St. Viator College Newspaper, 1933-10-01

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·HOMECOMING OCTOBER 20

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Biatnrian

ALUMNI AND FRIENDS NO. l

BO U RBO:t-.'NAIS, ILLINOIS SU:t-.r oAY, OCTOBER 1, 1933

VOL. LI.

Viat:or Opens 66t:h Year

BOOSTER ClUB IS fORMED R T F ather F r ench T o ·~ SCHOOl YEAR OFfiCIAllY OPENED Speak At Ch~cago WITH MASS Of THE HOlY GHOST DESlAURIERS IS PRESIDENT PhT~.~=:~-s~:~:::~1~0~~g~:b:~ l Rev. J. w. R. l\1aguir.e . - Welcomes New Students 1

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been appointed by Governor Horner

Organization Is Second Of Its Kind In History Of College

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The S t. Viato r College Booster Club was organized at a meeting he ld in the College Club rooms on Tuesday evening, August 1, 1933. At tha t meeting, th e principal bus iness was the selection of officers, who will di rect th e activities of the g r oup until 1934. The chart er officers arc: Richard T. DesLauriers, 114 7 South Elm A venue, president; Daniel H owell, 585 South Ne lson Avenue, firs t vice- presiden t ; Prof. Clarence .T. Kennedy, 942 South Myrtle Avenue, second vi ce- presid ent; Miss Luci lle Putz, 707 North Chicago Avenue, secretary; E. 0. Arringto n, 1019 South Myrtle Avenu e, treasu rer, and Danie l B e rg in, 468 South Poplar AveAll are resinu e, se rgean t- a t- arms. dents of Kanl<akee. The College fac ulty has as its r epresentative th e R eve rend Dr. Christophe r Marzano who is the business manage r of the College, as well as m e ntor of th e classes in c hemistry. Not The F i_rst Attempt This is the second attempt at laun ching a boos t e r club for th e College. The firs t attempt was inaugurated about a decade ago by alumni m e mbers in Chicago. This second try s hould prove a bit more effective than the las t one in so far as it will ope rate in the a rea immediately s urroundin g th e coll ege, in s ur~ ing a reawak e ning of th e inte r est in th e college and a mor e vigorous s uppo rt of s tud e nt activities. President DesLauriers o ul~ined th e purpose of the Club as bemg twofold; to create a g reat e r local inte r es t in the affairs of the college and t o help fu rthe r the inte r ests of the college in eve ry res pect. The me mbership of th e Club i s o pe n to those int er es led anywh e re in this county and a lso to paren ts of s t.uden ts a nd friends of the co ll ege outs1de th e co unty. Ch irr Aim The chief aim of th e Club, is of cou rse , to put U1c co llege on a more im posing spot on lhe map, or at ICll..st en large th e present spo t. The deplorable s upport given th e college in its athletic, dramatic and forensic efforts have b('en heavily sco r ed by the group and a determined attemRt tC\ awaken Ka.nkakc~ans to the good thu college cnn do for their city is one of the first conside rations of th e clu b. The Booster Club will s ponsor so<'lal ftmctto ns of vadous so rts to aid the Colleg-e Library Fund, while a "more ll \'ely ruul more ge n er al ac tivity", according to Dr. Marzano, \vill mark its prog1·am. A prog ram of special ('mpha.sls a.~ regards Kanknkee has already been inaugurated and is clllculatt"U to swell the attendance at athletic e\•t:>nts. debates and s t age presentations by the students. In short, the effort is intended to make Kank akee " Viator conscious", and is (Continued on Page Five)

DE BATE MANAGER ISSUES CALL FOR NEW MATERIAL

The outlook fo r the Be rgin De bating Socitey this year is not a happy one. Unless there is some unu sually good talent among the new students of the school th e forensic year may be one of the poorest in Viator history. With the graduation last June of Mr. W enthe, Mr. H oover, and Mr. Middleton went the hopes of a Conference Champions hip fo r 1934. These three men together with Mr. Nolan formed the Viato r foren sic teams of 1933. This year Mr. Nolan is the only man who is, what Father :h!Iaguire, Debate Coach, choose-s to call, an experienced debater. The coming season will mark his fou rth year of Int er collegiate deat e co mp e tition. H oweve r , in 1vl r. Bur,ns and Ni r. Ellis, Fr. Maguire should find a ray of hope for the foren sic year. h1r. Burns, a senior, has had some experience in inte r-coll egiate de bating and will un. doubtedly prove to be a valuable man during the coming s eason. M r. Ellis, although only a Freshman last year, displayed a na tural talent for de bating and with a year's ex perience tu cked away should be one of th e mains tays of th e Bergin Societ y. Unfortunate ly enoug h, the li s t of ex pe rienced men end s h e re. Although a formal meeting of th e Be rg in Deba tin g Socie t y has not been calted to date, those interested in debating are ask ed to see :Mr. No lan, dt" bate manage r, as soon as possible. Ther e i s a very urge nt need for rnaterial this year, a nd th e tentativ e sc hedul e calls fo r a pproximately t we nty or twenty- five contes ts. Thus all th e members of the socie ty are practically assured of seeing plenty

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of ac tion durin g th e season. The qu es tion fo r this year has not as ye t b een decid ed, but undoubtedly wi lt be announced within t he coming Wf'Pk. HowPVPr. a li ~ t of th e Conferen ce debates in which Viator , ... ill engage will be found in this issue. Togethe r with these debates the Bergin Society will again engage in a se ries of radio debates over stalion WCFL in Chicago. A few of the teams to be met m this radio sched ul e are DeKalb No rmal, Augustana, Ill. , Wes leyan, Knox, and North C'en tral, with the probable addition of Munde lein, Rosary, DePaul, and Loyola. Viator Aairmatlve mee ts-Bradley, Eureka, and Augus tana.

At Frosh ReceptiOn; R. Nolan Presides

as a state delegate to U1e annual convention of the National League of Compul so r y Education which w ill be

DRAMATIC AND GLEE CLUBS WILL FUNCTION AGAIN

held October 9 to 13, in th e Palme r H ou se a t Chicago. Dr. French is scheduled to g ive a talk at th e conven tion on truancy in the Chicago schools; a subject of

Rev. J . W. R. Maguire, C. S. V.,

wihch is is thoroughly familiar. Most of the delegates to the convention will has issued a call for new members

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be truancy officials from all parts of for the Glee Club and th e Dramati c the nation. Club. At a recent meeting of the

College Club, he informed the mem-

J. BURKE MONAHAN WINS SCHOLARSHIP Joins

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be rs that he is making arrangments whereby the Glee Club shal l present seve ral programs over Radio Station w. c. F. L. in Chicago. Severa l I times last year, th e Glee Club jou r·

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On Wednesday, Septemher 20, at 8 o'c lock, St. Via tor College opened its s ixty-six th sc holastic year with the celebration of Solel1U1 High Mass of the Hol y Ghos t in th e College Chapel. The Ve ry R ev. J. W. R. Magu ire was cele brant. the Rever end James A. Lowney, deaco n, and the R e verend William J. Cr acknell, subdeaco n. It is an old and beautifll l c ustom at St. Viator thus to ask the blessi ng of God upon the work of the coming year and in a special way to invok e the aid of the Holy Ghost, th e Spirit of Light, in the search for

A t . neyed to this station for thirty min- :~~::· e~~,~~~o~~ th~n~:ded~~t~~ s~~;~;. utes broadcasts, and were under th e cA-pable direction of Miss Harriet Gil· Mass class work was r esumed fo r th e

Jam es Burke Monahan, . 3 2, has joined th e ranks of th e Viator gradu at.;s who have won scholarsh ips t o the Catholic uru ,:ersity a t Was hington, D. C. The scholarships offe reLI annually by tbe Knights of Co lu mbw;, were awarded in previous years to Dr. J ohn T. Ellis. Edward Gallahue, Allen Nolan, J ohn McMahon, and

Je tte. Th e s uccess of this organizfl-tion in the past, therefore, warrants that it again shal l present several lik e programs this year. Although 1\1iss Gille tte is no longer wi th us, Fathe r i\'Iaguire has a lready made arr a n ge m ents for direc torship of th e organization. From th e large incoming Fres hm e n C lass we hop e to get a l~rg e number of new m e m ber s for this Glee Club.

yea r. H oweve r, in the pursuit of h er ideal, lhe de velopment of U1e whole incHvidual, St. Viator must necessarily provide lhe social side of college life. The first social event of th e year is the Freshman Reception, he ld U1is year on Saturday evening, September 23, in the College Clu b Room s. R ober t Nolan, president of the College Club, opened the festivities with a few

The Drama ti c Club which was so ably dir ec t ed las t year by Fath e r Niagu ire, will again be an active organizatio n thi s year. Many talented young lad ies a nd gen tl em en w ere los t through g radua tion las t Jun e, and th erefore it is ne cessar y to look for n ew material, which should be found ve ry easily amony th e large numbers of new s tud e n ts. Las t year th e Clt:b r.-resen ted two plays, both proving very s uccessful, due to the g r eat efIn hi s Acade my days, Burke s tarred forts of Father Maguire and Miss on the ba'3 k e tball squad. H e w~ H arri e t Gillette. ''The Mikado", selec t ed for All-Star honors in his wh ich was s taged the la tter part of Senior year. Howe ve r, du e to de- the last sc hool year, proved to be one fectiv~ eye-sight, he did not try fc.r of the finest presentations of th e a position on S~. Viator Varsity team. Dramatic Club si n ce its organization "!ne best w1sh es of th e s tude nt here at St. Viator. The other play, body go with this young ge ntl eman , " The Shephe rd 's Watc h" , a n adaptayet, we have no doubts that his sue- t ion of Uw old Maestricht Play an d cess in any field is a ss ured . The Messiah by Thomas J. McKeo n. was played at th e Luna Theatre in Kankal<ee fo r se ve r al performances and also in th e Auditorium of DePaul l:niversity a t Chicago, with equal s ut·- -cess. The Freshmen Class cal led to meetFather Magu ire is al ready makin~ ing by Robe rt No lan, President of tnc plans for the Club, a nd it is rumored College Club, held th eir Class elec- by many, that the play which he has tion last 1tionday atLe rnoon , with the in mind, is " The Vagabond King", fo llowing r esults: which played for years in the larger President - - - - William Schumacher cities of the East and Middlewest. Vive-President - - - - Claire Legri .s! Many, perhaps, will remember Denls Treasu r e r - - - - - - Donald BCLounh-~ King's wonderful performance in this Class R e prese ntative - J ohn Harg ro,·c play on the s t age or on the sc reen. 1 Tte Senior Class met o n Tuesda ,v But regard less of what Father Maeveni ng to flJJ seve ra l vacanc ies in gui re has in minu., we fee l s ure that class offices. As a result, Robert any play h e may unde rtake will prove Sp reilzer was named Vice-Presiden t, successf ul, as all his pas t ed ventures and Mi ss Agnes Stelter was chosen in this fie ld have proved to be.

wo rd s of welcome to the new s tu· de nts. pa rti cul a rly th e m embers of U1e Fres hman Class. to whi c h mos t of the newcomers belong. Mr. No to Ja n ex pressed his arde nt desire 11c-ar f rom the Freshmen th e mscl ves in s u ch touching accents U1at h e r e~ eeivecl an ove r·w he lming r es ponse . A mong th e many who voluntee red t o interpret their impressio ns of Viator were Mr. 1\'Ialone who favo red his fellow-students with se veral we ll-chosen sente nces, but r efused to s ing, wi r . Harg rove, whose a rri val from Mis so uri was de layed by a temporary sho rtage in barbec ued c hi cken, and l\lr. Stovall who discoursed leanredly 3.lld legnlhil y on condi tions in th~" South . The three Southerners obliged further w ith a rou s ing r endition oi "Oh! Mona", a ca pe lle. Mr. Sch umac h er. winn e r o f th e B ishop S hei t C. Y. 0. Scho la r·s hip, put in a serious word upon th e ac tivities of Ca th olic Scouts of Chi cago, a n d exp ressed his appreciation of the oppor tunit y which th e scho larship affords.

seve ral othe r Viator g raduates. In numbering Burk e among its s tudents, Catholi c University has falle n heir to a scholar of no little ability. While a t St. V1ator, he was an lt<.mor student. He did not, how ever, forsal;:e socia l life. Year after year he was one of the most popular fello ws on the camp us, and he often went out of his way to h elp othe r s. It can b e truly said of him. that hP was a rea l scholar and a Christian ge ntl eman.

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FRESHMEN HOLD CLASS ELECTION

Viator Negative meets-Ill. W es- Secretary. leyan, Lake Forest and DeKaub orJoe Degnan, who would have gradmal. uated, had he r eturned this year, sudRalph H oover, '33, Don Laenhardt. denly became air-minded dunng the '29,and AI Nolan, '29, we re visitors summer months, and is now attendlast week end . Also, Edward Hunt. ing Park's Aviation School at St. '33. who had some "extra-s pecial" Louis, despite the attraction of lhe business in Kankakee. neighboring village and town.

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The Rev. J . W. R. Maguire, President of St. Viator, c lose .... the meeting wilh the r eminder that College i::J more th at mere attendance at c las.-1 it means the participation of every student in all th e activities of College life, social a.c; well a.<.J scholastic. R efreshments werC' served by the mcmb(TS of the Social Sororit y. -Burke Monahan, '32, and W ern er ! S lag, '32, attempted to make a nonslop boat trip thi s summe r from [•~ox Luke, Illinois to Kankak ee. The would-be navi ga tors, however, broke The Roy H all I ndependent Basket- a propeller at E l glll, and WC're obllgball team which had such a success- ed to hitch-hike th e rest of the way. fui season last year will be coached All Clas.'i Prr·sld ents are attemptthis year by Brother Don Bay, who starred on the hardwood here in hiR ing to hold meetings. but th e re won't Academy days. Nolan and Sullivan be any mlnute.CJ read while the world two r egulars last year, will form the se ri es Ls on. So th e polltJcans rurl:> foundation fo r a new team this year. thei r silvery ton gues for the present.


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