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BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS
VOL. LI.
Student Prom Dec. 27 NO.6
FRIDAY, D ECEl\IBER 15 , 1933
France Honors Msgr. Legris
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, I DAY STUDENTS WILL PRESENT I The Stqff of the Via- . ! MONSIEUR WEillER PRESENTS MEDAl HOLIDAY PROM DECEMBER 27TH ii torian Extends to !! OF FRENCH ACADEMY AT CONVOCATION
! ! Hundreds Of Priests, Alumni, And Friends At! tend Impressive Ceremonies In College Gym ! -----------------------------· !I St. Viator Co l lege was h ost last MONOGRAM CLUB Monday to hundreds o f pries t s. fo r 1d B d Th ' i ent 0 y, ezr i TO OFFER DANCE mer s tud ents and frie nds who assem! AFTER HOLIDAYS bl ed with th e fac ulty and student body to p ay h o mage to th e vene rable I' Parents, A l u m n i ! 1 J ohn i\1e any I s Named President Of Monsignor Ger asime M. L egris. w ho N ew l\1e n S h o w Promise In First i ~ C lub was on tha t day stg nally h on or ed . in E ncounte r i a n d Fri ends i t s ! g ratefu l ack n ow ledge m ent of h15 j I Monday af t ernoo n , November 27, Ipn ce l ess wo r k in propogatmg th e anOn Wed n esday afternoon and evenW•h f JW i saw th e r evtval of an o ld a thl eti c or- l c1ent culture of France, m bem g c r ein g, December 6. th e Viator Affirma- ! l S es Or a erry j gamz[..tiOn on the cam pu s- th e Mono- ated an Officer of th e sel ec t Fren ch tiv e and Negative teams respe c tivel y I : gram Club. Seve ra l yea r s ago th o..! Academy. enco untered th e U niv e r sity of Illinois i c hristlnas a n d A ! Club ceased to fun c tion, an d the stu i s di stinction i s th e hig h es t that debating t eam s in a non-d ecis ion con- j ! dents w el co m ed the n ews that i t was liesThwithin th e power of th e Fren ch tes t. The Affirmative t eams met in J l Happy New year ! t o b e r eo r ganized , and th e athletes gove r nment to bes t ow upon th ose w h o i i the Members of the i i Faculty, th e Stuj
Second Annual Season Dance Will Be Held In Gold Room Of Hotel Kankakee • Elabo r ate plans are now in progress for th e second annual Day Stud ents DEBATE SEASON Holiday Prom. The affai r is sub· OPENED AGAINST sequently following the first of it's 0 S EC kind which wag quite s uccessful last ILLIN I D . 6 It prom ises to be the social hi ghlight in th e H o liday calendar dur-
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ing the Ch ri s tmas r ecess, and it is hoped that th e R eside nt Students wi 11 join with the Non-Residen t Studen ts in making the affair a s uccess. At Hot e l KanJ<akee The dance is to be he ld on Wed n esday evening, D ecembe r 27 , in th e bea uti ful Gold Room of th e H ot el
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seaso n . All geus t s wi ll be assured Col l ege C lu b r oom. Th e V iator Afof an enjoyabl e evening for th e music f irmati ve t eam was com posed of Ed i s to be furnished by the melodious wa rd Butlgen, James Dugan, and and popular band o" " Don" Burnell, 1 Rober t Nolan. The Negative team who has r ecently beco me ve r y pro m- t was composed of H es t er Dail y, WHinent in local social events.
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liam Schumache r and Norbert Ellis. IIllinoi s U . w~~ re presented, on the
At a meetin g of the Dey Stu dents affirmative S h.: ..~, by Mr. Burt. Mr. group, whi h was h eld on last Thurs- Honnold and M r . Fishman, and on t he
day afternoon, James C rowley
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initial m ee tin g of the yea r. N a m e O ffi ce r s Th e f irs t meeting was pr esided o,·er by John Meany, assis tant coach and prominent figure i n all co llegiate affai r s. After he ex plained the purpose of the organi zat io n, those present proceeded to el ec t officer s for th e year. ' 'Doc" Meany, a sen i or, wa s named President by a la r·ge majonty. " Tom '' K ell y, '3 5 , \vas elec t ed to th l! office of Vice- President.
a n d negative s ide. by M r . McCard. · d G J ohn Ripstra we r e appomte ener a l ~' i l so n and ·M r. J eanblanc.
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Th e St. Viato r G lee C lub, under th e thi s year, was nam ed Tr·eas ur er . di r ection of Mi ss M ar ga r et G r an ger All th e men named to the various will prese nt a nu mbe r of Chris tm a.:; ca rol s O\'e !· radio sta ti on w . c. F. L. offices have been prominent in footon S unday evening, D ecember 24 , at ball and basketball here fo r the pa st ei g ht o'c lock. This wi ll marl< the three years. second £:. ppearance of th e C h oru s in Plan D a n ce Orc h eStr a Commi tte Watson, debate, and despit e th eir inex perienc e a Christmas program over this s t aImm edictely afte r th e se l ec tion vf Chariman, Wulffe and Snow. clisp layed muc h tal ent and adaptabi !Fin t!.n cc Committee Sc hneider , tty. W ith due tim e and experienc e. tion, which was r eceived so well b y office r s was made, it was sugges t ed Schosse r . they ca n, unde r the very ca pabl ~ the lis t ening audience last seaso n . that some plans be made \v h er eby a Th e c horus has been working ve r y f d t bl' h d f th 1· ht b Publi city St a ff Ri chwine, C h air- g uidance 01 Fa lher Maguire, be d~- hard during th e pas t month, and un- p~:e ~f gpurc~aes~n~ ~:.:a te~; an~ P ~~~ 1 man, S t lte ·, Souci e, Corman and Ar · vt: loped into d ebaters of ve r y high der cap able d irecto r ship has reach- tr::rs fo r the Varsity squ ads. Th e ri cgton. 1 caliber. ed a high degree oi perfec tion. R ece ption Committee C l an cy, The qeustion for the debate wa s. idea whi c h appeal ed mos t to the m e m ~ Mack in and Arrington . "Reso lved : That th e power s of th ~ l'I L-c t Musi c bers was that of sponso rin g a dan e~ Mr. 'Thomas Ryan, Presid ent of the P1·esident, as of July 1, 1933, should A mong the hymns to be presented imm ed i ately afte r the Christma:; Day Stud ent organization, wishes to be m ade perman ent by a co nstit'J- c. r€" the eve r beauti.fu l and popular holidays, th e pro ceeds of which shoqJcl • d 1 II · go into th e n ewly eStabli s h ed a thl e ti c mal<e a.n app eal , throu gh th e VIA· tiona ! amen <I mcnt ':. an t 1e lmois 1 "Ad cste Pidelis" and "Si lent Night". TORlAN, to th e r esident s tudents in t eam displayed a tme knowledge of D espi t e th e fact that these hymns fund. a .. km~ for llwir full coope r ation in th e subj ec t and gave every evidenct! arc presented yearly throughout the Althou gh no definite date was se t making thi H <lant·e a su ccess. T o thal th ey w er e w ell prepared for \\Orld by innumer ab le g roups, never- fo r th e dan ce, it will be h eld shortly Uate, lht• non-resident ~ tudents have their Confer en ce sc h edul e which open- th eless, th ey have no t lost th eir pleas- after the students r eturn from tht~ il-nt ndm1rabl e suppo rt l o all soc ial cd l as t week. ing m elody and beauti ful thought. Chri s tm a<; vaca tion . Mr. M eany s taleR tl<.' livitlt.'s of th e ca mpus and look for Th e Af1ir m a ti ve Deba t e Other number s to be sung on thi s that h e hop c::s to s tage t h e affair 011 th e boanl t.· r~ t o return the favor. Thi s Th e affirmative debate proved to be program a r e, " Whil e Sh eph erd s the eve ning of J anuar y 12 or 13 · t.lam·t• ::-thould espe('ially a ttra ct them, very entertaimng and instructing. It \"'a t ched Thei r Flocks by Night", Th e price fo r the dance should be tor it 1~ llw o ne dance during the \'as n~ ry close throughout, and it "Jubllate" ''0 Come 0 Come Eman- within the means of a ll the st u dents yt.•ur t ha t tht.• board ers are abl e to shou ld havt: be n difficult to make 'l uel " an d , 'Good Ki~g Wen~eslaus". PJi ce of aL.mission wi ll be on e dollar nttenU \\ lthout "ap r on ~ trin gs". decisio n. Th Introductory aft1rma.- All are very appr opriate and out- 1 ( Sl.OO ) per .cou pl e. . A conh n l invitation is also ex te nd~ tive speech wa::; handled by Edward s tandmg Ch ri stm as hymns. The se l ec tiOn of mu s1c for t he even cO to th e :-.ocw l following of K anka- 8uttgen. wh o ::sttuwed g r ea t signs ot The feature of th e evening will be ing has not yet been made, bu t Mr. kt.•e, t\.llll \ \ l' assurt> t ht~m that thi~ promise 4:- nd shou ld develop into an the so lo wo rk of l one Anderson, Miss meany informs u s that th e Orchestra C \ C' nt wt\1 be .somcthang never to be ou t st anding debater before lhe year h; T er esa G r ay and Mr. L ambert Paul- Committee hopes to ob t ai n th e serlorgotten ove r . Mr. Jam es Dugan the second essen . Miss And er so n will do th e vices of Sammy B erk' s Rhythm Kin g.~ Viator speaker, who has been under solo part in " Jubi late" and "Silent ! for th e dance. J
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Th€' ,hn~tmas Ptny, " Th e Shep\\'atch ", will be presented on 10 Monday, December · lfl the audito r1um or St. p tn ck Htgh School. Ex-~ tra rehe-n.rsa.ls are being c alled dun.ng tht• tmal wcrk before th e productiOn of tht" pi y, and cast a.nd directors re m mg c- v t> ry effort to m sur e th e su ~t"~s of th~ project. Proceed.3 wtll be U~('u t o pro,ide Christmas bas-
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d E>my w as found ed early in th e sevent ee n th ce ntury by Cardinal Ric h elieu, fo r the purpose of pro vi ding a body o: literateures t o prese r ve the pristine beauty and purity of the Fren ch tongue . whose judgments were to be suprem e in matters of liter a r y fo rm a nd . te chnique, and it remains to thi s day the g r eat l<:...ren ch tribunal of literary arbi t ration . Qualificalion s
Mr. C hris tmas C arols And H ymn s A re Dexter, A h-Com eren ce man in foo t - fo r entry a r e s tringent, a nd the g r eat . I F eat ur e Of I nitial P resentat ion ball last yea r. was se lec t ed for tiH' es t French writer s of history have Sec r·etar y position, and " K en " W e~- boasted membership on its ro lls. th a t 1t --tray, All-Confe r en ce man in foot ball Cerem oni es ln Gy mn asi um
Co-Ch air·m en fo r t h e dan ce. M!·. First D ebate Th omas Ryan, president of th e Day Taking into co n siderati on S tud ent organ i zation, £:.l on g w ith Mr. was Viat or's first f loor deabte o f th ,~ Ripstra and M r . C r owl ey , appointed seaso n , they d i d ve r y w ell , a lthou <Yh in p laces they showed signs of ine:th e fo llowing comm ittees fo r the affair : perience and unprepar ed n ess. Severn! Co-Chairmen Jam es C ro w ley anrJ of the Viator co ntes tant s were enJ ohn Rips tra. 'g:.:.ging in their f il·st inter-collegiate
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1n th e past. work ed with all th o Night".
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coo lness and ease of a veteran speaker H e handled th e case ve ry w ell <..:.nt.l should be a g r eat asse t t o th e afrirmaUve t eam m the future. Mr. Norbert Nolan, the third and final speaker for th e Viator affirmative side. displayea hi.s unusual t echniqu e and talent. and might easily be con-
solo hono r s in "Good King W en cesMr. M eany, General Chairman of laus" A apeciaJ arrangement o f th e the dance has nam ed the following eve r appeali ng "Ades t e Fidelis" will co mmittees for th e affair: feature a solo, duet, quartet , and the Tickets· .n-.i r . D exter, Mr. Roche and entire chours m th e finale. Mr. Krauklls. ~ Orchestra Mr. Nelson, Mr. Kelly The Glee Cl ub, which will also be and ~fr. Noonan. 10 featu red th e C? ri stmas play " Th e Decoration s Mr. Harding, Mr. Shepherds W atch' must be congratsidered t.he o utstandmg debater on the uJated on their fl~e wo rk and the Rogers, :\<Ir Betoume and Mr. MaMk. squc.d this year His unusual man- great progress they have made in Patron.s--~\1r. ~· Mr. Sala, I Continued on Page S1x}
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Tl}e gymn asiu m ..-. as fitting l y decorDted for the occasion . Vario u s s h ades of crepe formed a ce iling, and directly above the s p eake r 's p la tform floated th e st ars a nd s tripes, and th e tricolors of Fran ce. A tabl ea u of flew·-d e- lis fo 1·mecl a colorfu l background. I n th e abse n ce of Bi shop Sh ei I, w h o was unabl e to attend becaus e of s ici<n ess , th e Very Rev. J . W . R . Maguir~ presided over th e ce r emonies. Tb e Acad emic process ion s t arted promp t ly a t three o'cloc k, and the Senior C lass of '34, fo lloyed by th e fac ulty, procee ded (:Own th e ce nter, t a king the ir places upon the p latform . C h uil' O pens l'rogn1 m The pro gram for th e af t ern oo n was ope n ed by th e sing ing of th e S t a r Span g l ed B~tone r and L a M a r sciiJai se, by th e S t. Viato 1• Co llege G lee Club. Fol lowing th e sing ing or th ese anthems, B,a th c r· Mflgu irc, !n fittings word!'!, exto ll ed th C' lifel ong zt·al of th e Monsignor i n hi s se r vicr:to his Bac r ed ich.:nl :i, arHI .spol<c at lr-ngth upon th e g r ea t fo'renc·h tnu.Ji lion o f culture. Mr. Robert A . Nolan, Presl cl f'nt or the Coll ege Club, and th e n ex t Hpcak er, r epresenting th e !i tud ent body, paid a glowing trlb tc to llw "gr ea l gifts of mind anu hear·t" of lh e Monsignor. Fath er M aguire th en lnt r o-
du ccd th e Rev. l•'alhcr A . F . Gi ra rd . pastor of St. J ohn Baptist Chu r eh In Ch icago, who spoke m a.atf·rfully und IJcau tlfully upon th t M on ~lgnor' s Indefatigabe I abo r !i, intt·rMperHingfitting quota lluns from liter a ture. f Co n -. uJ Ctmft, r s Jf u 11 or Monsieur Rene W cl ll c r , r epr esenting the 1'-ren<:h Minister or Education, and French Comw l at Chleago, spoke of thf· Momilgnor'H long st· r viN· In the {ConlinuOO on Pagf, ~ur.
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