St. Viator College Newspaper, 1935-03-28

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Freshman Record In this year's f r eshman class Viator has acquired a group of youngsters in whom she may j u~tly take pride.

This class bas stood forth in every branch of student activity, establishing for itself a record which will long stand as a goal toWard which future f r esh men may .strive.

Football Tbirty-eight out of fif t y gridders on t his year's football squad, the largest in the history of th e school, wer e freshmen. Nor is their super iorit y confined to numbers only. Of the eleven men starting ~h e various games ,five and at t imes six wer e f rosh.

There were 26 letter s awarded fo r football of w hi ch 13 Among the first went to freshmen. year fellows w ho received t heir monogr am in football wer e such Viator stars as Master son, P alladino and Rohinski, three backfield men who served as r egulars throughou t the whole season.

With such names as these on its roster and w h en these boys have profited from another year's growth, the Green W ave seems assured of a banner season on the g rid-i ron next year.

Basketball When Coach McNamara looked over h is basketball squad after the fi r st p r e-season cut last fall, be saw among the 26 r emaining aspirants 17 f r eshmen. Of the 17 men on the r egular traveling squad 12 wer e frosh, many of whom had starr ed in h igh school competition. Several bad won all state r ecognition by their work on prep school te8.lilS. Tbese boys too have now gained tha t experience which m eans the difference between a good squad and a good team.

The monogram awards for basketball have no t yet been announced, but it seems that mor e than half will go to the freshmen.

Other Spor ts Nor did t he freshmen show themselves only in these major sports.

Th ere ' wer e six fi r s t year men on Viator's first boxing squad, which en joyed a most su ccessful season.

Tbe swimming team is composed preponder ously of f r eshmen, and at the Monmouth meet 1t was a f r esh man, Basil Nicholson, who broke the Li ttle Nineteen r ecor d for the backstrok e, while the medlay t eam, which also establis hed a new mark, is composed of two fr eshmen and a sophomore. The r esponse to the first call for tennis candidates seems to indicat e that this s port will also see many frosh on the s quad.

Scltolastlc and Social In addition, 36 per cent of the names on th e first two honor rolls wer e those of freshmen. Eight freshmen have seen action und er Father Stafford in debating, and most of these a ppeared in several encounters.

Moreover, despite the con certed efforts of various groups to bar f r eshmen from school offices, Roman Prsybyzs has been chosen to head th e re-organized Viator branch of the Holy Name Society So What?

As Al. Smith says, "You can't go back on the. r ecord", and with such achievements to th ei r credit fo r this year, we feel sure that when this class r eturns ne.xt year, Viator will have entered into a new and greater era. Hats of! to the frosh!

Drama Club Is Host At Gala Party Mar y Anth o n y and Jack Cronin Direct SUccessful Affair Cigarette smoke cu r led gently to the ceiling.

Busy hands shuffled cards. Sweet music floated through the quiet air.

Swaying f igures moved gracefull y across the tile floor.

For a few brief hours al l present enjoyed themselves.

Here, fo u r fellows delve solemnly into the intricates of bridge.

Across the room someone a d justs a r aclio. Several couples are dancing.

T h is was the scene at t h e latest social held in the College Refectory.

Sponsored by the Vi~ to r Dramatic Club and direc ted by Miss Mary Anthony and Jack Cr onin, the affair was a very successful one. An unusuallY large number of young ladies and s t udents t u rned ou t while even such h ighbr ows as Ken W iser, G. F leming and Tom K ell y were present.

The en t er t ainment, · t hough not pr esent in quantity, did have qualMr. Cavanau g h sang "With ity.

Every Breath r Take" and ''Vilia" while Miss Colet te Legris played entertainin gly upon the violin. Miss Claire Legris and 1vir. Cronin also avor ed the audience with a so ng.

Refr eshments, consisting of cake and coffee, were served after a strenuous session of card playing and dancing.

Charming Mar y An t hon y su cceeded in coaxing ou r favori t e professor , Mr. Bausch, upon t he dance floor while P rof. Maloney, Viator's Track Coach, untimat ely r an away with bis Bridge rivals.

Lots of fun was had by everyone, particularly Ed Schultz and Joe (Contintued on P age Fou r)

Tuition Rates To Be Retained Administrative officials of the College announced yesterday that the present low fees for tuition, board, and room w ill be retained for a t least one more year. This action has been taken, despite the rising prices of commodities, in order to assuie st udents a Catholic college education. This does not mean that there has been a change in the scholastic J>Olicy of the ins titution, on the contrary, the students of this year have a ttained a remarkable high average of scholarship. Neither does this reduced r ate mean a decreasing efficiency in service to students; menus are carefully prepared by a group of Sisters of Notre Dame (Covington, Kentucky) and the meals are served in the approved cafeteria s tyle that is gaining in favor a t a majori t y of boarding colleges.

Viator is going forward; this is a s te p toward this end and it r equires the cooperation of every student and alumnus. You all know what your school is like. Inform your friends w ho graduate thls year. Aid in making 1935-3i a bannar year in the history of St. Viator College.

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Gould and Grannell Win All Conference Debates Rev; Moriss ey Dies in Chicauo '{')

R ev. J ohn J . Morissey, a friend of Sl. Viator, died last Tuesday after a len gthy illness. H e was formerly pastor of the Church of th e Blessed Sacrament at 3600 Cermak road.

Father Morissey was born in Rockfc, r d in 1865. H e was ordained in Chicago in" 1890 and beCame assista nt pastor at tbe Church of the Sacred H eart, Joliet. He served also Ver y Re v. J . .\1 . Ro ber ge, C. S. V. a.o assistant at St. Rose of Lima church and as pastor of th e Chu r ch of Immaculate Conception, Highland Park, and St. Finbarr's before going t() the Blessed Sacr ament Church in 1912.

H e was compelled by ill health to r etire from the .Pastorate in 1927.

Surviving Father Morissey is one sister, Mrs. Mary Doyle of Oak Park. Funeral services were h eld at School Will Show Growth Since th e Church of the Blessed SacraLast Call ment on Friday morning.

Viatorian Head E x pected To Visit College

Tbe Ver y Rever end J. M. Roberge, C. S. V., Superior-general of the Clerics of St. Viator, anived in New Yor k on Mar ch 19 from Brus sels, Belgium, for the cannonica! visitation of the Provin ces of Quebec and Chicago. W e eagerly look forward with much pleasure to his visit to St. Viator College some time in Apri l.

H e is no stranger in these parts, as he often visited- the Chicago province from h is native Canada before he was called to the General Direction of h is Communit y. and since that time he has come here on five or sLx. cannonical visitations.

Father Roberge will find a large increase in his Viatorian family sin ce his last call her e. At St. Bernard's Sch olas ticate alon e be will find that the number of collegiate clerics has more than doubled, while the theological clerics in Washington, D. C., are so numerous that they will confront the good father with the p roblem of a new building. H e wi ll also find many new Viatori an p1iests very efficiently w ielding academ ic degrees at St. Viator and other Viatorian schools.

Former Student Dies In Rantoul The Rev. John L. McMullen, pastor of St. Mullachy's church at Rantoul, Tilinois, died rec entl y in that city. He was buried from the parish church in t he Catholic cemetery at Rantoul.

Father McMullen entered St. Viator to complete his classes in September , 1899, and after a very successful course in philosophy and theology was ordained by Most Rev. John Lancaster Spalding at Peoria, Dlinois, in June, 1905.

Befor e coming to Viator, Father McMullen had bad several years experience in teaching.

During his six years as a seminarian, he endeared himself to th e college students as a teacher of Latin.

His loyalty to St. Viator a lways fo und exp ression in generous abiding love fo r B.-'i in a constantl y abiding love for his Alma Mater. As a benefactor of tbe College he will always have a s ha r e in the College community's masses said in the College Chapel.

For Beauty's 'I. R. C. Hears SakeNoted Speaker

The R ev. Richard French, C. S. V., has asked the s tuden ts to us e special care to avoid walking on the grass at this time of the year. when the ground is soft and the first green blades are beginning to appear.

These shoots are the foundation of the cool green sward which is so pleasant in the summer, and a little carelessness now may cause irreparable damage to th e slend er s t alks. Thank you.

An App reciation The Anthropology Department wishes to express 1ts a,ppreciation to Dr. Paul Anthony of Beaverville, Illinois, and Miss Mary Anthony, '38, fo r a donation of an Indian skull and thigh bone. Tbe skull will be exhibited in the Library in the near future.

Tbe Hon. Laslo Medgysey, royal Hungarian Consul of Chicago, addressed the March m eeting of the I. R. C. on tbe topic, "HungaryYesterday, Today, and Tomorrow", on March 21.

H e brought to the I. R. C. a keen understanding of Hungary and its situation in European affairs today.

H e also outlined Hungary's benefit to ci vi lizatlon in th e past and its possibilities of the future.

This lecture, coming as it did from one so thoroughly acquainted with his s ubject, commanded th e deepest interest of the listeners f rom th e Mr. Medbegi nning to the end. gysey's close analysis of the European situation as it exis ts today gave his lis t eners a better under· standing of late d evelopments on the continent.

Debaters See Action Five Times In Week; Meet U. of I. Stephen Gould and Bill Crannell won their thi rd and last Conference debate when they debated agai.nst Illinois State Normal on Monday evening, March 25. The decision was very close. Professor H uston of the University of Illinois was the judge of the debate. He remarked that the de livery of both the teams was very good and that the debate bad to be decided in favor of Viato r because th ei r arguments were stronger than those of the affirmative. This debate made the third straight win for the negative team .

Both the affirmative and negative t eams met the University of Dliuois teams in two no-decision debates on Friday, March 22. Illinois does not debate decision debates ou ts ide of tbe Big Ten The Viator affirmative team, com.posed of Edward Buttgen and Edward O'Brien, debated Collective Bargaining in the afternoon while Martin McLaughlin and Stephen Gould debated the negative side of the questiorl in the eveni ng.

The Viator teams and coach were th e guests of Professor and Mrs. Huston at dinner.

PrOfessor Huston is th e Dlinois debat e coach. The Rev. E . J. Williams, Charles Andrews, next year's Physical Education coach, and other friends of St. Viator at Champaign heard the Viator boys debate.

At the present time plans are being made for Viato r to meet Illinois next year in both tbe fall and s pring debate seasons.

St. Viator's affirmative team lost th eir last Confer ence debate to DeP aul University in Chicago on Thursday, March 21. Tbe Judge, Professo r F. J. MacGuidwin of the Cent ral Y. M. A. C. , and all who heard tbe debate sald that it was close. Tbe delive ry of the St. Viator team was very good. After the debate was over the members of th e DePaul team sald that O'Brien and Buttgen had the best affirmative case they had ver heard. The Rev. John W. Staffor d, C. S. V., accompanied the d ebater s The second Confer en ce win for the negative was acquired by Gould and Cra.ri.nell on Monday, March 18 when th ey defeated Bradley Poly Tech at P eoria.

Tbe judge for this de bate w as Professor Beaucham p of Knox college. The question was, as is the question for all Conference debates this year, Resolved: "That all Collective Bargaining be negotia ted through non-company unions, s afeguarded by Jaw".

Radio Debat"S On March 23 Marg uerite Senesac, '38, and Joe Prokopp, '38, d e bated with DeKalk over Station WCFL. The question for de bate was Reso lved: "Tbat th e United Stat es should adop t the essential featu r es of th e British sys tem · of radio broadcasting."

The affirmative was uph eld

by St. Viator.

The las t radio debate or the seaso n wi ll be held on March 30 over Station WCFL when St. Viato r takes the afflrmati ve of th e question Resolver: "That the war debts sho uld (Con tinu ed on Page Four)

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.. ~larguertte Senesac ts) one who is more observant. the little hamlet is vastly more inter...Martin .McLaughlin esting than many places of greater .. John Stevens r enown. .......... Patrick Hayes Bourbonnais really is nothing more .. Anthony

Gavin than a bit of old Canada transplant· ed in to Illinois.

TWs in itself i~ .............. Eugene Larkin not interesteing, but when one conside rs that for more than one hun· ..... Dave ~IcGrath dred years Bourbonnais has kept its .......... Tom Waldron French customs and language vi r· lL:ally untainted, one realiz es that Subscription Rate $2.00 per annum. here is something unusual.

Bour· Addrese aiJ correspondence referring either to advertising or subscription to bonnais today is, in the main, the The Vlatorian, Bourbonnais, Illinois same as the Bourbonnais of a cen· The same families oc· Ente r ed o.s second class matter at the Post Offi ce of Bourbonnais, Illinois, tury ago. c upy the houses and work on the under the Act of March 3rd. 1879. same farms.

The same darl<-eyed 121 SOUTH WASHI NGTON AVE. youngsters romp through the same ACME PRINTING CO. st r eets playing the same games. Old gentlemen similiar to old gentlemen of the p ast decades walk s low ly along the sam e path s and a bstractedly ponder the same probl ems of life that bothered th ei r predecessors.

The atmos phere has remained qui e t and sleepy.

P eo ple move s lOW· ly a long, seemingly going nowh er e but getting qui ck ly eno ugh to their destinations.

Vi ll age loiterers co n· verse languidly on various s ubj ec t s.

H e r e and ther e a quiet laugh is hear d. There is not any hurry or bus tl e. All is se rene and p eacefuL There a grinning urchin pull s a hair FOOD FOR THOUGHT Ol' two from th e tail of his dog, vV e w is h to reg ister but one Slltall word of protest. P e rhaps th e r eby evoking from the mistr eated i t is ou t of orde r, at a ny rate we should lik e to l<now the gen e ral canine a ye lp of protest.

Down the s treet an ambitious vi llager is opiui ou of t h e students.

Wit h t hi s yea r 's Cres hman enrollm en t, t he largest in th e histo ry t ending his yard , cutti ng th e grass and pulling weeds.

On the calm of t he sc l10 ol, it is surprisin g to uote th e s rnall part t hey hav e air floats t he sweet musi c of a p layed in t he soc ia l li fe of the iustitution. Of co urse, t he fr es hmen vio lin. Now we hear the tolling of attcnJancc at daucc-·s and affai rs s ponsored by other groups has heen th e church be ll.

Its sharp sound Letter t han fai r, but in lool<in g over th e ca la nder on e is unabl e clangs ou t the hour to th e listening to f ind a sin g le soc ia l even t co od ucted by the f res hm en class. co mmunity. It is time for th e e ven'l' lrcre has been sonr e talk lately of a dance to be h eld as soon as ing meal. Li ghts f lash on. Mothers call to their children. Th e r e is a' possi ble after Easler, but it was rece ntly a nnounced that the bit of a hurry abou t th e vi ll age sop homo re class was pla nnin g to hold a dance on i\lay IG. \l'i t lr now. Farm ers c lamber into car s and exa min ations comi ug ltt the end of ~Iay t here will be uo time for chug down th e road to their homes. suc h a u affa ir as is planned.

Now, to get down to the poin t. In cu s tomers termin a te their bargain· many colleges it is t he custo m of t he f res hm en class to hold " ing and depart in vario u s direc tions.

Even th e dogs have disappeared.

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THE ROCK GARDEN "\Yh t-u w e. as freshmen . <:llTivecl here at Viator last falL '" e were all greatly impr·essed by the beauty of the campus.

Then we happened to catch si..,.ht of the only note of discord in the harmony of the scene. lt seems supcrflous to explain that onr glance had fallen on the uuattra ctiYe cha;;m left by the fire of the old gymnasium .

During the course of th e next few d ays we often heard fellow freshmen ask wh!· such au unsightly eye-sore "·as permitt ed to mar the appearance of an othenYise beautiful campus.

1\ e also heard the reply of tht' upper-classmen that it was planned to const ruct on that site a rock garden \<hich would one day Le the beauty

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biography Roosevelt's Theodore says of h i m that he took with him to H a r vard College a habit of hard work and a disdain for id leness. " H ad he not been well equipped with these at tributes his career must have been one of far less mom e nt to his ge neration fo r he was neither a ready s tud ent nor a r ugged thlete".

Samuel J ohnson said that in hi s f r eshman year at Pembroke College (Oxfo rd ) he went to hi s first class and absented himself fo rm th e n ext four. Bos well says, however, that J ohnso n was apt to "overcharge hi s defec ts".

Joach im Vincent Pecc i who later became Pope Leo XIII , rose rapidly in th e es timation of hi s t eachers in his f r eshman year at the Roman Coll ege.

I n the types of freshmen considered above some of you may find personal resemblances.

If you are sn fo r tunate do not h esitate to fol· low out th e sto ry of thei r lives for they are wi lling teachers a lways at your disposal.

Th e libra ry staff wi s hes t o con· g ratul ate the Freshman Class on th e ex t e nt to which they have mad e u se of th e various facilities of th e li· brary.

New Books Charles of Europe- D . B. Wynd-

sil ently along the walks to their The American H er esy - Christoquarters.

Th e s tolid , square build- pher Hollis.

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A Th e Making of Eu rope-Christo· A late New ·wodd brings th e iufo rrn a ti on that the Ve ry ReY. blue haze hangs over ever y thing. pher Dawson . .Aus lern i\ 1.. K eefe, 0. Prae ru , r ecto r of St. No r·ber ts Coll ege at ~~~es t H ere is peace.

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be discouraged \'\"lth the_ knowledge that you have wasted time; others of you however. will be . elated at

r ecep tion in honor of the graduates at sornc time in the rnon tb A block away at St. Viator Colol May. 'l'his is a splendid trad ition, a u d on e that might well be leg.e, t he evening repast is also ham Lewis. instituted at Viator.

At. a ny r·ate, think it ove r befo re t ir e next in progress. Students straggle into The Forgotten Man and other es· class meeting, wlri clr wi ll take place soo n. the r efec to r y. B lack robed m e n file says--William Graham Summer.

D ePer e, \Vis., bad r es igned as pres ident and a member of his lo ca l R.otary club , beca use of tire actio n o f th e int ern at iona l r· ota r y in selectin g Mexico City as th e site of its 1935 int cruationtl co nvention .

Th e Very H ev. Keefe asse t·ted t hat it would be con t ra r y to his prin ciples to sup po r·t with his members hip au organization that wouJd by its dis t·ega rd enco ura ge the pr esecution of hi s fe llow communi ca nts in t he U oly Catholi c Churc h. '!.'his action of l<'atlr cr K eefe points out to u s a mea n s h y whi ch we may stop the Cl'uel persecutions uow takiug place in our neighbor republi c south of the Rio Gra nde.

If we show our se\'1.' L' ~ disapproYal in eve ry possible maun e r, those r esponsi bl e fo r the unspeakable injustice. bein g anxious to reta in the amity of the l Tui tc•d States will soou abandon t heit· present course, and religious f r rcdom will once mol·e be prcseu t on the whol e ~--\mer i ca u con -

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Bourtxm- tion. many of you in looking ba.~k -····· Basil Nicholsen uats ts JU St anot h e r 'h"tc k t o..vn . . b u t ' over the events of . the past year V..'lll Dolph Guy

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That is the impression of Bou r- Dawson. bonnais upon a freshman. It is not Enquiries into Religion-Christ~ · beautiful ; but it is picturesque and pher Dawson.

D epartment has kind.

Th e Education new of th e next been increased by seventeen Will Bourbonnais volumes. dec ade remain as it is today ? Will o ur fast moving life modernize the Libray Ech oes little village? Will the shady nooks, The Librarian wishes to thank qui e t ,p aths, and come r patriarch s Mr. J oseph Rondy of Kankakee fo r disappear? Will th ese people forge t a set of "A Philosophical And Polith e cus toms and language of their tical His tory Of European I n Th e progenito rs ? Will future years find Two Indias". This se t , containing this independent little community in ten volum es and an Atlas was print· the same rut with other small ed in 1873 and is handsomely bound towns? [ in hand-tooled leather.

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For a while this satisfied our curiosity, but fall gradually ga,·e way to winter and st ill no progress had bc~n made on 5h is very excellent pla n. .\Tow spriug is here again with all her glorious majesty; once more the bush es a r e sh edding their wintery garb of buds and adopting their green vernal drapes. But now this bare hole is the more noticeable by contrast with its charming sur-rotllldings.

How e ver it appears that at last something is to be done. Fath er French recently anno un ced that, his plans having been approved, h e \YOnld begin work in a few days, so it appears that we are finally to be able to show visitors our campus with a pride untainted with the fear that they might see through the bushes which hitherto han sought to conceal the space between St. Joseph's H all and R<ly Hall.

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THE VIATORJAN

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 18S5

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Tattler's Column This colu mn Is dedicated to th e Peep-Hole, by the P eep-Hole, and through the Peep-Hole. Your correspondent is offering this issue to the greatest freshman class in th e history of St. Viator College for they will always furnish plenty of guilty matrial. And so a.s Bill Hay would say, ''Here they are ''.

Rumor h a.s it that Tommy Waldron has been double CROSSed lately. Watch you r step Tommy - Why h as 'Stump' Celloto been dressing like a B roadway shiek? Can it be tho.t tho Dramatic Cl ub has drawn his a t tentions - Heard at the P eepHole that Bill P ederson, that modest little boy from Joliet, ha.s decided to start a liars club. I believe that h e will hold al l the offices.

What ha.s happened be tween a certain little glrl In the Village and one of the lads on the fourth f loor ?

I wonder - Who Is J ohn Stevens' blond friend?

What happ ened to Mar y? Tom McGreevy is singtng Sweet 'Adelaide'. She takes a nice picture Tom Speaking of pictur es who stole John FoxEm's beautiful picture? - Beware of the Ides of March, Radous - Ed Schultz and Joe Sprafka turned Into a coupie of dance-floo r cowboys at the Social last Saturday night. I think Schultz ought to pick on someone his own size Since the appearance of a no tice on the bulletin board Gus Gallencamp has been s inging " I don't Wanna be Prestdent" . Can It be that he thinks A I ThraiJ Is better qualified to hold the posi on?

What big attraction b as Watseka for Bob VanNatta? H e spends his weekends there. Don' t t ell any body but I believe her name Is Hazel - Bill Walsh seems to have trouble with his eyes after he spends an evening in Kankakee. Poor Bill, h e just can't take it.

Maybe his roomie is too much for him.

Who

knows? - It would be a good Idea fo r Knox to Jearn bow to get back from Springfield.

The other eventng he directed a motorist to th a t fair town but to ld him be didn't know bow to get back . (A little birdie told me that one, Bill) Marty McLaughlin h a.s Bill Schumacher worried abo ut something, W e ll if Marty .won't tell neither will I - One of the Coeds just loves to hear Ray Cavanagh si ng "With Every B r eath I Take". Anything t o please the girls Ray Dan Barrett seems to be going quite steady with a certain g irl In the village. I think he ought to give the r es t of the girls a break too. How about It Dan? Late News F lashesSeen in the village after th e laSt Social: Basil Nicholson walking Mary Anthony and her sister home.

(These Connecticut boys sur e seem to have a way with the women.)

Llzik took a long time In saying goodbye to Anna May - Incidently who were Tures, Barza:rrtay and Norm ile so occupied with on the way home? (Let me call the cab .) PheIan seemed to ,get alo ng with HazeL

It's alright BUI. W e won't l e U Jane -- Bill Fleming wa.s see n CRUISing abo ut a ll nigh t and sure enjoyed it -路 I wonder why Ed O'Rourke h as s uch a way with the women? Maybe It's th e new haircut - Wiser seems to be having quite a bit of LOCK la tely. Keep It up Kenny - Can It be Ken Corcoran 's Baby Blue eyes U1at have such an attraction for the ca.sbier a t the Paramount? Why didn't Joe Prokopp go t o the last Social? Could it hav e been for financial r easons? Better ask th e Crystal Gazer she woUld know more about It than I wo uld.

Speaking or Crys tal Gazers, The Tattler seems to be getting some co mpe tition in this issue. It seems that the writer got a bit of her gazing twisted, though. That cer tain other coed did not tennin.a te relationship with Krause r . It was just the other way round. Better luck next time Crystal Gazer. Maybe you had better get a new ball Who wer e the dark -haired beauties Joe Speaker and Tony Gavin esco rted home from the Social? Is it

the shooting stars? Watch It boys, Rita and Marie mlg'bt get riled - Who was the sweet young thing that turned Ollie Lux from the Amber fluid to one of Dolph Guy' s pecials "Orange Crush".

What kind of a time did you have on St. Patrick 's day J im? (Editor' Note-This was Jim Ward's birthday.) - Last week another famous fl es hman celebrated his birthday In Chicago H eights. This time It wa.s our own 'Sneeze', More power to you Stan.

And so like all good things gossip must com e to an end. remember-If there Is any dirt wish to know a.sk the Tattler. is the eyes and the mouth of Campus - T-a-1-1-y-h-o.

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TO OOUCH THE REMARK A Minnesota professor wa.s telting a colleague about his former days at another college. "I had the chalr of social science", he said, "lncluding sociology, economics and political scien ce" .

true that Joe sat in the swing "That'', remarked the other, "was (alone) while little Tony watched no t a chai r - that was a se ttee'.

uRemember how I brought you two together~~

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I am a friend indeed. A better friend

nor a si ngle coarse bottom leaf to mar

than others, because I am made only of

my good taste or my uniform mildness.

mild, fragrant, expensive center leaves.

I do not irritate your throat. I am a

I don ' t permit a single sharp top leaf

soothing companion, the best of friends.

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Sprin g ha..!i lt..~ many c harm s, natt. r c tts u.nsurpa..CJHi ng beauties, but ah, my friends, th f~ c r yHlal ba ll by

J L~ m y&U· rfo us powf·r r e\•eal 'i many H A H.K

,-tw rvt~.

As 1 s it h e re holdin g the c rystal In my hands, my eyes penet rate into th e mys t e ry world, whe re the deeds of pa.c1 t and futur e tim e li e hidd e n ; but th ey arc c lea rly re~ vealcd lo th e c rys tal gazer.

And so, m y frl t~nd"$, I invite you to Usten to th e sec r e t s lhe c ryst.al w111 d.ivul gc.

I sec a young Iri sh lad, dark and quJte handso m e , sl tUng a ll a lone in roo m ( ) lhinklng of so me way of preventing those other inhabitants of fourth floor from constan tly "cu tting In" when he Is danc ing with charming Mademoiselle l..Anlise. The Or ystaJ p redlc l6 succoss In th e ond, Ed ., so be pati ent.

Dark c lo ud s gather In the dist a.nce, and when inte rpreted sp e ll T R Now [ have U B L E. 0 1t ! No wonde r U1c re is troubl e , for beyond those c louds li es a trian g ular afralr, and In th e triangle rlvu..lr y.

Between whom ? The nam es a r e faint, but g raduall y become more clear . Now I can read th e m very \~·e ii - Mu.rty, Ma.ry a nd Jo hn ! B ewa re , Marty, th e future will be dark and you r paths s trewn with anguis h, for little J ohnny is very fond of Lbe falr co-ed .

Alumni l -otes

The L: o-Ed G r a d ll at e

Billiard Ace

information that Ed Gallohue is in

deal.

E.d's experience as business manager of Saint Viator College for fvur years after his g r aduation, as well as his training under Father 1 Maguire in th e socia l scie nces! has servOO him In good s t ead to help the leaders in Washington to carry the New Deal t owards a successful issu e des pite dangerous radi cals

Miss

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Frances

Mary

Clancy

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Mary Taylor both members of tht g raduating class of '31 have been members of the faculty a t Ashkum high sc hool and Bonfield high school respectively fo r th e past four yea rs.

n!ugwump conservatives.

The Right Reve rend M . Nolan, pastor at St. Patrick c hurc h at Fort Worth, T exas. neve r forg ets the old sc hool.

His forme r pupils will be glad to hear that he is hale and hearty and bossing two very effiden t c urates in the heart of Fort Worth .

Bob McGul re an d h is channing wife drove through tb e College groudns last week. They tarri ed long e no ugh to pay th e ir compli~ ments to th e President and to exc hange r e minisce nces with Fathe r Rice and Fr. Mahon ey.

Bob has been in business at the New Mark et in Chicago s ince he gave up baseball a nd books for wo rk.

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Elmhu~t. Illinois. will uphold lhe Until now, pr actically nottung ha.5 negative of the question. :\Iarv bt:en said about former coed.s. \Vho Cr uise. senio r , m her l~t d~bat~ fo~r have left St. Viator College to al. \ 'ia r and Uult Sophomore Conch.ieve their ambitions in the world. terence s t a r (and Cha.uman) Ed-

the fo r efront in tbe reconstruction th~t is taking place under the new

M..iss Rose Ann Go r man, a resident of :M ante no. and graduate of VIa tor's ts t eaching m one of Manteno's di s trt c t schools

I CHARLES PETERSON

A different kind of diverson was furnished Viator stud e nts on Tuesday evening March 26, whe n Charles P e: t erson, world fancy shot billard artist gave a demons tration of what th e ivories can be made to do u nder the direction of an expert.

Mr. Peterson evidenced an uncanny dex terity in causing th e balls to do 1 everything but stand up and talk.

Nor clid his exhibi ti on fail in its p urpose-th e s timulation of interest in carom.

Since Mr. P e t erson put on his exhibition the billiard tab les have been occupied every hour Of the day and e vening.

R ev. Dani el A. O'Connor, C. S. V., form e r treasure r of th e Col1 ege and now direc tor of Cathedral High This performance recalls to the School in Springfield, pald a s hort memory of th e older members of the visit to St. Viator on March 1 7. facu lty th e fact that Jake Schaeff er, th e pocket billiard · champion of th e world, is an a lumnus of Viator, saw service he re for two years on the Minim' s baseball t eam whil e at-

Day Hopping

:M iss Rose Smole t eaches th e funot' learn ing to the second grade boys and girls who attend til e Bradley Publi c Ele m entary School.

Artic les wri tten by Miss Smole, t e lling of th e achi evements of her class, may be found in th e week ly edition of the Bradley Times.

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W e are told th a t Miss Rachel Roach is at presen t , spending her working hours a t home ,and is ve ry active in socia l ci r cles.

It is also s tated that Miss Roach is a prodigious reade r and a very frequent visito r to the ci ty library, which i::J like all other places of its kind, a paraclise for the lea rned .

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T eams to D ebate in Chic.ugu In Chlcago on April 9. lhore '"ill bt· a deba t e bctw n two co11ege t eams on Collective Bargaining. Edwar d O'Bnen and Edward Buttgen will take the affirmative s td e of the ques tiOn and will be opposed by Willia m Cranne ll and Stephe n Gou ld .

Thts d ebate, to b e held before the Sl Robe rt Bellarmme Holy Name Society, was arranged through Rev. James A. Lowney, C. S. V .. former deba t e coac h .

- - - - - - - -- -- - Miss Agnes Stelt e r , Class of '34, bas bee n seriously ill with a heart a ttack. We are happy to learn that her condition is grea tl y improved and hope that s he will soon be on th e road to a co mpl e t e recove ry.

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Miss Evengeline Legris of Bourbonnais and Miss Ruth Arrington of Kankakee, both recent g r aduates, are tutoring children of the elementary g rades , th e former in Bourbonnais township and th e latter near Reddick , illinois.

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Both th ese gentle men dis p layed a s urpris ing amount of t erpsicho r ean art.

The mer ry matdn g contin ued till midnight at which time everyone left for hom e tired but happy.

The social was s uccessful both financially and as a sou r ce of entertainment and it is hop ed that mor e like it are in the offing. to whispe r- -, doesn't it Milo? can' t go on! I just saw Eve and Schumacher star t out for a walk and must get out my clisguise ' an~ fo llow t h e m. Wi ll let you know abo ut It n ext week.

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Ah! More entran ci ng tal es of Mos t of th e "Day Dogs" ( in tru e f r eshm e n sec r ets can be seen in th e c hanne ls of U>e d ee p : It seems doggi e s tyl e) have been hounding thel r · professo r s and ye lping theic t 11at Krause r has Claire -vis ion, or beads off about their quarterly g r advice-ve rsa ,since a certain other coed t e rmin a t ed r e lationship with the es, but that's not news.

However, former. (Mu.ybc t h e roaso n is t he dear reader, I clid get a scoopscLn tUi atlng e dltor).

Anyway, Ray Eddie O'Brien, that rabid non- com~ won't t e ll E ileen about it, because pany unionis t, bas an a ccomplish th o crystal for e t e Us disappoin t m e n t m e nt that h e h as hither to kep t hidJor someone, and certainly h er feel~ de n from us.

H e is ,by his own lugs mus t be s pared . admission, a go lfe r par excellence, bach: in his home town (Rockfor d}.

Wha. Ho!!

Within the mists of H e was one of the cham pion pil lray c rystal ball now appear th e im- pu sh er s, and he ld th e caddy titl e ages of two of our beloved (?) pro- for two successive y ear s at th e fessors · Can it be? · Yes. th e Rockford Country Club. c rys tal ne ve r lies .. There I see none Mary Cruise s till insits on cutting otller than th e immacu la t e Professo r up with those Connec ticut freshmen.

Bausch and the irresistible Professo r -Chic atelll s eemed to get the rusb Maloney dancing at the exclusive at the Trespian Frolic last week. loc al bos pi tal Prof. Maloney is Nice dance with Mary? Wb liP. speakjus t r emark ing to Prof. Bausch: of Saturday night, permit me to con"Darn it! W e w er e just making g r atulate those dramatista who wer e some good contacts witl1 these nurs - r esponsible for so nice a party, I es and now th a t bird Newburg bas had a notice handed t o me thi s to come along and spoil our chanc~ week to inse rted in thi~ column. It es' '. .

The scen e changes . five read : "I will hold my formal openor s ix times (ea c h a different af- ing in the near future; in the meant e rnoon) th e c rystal r eveals to me time, my Rend ez vous for Lonesome that these t wo professo r s leave Roy Fres hm en will co ntinue t •) be operHall afte r t elling th eir colleagues ated as it has in the past. Signedthat they are going for a consti- the Campus Coque ttQ" t utional, and when they are out of Louie M. Steamboat George wired s ig ht they board a bu s and proceed th e Culbertsons that they are pre t v tal{e U1 eir 'cons titutional' at th e pared to tak e th em on a Contract hospital in th e company of a couple Tournament. Smitty is always ushe rof charming nurses. ing in some thing.

This time he Of u; e pas t . th e c rystal ball could ush e r ed in the :5prlng season on r eveal more , but to avoid compli- th e c ampus by ap,pea ring on March cations U1 at rnight se t in, perhaps 21 late fo r classes, and wearing a it would be better if the c r ystal pinli ti e.

Every little breeze seems gazer wo ul d deposit th e ball in Roy H a ll ( Ri g ht, Profs?) and say no more of th e past. and e ven less of th e future.

Aclios.

PONTIFICAL l ' Nl:YERSITY

VIATORIA.."'I

Kankakee, Ill.

THE VIATORIAN

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1935

Green Wave

I'AOE IITVJI:

'34-'35

Leather

Shown above is the S t. Viator OOxing squad which is ably carrying on the 'Fightin' Irish' tradition . ...Today they have made impressive demonstrations in the Bloomington Golden Glove Tournament a.nd also in a match against the Bloomington Y . M. C. A. team.

In the picture reading from left to right are: front row , C. Noonan, trainer; iU arik, light he avy, Harrison, middleweight; Churchill, featherweight; Madigan, bantamnreight; 路McDonald, lightweight; Wm. J . Schumacher, publicity director and manage r.

Back row, Brother Edw. DesLauriers, coach; Normile, middle weight; Sprafka, 路welterweight; Neudecker, lightweight; 1\-Iasterson, lightweight; Hodgins, m.iddleweight; CQrcoran, heavyweight; and KaUwwski, welterweight.

Irish Loses In Guinea Club Meets In Gym Charity Game The first of a weeklY series of

St.

Louis

University

Track Team Green Wave Begins to Train Closes Season

Swimming Classes To Be Held

Starting with a

Seniors

bare handful of

Ability to stave off a late rally,

is increasing every day.

Under the tutelage of Prof. Malaney, the runners are wor.king out every day on the indoor track, and tb ey expect to go outside in a few days .

Chet Newburg is handling th e field m en, and it looks as thoug h be has a couple of good prospects in Lux, throwing the discuss, and Guy with the Javelin. Outside of 1\"ew burg the s quad is green, although Johnson has h a d some ex -

25, at t he west side armory in Chicago, March 27th as part of a benefit basketball pro~am, proceeds of which were t urned over to the College athletic fund. Approximately 2,000 persons watched the games.

After trailing, 23 to 13, at halft ime, St. John rallied late in the las t half when the Green Wave w ere using their reserve s trength. They had brought the score to 27 t o 25 before Coach McNamara sent in his first team who easily s topped the rall y . Viator gained control of the ball and with a magnifi cent display of the rotating type of ball control!-

In answer to the general request, meeting~ of the Guineas was held squeezed out a 35 to 33 decision from Brother DesLauriers has announced candidates last week, the track team St. Viator College basketball team has appeared enticing to more stu- defeated St. John of Joliet, Catholic last Saturday morning in the Col- the Green Wave quintet in a hair that there W3ll be organized a class dents, with the result that the squ ad Youth Organization champions, 29 to lege gym.

The Guineas is a club raising battle at the Springfield composed of the youngsters of Bourbonnais, and was founded by Brother DesLauriers with a view toward providing the younger boys of the community with an opportunity to avail themselves of the facilities of

Knights of Columbus gymnasium last Sunday, March 24th, before a small but enthusiastic crowd. The game was for the benefit of the Springfield Catholic Charities.

for all those who wish to learn how to s\Vim. The teaching vri.ll be conducted by members of the swimming team, under the supervision of Brother DesLauriers. There will be

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Areopagu Bourbonnen "Gtve me the liberty to know .• to utt.eT, and to argue f r eely according to cotiJJclence ,above all Uberties" . Milton.

DEAR E DITORS: Your p ape r , dedicated o.e It Is to th e r eco rd of s tud ent Ute ts no t , IUJ 1 thin k, ave r se to the' p rtn Ung of s tud e nt o p1nJon. Th e fo llowin g r emarks, whi c h se t fo rth quite s ue~ ctnc tly my optnJons upon a. s ubject whi ch deserves mu c h mo re con trove r sy tha.n It h as borne, may be of Inter es t to you In your di vine qu es t for solutions ot th ose weig hty questtol18 whi ch vex m e n's minds.

I seek not to d ef a m e no r to di s c redit lh e Inte lligence t es ts.

F ar abl er pe ns than m ine have rldi culed them " far abo ve my poor power to add or d e trac t" . In spite of thes e s tagge r in g barbs of c riticl am, however , th ey hav e been s lowly nursed back to h ealth by a body of zeaJous and ove r -c uriou s pedagogucs who w e r e trying des perately to fortify th e ir puny and dubious acience.

Some how th ey managed t<• s urvive in our sc hools.

A few days ago there appeared on the bulletin boards a manifes to o.nnounclng the inteiUge nce tests.

The student body, with its characte r laUe dociUty, re sponded to the edict, and put th e grey on black and

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The re are a handful of <fi.s... of which I am one. A uni que position ! As might be expected, the Adininls t ratlon played its ace or tru mps, a card It always holds, and seeks to take the tri ck with clubs.

The g r acefu l me thod of persuasion proved inadeq uate, and fo r ce r em ai ns fo r t he disse nte rs, w ho are conve nJ entl y f ew. I am tol d that the t ests are "a policy of the Ins ti t u tion ". Anybody w ho o pposes th e m h as a "paranoiac pe rsona lity''. I o ug ht to tak e th em be cause " th e r es t h a ve tak en th em ".

I applied for reaso ns, and "re turned with rh eto ri c.

Now I m ay have so me biza rre ideas, I may be unus ual and anomaJ ous , but I like t o kn ow wh y I have to do what I have t o do.

W e ll , It seem s that I have lC' ta.k e the t ests wh e ther I Hke it or not. I don ' t lik e it, and here 's wby: F I RST, I doubt the va1idH y of the tests . I do not agree with those e rudHe apos tl es of Thorndyke, those exponents of that venerable science of platitudes, who naively believe that they can explore the r ecesses of the mind and tell me into which of their pedantic categories I fall.

The human mind is far too mysterlous and manifold in its as pec t s to admit of measurement, Messrs. BenwbJte

Ieen te rs ,

e!. and S1mon not withstanding.

Hence I do not wish to wnte. for r.nybody to ogle a a permanent miSrep resentation of my rnteUigen ce. whlcb might stand as a Jastin6 testimonial that I am dumb or b righL SECONDL Y, Assuming f or the sake of a rgument th at th e tes t s are a true c ri terion of intelligence. I should r esent such a pernicio us vioiation of my dignl ty es an indi vid ual. I do n ' t care to be stamped G r ade A o r Gra d e D as cattl e are s tamped in th e stock y ards. I don ' t want to be any ins trum ent of Thornd yk e's m eddl eso m e m achination s . I don ' t w ant Bene t and Simon to knock a t th e door of m y mind and ask " What's the r e ? '' ~Iy inte llige nce is my own affair, and becomes the interes t of others only fm very worthy purposes . I do not wish to be typed, b randed and filed a way ; I do not want my neighbor to altar his manner towar ds me becc.u se I may be his mental inferior.

THIRDLY, I don't t hink it is fai r for the Adminlstration to invent, afte r registration day, any arbitrary, comp ul sory measure as revolting t6 me as an intelligence t est ,r aise it to th e dignity of a "policy of the institution", and cow me into submitting to it. I t pu ts me into a ve r y e mbarrassing situation, as it leaves me 'With the choice of complying w ith the rule, or of taking the consequences, whi ch, un comfo rt-

Cigarettes are made for your pleasure and for your enjoym ent ... nothing else.

And when a cigarette g ives you the enjoyment that Chesterfields do there are no "ifs" "ands"or " buts" about it ...

Lbly. are unkno~"U to me. I do not believe in the divtne nght of ldngs. or the din.ne ngbt of presidents: I belteve that the powers and rights of college facul ties are delim1ted by the dictates of Justice. as are all other goverru.ng bodies: I believe U•a t any attempt to enforce an unjust rul e " ; th an lm pli«l threat Is an e buse of powe r.

This Is not political philosophy; it is common sense.

F O URTHLY, I think that the t ests are f util e and useless. I have kno\\-'ll r.rof esso rs in this ve ry college to snicke r a t them. I h ave been t old that th ey wor k a g r eat ben efit, but th e na ture of th is benefit h as not sati sfac torily been expl ain ed to m e.

P e rh a p s I am a " m e r e s tudent" ', p e rhaps it is " no t a de bata ble point", perhaps children should no t qu es tion th e mysti caJ and ponde rous moti ves of their superiors. But I am of a curio us cast, sli g htly less c urious than th e sate lli t es of Thorndyke.

Assuming again for the mom ~nt that the tests are s atisfactory, it is rather late in th e year to call the students' mind into the laboratory. By next September ,many of those who have taken the tes t s will have g r ad uated o r gone eleswhere to sc hool, and hence will be beyond the reach of the priceless benefits of the general h ead-examining. Mo r eover , this latest test se ems to be an admiss ion that the one give n previously this y ear was unsatisfactory.

I can no t unders t and how the te b lcr.n su~ now. han~ fail«! 8 re...months ago. Nor do t wo f ailure make a success.. I h ve never knov;-n a s tudenl ln response to m,y query. to declare. t o me that the t es ts have done hlm any good tha t be COuld see. In mY own c ase , the tests can be of no benefit to m e. I have suecessf ull y co mpl e t e<! fi!teen-s.ixteenths of my college course. \Vhatever "guidance" mig ht be a ccord«! me as a res u1t of th ese t ests, cannot a,r.. ri ve very lo ng before the end ot my college c areer , when unfortunately i t w UI be too late.

To s um up, it is very disagreeable U' m e to co mprise my s elf-respect by submitting to such educaUonaJ qu a ck e ri es as inte llig enc e tests. In t heir f renzy to standardize everything, to reduce all things to the term s of science, Thorndyke and his profound graybe ards have stum bled upon that amazing, insc rutable phenomenon, the human mJn d, and because it Is spiritual, lt defies measurement. Any attempts to sound its depths, by a method which many think a good one, is ingenuously vicious and quixotic. The fathers o! the infant science of education gave the baby a dangerous toy to play with when they gave it the so-called intelligence t ests. About the onJy thing colleges lack is a course in ballet-dancing. The mHlenJum is at hand. _ J . c. c.