm~ ~pea.hers and rne of the leadmg Ne") scholusttc philo· lJ sh Ltterature'

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of the Vtatonan fo1 the coming year but \\e are su r e th at he will contmue to produce 'The best httle college JOur nal In Amenca We extend <:~mce1e John Thomac:; Ryan 15 and Joseph -,ophe1-s in AmetJCa Ha-..-mg been gradcongratu lations Eugene Suprenant '25 recen ed the de uated tram College onl:y m 1917, and &lee-:. of BachE>lor of Stcred Theology after a bnlhant coutse of stuclies "htch

Memoria] Day Ce}ebrati.Oll

hut clo not nfftctalh JecE>ne them until "on him a Ph

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trom Lomam

and

the' ha'e been appOinted Sub deacons

Ln S T D from Rome as "ell as h mg made the only 4..Jnencan Aggrege t . en Phtloc;ophte de L lJmverstte de LouMemo! tal Dav Mav 30 was cele WO I Orlan , am, Dr Sheen has taught theologv m L>ratecl \"\tth an unu~ual demonstratiOn an Ameucan Semmary, been on the The Giaduates and Faculty of the Col The CleltC<;; of St Vtator boast two Faculty of the Catholic Umverstty of lege asc:;embled at 9 A M on the steps new priests The Rev John E Wl1 Amencan cle ln e t ed Courses of Lecof Mar&!le Hall and from there led a liamc:; C S V was ordamecl at Swux lures m \\'"estmmster Cathellral, Lonproce<.sJOn to the flag pole where a F'\llc;; S D bv Rt Rev B J Ma. don and at Cam budge Unl\ ersitV, is

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Priests Ordained

cla~s flac:- was pre::.ented and unfurled In a btl!ilant address Paul J Madtgan H S 30 presented the flag to the College The Rev J W R Magune re Cel\ e<l tt "tth an approp rt'tte tendet of

honev D D on June 5th and sung h1 s f1rc;t Solemn Mass at hts home to'" n Kennebec S D the fol1owmg Suncla\ The Rev J 'lmes Seec; c s V \\ '\'5 ordamed Tuesdav Jun e 10 by

the authol of sevetal tmpot tant "arks m philosophy and the first speaker on the National Catholic RadiO Broadcast. Hts speech at St Vtator College, Commencement Day e"\.en e"\.ceecled the ex

achno\"\ ledgement

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pectahons

Re'

B1shop Chartrand of Indtan

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accomplishments

had

the mstttut10n w1 shes to bmld up Its Rev Dee wtll be better hnown A tequ1 em m~s was then celebrated apolJ<::. '\t St Miemrad Indtann and warranted own traclJtJOns, Its own SPlrJt and tts to ln honor of the dead soldJet<J on the qung his fn ~t Solemn Mass Sunday Learnmg, Olatory·, P et so u nlity own disCJplme ThiS IS hk ew tse the former student'S as Leo who grad uated porch of MarsJle Hall A large gat her Jun e 15 m Indlanapo!Jq the home of Dr Sheen s address on "ReligiOn m Ltberal Arts m tlme ha.;; been stuf1' mg th eology at St Paul Semi nar) St Paul l\1"mn To thi s vou n g man The V Jator Jan 'lnd all hiS many ftiendc:; extend hearty congrattflations and \\!Shes for hts succec;s

mg assembled for the :Dn me serVIce<:~ Rev Hains A Da1·che was Celebrai:lt, Rev Adelmar A Savary Deacon, Rev J McN"llly Sub deacon and Rev B Ctacknell Master of Ceremomes The gathermg n ext fotmed around the Sacred Heart statue wh ere l\Ianette

tlal relief for the present Springfield liigh School, which for c:~everal years has been heavily ovetcrowded It Will likewise be a proportJanate ly substan lial rehef to the taxpayers of the ctty A building progtam f or at least the tirst un1t of the permanent structute WIIJ be started early in 1931 A com Plete modern high school wtth all con ,.eniences IS bemg plann ed The stfe

cently left vacant by the death of Father 0 RPilly pastor there for manv ye'tl c; to the Via tartan Fatherc; They Will a~c;ume charge of the partc;h with in a few weel<c; aml wtll make that their headquarters for theJr htgh schoo l organt?atJOn until perm'lnent arrange mente:; are made for them Whenever the V1ator1an F'\th erc;: are known thev have bePn C'onc:~ldered mo-:;t

Murphy, '30 read an appropnate and sttn mg poem dedicated t o the heroec; of the "\Vorld War Raymond Boysen 30 then presented a masterly oration eu logiZing those men who had made the Suureme Sacrifice A military salute follo\"\cd Wh tl e a m ilitary cemetary "as fat med for thoc;e sons of Vtator who d ted 111 the great conflict The c:;eJ \Ices were concluded with a reading

as we>ll ac;: m their ecluf'atlo nal activt

of the Star Spanf:"led Ban net

w-as purchased a couple of years ago <Lnd consists of eighty !tve acres lo

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method follow ed generally m Catholic educatiOnal c 11·cles thJoughout the Umted States Thts addJtton of the High Schoo l for Catho li C Boys to the educational facthties of Sprmgfteld ts an advantage not only to Catholic Ctr cles, but should likewtse be a substan

:i~::ol tl~:t

succe<s~fu l both in their parish work of names of the dead and the si ngmg

C.c1.ted at the northwest corner of Amos tle"'l Th e-.. are not c:;tran gers In Spring 0\·enue and Washington street Th1s Is Probably the largest tract of land devoted exclusively to school purposf'':l In and near Sprlngfteld and v..-m pro Vide ample accommodatiOns extenstve athletics, as well as general play .lttound facillhes It ts expected that n PUbllc plav gro und will be perrnan<·ntJy established there .\ssi~n ed to St Joseph's Church F'urther announcement of genero.l lntere~t throughout the ctJy was the

'l..t~!l'ignment

of St

'lnd the 'lnnounc•ment or their comm~ wa.;; rE>celved JO} fully by their manY fnend'3 Fl· O'Connor to Spri n gfielcl A,.oq thP VtatOII'ln goec:; to pre<:~CJ Verv Rev J p 0 M'lhone"V Prov1n<'J'J.1 of thE' PtovmcP of the Cleric<:~ of St Vta tor a.nnouncP~ the appointment of Rev D A OC'onnor the prec;cnt Treac:~urer ot St Viator College as the Principal of the ""\'"ew Catholic H S in Spring f1eld n1 and '\lso '19 p1.ri~h pr!P~t of J oc;cph s Church

:CducatiOn can ,..,tthout pi CJUdtce to fotmer Commencement Otatots be called the bec:;t addtes~ the College has heard m recent veats In a htghly polished and verv ph tl osophtca l address that was n eve rth eless most intellJgtble, h e con trasted the education that Catho-

John Berchmans'

l1c Students 1m pat t '' 1th that g1ven 111 schools that know not God He sa1d the purpose of education was to bnng one mto mt1mate contact "Ith the totaltty of en" Ironment and t hat non Catholic schools n eglect the te&chmg of H1m who lc; the ExplanatJOn of all e n vi ronment Dr Sheen deSCIIbed such teachmg a"! nroducmg- men who "ere deJt.y bhnd Dl Sheen is a fmt ~h ed

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and was active on the oqtaff of Th~ Vt<"J.torlan and the Vta tome Th ey made their theology Ill the Vtatorian Semm ary at Washing-ton D C To th~c;:e young men Th e V1atonan a nd an the1r manv friends extend hearty congratulations and W19he9 for .;;uccec:;<>

Society Meets

After the dav'c:; clac:;c;;eoq on Jun e 2nd

f1Picl

Joseph parfc:;h, re· St

hloq P.l.l e nts Both young Pltec:;ts tf'C'e t,ed an thetr seconchry tramm~ at St Viator Col lege and were mttmate h connected wtth collegiate actnttlec;: whtle h ere Fathet Sees won h1s letter m football and Father W1l h ams \\as a debater

PLE>\SE Dont foi get to sencl the names and a ddt e.;;.;;e-:. of proc;pective c:;tudentoq for ne""(t ',eat to the RegJ<;;tJar Help mcrea'-f' Yiatnr enrollment bv domg uc:; tht<> small favor With the as St~t1.nce of the alumm and the prec:~ ent student<:~ the enrnllmcnt could he cloul)led You C'an do more than an\One at the CoJlpg~ to attain thi"'l end bv merPlv compl) mg "tth our requeqt 1

t"ehe member• "ere JecehH. mfo the ~t John Berchmans ~OC'JPty Tl ('" CHP mony took place In th e C'ollego Ch1..pel 1.nd wa<s conducted b;. FathPr 0 ("onnor He g"'l"\€ the boy.;; a c,hnrt t"llk Pm pha..<.i~mg the honor att'tchcd to <:;f'l'' m~ at the ..tltar 'lnd al<.o the qu'llitJe-:; "hich c:;hould di<:Jtln.[n.Jiqh '1 faithful '11 t'tr boy namC'lV 1. kno\\ledge of thP pr'l.vCr"'l 'J.nd C'e>rcmoniP<;; of thE' CJ'\nr tuat v and f'CJpPCI'\Ih integnt-.. of hfe anfl re,crPnce for our J ord preqpnt on our nlt1.rs

OJator With a umqu c but 'et_y ~ffec tn e delh et v The c.harm of hl-, speak· 10 ~ Is hl<; ~mcentv for his whole soul -.ems to be 10 h" \\Oids H~; 'h"kmg pcr<:Jonaht\ cnupled With hl'; tdcas and the lan~uage In whteh t11f'V were clothed btought forth nothing but pr1.J-:.e from a11 wl1n he.trd him 111 his C"'""~r lmPncemont Add .. <''>"> THE U?\rvEILING OF BI~HOP ~HIEI../'3 P OR'£R \I'f An JmpOJt'lnt ncnt 111 tht days C"\.O(t<:.<c;; \\ 1."'1 the unvetlmg- or 'l portJ tit. r ( PI-;hop ~hiel of the Cl1. '- of 190 (j Tht& ft.remon) "-as vcr-v CAc.lu

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