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BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS
DR. J. T. SHANNON I OF QUIGlEY PREP TO lECTURE HERE Relation Club To Hear Theologi;:.n Discuss : " Our New Civilization " On Next Thursday, Mar. 22.
The a nnual Stu d ent Retreat this y e ar will commence on Wedn esday e ve ning, M a r c h 28, and w ill co m e to a c lose o n Saturday mor n in g , March 31. It h as als o been announced t ha t R ev. C lare n ce Higgins of Seneca , Illi no is , wi ll be th e retrea t mas t e r thi s ye ar. Father Higgins who distinguis h ed hims elf as an army chaplain, is a speaker of wide repute, and will unooubtedly be well~re ceived here. The hours of meeting for convo catio ns and o th er se r v ices wi ll appear on the Bulle tin Boards shortly.
GLEE CLUB IN PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL GROUPS Be~
extensive t ravels and long stud ies. for e Kank a k ee Rotary Club a n d H e h as s tudi ed in Rome anrl durin ~ Hig h. School his sojourn in Rome, he and - -Doc t or Cardinal J:Secam e acquainted. 1 On W ashi ngton 's B irthday, the Ro· Doctor Shannon is regarded as one t a ry C lub of Kankakee p layed host of the most eminent scholars of th e to the St. Viator C ho ral Society a t h e ld · the Go ld day, and one of the m os t brilliant a L unc h eo n m s peak e r s in the Dioces e of Chicago . In .Review The I. R. C. has been most acli ve t h is year. At the beEinn in g~ of the s cholasti c y ear, Norbert Ellis was e lected p r esident and John Burns, s e c r etz.ry. At the fi rst
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SORORITY SAYS BAZAAR SUCCESS
Annual Retreat To Be Preached By R ev. Higgins
The speake r whom R ev. Dr. Cardinal has eng aged for the next meetof the Inte rnational R e lations C lub, is Rev . Fr. Jam es T . S h annon , S. T. D ., of Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago. The t entati ve date is Thursday, Mar ch 22 at 8 :00 p m . in the College Club room. Tho day of the meetin g has been changed from W ednesday to Thu r sday. Th e subject which Rev. Dr. Shannon h as chos en is on e which should be of interest t o eve r yon e, and esp ecially to the Coll ege s tud ents. Hi s topi c is : "Our New Ci viliza tion''. Doctor Shannon is well acqu ainted - -with hi s subjec t by r easo n of hi::; C h ora l Sooie t y Offers Selec tions
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Sixtee n m e mbe r s of th e St. Viato r Social Sorority met on the night of Friday, M a r c h 9, a t th e hom e of Y vonne La mbe rt in Bradley . Mi ss Lambe rt and Miss G e n ev ie v e Adams acted as co-hos t esses to th e gro up. Miss Caro lyn Ball y rec eived first pl'i ze a nd Ann e Smo le cons o lation in the bridge g am es that followed the bus in ess m e tt ing. Refreshm ents were served at th e c lose of th e games. During th e business meeting it was d e cided to have a nother sa nd wich and c andy sale . The date set for thi s sale ls Tu esd ay, :Ma r ch 13. T h e Sorority hopes it will be as successful a s all others have been in the pa s t. A r e port on the Bazaar wh ich wM h e ld a t t h e Knights of C olumbus Hall on Febr uary 10, 11, and 1 2, was given . The affair nette d the Sorori t y a neat profit of seve nty -s even dollar ($77. 00 ) . Fifty dollars ( ~5 0.00 1 of · thi s amount was given to the Library for m agaz in e subsc ription. Twenty-five dollars (~25. 00) w a.q given Fathe r Maguire fo r purchasing music fo r the Glee C lub, and the r e m a ining mon ey went into the s oron·ty t reasury. At the raffle of
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Th e fi r s t a nn l.ve rsa ry of th e M . J . Ma rsUe, C. S. V., a fo rme r presid e nt o f S t. Vi a tor College, w as comme mora t ed on Marc h d eath of Father
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T he B ergi n Debat ing Society ope n ed th e r egu la r s chedul e of confe r e n ce de ba tes on Ma r ch 1st, with a win ove r B radl ey Co ll ege of Peestabli s h the id e als and s tanoria, Ill. Re present ed by M r . Edw. dards upon which th e school Euttgen, '37, and Mr. H. Dailey, has been built . Hi s sudden '35, th e St. Vi a t o r d e ba t e r s upheld death one year ago was a the affirmative of th e con ference g-reat los s to all who kn ew and question : " R esol ve d : That th e powloved him . R equi escat in er s of the Pres id ent of th e United Pace. States s hall be s ubs tantiall y increased a s a s ettled policy". T he majority of the prac ti ce d ebates that th e debate r s have engaged in to date hav e been o n thls s ame ques tion. Ahead of the various t eams of the _ __ Debating Socie ty a re num e rou s platH oo d " Is Sel ected For S pring fo r m and radio d ebates. Most of the "Rohin former are confe r en ce debates and Prese nta tion wi ll be handl ed by two man teams, --de fend ing both sides of the question. The Sain t Viator G lee and Dra- Radio debates are he ld every Satmali c C lubs, under the able directUon of Miss Margaret G r a n ger , Mr. urday afternoon over Radio Sation J e w et t K ep ley, and F ather J ohn Ma- on W . aC.differ F. L . qu Each radio is ent es tion, and debate they are second ,president o f S t. Viator Col lege, and h e did much to
COMIC OPERA TO BE OFFERED BY DRAMATIC CLUB
guire , C. S . V ., have recently begun Th e d ec isi on is left work on the beautiful and interest- n on-conference. ing comic op e r a , " Robin Hood", to the lis tening public. In the month o f M arch our t eam s which th ey hope t o p r ese nt in the Iutter part of May. will m ee t Eure k a Co ll ege, Lak e F ores t College, D eKalb College. D ayton The m us ic of the drama is by that Univ er s ity, Illin ois Wes leyan , Waw ell known co mpose r , R eginald Do;; bash ( radio), and Chi cago College Of
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meeting, Dr. Cardi n al d eliver ed the di r e ctor of the Kankakee High lec ture. he g ave hi s personal School, s an g se ve ral nu m bers be-
A .. th e November meetin g the club ~Iaguire, C. S. V., introduced :Mr. Kepl ey and Mis s G r anger , who are procured a s a s pe aker a national directors of th e organization, and figure, t he Rev. Fr. John O'Brien, then left Mr. Kepley to take charge Ph. D ., of the Newman FoundatHio,·~ of the performanc e . The selections or' the University of Illinois. ~ topic: " Preparing the World for re:ndered are those whi ch the society P eace", wa s thoughtfull y develop ed is preparing f or its n ext broadcast 11 and delivered in a mos t interesting and t h e s ame whic h were given the Washington Day prog ram before manner. At tn e nex t m e eting .M . the Rotary C lu b. Th ey are: Trust Jean H oupe rt ex.pounded French theories of France's attitud e in ( Continued on Page Eight ) world mann er s . Dr. Sarkissian, a native Armenian , dis cussed t h e exi5ting turmoil in the Near East. The last speaker Dr. Aron a lso from the University of Iumois, .showed ___ th at the World Crises a r e always Th e English E ssay Con t est which accompanied by a dehumanization of was a bandoned last year, has been Art and Literature. r evi ved , and Rev. Rich a rd J. French, From this bri ef s urv ey is ap- Dean of S tu die s bas announced the parent that th e I. R . is one of s ubj ec t s for the contes t for this the most a ctive organizations on semes ter. Th ey are as follows: the Viator Campus by reason of the 1. T he D ec line of Democracy. in t ense in t er est whi ch is shown by 2. New Forms of Gove rment. il's moderator, Fr. Cardinal. C. S. 3. A Challe nge for th e Times. V., and by t h e m e mbe r s . The dis Th e r ules g o ve rning competi tion
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tinguis h ed speake r s whom the Rev. for th e essay m edal, or oither prize Dr. Cardinal h as bro ught to St. St. to be offe r ed , a re prac tically the Viator hav e h e lped to widen the s ame as in othe r years . Th e constudent' s knowledge of worlaly af- tes t is open to al l undergraduates, fairs and gi ve n the m an ins ight in- but ALL Freshme n must compete. to important international ques tions Tl1 h l i 1 th 0 f of th e day . e paper, t e m 0 mum eng whi ch is to be 3000 word s, is to be s ubmitted to the English in· We think th a t No tre Dame ou g ht s tructor before lvi a y 15. The on e t c be g iv e n s ome k in d of a trophy new rul e w hi ch bas been add ed r e b y th e Bi g T en . Why not be s ports quires t h e conte s t ant to use a pen and g ive the m t h e titl e of " Big nam e , an d onl y th is nam e should a p Te n Ch a mps ? " Th ey des erve it af pear on the essay. Th e real name t er be a ting f ive of th e Confer e nce o f th e co n t es tant is to be attached t ea m s ; M inneso t a , Pu r due, North t o th e essay in a seal ed enve lope. ·w es t e r n , Chi ca g o , and Ohio State . This wi ll t e nd t o des tro y an y s us I p icious of fa vo riti s m o r pre j udice in S t ude n ts at St. Thomas Co ll eg e th e judging of ~he individual papers. tak e out insurance a g ainst being A s y e t, th e JUdges have no t been
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called o n in c la ss. For a payment o f 25 cents th ey m a y collec t 3..3 hig h as fi ve d o llars if they h ave to Iecite.- De Pa uli a.
se lec t ed. H owe ve r, th e students have
1al r e ady s hown cons ide r ab le int e r es t in t he con t es t , and it s ho uld produce so m e fine specimen s of th e Ess a y .
Teams Faces Series Of Gruelling Tests This Month; Meet W abash U. In Radio Contest Mar. 24
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R eq uie m Hi g h Mass in th e Coll ege Ch a p e l, with F a th e r P . Hu t ton a c ting as cele bran t. Fathe r Mars il e se rv ed as th e
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whil e th e Libre tto is by L aw ( ra dio) . Mos t of these d e batSmith . Th e variou s prin- es are away fro m ho m e wi th the
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The play, ' 'Robin Hood", embodies a_ s tory that has lived and will contmu e to li ve for centurie s to come. lt I S strange ind eed, that the story _ __ of Robin Hood, who wa s an outlaw Re v. Fr. Cardi n a l, c . s. v., Dean of the twelfth century s hould liv e of the His tory D epa r_tm ent of st. and become a trad ition, whi ch is Viator Co ll ege, s poke a t t h e weekl y lt!-n c heon of th e Kankake e Kiwanis Cl u b, Mond a y th e 5th of :M arc h , in M c Brooms Cafe. Hi s lec ture dea lt with th e his to r y of th e Austrian Empire, whi ch. h e s aid, was the oldest in th e world prior to 1918. Dr. Cardianl a lso spoke of the work of Chancellor Dolfuss. as well as express ing hi s own op inion (as a hi s torian ) of th e conditions in E urope m re gard s to Austria. The Rev. Fr. Car dinal was intro duced by Mr. Romy Hammes, Chairman of th e prog r am com mitt ee, and t h e apPreciation of t h e lec ture was expr essed by Arthur L . Bec kman on beh a lf of th e Kiwanis Club.
St. Viator College has been chosen this year as the s ite for th e annual Ca tholic Youth Org aniz ati on R e treat. I n th e past th ese r e treat s have been
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pressing their appreciation and thank s to those of th e r egu lar s taff of the VIATORI AN, who have g ive n us the benefits of th e ir expe ri en ce by a d visin g an d guiding us t h ro ug h t h e j ourna listic maze which w e have had to t r a ve l in order to go to p ress on tim e. Without the exce ll ent s uper vision o f Mr. R o be rt S pre itze r we would have bee n un able to s u cceed in editin g a wo rthwhil e e di ti on of th e VIA TORI A N. W e als o wi s h to thank thos e who ha ve contributed mate rial fo r th e variou s columns .
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Lectures on '• Chancellor Dolfuss And the Austrian Empire " At Weekly Luncheon-Meeting
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DEBATERS WIN DECISION FROM BRADlEY TECH
Celebrate Mass To Commemorate Death Of Pres.
Room of the H o t el Kankakee. At the pic tures donated by Einbeck's th e reques t of the Club, t h e group Studio, Father E . V. Cardinal, C. S. respounded with s everal n um bers V., was th e f orunate wi nner. which w e r e well rece iv ed by all those prese nt.
On Mon day, Marc h 5th, the G lee C lub , at th e r eques t of t h e mus icale
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lo ved and as well known in Amerir a as it is in E n g land. This play is th e s t ory of a g re a t popu la r h ero. w h u w as not a m e r e robbe r and outla w- li ving w ith hi s ban d in She rwood Fores t , but a kind , courteous, g~nerous, an d d ashin g pe r s onage, (Continued on
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C. Y. 0. Retreat To Be G IV en Here Next July
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Rev. Fr. Maguire , C. S. V ., d ebate coach, there a r e n o definitely first string teams. Fr. Mag uire be li eves in allowing ev ery m e mber of the Debating S ocie ty to h ave an opportunity of d e ba tin g, during the s e a s on. A s a r esul t th e Society has
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an unu s ua ll y la r ge me mber s hip thi:::; y ear. f Th e fol owing is a s un1m ary o f th e d ebates en gaged in thu s f ar this s eason. Decis ions we r e re nder ed b y audi e n ce vo t e and c riti c judges. St. Viator d ef ended th e n egativ e or aff ir mative of th e ques ti on a s d e noted. Radio Oe hat es A ugustana Co ll ege, Fe b. 3- won a udien ce d ec is ion. Rosary College, Fe b 10 won audi ence d ecis ion . DeKalb College, Fe b. 17- w on Illinois College, M ar. 3~no d e cis ion as ye t. Prac tic e DeUa.t~ Ros ary Co ll ege, F eb . 20---no n-de cis ion d e ba t e . ( A ff irm. and N eg .)
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of th e C ath oli c Yo uth Organization , st. Vi a to r A ffirm a tive t eam co mis an alumnu s of S t . Vi a t o r, having pose d o f Mess e r s. E d w. Buttgen, H. hee n g r a du a t ed h e r e with th e c lass Dailey , an d J a m es D u gan won foue of '06. d ec is io ns out of fi ve . They defeaterl the fo llo win g t eam s: Man ch es t ed Co ll ege, Ind., Hi ram College, O hio, C edarv ill e Co ll ege, Ohio , and Gos h en Coll ege, Ind . W e r e defea ted by Th e Colleg e ex tends its h e art - Ca pital College, Ohio. f elt s ympath y to R ev. A . M . K is St. Vi ato r Nega ti ve t eam co m· sane. pastor o f S t . Rita' s Church in posed of Yfesse r s. W m. Sch u mac h e r , A uro ra, on t he dea th o f h is b r o th e r, No r be rt E llis, and Ro bt. No la n only R ic hard in C hi cago las t wee k . Th e wo n o n e decis ion wh il e dorpp in g la tte r w as a m e mbe r of th e A cad e m y f0 Ur . T hey d efea t ed No r· t h wes t e rn
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