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SIXTY -FIFTH GRADUATION IS HELD ----------------------------------------~---------------------~
\Vinners LEGEAWARDS NINETEEN DEGREES; FATHER E. V. CARDINAL, C. S. V., NAMED Announce In Essay Contes t COL BISHOP- ELECT G. T. BERGAN PRESIDES PRESIDENT TO SUCCEED FR. MAGURIE Fath e r
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Selection I s Approved By Aut horities At Belgi um; Ver y R ev. kakee ,has bee n selec ted a.~ the Rev. William J. Bergin, C. S. V., Addresses Graduating Class And \\o;nner in the Annual Eng li s h Essay V1s1tors ; College Bestows Three Honorary Degrees; J. P . O 'Mahoney Reappointed P rovincial ; F r. J . W. R. Contest Her pape r , writte n on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Wm. Clancy, B. C~ 8 ., Valedictorian. Maguire, Assis; ant P r ovin__c_ia_l_._____ "The
Three important appointments co ming from th e Very R ev. Superior Gene ral of th e Viatorians, were announced at the Commencement Exercises of St. Viator College, June 5tb. Fathe r J ohn P . O' Mabon ey was r e-appointed P r ovincial Chicago Provin ce , for five
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·s.maA aa.Illl JO W-I 3l Father Maguire will remain on tht! facu lty of St. Viator College, as Dean of the Social Sciences and ht! will also continue his activiti es f or civic welfare. In promoting har-
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tb e Chicago Regional Labor Board, to which he was recently appointed by tbe P r esident of tbe Un ited States. Father Magu ire is doing invaluable wo r k In social j usti ce and FATHER E. V. CARDINAL. C. S. V. hu man righ t s. During tbe six strenuo u s years of h is p r esidency,
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m erics Of St. Viator Are Active In Spreading Catholic Tr u ths
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predecessors have done in years past, to receive th eir Bachelor s Degrees. The Exercises of the day were presided over by the Most Reverend Gerald T. Bergan, Bishop-El ec t of Des Moines, Iowa. Me m o ri a l Day The Commencement Exercises r eally began on Memorial Day, when the Graduates took an active part in the ce remonies commemorating the wardead of Viator. Th e following Sunday, June 3, the Class of '34, attended the Baccalaureate Mass In the College Capel. The Very Reverend J. W. R. Maguire, president, was the celebrant, and also delivered the sermon at that Mass. I mmediately following th ~ Mass, breakfast was served th e
F..chnond Burke, a Sopho more. Third p lace honors w e nt to B roth er Owen M cCar thy of th e F r eshman Class wllo also wrote on "New Forms of Gove rnment" . Very Rev. J . P. O'Mahoney, Provincial, Ve r y Rev. J . W. R. Maguire, P resident, and Rev. R. J. French, D e an of Stu dies, ucted as j ud ges in th e co ntest.
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Father J obn W. R. Magui r e, after comple ting his final term as President of St. Viator College, was promoted to th e office of Assis tan t Provincial
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group in the College Refectory. Following tbe breakiast, tbe gradu ates t ook part in the Corpus Christl fes t ivities tbat wer e being held throughout tbe q uaint village of Bourbonnais.
G. T. BERGAN
MEMORIAL DAy SERVICES HELD
it requir ed a man of Father MaSeveral alumni of Saint Viator ColGraduation Day The activities fo r tbe day we r gw·re's intelligence, experience, skill and indefatigable labor to re-adj ust lege have been taking a prominent e St. Via tor 1...-0llege to the terrific Large Crowd Bears Lecture On part recently in the work of the F r ancis DesLau ri ers Delive rs Addr ess o pen ed with the Graduate Banqu.:t economic changes w hi ch has plung - I "In terna tion alis m " A t F inal Catholic Evidence Guild of WashingHono r War -Dead Of St. which was held in the College Reed the wo rld into a p r olonged cri sis. Today he intrusts to his successor a College which has br avely breasted the s torm and w hich is successfully working out some constructive plan that assures St. Viator College of greater achievements for God and Countr y. The new President of St. Viator, Fathe r Cardinal was born at I ron Mountain, Mi ch., A pril 11, 1897. He received his elementary and secondary education in Calumet, Mich. He became a Viatorian in S eptember 1915 and was g raduated as a Bachelor of Arts from St. Viator College in June 19:.: : 0. After f inis hing h is Theological s tudi es at Ken ri ck Seminary, St. Louis, J..1o., he entered th e Catholic University and was ordained J une 14, 1924. After three years of postgradua t e studies, one of wbtcb was spent in preparing hi s di ssertation on Cardinal Lorenzo CEampeggio, in th e Vat ican and dothher uporean Libraries, he receive t .: Doctorate in history f rom the University of Illinois in June 1932. During t he entire decade of hi s pri es thood, with the exception of hi s leave of absenc e fo r th e Doc torate Father Cardim::.l has been an activ e m embe r of t h e Faculty of St. Viator College. H e has successively filled the office of Vice-P res ident, Dean of Studi es a nd Dean of His tory. Father Car dinal's popu larity wi th th e s tudent body and t n e favor w ith which he is r eceived among th e Alumni and friends of _ .. e College spring from his success, as an edu cato r and his wonderful human understanding of the worthwhile things of life. His cheery disposition manifes t s as mu ch the manne rs of a gentleman as the spirit of op timism (Continued on P age Two )
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yea r, the Intern ational Relations the De partment of Philosophy of Club convened for the las t time of the Ca tholic University of America. th e cu r rent scholastic year on May . Broth e r s Hoffman, Mulvaney, Sene25. P r ofessor J ero m e K e rwin, a sac and Stafford, of Viatorian Semimember of the f ac ulty of Chicago nary, W ashington , were m embers of U niver si t y, was the speaker of the the choir that sang for the threE> . The s ubjec t for diSC'-IS - i hour se rvices in F r anklin P a rk , eve run g . sia n led by Dr. Kerwin, concerning Washi ngton, on Good Friday. Broitself with th e possibilities of a ther s F.ost e r . Hoffman and Staffo rd wo rkabl e internationalism for the f u- r ecently passed the archdiocesan ture, ~as of tremen dous inte r es t to ' board examinations demanded of all th e large audi ence which braved an Evidence Gui ld sp eake rs and have oppressively hot eve ning to be on been active ly en gaged this s pring hand in the wo r k of the Guild. Dr: Kerwin las h ed th e advoca tes The Catholic Evidence Guild, an of Mona rch y, Fascism, Dictatorship orgnnization ot" Catholic laymen, was or. th e score t hat onJy Democracy established several years ago by Docwas friendly to th e position of th e tor Hart in Washington. Its p u rCatholic Church. "The Catholic pose is to present the truths of thP. Church," he said, "fares bes t in t h e Catholic re ligion to t he gene r a l pubDemoc r atic state. In any other lie. A lthough its activities include kind of state, being th e minority, radio broadcasts, the use of the we would fare much worse than the press and special outdoor se r vic es on ce r tain days 1 its main purpose is Catholics in Ge rmany''. the conduc ting of open -air " pi t ch es" Throughout his formal talk, Dr. in downt own sections of W ashington K erwin stressed th e n ecessity fo r a fo r s everal hours every Sunday afn ew fonn of intern a tionalis m as a temoon. A "pitch" is s imply an means to the end of maintaining in- . open-air meeting at wh ich se ve ral t e rnational peace. H e was caref ul Gu ildsme n ~eak, e ach on some parto point out t hat presen t day Fasc- ticuJ ar t ruth or set of truth s of the ism cons ti tutes the s tronges t thre at Catholi c R e ligion, and a t which the t n international peace. And he in- audience is ecouraged to ask qu essisted that if war was decla red, pa- tion. The size of the c rowds that trio tic feeling a.nd sen timent would attend and th e k een inter es t s hown be qu ick to sweep aside the coole r indicate that th e work is very well judgment of th e many coll ege men received. v-:ho have signi!ied that they are Docto r H art Respons ible conscie ntious o bj ector s to war, and The credit for the establishment tha t therefore they wouJd not fight and su ccess of the Catholic Evidence in any war. :Gui ld of Washin gton is due a lmos t The final m eeting was broug ht to e ntirely to Docto r H a rt, one of Viaa close with numerous qu estio ns be- tor' s mos t prominent and mos t loyal ing asked during the open fo rum. alumni. He is respons ible not only The c lub will resume its activi ties next September. (Continued on Page Seven)
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The s tudents, faculty and friends sided over by Mr . William Clancy, B. C. S., President of the Senior of St. Viator College observed Me m- Class. eria l Day, May 30, with a Solemn During the cou r se of the banquet, Hi gh Mass on th e porch of Mar s ile a Toast was made by Joseph DeH a ll , followed by the placing of th C> gnan, "To St. Viator'', which was wreaths on the crosses for Viator's followed by John Cronin's "Toast war-dead. Company L and a troop of Boy Scouts from St. Patrick's To The Faculty". Mr. Robert Spreitzer followed with a "Toast Pari sh, Kankak ee, had a part in the ' · ceremonies. To The VI ATORIAl'l"". Mr. John The cele brant at the Mass was Meany made a speech '"To The Rev . . H. Darche, pastor of St. Jo- Athlete". Some advice "To Th'} seph's Chu r ch in Bradley, TIL, an::l Undergraduate" was offered by Charformer National Chaplain of th t! les Byron. and the reply was mad ~ Ame ri c an Legion. Father D arch ~ by J ohn Bimmerle. president of th e was a chaplain in th e V\'orld War, Class of '35. The final address at and hold s nurrie ro us decoration.s for th e banquet was made by Father bravery. Fr. J ohn L ynch , C. S. V.. John Mag-Jire, C. S. V. ussis tant pastor at St. Patrick's At f r equent intervals during th e Ch urch in Kankakee, was sub-Dea- banquet, and im mediate ly following con, and Fr. F. Munsch, C. S. V., it. entertainment was provided by was Deacon. Brother J ohn Farris, the band from St. Joseph 's PreparaC. S. V ., was Mas t e r of Ce r emonies. to r y School of LaGrange , Ill.. who Me mo r ia l Address r ecently won first place in th e "A ' divisio n at the Chicago Mu~ic FestiFollowing th e Mass, 11iss Agne 3 vaL Ste lte r, '34, r ead the Me m orial Day Graduate Addresses P oem. Brother F ran cis DesLau rFollo\ving the banquet, th e proiers , ' 34 ,deli vered the Memorial Day cession continued to the porch of Add r ess. Im mediate ly afte r th e Marsile H al l, where the honorary speech, Father J. W. R. 1\f"aguire, guest and speakers t ook their placpresident, called the r oll of those es on the porch immediately above men who lef t St. Viator to offe r the chapel entrance. The gradth eir li ves, and gav e U1 em in the uates occupied places on th e lawn W orld War. that t he world "might immediately in front of the porch. be sate for democracy" · Mr. \Vii - and the hundreds of relatives, friends liam Clancy. president of the Grad- and visitors took places imm edi ateuating Class of '34, placed the 1 b h" d th wreaths on th e c rosses whi c h had y Th: ~eremoe~~s here, were opened bee n e r ec ted for Viat or 's sons. a- \vith the Bcc he lor Oration. "Th~ bout th e Sacr ed Heart Statue near College Graduate and E conomic R cthe entrance to th e College grou nd<;. form", by Mr. J ames D. Dugan, Ph . Company L of K ankakee then fir- B .. of Bloomington, Ill., which was ed a salute, and taps were blown. followed by anoth er Oration. "'The The ceremonies were closed when Coll ege Graduate and Soc ial R eFather Magu ire led the praye rs for (Continued on Page Twelve) th e d ead heroes.