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BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS
VOL. Llll.
For Gala E v e Don't Forge t Thank sgi vin g Benefit Dance
SAT URDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1935
NUMBER 4..
Debaters Open Broadcast Schedule FROM ORIENT
Benefit Hop Choral Club To Climax Acclaimed By Fall Revels First Nighters The last dance before the Christmas recess will be held in the College gym on. November 23, a c cording to The ne w ly organized Choral Club an announce ment mad e at a m ee t m ade its debut Thursday night ing of the College Club last wee k. wh en it enter tained the College The affair is being sponso r ed as a w ith a g rand , variie d program. Its benefit for W illiam Phelan, '36, Col · o pe ning n ight showed evid en ce of lege Club President, w ho is in <l. high talent and s upe rior direc ting Kank a ke e. hospital s uffe ring from as the c ro wded Coll ege Club . Room a serious compound fra c ture of th e Phelan was injured thrr-e resounded with th e world's best leg. week s ago while playing in th e anbeloved music. nu a l Fresh -Upp er- classmen foo t b a ll After t he program, the direc tor , game. th e Rev . M . P. Loughran, C. S. V., The dance wi ll be a gala climax exp r essed himself as pleased with between the football game with t he performers, and announced that Northwest Missouri State Teachers the Club will appea r on a radio on Novembe r 22, and the beginning broadcast befor e the Ch r istmas holiof Thanksgiving holidays on the days. fo llowin g Wednesday. Steph en Gould, High Ability '36, Acting Pre sident, was to have Don Morgan, '39, basso, and Ray- named his committees today, a nd mond Cavanagh , ' 38, tenor, wer e th e selection of an orchestra will presented as solois t s for the even- probably be made the firs t part of ing, and r eceived tre mendous ova- the week . t ions. B oth m en posses~ unusu~lly In commen ti ng upon the dan ce, fi n e voices, and san g ~hetr wa y mto Gou ld , in charac teristi c brief n ess , ext he h ear ts of th.e au dience. . 1 press ed himself as follows: l N o g r e ate r tnbute could b e paid "Because w e r ealize that the stu an artis t t han th e bre athless s ilenc:e de nt body desires g r eater activi ty w hich fe ll ove r til e house wh en C~ar- on t h e c ampu s , Viator h as had more Jes Gilbe r t, ' 39, a n d H enry ZmJew- dan ce parties t hi s season than e ve r ski , '39, s wayed the audi en ce with before. In further an swer to th e violin solos. The former offered gene ral d emand, the College Club E thelbe r t N evin's im m or t a l "The h as d ecided to sponsor t hi s Thanks R os ary''. H e w as acco mpani ed by gi ving affair, and we know t h at H erbe rt F oederer, '39. Zmjew sk i every Viator m an will want to a t -. made a b eautiful song more b eauti· tend, especially when its financi a l by purpose is cons idered" . fu l as h e played " Li ebesleid" F r itz Kri s le r . Rich a rd P owe r s, ' 39,
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Director Plans Pre . Christmas Broadcast
a ccompa ni ed him. The e ntire en sem ble sang six num be rs , whi ch includ ed folk songs, negr o s piri t ua ls and popular class · ics. "The An vil Choru s" in w hi ch the club was ac compani ed by two violins w as presented in a s tyle decidedly n ew to most of th e audi ence. A s an added a ttract ion, th e Club pr es~ nt e d a movi n g pict1Jre. "Lig hthou se B y The S ea'' , s tarrin g Rin Tin• Tin, William Collie r, ~d Louis e Fazenda .
Cisca Delegates At Chicago c·onvention A g rou p of Viator Ciscans atten ded t h e Catholic Action School a t P roviden ce High School, Chicago, co nducted by th e R ev . Daniel J . Lo rd, S. J., on November 1-2. The Rev. W ill iam Cn"ck n ell , C. S. V., and th e R ev. M. P. Loughran, C. 3. v., were accompanied by 14 m embers of th e student bod y. The outstanding lec ture of the meeting was a talk on the Myslical Body of Christ, whi ch was given as a motivation for Cisca activities. The doctrine as found in th e Epistles and Gospels w as mos t gh a pbically present ed by Father Lord. U n der th e masterful port rayal of th is great leader of Ameri c an youth, the Mystical Body and its modern app lication stood ou t in bold relief. The Most Rev. Bernar d J. Shiel, senior-auxi11ary Bishop of Chicago, received a great ovation w hen h e addressed th e assembly. H e heart·
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Seniors Slip As Send Veterans Thesis Work Against DeKalb Looms Close In First Clash Find Many Sleeping
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A pparentl y the S eniors of th is y ea r are no ex c eptions to th eir d is ting uished predecessors . • The VIATORIAN h as been try in g to secure th e ti tles of their bac h elors' theses si n ce N ovembe r 4 , th e d a y appoin t ea for s ubmi tting subj ec t s , and as y e t has been unable to complete th e lis t entire ly. All present indica-
Men For Northwestern Fray Saturday
The B ergin De bater s opened the ir inter collegiate sch edUle th is afternoon wh en t h ey sent two veterans agai nst a t ea m f r om D e Kalb S tate T ea cher s in a radio meet over station W. C. F . L. V iator was represented by N orbe rt E llis, '36, and R a ymond Cavan agh, '38. Ellis, who is Presiden t of t h e B e r-
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Noted Author Will Address I RC Meeting Fr. Magner To Tell o! Problem In Far East
buried deep 'in source pape r s a n d authorita ti ve works in a last minu t e During his sophomore year h e gained a berth on t he Viator confe ren ce attempt to finish th eir papers by four, w h en h e was t eamed with May 1. This scene will not be a Robert Nolan, '34. L as t season, new · one. illness prevented his taking much To date, the fo llowing theses sub- active part in de bating. j ec ts have been chose n and appro vCavanag h fr om Chicago, is recoged: Francis T. Williams- "The De- nized a s having one of th e best ve lopment of Shakesp e are's Mind r adio voices in th e forensi c soc iety. from 'Love 's Labour' s Lost' to 'Th e He was also th e firs t man tv Tempest. ' " represe nt Viator over th e mi cr ophone W. Stephen Gould- " Relative Duti· last year, an d is mak in g de bati ng es of Church a nd S t ate Regarding a majo r part of his ex t r a-curri cul a Cha rities". William T. Malone yactivities this season. "The Revival of Scholas ticism in t h e
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A committee, appointed the f ir st of th e month by Edward Buttgen, '37, Presiden t, to draw up a constitu t ion and set of by-laws for th e Dramatic Clu b, will submit its sugg es tions at a Constitutional Conve ntion on November 26. As we g o t o p ress , th e committee h as no t r evealed any of the re commend a tions whi ch it will make. But if it is guided by th e sentim ent whi ch was manifes t a t th e c lub's f irst meeting, a radi cal departure f r om the loose-org ani zati on of fanne r Viator hist rionic soc ie tj es will be effec te d. In or der to mak e the organizatio n compact and to keep a ll of t he members active, students have s ugges t ed that admission t o th e clu b b e restricted in n u mber pr obably not to exceed 30. At their initial meeting, th e Dramatists in sisted that, as soon as t h e club is def initely organized, new members w ill he received only upon application. It is p robable, also, that the Constitutional Committ ee wi ll recom mend a se m es t er fee, t o be r equ ir ed of a ll membe r s in orde r to defer the expenses of the prog r am s ugges t ed by Dr. Wi lliam Van Deventer , club mode rator. T h e com mi t tee is composed of the c lub officer s and two additional membe rs : E. Butt gen , '3 7 , Miss C . Legri s, '3 7, w . Schumache r , ' 37 ; W . Cahill, ' 39 ; w . Krause r , '38; A.
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Has Active Caree r k &k ee." The g ues t spe ak er is we ll known Cla r enc e i!. Noonan- " I nves tm e n t where ver international, . social and Banking' '. cUltural problems are dis c ussed. H e j James J . O'lvfara- " Cons ideration is Direc tor of th e St. Ge~trude I of the Fac tors Conce rning Good Study Club and Forum, of Chi cago ; Will" . a membe r of th e E x ecutive ComWilliam P. Phe lan- "The Oxida ti on mittee of t he National Catholic of Toluene to Benzoic Acid". Alumni Associution; and Guest Ma-3ter of th e Merievalists of Chicago. Fath er Magner is a form er editor of the ''Question Box" and "Marriage Question" of the Extension Magazine , and is the au thor of This Cath olic \ :Vorld, a book w hi ch has If any Viator man fai led to enattrac t ed wide a ttention. H e is al so a f requent contributor to le ad- joy the s uppe r-dance in honor of SL. Francis College on Nov ember 10, ing Catholi c magazines. H e h as traveled exten sive ly, g iv- it w as thro u g h no f aul t of th e College Club. T he s upper, t he mu s ic, in g seve r al ye3.r s to s tud y and o bse rvation of world affairs, and he the air of inio r ma lity, and the guests u nder stan ds th e orie ntal qu estion - a bove all, th e g ues t s, co mbin ed tq as few men in this cou n try tod ay mak e th e gayest social suc cess in
Supper-Dance Hits New High In Viator Socials
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Miss Putz Represents Viator At Rockford, Ill. Miss Lu cille Pu tz r ep resen ted S t. Viator College at the Illi no is Stat e L ibra rians' Con vention i n Rockfo rd on Oc to ber 31. T he convention was in session th ree days, but Miss Putz, because of he r duties he r e, was present only a t the final session, and attended the confe re nces in which coll ege Hbrary wo r k was discussed. Many of the outst anding men of the Ji br ary wor ld spoke.
many moons. Whil e the buses in which th e St. Fran cis gi rl s traveled to Bourbonn ais wer e leaving H otel Kankake e, Norbert E llis, '36, voiced the general se n ti m ent when h e bemoan ed, "Why do they have to go bac k so early?" La t er in t he evening, W eeger K rau ser, '38, wonde red, " W hy can't we have mo re pa r ti es li k e this one?" and J oseph Barzantny, '3 7, in sisted that the evening r anked first amo ng college parties during the past t h ree years. These statemen ts are indicative of the feeli n gs of the student body, and show t hat th e supper-dance answe r ed eve r y qualification of th e "perfect evening".
t wo yea rs. The proposition unde r de ba t e will be : "Resolved : Th a t th e seve r a l states adopt le g is la ti on that provides free medi cal service to a ll c itizens". Via t or wi ll defend the a.ff irma ti ve.
John O'Connor Named FHA District Director J ohn R. O'Connor, a f riend vf Viator a nd a form e r member of th e Board of Trus te es, assumed offi ce this month as distri c t di r ec tor of th e FH A for No r th ern Illinois. Mr. O'Connor brings to th e FHA organization 25 years' ex perie nce in the r eal es tate business in Chi cago. H e has bee n pa r ti c ula rl y active i n t he South Shore and Auburn H ighlands ct;stricts and Is p res ident or the Gateway Securities Company. A r range ments for the par ty wer e made by Stephen Gould, '36, Acting President of th e College Club. This was hi s first management of an all -school social affai r , an d he show~ ed h im self capab le of effecti ng the best in th e line of parties.