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PATRONIZE VIA TORIAN ADVERTISERS
BOUitBONNAIS, ILLINOIS
VOL Llli
Debaters Drill ~ For Conflicts At
CAGERS EYE CHAMPIONSHIP
SATUitDAY , FEBRUARY 15, 1936
NUMBEit 7.
~1 Red Birds Bow To Irish In First Semester Tournament~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ I.A.A.C., 33-29
Radio P anel D iscussions Continue Popular With Audiences
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In a last-minute attempt to polish Name the rough edges of their cases before journeying to . th e Sect ional TournaJune Piper ment in Manchester, I nd., on J anAugust Black uary 21-22, the Bergin debaters Patrick Toomey scheduled two meets for this week Clar ence Biladea u end. On Friday night, August Jo lm Deane Black, '38, and Edward Buttgen, Doris Barnett '37, met an affirmative team from Marshall Lamore Eastern Illinois State Teachers' ColEdward Buttgen lege, Charleston, on the Illinois ConRichard Crow l ey ference proposition. While the apFranc is T . Williams pointments fo r the Manchest e r tourE lder Senesac nament have not been made, the William Maloney showing of th ese two men in this William Schumach er debate has led to the belief that Joseph Prokopp they wi ll make the trip. Jo h n Shiels On the following aay, a Viator Joseph Randy negative team, Eugene Larkin, '38, i\farguerite Sen esac and Miss Marguerite Senesac, '38, W illiam Walsh debated the same question with a Patrick Bimm erle Charleston team over radio statio.a Robert Bmm eister W CFL. Dolph Guy Pane l Discussions Popular Since the inaug uration of a panel ' Harold B un te discussion last month, _radio listeners Bru no Pollak have h â&#x20AC;˘ard two sâ&#x20AC;˘mllar programs Sh' le Lan e by Viator men. August Black , '38, J ~~ ]~ McGrath William Cahill, '39, and Edward Jos/ h Robins Buttgen, ' 37, discussed the r elations Samp H a milton between congress and the supr~me F'rancis E. \ ViHianls court on January 25. At that ti me, Howard Schwark the Bergin Debating <:>ociety offered St ) h en \V e uthe an award to the man j udged to be Doe~ald Dionne the best speaker by the radio audi- Charles Gilb ert ence. An analanche of votes fr om Morris, lllinois, gave Black a marMichae l Ranahan gin over his colleagues. Alphonse Monahan On the followmg Saturday, Ste Don Spangler phen Gould, '36, and Edward But Harold Doyle tgen, '37, engaged in an informal W illiam Neudecke r discu ssion of the Supr eme court Aubrey Bader decision which invalidated the AAA. Cath erine Lamp e Patrick Toomey, '38, and James Crowley, '36. met North Central College, Naperville, in a r adio debate on February 8, when the Viator men upheld a compulsory automobile insurance. Results of th~ aU:dience vo t ing are no t yet available. Brother Francis T. Williams, C. S. V., who completed his undergraduate studies here at the semes-
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2 Viatorians Begin Studies At Washington
High Churchmen Laud "Cardinal Campeggio"
ter , and Brother Ambrose Burke, C. S. V., who graduated from th e University of Illinois at the same time have enrolled a t th e Catholic Uni;ersity of America, Washington, D. c. Both young clerics leave behind them enviable r ecords, and both are expec t ed to reap high bonors in th eir graduate work. T hey are majors in the department of English. According to a letter received here last week, the train on which the t wo students were traveling east narrowly escaped a disasterous wreck when it met a west-bound train. Brother Williams writes that the near- collision was an exciting experience, but left no ill-effects.
--conti~ued pop ularity of the recently-publlshed CardlnaJ Lorenzo Campegglo, by the Very Rev. Dr. Edward V. Cardinal, C. S. V., h as been made manifes t during the past month by mounting sale.-s and by the high praise of the reading public. The Most Rev. Amleto Giov anni Cicognani, A,postolic Delegate to the United States, writes from Washington : "This work is th e fruitful r esult of a thorough, deep and patient study of many books and origina1 documen ts; it is a book which quietly yet scientifically corrects the writings of Carolus Sigonius t~: Cardinal CampegglO. No doubt, Cardinal was a clever man, neither better nor worse than his time, but ATTEND certainly not always fitted fo r the CISCANS WILL tasks entrusted to rum" . CONVENT_I_O_N_ SATURDAY
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The effect of the liltriguing s tyle in which the wor k is written is expressed by the Mos t R ev. Gerald T. Be rgan, D. D., Bishop of Des Moines, in a le tter to the author: "The greatest compliment that I can pay you on your excellent book i ~ that the very first night I read all but 30 pages of it. That must prove to (Continued on page
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Miss Mary Anthony, '27, persident of the local Cisca, announced Friday that a delegation of Viator members will attend the general convention in Chicago on February 22, at Loretta High School. The general president of Cisca calls meetings of the whole group of workers from time to time in order to disc uss common problems
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Bradley Man To Tell I. R. C. of Foreign Snarl Recently returned from Europe and Africa, Mr. J. C. Bohmker of
An analysis of the Honor Roll by Bradley will revi ew the internationthe staff of the Dean's office r e- a1 diplo matic situation at the February meeting of the I nternational veals several interesting facts. Re lations Club. Of the 39 students who maintained Mr . Bohmker spent several weeks at least a B average during the in Ethopia, and has s tudied the war t en problem the re, not only as a mere semes ter, 18 were F r eshmen, were Sophomores, seven were Jun- observer but also as one whose perAs a B ar- sonal property is involved. tors, and fo ur were Seniors. r esult, he should be able to solve old Bunte, science, and Miss June much of the mystery which hangs Piper, liberal arts, lead the Fresh- over this little African state today. man class in average; Augus t Black, The attendance at recent I. R . C. liberal arts, and Pat rick Toomey, meeting has fall en from the large liberal arts, rank ed first among th e numbers of students who attended Sophomores Edward Buttgen, liberal last fall, but Mr. Bohmker should a rts, lead the Juniors; and Shi rley speak to a full house this month. Lane, science, lead the S enio rs. Roy Hall placed 18 students on ENGLISH DEPARTMENT the Honor Roll ; Day Students placed NAMES ESSAY TOPICS 10; and St. Bernard's H all placed 11 . Four topics for the annual EnTbe VIATORlAN staff lead all glish Essay Contes t were announced campus organizations with 9 of its from the office of th e dean last m~mbers on the honor list. Six of week. Eve ry regularly r egis tered the B e r gin debaters did superior studen t is eligible to enter the conwork five of the dramatics, and test, and all students in English three monogram men. classes must submit essays as part In com parison with th e Honor of their class work. Roll for the first semester of last Topics s ubmitted to the e ntrees year, ther e are s ix more Freshmen are: "The Constitution and Social listed this semester, one Jess Jun- Legislation" , "I s Poetry Passe?", iors, five less Seniors, and the same "Education for Leisure", "On th e number of So,p homores. Pleasure of Cuttlng Class".
Straub Garners 12 Points As Green Wave Cagers Rack Up Fourth Successive Win Special - Unleasing a powerful attack combined with an improved defense the Irish baskctcers of Viator gained a sweet revenge over IlUnois State Normal this evening in the College gymnasi urn as the eked out a 33 to 29 win over th e second place Profs in their fourth con secu tive league victor y. The wm moved the Viator cage machine up ward a co uple of notches in the Little 18 championship race and gave increased impetous to cham pionship hopes of the Irish backers Frank Straub, star forward of last season, r egained his ability and shooting eye in this evening's bat tle and cracked the nets from th field for 6 goals to take high scor ing honors. Kavanaugh, freshmQ.!l center for Old Normal, lead the vis itors at the basket with 4 bucket and a free throw. N orrnal Trails At no time during the forty minutes of furious basketball did th cagers of Old Normal assume th lead. Viator spurted into a 5 to 0 lead in the ve ry f irst minutes o the game and a few minUtes late were heading the parade by a to 1 count, the greatest advantag the Irish enjoyed throughout th entire tilt. At halftime the Viator ian bu cketeers left the floor on the long end of an 18 to 13 co unt. In the second half' the Red Bird of Normal flipped in a number o baskets and managed to draw with in three points of the Green Wav but were never able to get any clos er. Smart ball handling and beau tifully executed plays by the Irish contin uall y en~bled them to jus k eep in front. Summary St. Viator (33) FG FT PF Betourne, f. 4 2 McElligott, f. 0 1 Monahan, c. 1 4 0 Burke, c. 0 0 0 Blazevich, g. 2 2 Rogers, g. 0 1 Straub, g. 6 0 1 Gibbons, g. 0 0 0
Totals Normal Unlv. (29) Bart on, !. Adams, f. Smith, f.
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Totals 11 7 Referee-H. Millard, Ill. Wes. Umpire- E. Duncan, DeKalb.
William Cahill Directs Successful Frosh Frolic Viator s tudents fi lled the Kan kakee Knights of Columbus hal tonight, whe re the Freshman clas entertained at a gala dance party Don O'Brien's eight piece orchestra, favorite Chicago South Side band, won high favo r in its three hour program. The dance was under th e chairmanship of William Cahill, Freshman class president.