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Classes Combin e Effort To Insure Success Of Dance The J u nior and Senior Classes arc already at work making plans fo r a dance to be held early in December under th e sponsorship of both cl ass·
es. The attendance at the Hom P-. coming dan ce did not come up to expectations , and by getting an ear lier start on this proposed e vent, the two classes hope to draw the largest c rowd eve r for a College dance. Although the affair is a month
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way, th e co mmittees have been appointed, a nd some plans have al r eady been drawn up. It is hoped t hat p e rmi ssion will be g ranted to stage th E Prom in the Gold Room of t h e Kankakee Hote l. There a r e a lso some rumors about that Don Bu r nell' s Orch es tra f rom Kankakee will furnis h th e music for the dancers on
RALPH E . HOOVER
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F rench Consul To Act F or Minister Of Education
Professor Niichael Maloney, who cam e h e re r ecen tl y, has a ssum ed the d u ties of Dean of th e English De p artmen t, Mr. Maloney is a g r ad t:.ate of N otre Dame University. He re ceived hi s M. A. f r om George town University, Washin g ton, D . C., and up to the prese nt was s tudying for his P h. D . at th e Univer si t y of Chica g o. B efor e com ing her e, h e was in s t ruc t or in Eng lis h a t S t. Xavie r College in Chica g o, d urin g th e year 1931-32. It appears th at he h as al r eady m ade a f ine im p r ession upon .t he s tudent I body, a n d those w ho a re r egist e red in En g lis h courses a r e ce rtainly m ost f ortu nat e. The entire s t u den t bod y joins in welco m ing Prof Maloney a s a m e mber of the f ac ul t y of St. College.
RAlPH E HOOVER Debaters · Open NTERS NO''ITIATE wg: J~~t~~~nday VIATOR ALUMNUS IE V
R T . RE V. MSGR. G. M . LEG RI S
The VIA TORIAN tak es g reat pleasu r e in a nnoun cin g lhe appointment of one of t he g rea t es t of the sons of S l. Via to r College, th e Rig ht R ever· en d Mon sig no r Geras ime M. L egris, P . A ., D. D .. LL. D . to an office r s hip in T hi s s ignal ' t h e French A cademy. honor is to be bestowed in acco r dan ce w ith express order s fro m the F r ench Government thro ugh its Minis t er of Ed ucation and Languages. T he c erem ony wil l take place in t he College gymnasium at two -thirty P . M., Mo nday, December 1 1, 1 933. The p rogr a m calls for a n Acad emic procession, fo llowing wh ich th e Fre n ch Co ns ul of Chi c ago, M. R en e W eHler. wi ll prese n t th e dip lom a and deli ve r th e chief add r ess of t he con voca tion. The g rea t honor do ne h im by th e
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spo nsors. The bids w ill be one dol - ~ Ja r ($1.00) pe r couple. It is hoped Lhat in mak ing lhe price !:iO reasonab le, the enU re student body wi l l be able to a tte nd. The Hom eco ming dunce which shou ld have been a real finan cia l success, failed beca use it di d not r eceive th e comp lete and wh ol eh ea rted su pport of th e s tud ent bod y. I t ts h oped that a ll s tud ents, boar ders a nd da y-stude nts alike, will turn ou t tor tht s affair, and give al l Classes th e s uppo rt that they jus tl y deserve at t h ei r social functions.
___ Next Sunday's radio c lash with Ralph E. Hoover, '33, a n outstand- ; .Mund:lein .Colle~e ~i ll ,present for ing s tu dent here for the past four t~ e first tu:n e In VIator s fo r ensic years r ecen tly e nte r ed the N.ovitiate h istory, a gtr l deba t er . Miss Mary at Lemont, III. , to take up hts stutl- Cruise, a Junio r and one of the out1es for the pries thood . While at St s tandin g s tud ents on the ca m p us h as Via tor he was Editor of th e VIAT OR- bE:e n team ed with Robert No lan to IAN in his Sophomore year, Di rector m ee t th e Munde le in attack. Miss or Public R e la t ion s fo r t wo year s, and Cr ui se joined the squad only th is Fall Pdeside nt of the Senior Class of ' 3:i . and has a lready proven h e rs elf t o For four yea r s he was e n outs t anC- have great ,possibili ti es as a de ba t er. ing m em be r of Debating teams he re. She possesses an unu s uall y keen a n d an d in hi s final year was instr ucto r I ana lytic m ind, think s q ui ck ly un de r in Debate fo r th e Fres hman class. fire and maintains a poise and coo l Mr. Hoove r is the second of t he detachment while s peaki ng that is Class of '33 to tak e up studies for th e e nvy of eve r y man on t h e squad.
Na m e Co m_mHtees The office rs of th e J unio r and Senior Classes mel seve ra l days ago and named th e fo llowin g co mmittees for lhe Pro m :
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Rate R1ght Reverend Father Mars lle, C. S. V., held a s imilar honor f r om th e French Government. J uhil ar ia n I n 193-1 Mo nsig ner Legris, in 1931 cclebrateel the Golden Ju bilee of hi s pries t · hood; on th at occa s io n he was ha n or ed by th e Co ll ege w hi c h confe rred upon him th e de g re e of Doctor of Laws. :M onsignor Legris h as enj oycd a brilliant ca ree r as pri est, teac her and g uardi a n . He was bo rn in th e vil lage of Bou r bo n nais, a ttend Pd th e primary g rad es, l he Acade m y and th e Coll ege of St. Via to r . H e was
A s hort time ago Rev. F athe r homas McGlynn, 0. P ., a g raduate of ;::.;L. Viator Co llege, left for Rom~. ital y, where he wil l co ntin ue his studies in sc u lptoring. He has a lready produ ced so me outsta n ding work:-:;, ch ie f a mo ng th e m th e s tatue of St. Martin.
After g raduating f rom St. Via t o!', Fat he r McG lynn went to Ca t holi (; Uni ve rs ity, Was hin g ton, D . C .. and immediate ly took a d eep in terest in thi s work. It w as while he was a m e mber o f the f irs t Latin Class of p urs uin g his s tud ies th e re , tha t he th r ee membe rs, each of w ho m we re j oined the Dominican O rd e r of Fa t i1- destined t o ente r t h e pries thood. At e rs. t he unusua ll y yo ung age of nin e t ee n , . the t hen Bro t h e r Legr is, lett fo r Already a n art ist of re known m Ro m e and s tud ied t heo logy at t h e Colhi s cho sen f ie ld, he wil l no doubt add l iege of Pro pa ganda. He sp en t three mu ch to his abilities as a sc u lpto r~r 1 years in s t ud y th e re , g reatly hand !~ frcm wh a t eve r obse r vation he m ay capped by many se riou s Il ln esses; make of th e num e rou s mas t e rpi eces neve r thel ess he managed to corn pl e t r to be view ed in the E t e r nal Ci ty. Th e hi s s tudie s in less than th e us ua l good wishes of th e College gb with tim e and journeyed to the Ho ly Land . him, and a ll fee l s ure that he will reach even greate r he ig hts in thi s Upon hi s re t u r n to Rorn c, in 1 881, he wa~ orda in ed a t th e age of twenty field of a rt , on his re turn to th e t w~. He- t rav e led to Ire la nd for a United States. s l10rt stay a nd fro m th ere mad e his way back to St. Viator Coll ege, where he has bee n a member o f lhe faculty 1for over fifty-two yca rH. Mons ig nor Legri s is a man of many accom plishments, besides being one oe Lh e fo re: mos t inst ru c tors in th e Vlator-lan Th t f h I R Ord er, in t he field s o f hl a to r y, lane nex iss ue o t e V ATO IA N , the Thanksgiving N umbe r , will be g uage, sc iencca a.H we ll aH in philoai"1 th e handH of the Day S tud ents. It phy a nd theology, he IH a f ln ls hccl has been a c ustom her e that th e musician. Freshmen cla~s shall edit one num_V!omignor Legri s ha!i a hobby, and ber du ring th e sc holastic t e rm . This thal Is world travel. Al ready hf' year, the Ed itor is lnauguaratin g a ha.9 ulade one trip around tb e world, Day Student Issue, which he hopes ttve tripfi to Europe and three W th e will become a yea rl y affai r . It iR Holy Land . Durin g hi s speech A.t also hts belief that this Issue will act th e Jubilee J.~xeJ'C·l':leH Jn J931, he cxa"! a stimulant for that g roup for pressed the will to make yet anot her t t1 I f t . trip to Europ~ . grea er coopera on n u ure tssue~ The VIA TORIAN haJi been aJ<kcd of the paper.
th e pries thood ; Gill Mid le t on. also of 1 A rg ue On P reside n ti a l P owe rs las t year's g radu c ling c lass is at S t Th e qu es tion to be de ba t ed is the Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. T h e sa m e wh ich will be used in the rnaprayers and best wi sh es of the student jority of th e encoun t ers th is season: body go with these two young gentle- "Resolved: Tha t th e powers of the men for success in their chose n voca- President of the Uni t ed States s ho ul d General Ch ai rman - William CJan- lion. be s ubs t ant ia lly inc reased as a set· cy. ti ed policy ". T hi s qu es t ion is one of Rece ption Comm ittee J ohn Bim- Sci ence C laSS A ttends the bes t ques tion s fo r de ba t e in re· merle, Chair man ; Margare l Watso n, cent years. It le nds itself apt ly to ~':dna F'inncgan . centu r y Of P r ogress arg um ent a nd does not necessi t ate a Tickets Committee Robert Nolan, ba rrag e of sta t isti cs whi c h are alChairman; Gerald Su ll ivan, J ames About two weeks ago, Prof_ H en !'! ways co nf usi ng if not tiring to th e Dooling bu ndl ed th e eleven m em bers ave rage a udi en ce. Crow ley. No la n Be,.. ins F o urt h Se·"' "'o•• Or<'lle-Htra Committee George of his P hysics c lass on a Chi cago 1 • _, The d e bate will be th e firs t fo r this l•' le-ming, Chairman : Thomas Ryan , bound train, and didn't call th e roll until the group had arrived at the . Richard Doyle. Hall of Science at a Cen tury of Pro- season a nd w tll mark th e begin nin g Publi city Group Joseph Degnan, gress! The group toured that build· ?f M.r . Nolan's .fourth seaso n of brill · htnry C rui se, Agnes S t elte r. El . d th 1ant mtercollegtate deba t e. It will l') e ing, th e ect n c a 1 gro up ,. an e! . In vitation~ for cha perones fo r the Travel and Trans rt building, ac- upon hls , shoulders. as the rebuttal po speake r the "clean-up" position d onee wi ll be se nt Mr. and M rs. W. co rding to a plan evolved by Prof th t th m b f . ' P "rowley, and Mr. and Mrs. H er- Dooling. As lhe g roup made its a e runt 0 th e Mund e lem at.. . ay through th e maze of hi'g hl y tack will fall. Th e g ir ls from Munman Snow. "' techn ical exhibits Prof. Dooling ex- delein always t urn up a well coa ched Ft\ t he r \V atter Steidle, grad ua t e of plained those that were new to th e and dogged o utfit, but it is believed St. Viator, wa.s a rece nt visito r and class and questio ned them on those on th e campus th a t Father Maguire, hi& f n ends were ex tremely pleased tu with which they were familia r . C. S. V., as coac h , has hit upon a learn that t~ enJoying excellent I The s t udents reported themselves winni ng com bination. heallh At p rese nt, he is stat ioned greatly satisfied with the "meanderThe co ntes t will be broadcast over t Ebert, Colorado ing seminar" class. There is no radio s tation WCFL in Chicago, from doubt but that had time pe r mitted, four to fou r- thi rty Sunday afternoon. ).fr E. J M tden. former student, the progressi\.'C Prof and his brood The decision is to be re nde red by the t t" 't'Dtly p hi a short \iSH to several would have made a second trip to thl· listening audience ,which will be re0f the fa('ulty members. Mr. Mad- F.xposiuon The students are even quested to send its votes to the stadt>n, at pn.·~ent, hve~ at Utica. IlL ln \igorous accord v.rith Prof. Doo?- tion ings' assignment tor a term paper, In the meantime, Father Magmrc At a meeting held Tuesday, in the to extend to the Alumni and ft rh:nda \\' tlluun .. Rtp" Riley. ts now teach- ~rnce the assignment requires them v.ill be whtpplng two platform team3 Study Hall , the Day Students agreed of thP Cnllr-gp a.H well ft.H th~ genertd tng shorthand \n onC' ot the bU!-oines-; tc• gi\'e a detailed study and report of into shape to meet teams f rom tht! to assume res ponsibility for the nex• p l b ~tc. :t f·ordial Invitation to attend
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