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DECEMBER 1, 1932
Chicago To See Christmas Play Thanksgiving Vacation Enjoyed by Students
JUNIOR PROMENADE SUCCESS;
MUSIC AND DECORATIONS GOOD
At half after the hour of twel ve on the twenty third of November th e ThanksgiVing holiday of St.
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College commenced. At half after Drama ~ives alumni and friend s opportunity to meet ; one the balls of St. Viator College rein Kankakee Dec_ 16-17; in Chicago Dec_ 19-20-21 sembled those whe re once th e "harp of Tara" played- they were practicWork in preparation for the proINTERNATIONAL a ll y deserted. Homes, town s anc RADIO DEBATE IS duction of th e p lay, ''The Sheperds RELATIONS MEET cities and co untr ysides near and far DE CEMBER 4; WCFL W a tch" , t o be presented at th e Luna ___ prepared to we lcome back th e youths --Theatre in Kankakee December 16 d · · t 11 t 1 H A d M'dd.J e to To R e p esent \ Ve nth e E lect e d Secr etary to Serve so long imm erse m me ec ua puroover n l I n r and 17, and in the Auclitoriurn of De For \Vm . Riley suits in centers of learning th roughViator Paul University, Chicago, December
Grand March, led by Robert Spreitzer, Class President, and Miss Inez Pierce, marks high point of the dance Junior Prom h as ever been a gala event in the social calendar of St. Viator College, but the dance on Novcm ber 22, 1932 is admittedly superior to a ll th a t have gone before it, because of ce r tain unusual features, un-
equalled beauties of music and seenThe monthly meeting of the Interer y , and above eve rything else th e national Re lations Socie t y was last ~::icw:~p~o~~lf~!e~w~~~u~!ng:~~l~~ Monday th e 21st. The m eeting was natio ns , dignity, ana tn one case, opened by th e president, Mr . Nolan, Before ent ering upo n the discussion ri sked life and limb that the evening might be a s uccess. ~~:y t~aseve~~~=d ~nt~~:o::::nc:ecr~; Decor a tions Effective Mr. Riley. Raymund Wenthe was The decor ation commi ttee, com pos- elected to th e position and immedied of Mr. William Clancy and Miss ately se ttl ed down t o hi s t ask. Mari e Smole, had made the mos t of Mr. Nolan introd"uced t he speaker the means at th eir d isposal and had of th e evening who was Fath er Wilspent hours in transform ing the gym in to something which might r esemble Ii ams. The s ubj ect for discussion itself as little as possible. Red and was ·•German Armaments". Father whi t e s treamers trailed th eir grace~ Williams gave a very inte r es ting talk f'cl l lengths wher e basketballs are on th e s ubject. Father Williams wont to gather, and t he bold le tters said "In order to comp~e tely under''Juni or P r om" stood out in all thei r s t a nd the Situation we have to go to the tim e of and the tim e after the silvery splendor from t he dark blue world war The cost of the wo rld background on which th ey and the t all th t d c r chestra were mounted. F loodlights war o e na Ions mvo 1ve was 340 bl1hons of dollars . H ad the wor ld lit the orches t r a platform wh ich was war been fought on a cash basis decorated with f erns and h uge ban- there would have been no war or it nPI S of red and white. Ove rh ead balloons whose varied hues rivall ed would have been com p elled to end inth e r a inbow p eeped shyly forth from side of six months. By th e Treaty t heir en velopi n g fo lds of immac ulate of Versailles, wh ich Germany was cheesecloth, r eady to descend play - fo r ced t o accept, Germany was comfully upon the beads of the dan ce rs pletely demilitarized. Financially s he was exhaus t ed , this al l coming a below. 1\'I usic Good bout by th e othe r nation s placing the That is t h e setting. Fill that hall with t he enchanting s trains of Leo f!emillard' s music, the haunting mel ody of The Waltz You Saved Fo r Me, or t he livelier rhyThm s of Let's Put Out The Lig h ts, and the time fo'!'
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bus se rvice , and the family motors wi t hdrew in all directions from Bourbonnais to enjoy t heir days of r espi t e from study as happily as each ona coul d. At th e hour of eight on th e Twenty seventh of November t hey wer e found in their routine, of class wo rk somewhat h eavy of eyelids but pleased at the prosp ec t of only three more weeks unt il t he big vacation.
head from ami d th e snowy clouds of sc,f t est clot hing, woolly bright, r efu sed to r~spond to the f r antic pullings on the s trin g that held th em on their lofty perch. And so, facing tears of the dan ce rs, and the frantic p leadings of tbe decoration co mmittee, Frank Atkins ,ever the t ender-hearted rescurer of those in distr ess, es~ayed t o climb th e dizzy heights of the Viator gymnasium and, amid the pl uudlts of th e crowd, to loose the captives from their involuntary prison. The P rom enade But this was not a ll. Scarcely had tile la ure l of im mortal fame been placed upon th e Noble Brow of }vi)·. Atkins when anoth e r candidat e for si mil ar honors mad e his appearance. 't h d t elf ti M Rob t S r. er pret zer a s ea as y refused to have a grand march, becau se he woUld have to lead it, since he was n"t only the pr esident J f the Junior class. but also general chairmnn ot lhe prom. and like the balioons, h, suffers from timidity. But (Continued on page Six)
19, 20 and 21 is progressing rapidly. :::: ~~~~~~u~~ty ~:c~ag:th~!u:~ support the production of th e St. Viator Dramatic Club, the first to be offeTed in Chicago si nce the "St. Patri ck's Ope r etta" was produced by Fr. Marsile many years ago, will be fou:ld in this appearance at the De Jaul auditorium. Ma.est..ri cht a nd l\tesslan The play is an adaptation of the old 1\faestricht Play and The Messiah
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Selected By Laborers In W t D. a er\Vay ISpute
Granger Chosen ../ The contractors have selected Mr. Roy Shackleton of Joliet as th eir representative , while Father Maguire and Mr. Shackleton have e lected Mr. A L G ranger of Kankakee a Viato r · · ' Alumnus and a well known attorney, as the third m e mber of t he arbitrators · Fr. 1\Iaguire Experien ced.
Holy Name Society Communion Sunday __
tbe seven o'clock Mass as loyal rnembe rs of th e H oly Name Societ y of the College. The r egul ar H oly Name The experience is nothing new for Communion Sunday is the second of F2.ther Maguire, as be has acted in .1 1"I •t·1 . th d" th e month, but due to th e fac t that : ::i e:~ cain,a~a :t~ c~~a~. i~r t::g:ece~~~ a large nu mber of the students were not at the coll ege on the preceeding Illinois mine strik e, Father Maguire week -end the time was changed to has acted wi t h decis ion as one of the th e following Sunday. R ev. Eugene arbitra tors. Suprenant, C. S. V., celebra t ed th e Mass and de liver ed the sermo n , the Pron1inent Student subject of which was t he Second Undergoes Operation Commandment, and th e necessi t y of g uarding against blaspheming and Joseph C. Degnan at eigh t o'clock, cu rsing. The reception of H oly Com- W edn esday evening, und erwent an m union in a body once a month is ope ration for removal of appendix at the principal publlc f unction of the St. Mary' s H ospita l in Kankak ee. Holy Name Society. Its importance R epea t ed attacks were endured with is far g rea t er though more tacit than th e intention of hav in g the op eration a ny othe r organization on th e cam- during th e Christmas holidays, but pus, as is t es tifi ed by the r esponse th e par ti cular a ttack on thi s mo rnof the s tud ent body on these days of ing was so severe that an immediate gene ral r ecep ti on . operation was necessary. During his many yea rs at St. Viaf FR. MAG UIRE AT BLOOJ\UNG'£ OX tor as a student o the old Academy ___ and his two years in Jollege Joe has Bloomington's newly formed Sunday made a countless host of friends whose prayers are being offered for Evening Clu b will h ave Rev. J. W. R. his quick recovery. Maguire, C. S. V., as its speaker December 4th. Father )..Iaguire will Several othe r nationally k nown s peak deliver a lecture on the economic e rs will appear on the same platform causes of th e indust r ial depr ession. during the course of the yea r.
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by Thomas J. Mc Keon. It is in keeping with th e season of the year, for it treats of that most beautiful of historical happenings, the birth of the Christ child in Bethlehem. Much of the power that the play possesses lays in the beauty of its theme , but equally important is its handllng.
Rev. J . W . R. Magutre, C. S. V., deb t h h h t t --a e coac ' as c osen represen Rev. J. W. R Maguire C S V Viato r in its firs t match two veteran President of the .College ,;as .in ~a-· · debaters, Ralph Hoover , and Gill ' · - Middle t on. Both men have been conseilles, Il linois , last Wednesday, No - sistent members of t he debating team vember 30, in co nnection with th e since two years ago, Hoover debating wage di spute on th e deep wa t er way even as a Freshman and ever since. project. Fat her Maguire has been During Mr. Middle ton's collegiate appoin t ed by t he laborers as one of debating caree r, he has bee n a cont he t hree arbit rators to settle the I firmed defender of the Negative end controver sey t hat arose earlier in th e year.
g rea t deeds has arrived. They were The Catholi c s t uden.t . body of St. not lacki ng on th e night of November Viator College on November twen22, 1932. The first member of tieth received Holy Communion at the s tudent body to distinguish himse t! was Frank Atkins, and it came nbo ut In this wise: It seems that the afo resaid ballons , twinkling over-
St. Viator's Debating team will open its seaso n in two Radio de ba t es on Decembe r 4 and 11 respectively. The meets wi ll be broadcast over station WCFL in Chicago. The fi:-st oppone nt w ill be Loyo la Univc rsity of Chicag o who w ill uphold the: negative side of the ques tion, R esolved: "That the time has com e to adopt th e six h our day in industry". The second contes t on th e eleventh will be with MUnde lein College, alth~o of Chi cago. The question for lS date will be the one chosen by th e Midwest Debate L eague, Resolved: "That all banking functions be r egulated by the Federal government, with deposits guaranteed ." St. Viator wi ll defend the affi r mative side of the ques t ion.
The play is under th e direction of the Very Rev. J. W . R. Magui re , c. S . V., President of St. Viator College, and the Chorus, wht"ch W1.ll pre-
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Jent a number of old English carols and hym ns as part of the play, is unde r th e super vis ion of R e v. E ugene Suprenan t, C. S. V. Both d1rectors are WO!"king unceasi ngly and with splendid results in the two divisions of t he preparatory work.
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B eauty Or The m e The play opens with the Annunci atlon In the house ot the B lessed Virg1.n at Nazareth. The part of the Angel Gabriel Is tak en by James Foohey, '3ei, and that of the B lessed Vi r R'in by Miss Evangeline Legris, •a.e, The scene ts changed to dts~ cover Saint J oseph- James Laffey, '33, has this role-to whom the angel appears and speak Th · e scene c 1oses With th e recitat ion of the beautifu l and l:;JSplnng Magruf1cat of th e B lessed Vlrgto Thts tS fo liO\"ed by th e prelude of th e central po~ton of t he ]llay- Mary and Joseph are seen asking for a drt"nk of wate r from t\vo shepherds. The S h ephordR \ Vatch
Sorority Holds Sandwich Sale _ __ On. Novembe r s.ixteenth the ~ocial Soronty of St. V1ator College mtroduced a novel Idea m the way of mterestmg fhe student body They adve rt1 sed long beforehand with much fanfare and much red e ra on t he event Sandwi ches were t oy be sold f t at the ndl culous ly 1ow pnce o wo for a m cke l Cou ld anyone res1st such a ba r grun? The exchange of sandwiches for shekels was rapid and cons tant. Few s tudents m issed such an excellent bar gain. The only di sadvan tage was that ce rtain young gentlemetn permitted th em selves t o be beguiled into thinking th e ir food capaci ty was as large as th eir smile capac ity and the numbe r of s andwi ches th ey bought was ra t her di stressing to them, since th ey seemed to eat them all, however many th ey might have boug ht. A number of them were wearing pained s mil es shortly atte rwards. Paul LaRocque and th e Edltor of the VIATORIAN vied with one another in ea ting th em and t hen symth' d 'th th f h . pa lze Wl one ano er or avmg done so.
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The scene that follows is th e mos t important in the p lay. Those who ap pear in it a re six shephedrs, Gill Middleton, '33, as th e first shepherd, voices th e expectation of the J ewish race for the Messiah that wi ll come to r es tore th eir pos ition as th e Chasen People of God. Donald And e rso n as one who has firm faith In lhe coming and senses Its n earn ess is one of those who hav e met Mary and J oseph . P au l LaRocq ue. '33, his companio n th e re, advoca t es the policy of playing up to the Roman rul cr s in order to secu re material advancement, which is sp urn ed by the fifth shepherd, Edward Hunt, '33, who looks for the world-wide dominion that the Messiah wi ll establish when he comes. In contrast to these a r e I the third shepherd, J. Kenneth Bush-
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Jim Flyn~, '31, Is wading through the DepressiOn as best he can, although it means perhaps not always seats on tlte "fifty" at all the big j games!
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