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Joseph Rondy Dr. O'Brien Addresses University Of Illinois Praises Progress Made Wins English Graduates; Bishop E. F. Essay Honors By St. Viator College Hoban Awards Degrees ThP So pho more Class wru; singul-
Recognition as a Senior College Comes After_ Several Years of Meeting Standards Set by U. of I .; Pnnc1pal ObJective of Administration is Realized
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SL Viator College has r eceived .., recogn.itlon from the U niversi t y of illinois as a four year, or senior , . college. S everal weeks ago two examiners from the Accrediting Committees of the Un iver sity of Ill inois visi t ed Viator to determine whether r ecognitio n s h ould be gi. ven. Th eir report, announcing th e telvorable decision , was received last week by the Very R ev. President, E , V. Cardinal, C. S. V, It notes wi th pleasure the progress the co llege has been making and comments on improvements in the libraries and on the type of instruction g iven in the clcssroom. This recognition worked for and sought for by p r evious administrations has at las t been realized to the joy of every one inte res t ed in the progress of Viator. When Dr. Cardinal took office last June he advanced the work of his predecessors by making r tcognition by the University of illinois one of his prin cipal objectives. For that purpose a committee was appointed to handle Fr. J ohn O'Br:::en, Ph. D., LL. D. the details. This consis ted of the Very Rev. E . V. Cardinal, Dr. R. J . French, C . S. V ., vice-president, the Rev. L. T . Phillips, C. S. V., dean, and the R ev. J . W . Stafford, C . S. V. The Council of Adminis tra tion, fac ulty, alumni and stud ent body have likewise done much to assi st in the attainment of this valu ed recognition. Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving Marks 25 Years as Priest
a r ly honored t hi s week when two of Its members were awarded first a nd second p laces In the an nual Englis h Essay Co ntes t ,In which more than 1 25 essays wer e s ubmitted . Joseph Rondy. '37, a day s tud ent from K ankakee, was awarded flrs t place for hi s essay, "Whither Ame ri ca?" Accord ing to P rofessor Mic hael Malo n ey, head of the Departm ent of E n g lis h, Rondy's work: was give n the un ani m ous vote of t h e three judges , who co mme nted upon it as a maste r f ul and o ri ginal treatm ent of th e subject. William S chumach er, '37, was named seco nd in honor. Dolph Guy, '38, and Brother Leo Nolan, C. S. V. , were tid ed fo r third place. "Whither America?" was the s ubjec t chosen by all of the winners . Th e VIA TORIAN ex tend s congr a tul ations to these fou r men, a nd t t:kes pride in the fact that al l of them have served on the s t a,ff of th e paper during the year. Tbe winning essay is printed e lsew he r e In th e VIATORIAN.
College Bestows Twenty -one Bachelor Degrees; Guest Honored With Doctor of Laws Degree; Mary Cruise, A. B., Valedictorian
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Norbert Ellis, '36, r etiring debate manager, was elected to succeed Edward Buttgen, '37, as president of the Bergin Debating Society at the society's annual banque t on May 22. Stephen Gould, ' 36, was chosen to manage the team fo r the ensuing year, and Miss Claire Legris, '36, was select ed for the secretarysh ip . The Rev. John W ..· Stafford., C. S. V., debate coach , was the evening's host, and entertained the society in a royal and elaborate manner. Edward . Buttgen, '37, filled the role of to astmaster. D e bate Featured A mock debate ,held between tile cour ses of the banquet, opened the evening's entertr:.inment. Edwar d O'Brien, '37, upheld the Affirmative and Mlss Mary Cruise, '35, defended th e Negative of t he proposition, ''Resolved : That an indiVldual's I . Q . is high e r before dinner than after" . Francis Larki:n, ' 38, was employed by both debaters as c pl;'actical example of the proof offered. Tht.s point of s trategy gave (Continued on page two)
Fr. J . F. Molsant, C. S. V.
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que sce n e on May 20 after its an- Springfie ld C hildren Tak e Part In nual banqeut w hen the c lub elected H o norin g Fr. l\1oisant t hree of its four officer s for next year by a unanimous vote. Edwar d Th e Rev. J . F . Moisant, C. S. V ., Buttgen , '37, was nom inat ed and un- pastor of S t. J osep h Church in Tuesday, May 21, mark ed t h e cele- opposed for the pr esidency. Miss Springfi eld, Illinois, celebrated the bration of the sil ver s a c r edotal jubi- Claire Legris, '36, was nam ed vice- silver jubilee of hi s o rdination , Tueslee of His Exce llency, the Most presiden t , and WilUam Schumacher , d ay, May 21 . Rev . Bishop Bernard J . Shiel, D. D ., '37, secre t ary. The only contested The ce remoni es began with a solV. G., Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago. office was that of treasurer, fo r emn Hi gh Mass, celebrated by FathThe affair was celebrated with ap- which there were four nominees er .Moisant. The Rev. John T. Topropriate c~ remonies at the Cath- Ralph Celetto, '38, was the s uccess- bin, c. s. V., ac t ed as deacon and edral of the Holy Name in Chicago. ful candidate . the Rev. Jam es F . Meara, C. S . V, , T he princ ipal eve nt was a Solemn The D ram a t ic Club banquet, whi ch as subdeacon . During the mass, fifty Pontifical Mass of Thanksgi ving cele- 1 was gi v en in co njun c tion with the children received their First Combrated by His Excellency, the Jubli- staff of the VIATORIAN, was held munion. arian, with His Eminence George in th e Gol d Room of the Hote l KanFather Moisan t is known about th e Cardinal Mundelein, . Archbishop of k akee. Martin McLaughlin, '38, campus as a true and loyal ViatorChicago, pres idin g a t th e thron e. was toas tm as t er for the occasion, ian. His h eart is filled with t ender The Rev. William J . Bergin, C. S . and pleased the s tud ents with his m emor ies of h is s tud ent days at St. keen wit and m agne ti c personality Viator, and at eve r y o ppor t unity he V., who preached at Bis hop Sheil's ••v a rieties'' Successful I does his utm ost to fu rther the defirst mass agai n h8.d the sam e h6no r Brother F r ancis T. Williams, C. S velop m en t of hi s Alma Mater. at the Jubilee Mass. The assistants From St. Viator w e send hearty at Bis hop Sheil's fi r st Mass, as near V., who has managed and direc ted Moisant as co uld be recalled, acted in the the c lub thi s year ,ann ounced that cong r atu lat ions to Father same capacity at the Silver Jubilee th e "Varieties of 1935", presented with a h eartfelt wish that h e may early in May, was a social and fin- for many years serve so well his Mass. ancial success to a much g reater ex- God and man. The R ev . Clarence P . Conway of t ent than was a nticipated. It was Storm Lak e , Ia., a class mate of Eissuggested at th e banquet that th e hop Sheil who assisted a t Bishop public's r esponse to this year's ofSheil' s firs t Mass a nd at his con- fering. warrants the produc tion of secration was deacon of the Mass two plays n ext year . and the R ev. John J . Corbett, C. S. Throug h th e Viatorian th e Leaders S peak V., pasto r of St. Viator Church , stude nt body and faculty exThe Very R ev. E . V. Cardinal, C Chicago, a f riend of Bish op Sheil S . V., Ph. D ., in an interes ting adpress their d eepest sympathy since his college days h ere at St. dress ex pressed his inter est in drato Robert Van Natta, '38, W a tViator, assisted as subdeacon. The matics and pledged his support of seka., UlJnois, upon t he loss R ev. J . W . Barret wa~ the master all the club's undertakin gs. of cerem o ni es. of his g randfathe r who died Professo r Mi chael Maloney, moder-
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Twenty-one graduates r eceived bachelor degree s from the hands of the Most Rev. E . F . Hoban, D. D., Bishop of Rockfor d, this afternoon amidst the pomp and beauty of church and academic ce remony. A s the graduates walked slowly up t he steps of Mars ile Alumni Hall fo r the las t time as Viator s tudents, the sun s hone brightly and a warm June breeze blew their black gowns toward tbe east. Th e ceremonies were opened with a Bachelor oratton, "Free Competition and Economic Stability," by Richard H. Doyle, B. S. C., of Chicago, which was f ollowed by a second oration, "The Working Man and the Future" , by Leonard McManamon, Ph. B., of Bourbonnais.
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Dr. O'Brien H o nored The Rev. Leo T . Phillips, C . S. V., A. M .. Dean, read the citation for an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws bestowed upon the Rev. John O'Brien, Ph. D. The Very Rev. E. V. Cardtnal, C. S. V., P h. D ., President. conferred the degree u pon Doctor O'Brien as a recognition of his wo r k at the University of il1inois and his achievements m the field of letters.
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~:li~rc~r ~:rd=~ip~c~~dr~~ri:~ the day. No greater tribute could have been paid to the speaker th an the silence and keen a ttention which the audience gave him. Th e address was a combination of beautiful English, sound philosophy and deep since r ity, and will go down in the annals of school his tory as a treasure of oratory. H onor Student Alter the grad uates bad received their diplomas, Miss Mary Cruise. A. B. , of K ankakee, delivered thovaledictory. Miss C ruise takes ner place in that limited rank of Via· t or students who have finished their collegiate car ee rs with an A average, and her valedi ctor y was a chall enge to those men who claim that there are no new worlds for youth to conquer. After a short s peech of praise and advice to the g r adu ates, Bishop Hoban blessed them and th e audien ce with his benedic t io n . 1-Iu sic fo r the occasion was played by th e Kankakee Hig h Schoo! Band under th e diret: tion of Mr. George E. Piersol. Gradu ate Banquet Before the grad ua tion cere monies, the class banquet w as ser ved in th e beautifully decorated College R efectory to hundreds of r elatives and friends of the grad uates. William J . Gibbons fi lled the role of toas t master. The follow1 ng toasts were offered during the co urse of th e bauquet. "The Day Stu de nt by James .• . Crowley: "The Athle t e" by Tho m as (Continued on Page Eleven)