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REGISTER LARGE FRESHMAN CLASS • Opener.ST. VIATOR OPENS67TH YEAR Green Wave Loses zn
ST. VIATOR COLLEGE~ 0; SOUTHERN IlliNOIS STATE TEACHERS', 14 Three Quarters Played In Rain ; Gibbons Injured In First Play; Viator Line Stars ~ -------------------------------
St. Viator s u stained a 14-0 defeat F riday night at the hands of Illi-
nois State Teachers' College at Carbondale.
Facing a squad of hried
veterans, the inexperienced !rich backfield fai led to click. Gibbons, a veteran , injured in the firs t play,
was a severe loss to tbe team. Numerous and severe penaliti es likewise caused the Iris h to lose g round , in both their defense and offen sive a t -
tacks. Although
the
T eachers'
backfield
rusplayed great finesse and polish, they made f ew and only short gains through th e V iator line, which dis played a spirit and strength seldom seen in Little Nineteen football. Repeat edl y the Carbondal e t eam att cmpted to break through the Irish s tone-wall defense, but fai led in every instance to make and app r eciable gains. It was during the ti me the ball was in the air that the T eachers made their advances t owards victory, and it was during the sam e plays that the Green Wave disp lay ed its weakness. Four Viator passe::: were inter cepted and the rest we re knocked down, with disastrous results. The game opened on a damp field, with clouds threatenin~ overhead. Viator received the kickoff and Gib bone, the only 1933 man in the backfield, carried the ball for a pproximately twenty-five yards, when he was downed and s uffered a sprained ankle, which n ecessita t ed his removal from th e gam e. He was replaced by Rohinsky, who, after three
FOUR FRESHMEN WIN HONORS IN RHETORIC CLASS One
Hundred Tak e P art Proficiency E xams.
An innovation was made Englis h departme nt this year by th e introduction of proficiency exa minalions in Rhetoric. These exa min a tions are g radually being introd u ced into th e leading co lleges and univ e rsities for th e purpose of giving s tud e nts an opportunity of self- advanceme nt. The more important ph ases of Rhetori c are cover ed in thE- examinatio n, and those stud en ts who succeed in gettin g an ave r age of C., i. e., 77 % or above , a re pe rmitted to drop Rhetoric I and are given three hours of credit. Of the one hundred freshm en who tooK the examination four s u cceeded in making th e grade. Since the examination was a long and hard one , th e VIA TORIAN takes pleasure in pub lis hing the n a m es of th e winne r :;. Robert Me rcer, registered ·f rom St. I gnatius High School, Chicago, ranked firs t; Dolph Guy, r egistered from Cathed ral Hi gh School, Sp rin gfie ld, rank ed second; Joseph Prokop p , al so rtgis t e red from Cathedral Hi gh School, and htf...2 rs hall Lamore of
downs, punted the b~:te~nt~ f~: Bradley Hi gh School tied for t hird Teachers' t erritory . place. minutes of see-saw playing to th e advantage of the so uth e rn team, Carbondale p assed to an end who carried the pi gskin over th e go al. The place ki ck was good.
Two Pouplar Coeds Absent From Campus
Later in t ne same qu a rter, this aerial play was again put to good effect, and th e score stood 14-0 in the T eachers' favor. Th eir third a ttempt t o use this devi ce fa iled to in crease their margin. Late in the second quarter Betourne replaced Maste rso n, and s hortly the reaf t e r V iator began its on ly serious t hreat of sco rin g , th e line meanwhi le, holding th eir positions lik e iron m e n. With the opening of the third quarter Betourne plunged through center fo r a 22-yard gain, only to have the ball recalled and Viato r penalized for holding. After a few minutes of steady pounding th e Irish reached th eir opponents' fiftee nyard l ~ne, but soon los t th ei r advanta ke, and the game proceeded wi t.io a constant ex change of th e ball -::u downs and the r efusal of both lines to allow their opponents to
The Senior Class was deprived of o ue of its mos t prominent m em bers when ill ness made it impossible for Miss Margare t Clancy to co ntinue her s l udies a l S L. Vialor thi s year. Miss Clancy, who was elec t ed Pres ident of th e Social Sorority last year in convi ncin g testimo ny o f h e r popu larity among he r immed iate associ ates, has a lways been a ..tal ented and industrious s tude nt. By c lose ap plica tion s h e s u cceeded in co mpl e tin g a se m es t e r 's wo rk los t throu gh illness in he r sophomo r e year, and would have been g raduated in June, 1935. Th e bes t w ishes of P eg's classmat es a re cordial ly extended to her, a nd it is their since r e hope that it w ill not be lon g until her h ealth permits h e r to resume her s tudie s at St. Viator.
Anothe r m ember of the So rori t y. Miss Mary Anthony, of the Freshsco re. man class of last year, has been preAlthough the Carbondale team be- vented from registe ring on account (Continu ed on Page Five)
of illness.
WITH MASS TO THE HOLY GHOST
GIVES WELCOME
President W elcomes Students At College Club Thomas K elly Assumes Official Duties ------------------------~----- Q
Meeting;
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St. Viator College opened its door s on September 17 to the largest Freshman Class to enro JJ in the 67 years of th e sc hool's hi sto r y as an institution of higher teari ng. On the following morning, th e office of th e R egistrat" was forced to secu r e addit ional help from the student body. in o rd e r th a t the registration of the upper cla..<:>Sme n might be comple t ed in one day; an d at the tim e of thi s Arbitrates Twenty Strikes In writing, new s tudents s till continue Three Months to a rri ve. The e nrollment shows a 25 per cent in cr ease o ve r that of D uri ng th e pas t s umm e r th e Rev. last year, and there is every reason J . W . R . Maguire , C . S. V., former to believe th at the second se mes ter Pres id ent of St. Viator College and wi ll show an inc rease o ve r the first. H ead of th e Depar tment of Soci On W ed n esday, September 19, at ology, h as bee n in c reasin g ly active in la bor disputes as a m e mbe r of 8 o'clock, a Solemn High Mass of the H o ly Gh os t was celebrated i.n Ve ry Rev . E . V. Cardinal. C. S . V. th e C hicago R egional Labor Board. th e Coll ege Chapel by th e Very Rev. In the course of little more than E . V. Cardinal, the R ev. A. J. Land > My Dear Students: three months, Father Mag'clire has roc he ass isting as deacon, and BroIt g ives m e g r e at pleasu re indeed se tt led over twen t y s trik es. H e bas th e r Eugene H offman as s ub-deaco n. trJ w e lcome to St. Viator Coll ege the bee n sent as far wes t as Montana It has long been the custom of the larges t group of college students. to investigat e conditi ons in the cops tuden ts of St. Viator to ask at that s he has eve r r; nroJled. per strike in that s t ate, but has th e beginning of each scholastic year You will f ind at St. Vi a tor Col- spent mos t of his time in Il linois th e blessing of God upon the ir work lege men who have s uccessfu ll y in- and W isco nsin. and in a special way to in vok e the s tru c t ed T!lany s uch as you rselves in Father Maguire has brought to a aid of the H oly Gbost, th e Spirit of th e a rt of li ving. They have fa ith - successful conclusion s uch important Light, in the search for Know ledge fu ll y protec ted th e traditions of six- s trikes as those involving the Mil- and Truth. ty-seven years of co llegiate experi- waukee Bridge Com pany, Corn ProImmediatel y after Mass, a student ence. You wi ll a lso find ne w mem - dutcs R efining Com pan y of Pekin, meeting was held in the College Cl ub bers on th e fa c ulty. All of them Dlino is, the Caterpillar Company of roo m. Thom as K e lly, President of have equipp ed th emselves academi- P eo ria, the M enasha Woodenware th o College Club, call ed the meeting call y for th e important wo rk of Company. The Mi lwaukee Stree t Car t0 o rd e r, and s poke briefly to the s timulati ng you to educational ac- Company, The Northern R ef ri g erator asse mbly. H e pledged th e s upport complishmen ts. You have a righ t Company, and the Luick Milk and of the student body to th e Admin to expect that when coming to St. I ce C ream Company o f MUwauk ee. istr ation and asked every man and Viator vou will find a library well Now that Father Maguire is no woman of t he College to back him stocked. with carefu ll y selec t ed H aving received assurance books; Laboratories equopped to en - lon ger burdened with the d uti es oi in thi s. ab le you to work a t th e experiments th e President's office, he will be f r ee that his policy met with the apin th e various f ields of science; a t o take an eve n more impo rtant proval of th e meeting, Mr. Kelly incam pus r edolent with g reat tradi- part in fi nding answe r s to the num- troduced the Ve r y Rev. Preside nt. Father Cardinal began his r emarks tions and buildings which a r e ade- e ro us questions that are bound to by wel coming th e s tud en ts to St. quately e quipped. But these a r e no t arise during th e coming year. Viato r . H e did not, as has been th e most va lu abl~ assets of an eduthe cus to m heretofore, set forth the ca tional ins titution. A group of men, disciplinary rul es for the year, but learned and enthu s iastic, fri endly and explained that the Dean of :M en. congenial can do more fo r yo ur Father Ryan , wo uld do so at a latmental enrichment than a ll these peripheri es of education. Ea rl y in S ep t em be r the Rev. E. V. t e r da t e. Yo u have come to a s mall co ll ege. Card inal , C. S. V., made an urgent The remainder of the t a lk was de ~ Because it is small, we shall be- appeal to friends of St. Viator in voted to the enumerating of the adcome acquainted. We s hall have not behalf of th e co llege library and vantages of a College education. m e r e ly an official r ecord of your la boratories. By m e ans of a le t- Father Cardinal ve ry rnasterful\y exi ste nce he r e but a know ledge of t er, the pres ident explained to the contrasted th e educated and un ed u~ your ;q,bilities a n d limitat ions, a ~=tln mni that his firs t task as pr es i.~ ca t ed man o f the world, that he sympath e ti c unders tan ding of your dent was to o bta in for St. Viator m ight instill in his hearers a g reat d iff iculties and a joyou s smile for Coll ege higher recognition by the er, keene r desire fo r learning. At your accomplishment s. W e shall Acc red iting agenc ies. To effec t the conclusion of th ese remarks. be with you in the class- roo m, on this, Father Cardinal w ent on to the meeting adjou rned. th e campu s and in the ~ h ape l. It exp lain that n ew books had to be Thus has St. Viator entered a new will be possibl e for you to become purchased, a number of p e riodicals er a,- an e ra of larger en rollments, acquainted with yo ur fellow -st udents . bound and add itional labo ratory greate r prosperity and m ore inte ns~ From your contacts with th e m you equipment inst a ll ed. activi t y in al l co ll egi ate endeavor~ . M eets Gen erous Respo ne (Continu ed On Page Two) Many of th e al umni and friends of th e College responded promptly • and gene rously to the president's ! appeal, and to date almost one thousand doll ars have come in acSaturday noon, after tbe greater The Freshman Class called t o companied by wo rds of congratula- part of the VIATORIAN had alme e ting by Thomas K elly, Pres ident tion and en cou r agemen t. In behalf r edy go ne to press, the St. J ohn Berof the College Club, h e ld their Class of the faculty and the stude n ts, cbman Society held a meeting in e lec ti on last Mon day afternoon, with Farther Cardinal wishes, th erefore, Marsi le H al l. The fo llowing officers th e following r es ul ts: to thank these benefactors who by wer e e lected t o o r ganize the socie ty President- Basil Nicholson. their kind coope ra tion are aidin g in for the year: Vice-President- A! Thra ll. a ve ry d efini t e way the expans ion S t ephen Gould, Presid ent. Secretary--A! Palladino. end betterment of St. Vi ato r ColJ ohn Bi nnm erle, Vice-P resident_ Treasurer- Frank Shea. lege. Ri chard Doyle, Sec'y.-Treasu re r.
FATHER MAGUIRE ACTIVE IN MANY LABOR DISPUTES
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Father Cardinal Inaug urates Drive
FRESHMEN ELECT CLASS OFFICERS
St. John B erchman Off • Soctely Elects tcers