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Forme r Pres ident: Dies Trinity New State C. H. S. Chatnpions FATHER MARSILE BLOOMINGTON TEAM DEFEATS ST. JOSEPH, CAIRO, TO WIN TITLE I
10 DIES MARCH AT ST. VIATOR
DISTINGDISHED EDUCATOR
President Of College Twenty Eight Years
Enter Loyola Tournament; Cor pus Christi Takes Third Place; Rev. T. E. Shea Awards Trophies
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After four years of b1tter dlsappomtment , Trinity High Sch ool of Bloomington, came through with flying colors a nd tasted the sweets of victory. Fo r the past fou r consecutive years, Father Patrick Farre ll !:as been bringing t eams to the St. Viator Catholic High School meet , onl y to have them beaten in the finals by a few poin ts. But this year, it was a different s tory. That powe rful, w ell-balanced aggregation from B loomington could not b e stopped. From th e firs t game to the e nd Trini ty was the class of the tournamen t , and was n ot to be s topped b y any t eam. This was Trinity's year. The Cham pionship was not t o be denied h er. Sp aldin g Loses The first game was nothing mor e than a "warm-up'' as she t r afnp led over Cathedral High of B elle vill e with a score of 44-6. T h e powerful Routt t eam of Jack sonville was th e n ext victim, 18-12. I n the semi-finals she whipped Corpus Christi, who had prev io u sly defeated Spalding, Ch amp ion for th e five preceding years. And in h er final enco unt er s he managed to defeat the strong st. Joseph of Cai ro, by an 18-10 score. A more complete account of the gam es -will be found on the sport page. Trophy Awards A s wi nne r s of th e tournament Tri-
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nity was award ed the trophy gi ven by most R ev. B ern a r d J . Sheil, alumnus of St. Viator and th e per ' . manent possesssion of th e troph y g1V- t en by the ce ntral states prep conference for 1st place. St. Joseph of Cairo was award ed the second ~ l ac~ trophy which was given _by St. V_Iator College. Corpus Ch ri s tl was wmner f thi d 0 1 r Pace. R ev. T. E. Shea, pastor of S t Mary's p a ri sh in P on ti ac, also an alumnus, presented the trophies. Winn er Goes T o Cllicago Meet Trinity wi ll r epresent lllinois in th e National Catholic mee t which is he ld at Loyola gymnasium, du rin g the third week in March. Trinity h as proven that sh e is wor thy o! representing th e stat e in that great tournament. In the Loyola tournament will be teams ttiat come from: all parts of the nation to r ep r esent th eir diffe r ent states. But those w h o saw Trinity play feel confident that she will be a s tron g con tender f or the national t!Ue. And the VIA TORIAN takes this opportunity t o wish the Trinlty t eam a full measu re of s uc..,ss in th e Chicago m eet. The R eve rend J ohn A . Go rdon, P en-
field, Dlinois , bra th er of R e v. Joseph A . G<>rdon, '12, pasto r of St. Mary's o! tb'e VVood.s. Princeville, w as ordained to th e priesthood on Saturday, fie ld, Illinois, brother of R e v. L. Schlarmann_
TRIO PLAYS FOR KANKAKEE CLUB WI U Present
MusiCAle Soon
Father Moses J oseph Marsile, C. S. V., died Friday evening a t 9 :40 o'clock, af te r a lingering illness of sever al months. With h is death c am e th e end of seventy years of beautifu l religiou s sac rifi ce, a life s p ent in self d enial and th e expression of love fo r Catholi c y outh.
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On Mar ch 8 the s trin ged trio com posed of Miss Harri et Gillette, vio loncellis t, Miss Mary Cruise, violinist, and Mr. J . Donald Hi c k ey, pianist. gave a fifteen-minute program before the Art and Lite r ature Department of th e Kankak ee Woman's Club. It was the f irs t time that the trio h ad appeared in p ubli c off th e campus, havi ng mad e its debut at the Normal Colfege-St. Viato r Debate in th e College Club Rooms. T hey we r e very enthusiasticall y welcomed and applauded for t h e ir de li g htful p r esentation of Se renade-D rdla, Prelude t o Ac t IX, H erodi adeMassene t, Andante-Bee thoven, Hungarian Dances, Nos. 6, and &-Brahms, Theme in D, from Sympbonie Path e tique- T scha.ikowsk y, and Barca rolle, from th e Tales of HoffmanOffenbach . The selections were dul y
ap preciated. The Stringed Trio was begun in Octobe r of 1932. It was originally co mposed of Miss Mary P. Cruise, Piani s t, Mrs. W erne r Salg, the former Greta Car do si, who furnished the musical strains of th e vio lin, wh ile Miss Harriet Gillette played th e vio lon cello. Howeve r, upon th e leave . of Miss CardOSI, who has bee n r ecentIy wedded to Mr. Werner Salg. the iano inter retation was undertaken p M J Dp ld H' k by r . . on a IC ey, an accomplish ed pianist of St. Vi ator College. Mrs . SaJu was re laced by Miss Mar Cruise. o Thus have the Trio ~ 路t . t tod w e ex t end ou r 1 eXIs s ay. heartfelt wish for equal success in a ll future und ertakin gs, and await the promised musi ca le with k een anticipa tion. - ------BISHOP SCHLARMANN ORDAINS FORMER STUDENT, MARCH 11
REV. 1\1. J . 1\fAA\SILE, C. S. V.
FRESHMEN PLAN BERGIN SOCIETY ANNUAL FROLIC IN TWO DEBATES Te ntative D ate And Place : Co untry Club ; i\1ay 5
In acco rdan ce with th e tradition of the school, t he m ember s of th e F r eshmen class are planning t o h ave their annual frolic. AI though many of the minor de tails are yet to be provided f or, th e class of '36 are busy with plans for a dance that will ec1i pse all other social activities of the year. Te ntative Date Th e dat e chosen for the big event is Friday, May 5. By this time th e m id-semeste r exams will be out of the \Vay and everyone V\oi ll be ready e ithe r to celebrate thei r successes or drown their misfo rtunes in an evening of dancing and gaye t y. Country Club Robe rt 0. Barnett form e r student Jo e Mahoney, pres ident of the class an nounced that th e dance wi ll be he ld of S t . Viator's College, and edi tor af the VIATO R IAN in the school year of at th e Kankakee Country Club. The 1926-27 was ordained March 11th, by clubhouse offers a big advantage over t he most Rev. Jo seph L. Schlarmann othe r ba llrooms in fac t th at th e r e is ;j, dining sa lon and a lounge for those in St. Mary's Cathedral , Peo ri a. Father Barnett r e ceived his The- who do not care to be on the dance ology a t St. Paul's Seminary in M inn- floo r the whole of the evening. esota. H e was to be ordained thi s Mus ic of F al etti Jun e, but bec ause of the need of priMus ic for the occasion is to be fu r est s ln the diocese be was ordained nished by Barney Fale tti and hi s orches t r a. During th e past s eason, Fafo ur months in advance. le tti h as played for several local dances and proved his popularity among folks, so you may be cerThe Viatorian extends its the young there wi ll be p len t y of good musympathy to Mr. and Mrs. stain ic. J. J. Terry, of Peoria, on Do you r emembe r the g ood time the death, March 3, of yo u had a t the Junior Prom and th e Sophomore Cotillion? W ell, h ere's their son, Jerry, a former c.nother oppo r tunity fo r a good time student of St. Viator. ~--------------! '__.,vena better one--so don't fall to
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His Life Fathe r Marsile was born on Novembe r 17 , 18 46, in Longuieuil , Pro vi n ce of Quebec, CanadBJ In early youth hE: came to the United States whe r e he ente r ed St. Viato r College, and , aft er having co mp le ted th e Classical I Course then offer ed, he entered th e novitiate of The Congregation of St. Viato r in Canada. After he had f inished his no vi t iate be was o rdain ed to the pries thood on Oc tober 30, 1875. H is excellent w ork as t each e r f or 1 and advise r of s tudents m eri ted him th e Pres idency four years later He faithfull y and devotedly 1879. ser ved in thi s offi ce for t wenty eig ht year s. Duri ng tho se twe nty eigh t year s St. Viator College g r ew and proposed in numbers and prestige. A year before his r e tirem ent from the presiden cy the r e was er ec t ed on th e St. Vi ator Campus th e building known as M ars ile hall, which was dedi cat ed in hi s honor . Retires To Pa ris h W ork Afte r twenty eight y ears of devoted s ervi ce to St. Viator College, Father
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Monday, March 6th. three r epre- Ma rsile r etired in 1D07, to parish work at St. Mary's , Beaverville. He was pastor th e re for a numbe r of years.
s entatives of the Bergin de bating society de bated Beloit College at Muldoon High School a uditorium, in Rockford. Robert A Nolan, Gill Middleton, and Ral ph E. Hoover r e presente d St. Viator in defending th e negative side of th e qu estion. It 1 was a non-decis ion debate on the qu estion " Tha t all banking functions shoul d be under governmen t control, with deposits guaranteed" . Despite th e fact that no c ri tic judge was in attendance, a ve ry h ea t ed discussion ensued. Afte r the debate an open forum session was h eld with th e chairman, Mr. W en the, ins tigating the audi en ce to ask questions. Whil e in Roc kford th e d ebate r s w er e dinner g uests of Father McM illan at St. J ames rec tor y. The de bate was h eld u nder t h e a u spices of th e Catholi c Wom en' s League, of which Miss Kate Co nn ors is Preside nt. Monmouth Professor Touissoin t es' Mon mou th d ebate rs adminis t er ed the first de fe at to t he local negative group in a contest held befor e a good sized a..udience at St. Joseph's semin ary tn Kank a ke e , Monda y evening, February 27th . William Crowl ey , '35, and R o be rt Nolan, '35 , r eprese nted th e
During thi s tim e he supervised the co nstru c tion of a la r ge, beautiful Church of Bedford Stone . A g ain thi s a ccomplis hm en t onl y di sp la y ed th e creati v e spirit and great ab ility of Fr. IMarsilc. Aft er comple ti ng this work we find him en joying fo r sever a l years, comparati ve leisure. Late r h e was appointed ch a plain of a newly built hospital in L ake ~o rest. In r ecent y ea rs he was s tatiOned a t St. l Viator Parish i~ Cl.1icago. The last two ~ears of h1 s life w e r e spe n t . at St. Vt a tor Coll ege, th e home, wbt ch was so ne ar to h is h eart. The en tire s tud ent body w ere in att e ndance, as the r em a ins w er e brought to lie in state in th e College chapel Sunday aft ernoon a t one th irty o'c lock. At 10:30 o'clock on Tuesday mornin g , Solemn R equimn Hi g h Mass w as cele brated by Mos t R e v. Joseph P . Lynch. Burial w as in Maternity CE- m e tery.
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Bergin sOciety. These two fo ren s ic artists advanced some class ic argum ents to o.tfes t those se t fo rth by th e affirmative, but were unabl e to devise an answe r s uffi cie nt to co n vi nce J udg e Hus ton that the Monmouth proposal fo r complete go ve rnm ent g et a date and come to the bigges t owners hJp of _banks was wrong. dan ce of them all, th e F r eshman Raymund W e nth e ac t ed as c hairFrolic. 1man fo r th e de bate.
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