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Attend The Day
Students' Dance December 27th
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BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS, T HURSDAY , DECEMBER 15, 1932
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REV. WilliAM J. CRACKNEll, C. S. V., Jr-·-·--·-..--.--..-·-··-1 WCFl PROGRAM DECEMBER 18; WAS ORDAINED DECEMBER 17 BY I ~~::~a:.:::,:;svi;~ "THE SHEPHERDS' WATCH" GIVEN ON MOST REV. JAMES A. GRIFFIN, D.D. !the Members of the I KANKAKEE AND CHICAGO STAGES
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! Faculty, the Stu- ! Masterly Rendition of Medeval Drama Recreates The Spirit Of The First Christmas Day i dent Body, Their . 1 I ! T he M aestn cht p lay, "Th e S h epI Parents, A l u m n i ! h( r d's W atch" giVen by t h e D r amatl c i !I . Club of St. Via tor College was p resenI a n d Friends it s · ted at th e Luna th ea ter in Kank akee, I ! Dece mber 16 and 17 at 8 o 'c lock in the Wishes for a Me rry eve ning, and at De Paul a u d ito ri um, j
Registrar Will Be Ordained at Springfield; To Say First Solemn High Mass at St. Philip Neri Church, Chlcago, at Noon, December 18 f
R ev. Bro. Willi a m J. Cracknell , J C. S. V., r egis tra r , a t the College, wa:3 ord a ined to the pries thood by th e
Mos t R ev. James A.
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a t S t. Jo s eph's church in Spring fi e ld on Saturday, D ecember
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Fa th e r Cracknell said
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Studies In t e rrup ted
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STUDENTS TO HOLD DANCE I AT K. OF C. HAll I Christmas I
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December 27 Date Set For Happy Holiday Dance; Carpenter i •!••-<>-u _ _, _ Furnishes Music
So 1 e m n High Mass at St. PhilRev. Bro. ' Villiam ip Ne ri 's ch u r ch For the fi r s t time in the history of J. Craclm ell, on the s outh side St. Viator Coll ege the day students C.S.V. of Chi c ago at a re going to play the part of the noon on S unday, Dece mber 18 th. genial h os t in th e s ocial w orl d. Final Brother l..rackn ell bas a ttained hi s go al only aiter long years of s tudy interrupted by s everal lapses of health. H e enter ed th e Sulpician Seminary at Baltimore about n.ine years ago, but on account of illness was not able to resum e his theological studies until September, 1931. His many fri ends will be indeed gratified t o h ear that his improved health h a s permitted him to be a candidate fo r ordinatio n .
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preparations have been m a de for the ev ent, whi ch is g oin g to go down in the history of th e college as U1 e Day Students' Holiday P rom. This dance is g oing to be he ld a t the Kankakee Knights of Colum bus hall on th e 27t.:1 of December. It is hoped that this affair wi ll prove to be a great suecess, as tn e day s tudents would lik.; to have it established as an annual meeting of a ll the o ld fri en ds of St. Viator of th e s urrounding territory. This last week has seen the fi nal decisions of the several committees handed down in order th at the regu lar progress of preparation ntight not be r e tard ea. Last w eek the or ch estr a commi ttee, composed of J am es C row ley, Edward Go r man and T om Cooley, m e t and decided upon the o rch estra
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DIVISION PLANS I ! VOTED DOWN IN I LITTlE 19 MEET
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System of Play to Rem ain
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HEAD OF HISTORY DEPT. GIVES TAlK IN CHICAGO DEC. 11 Rev. E. V. Cardinal, C.S.V., At Monday Evening Club, St. Philip Neri Church
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Dece mber 19, 20 and 21. Und er th e
F red Yo un g's plan t o d ivide th e L ittl e Nin eteen Confe ren ce into two or more g ro up s t o m a k e it less un w ieldy w as avoided by re prese ntati ves of t we nty -one schools m ee ting at the S h er man H otel in Chi cago on D ece mber 2. The r eso lution to se p a rate the fiv e Normal sc hool s was vc t ed down . The professo r s and coaches vo t ed ins tead to r ecommend that th e Confer en ce conform t o th e s tan da rds of inte rcoll egi a t e athl e ti cs a s se t down by the North Ce ntra l A s sociation whi ch place a thle ti c control into the hand s-of-th e-f acu lty.
pe r sonal direction of the Presiden t of
the College, Very Rev. J . W . R. M a r eached g uir e, C. S. V., t he work a h igh s tate of d rama tic perfection . direc ted T he chorus , w hi ch was an d trained by R ev. E ug ene S up r en an t , C. S . V., and Miss Harrie tte G ill ette as a par t of the play has been accof ded t he h ighes t praise by th ose who have heard it in r ehearsaL Ch or us Broadcasts A t 8 o' cloc k on S unday evening , D ecem ber 18, th e cho ru s prese nted a number of the old Eng li s h carol s over radio s t a tion WC FL. At thi s tim e the c lub b ad presented th e dra ma t wi ce in Kank a k ee.
The Big T en r egulations in cQnTh e prog ram whi ch lasted for R e ve r end Ed- nec tion with the use of th e pi vot we r e one -ha lf ho ur, featured th e solo of wa rd V. Cardina l. a pproved al ong wi lh t he new t en sec- Mi ss Greta Ca rdos i, "Now Ri se UP The Confe re nce bask e t- Ye Shepherds" and a part of th e C. S. V., Ph. D .. ond rule . E h viable Reco rd on th e even in g of ball coaches a lso drew up agreem ents solo work of M r . Donald Ande rson Brother Cracknell joined the ComDecember fif t h a s to th e division of o ffe nsive zones in th e carol, "While Shepherds Watch m w1ity in 1918 and was graduated j Their Flock s by Ni g ht", in addition was the g uest in certain co urts. f rom th e Co lJege with a B .A . degree S umme r Baseba ll Pe rmi t te d. t o seve ral of th e carols in whi ch th e s peake r a t th e in 1923. So me of his studi es were Accord ing to Prof. J. A. Campbell , entire chorus s ung. Twenty - s i x t h don e at Columbus Coll ege in Chamm eee ting o f the th e new Pres id ent ol the Confe ren ce, Th e work whi ch Fr. Suprenant berlin , S . D. Af t er he was reluctant"Mo nday Evening th e adoption of th e N o rth Central and :Miss Gill e tte hav e done with thi s ly forc ed to leave the se m inar y to (Con t inu ed on Page Slx ) Club" at the P a rrecover his health, he began his dug roup has bee n t rul y outs t anding , and (Continued on page Six) ti€'s as Registrar and a lso t aught reF r. Ca ,·dinal is h Rectory of St. has led to th e ge ner a l expression that ligion and Latin in the old a cademy. Rev. Farrell, C.S. V., Philip Neri Church , Chi cago , of which it s ho uld not cease with thi s produ cIt w as through his ze al that the st. Dies at Chicago Hospital Msgr. Wm . U. Kin se lla is pastor. Fr. VIATORIANS TAKE IN ti on, but be co ntinu ed as one of the John Berchman's Society was fo und Cardinal is head of th e Hi s to ry D eLOCAL FRAT DANCE mos t v it a l o f co ll egiate interests. The ed. H e s till remain s as moderator of The Rev. John Joseph Farrell , pertment of St. Viator Coll ege. · dr a mati c worl{ is of s uch high m e ri t thls group of students. Under his ex- C. S.V., whose death after an illness "The Secr et Arch ives" Yes, a g al a evehing and a joyo us i t is certain that "The Shephe rct· s pe r t g uidance regular month ly class- of two and a ha1f mon th s, occu rred The s ubj ect of th e a ddress whi ch party wa s th e Org anon f raternity W a t ch" will no t be the last of its es in th e cer emonials of the Church at St. Mary of Nazareth hos pital in F r . Card inal deli ver ed at thi s time da n ce held at the Kankak ee hotel on kind. bave been h eld. Under th e direction Chi cago D ecembe r 13, wi ll be buried was "The Secret Arc hives Of The th e evening of Satu r d ay , Dece mber Meany was 1\'lanager of Msgr . G . M. Legis , D .D ., Father f rom St. Viator's ch urch, Chicago, at Vati can" . Fr. Ca rdi na l became ve r y 3. Severa l of th e Vi a to ri a ns, non-resiJ ohn Mean y w as man age r or th e '\1\<"illia m J . B er gin, C.S .V., and Fathe r Bo urbonnai s, Illinois. Th e Solemn fa miliar with th ese inter es ting arc h-, dents, howe ve r, for th e Saturday Joseph A . LaPlante, c .S.V., he was Requiem M ass will be said at 10 a. m. ives whil e he was w orkin g on hi s do c- ni g ht ban s t ill exists f o r th e res i- produ c tion an d m a de se veral v i s i t ~ able to r es ume hi s s tudi es about two D ecember 17, in Chicago. torat e th esis which he received from dents , showed their faces abo ut th e to Chi cago for the p urpose of m al<in ~ year s a go. H e r eceived hi s min or orFa the r Farrell was born in Chi- th e U ni ve r sity of Illinois thi s year . p remises and s pent a bi t of th e tim e ar ran ge m ent s. H e was assis t ed by de rs last s pring in Chicago and h is cago on Au g us t 24, 1883. H e s tudied lin his sear ch for mate r ial fo r the remi ni scing. Ralph E. Hoover, pu bli city director Ol majo r o rde rs o n December 8th a t at S t. Via to r College and made hi s treati se on Cardinal Campeggio he One o f th e firs t th a t we were t o t h e Co ll ege. S pring fi eld . th eo logical s tudi es a t St. Via tor' s s p ent mu ch time in th e sec re t a r ch- see we re M r. a nd .11:rs. H a ro ld Craw'c nj ors ' ¥1 U Se rve Semina r y. After hi s ordina tio n, he ives w h ich of late have bee n opened ford, seemingly having a good tim e. Th e se niors of the College wi ll taugh t Englis h , r eli gion and hi s tory to t hose s tud en ts of his t ory whos e In th is pa rty were Tom Cooley and F irst Friday assist in the se r vi ng of his firs t M ass at S t . Viat o r Academy. H e was a p- investiga t ions a re a ided greatly by his lady friend. Even ou r o ld f r iend Devotions Held next Sunday. They are R aym und G. pointed ass istant to St. Viato r's par- the inval uable historical documents and freshman, Dave Richw in e, was Wentbe and J . Kenneth Bush man, ish in Chicago. H e served as chap- which have been preserved there for tripping th e light fantas tic over the F irst F r iday devotions were ob· who wil l se rve as aco lytes , and Gill lain to the Sist ers at Palos Park for centuries. The letters we re written marble floor of the gold room. Jim served on Decembe r 2, acco rd in g to M iddleton, who w ill ac t as censer three years, and then return ed t o St. in code and the study of t his brought Crowley seemed to be hav ing a good custom at the co llege, with generat bear er. A ll th ree s tu den ts have been Via t or parish. Las t March he u nder- him in t o contact with matter hither- time despite the fact that he had a active members of t he St. John wen t a serious operation in Roches - to unknown regarding the activitieS haggard look on his face, which we recept ion of Holy Communion by th e Berchman's Society. Mr . Wenthe is t r, Minn. Having suffer ed a r elapse of the papal legate to the court of might explain comes from those long entire Catholic s tudent body at t ht.: the prese nt president, and Mr. i\<!id- in September he was confined to bed H enry VIlli, Cardinal Campeggio. hours spent in the study hall proddin~ 1 7 o'clock Mass a nd expos ition of th e dleto n was its leader ror 1930-1931 in St. Mary's of Nazareth hospital T he year which Fr. Cardinal spent ove r his books. Ah, and we mu s t not Blessed Sacrament in the Co ll cgr~ and 1931-1932. As this issue went to unti l his death. The Rev. John P. in Italy made him fam il iar with th e forget to mention the post grad, J. Chapel throughout the day with thr· press it \Vas not definitely known who O'Mahoney, C.S.V., Provincial at St. archives and this familiarity together Eurke Monahan, who. wherever he would be Father Cracknell's decision Viator College, and Rev. A. F. Rinel- with his abi lity in o ratory made the goes, sp reads his beaming and happy students acting as th e Guard of H on---:-:::-:--:-:---:---=~-=--- ~la, C.S.V., were with him when he speech very interesti ng as well as or. In th e eveni ng Ho ly Hour d evo(Contin ued on P age Slx) died. ,e nli gh t ening. (Con tinued on Page Six) tions were held.
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