..
mb~
m ,, n g;~vc C od uprl t ht 1u rvcy countcn:tnce t h< hc;wcn• . :a nd to ook u pw<! n:l i to the &t<~n .-Ovl d .
·'"
Niatnrinn
BOURBONNAIS, ILLI NOI S
\"OL. LUI.
L l!l t
th;'lt e ve n
UJ.
ende <t v o r
10
to
Jrve
when we co me to rJ 1e lhe u nd e rt ::. k e r wil l br
~
~ ··"= Y.-= M '= '" = Two=on.==='-
SATU R;-;D~A~Y;-,--;;:F:;; E:;B;;I:;; tU~AR-;;Y;-:2;;9:;-,--;-19~8;-;6-;.- -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - N-.U -M_J3_E_H. __H_ .
1nree Veterans Dramatic Club Sky The Limit OnC onference To Open Season In Plans For Monogram Dance Debate Squad With Short Play
Cisca Chooses Cast For Staging "Upper Room"
Set April 24 As Date ; Doc. Meaney, Chicago Chairman
Drama Adapted To Lenten Season· Scenes Laid In Holy Land '
Renew Relations with St. Xavier Miss Anthony Heads Committee ; and Notre Dame Consider Public Performance
A s tri ct sec r ecy h as been kept No rbe rt Ellis, '36, Stephe n Go ui d, around planes for the Viator Mo no- '36, August Black, '38 , and :b;dward
Aft er seve ral mon th s of delay, th e Dramati c C lub will begin it s ~ea -
gram
son 's
Dan ce ,but that the affair be the g randest eve r s taged
Bu ttgen , '37, wer e named t oday t o
will h ere seems a fore-gon e con c lusion. Officers of th e Monogfiram Club have assured inquirers t hat one of Chicago's most popular radio orch estras has been signed for th e dance, but. w h ile spec ul ation run s riot, authentic inform a tion on th e band cannot be secured. The dance will be held on th e evening of April 24 in th e Kankakee Armory. Office r s of the club decided to hold th e dan ce off c ampus in order to ac co mmodate th e crowd which th ey have been lead to expect. Chicago Co mmittee A committ ee of a lumn i, of whi ch John ("Doc" ) Meany, '34, is Executi ve C hairm an, m e t in Chic ago this week to discu ss ways of coope rat ing with the local club in order to ins ure the success of th e dance. V ia tor a lumni a nd f r iends have been backing promotion schemes at e very s t e,p.
the co veted posi tion s on th e con terence debating team s. They will trave l to Normal, Illi nois , on Mar ch 13-14 to r eprese nt Viator in th e Illinois Inte r collegiate De bate To urn amen t. The a ppoint m en t s caus ed little surprise on the campu s as three of th e men have h e ld be r ths on previous confe r en ce teams. E llis was one of the "top-notch" wrangl e rs in h is Sophomore year; Gould e ngaged in confe ren ce co mpetition la s t y ear; and Buttgen was nam ed to th e team during both hi s Freshman and Sophomo re ye ars. Black , the only new man, has d is played powers of logical a nal ysis and effective spE: a kin g this season, and has bee n marked as a man to be watched in ve rbal con f lict. The p roposition to be de bated at the tournament read s: "Resolv ed: Th at Congress s hou ld be e mpowe r ed to override ( by a two-th irds majority vote ) a ny decision of t he S upr e m e Co urt whi ch dec lares an a c t of Congress unco nstitution a l. E llis and Gould m et D ePaul Unive r sity in C hi cago on March 4. R eports come from th e Windy City th at th e Viato r men " more than The Ch a rl es ton Senators, of t he h e ld their own" in t he en co unt er . Middle Atlantic League, WI. . be manM eet St. Xa.vie r aged by the youngest pilot in Class In a debate whi ch might easily C, and probably in all organized have been dec id ed in favor of either Ball this year, when I gnatius t ea m, St. Viato r College and SL (Iggy) Walters takes ove r th e reins Xavi er Unive rsity , Ci n cinnati, clashof th e club. ed at No tre Dame Conven t on FebWalt e r&, who graduated from Al- ru ary 2 4 . Miss Margue rite Sen e-
Full-Fledged Pilot In Eastern League
ton High School, where he p layed basketball. football and baseball. attended Viator f ive years ago. The " call of th e di amonds" soon drew him from schoo l. " I ggy" star ted his professional career wi t h McCook in the Nebrask a S t ate League in 1929, when only 16 years o ld . Since t h at t ime, he has served in t h e American A ssocia tion, wi th the D etroit Tigers, in the Three-Eye League, in the Miss -
. .
v
II
Le
sac, '38, Augu st Black, '38, and Edward Buttgen, '37, represented the Bergin Debating Society, a nd de fended the n egative of t h e conferencc proposition . Nelso n Halts, Paul Bear er, and James Shaw, all Seniors from Cincinnati, upheld th e affirmative. At Notre Dam e Viator resumed forensi c r elations
:~t~e~r:a~;i~~~si~te~f s:voet;:l ~:::
n~b c
tsstppi a ey ague. = oleman. l during which associations between Spri ngfield m anager, had the young th e schools had lapsed. Black and firs t basem an under h is w ing last Buttgen trav eled to the South Bend year. institution, where th ey defended " I ggy" is cons idered fas t o n his th e negative of th e Supreme-Court feet. a s k illed bunter and a smooth question. worker a roWld the initia l bag. T h e Viator will m eet Notre Dame in new Ch ar Ieaton pilot work s for the a radio deba te in March. Gould Socon y-Vac uum 011 Company, W y an- and Buttgen hav e been nam ed to dotte, Mich., in the off-season. W a l- rep resent the local society in this t ers says tha t h e does eve r yth ing encou nt er. -except think- left-handed. The VIA T ORIAN t akes t his opportunity to congratulate the young pilot and to w ish hi m every sue-
Chicago U. Dean To Address I. R. C. Here
cess during the com in g season.
program
t his
m onth .
An-
nouncement of t he organizalion's Initia l production w ill probab ly be m ade next w ee k . Miss Mary Anthon y, '37, is h ead of a commi ttee in c harge o f ar r a nge m en t s for the affair. She states that, in acco r d with the club's expressed desi r e, ad m ission to th e prog ram w ill be by in vita t ion. Each dramatist will be a ll owed to invite one gu es t . The program, wh ich w ill las t a n hou r a nd a half, wi ll be verifi ed. A cast is bei ng selected by th e comrni ttee to present a s hort one-ac t play. Sever a l nove lti es wi ll a lso be f eatured . Dr. William c. Van Deventer. c lub rnod erator, said last week that he will fa vor the produ ction of a play for the public in May if s uffici ent en t husiasm is manifes t ed at private dramatic s howin gs. With ou t this in te re st, he w ill not back a large und e rtakin g.
Mourn Death Of Mr. Monahan, Mr. Clancy
Judge Preliminaries For State Contests
at a r egular meeting of the local The Rev. John W. Stafford, C . S . In ternational Relation s Club. V., addressed the Kankakee Y. W . Doctor Kerwyn, the author of C. A . Study Gu tld on February 26. 1 sever a l books. is D ean of th e Social He chose to diacuss .. Mental Sciences at the University, and is cJene'", a topic to which he has giv- nationally recognized as a constimuch study. tuttonal authority. The officer s of VIator professor will appear the club were enthusiastic last week tbe JUDior Guild of Momence over the d ean's acceptance of their J 28, when. he wtll again invitation to speak. H e is a leeamt.e p)lase of peychology. J turer of high renown. I
Hy· j
I I
Says War May Break At Any Time _As ~taly E and Ger_man y pl~n fo r expan.sJOn., ngland Sits back m fear f or h er wo rl d prestige and co lonial 1 possessiOns, accord m g to Mr. J . C. Bohmke r , who addressed the Feoruary meeting of th e In ternational Re lations Club. "Eng lund' s ,policy of watchfulwai ting", h e declared, ''aion e is preven tin g a wide-spread war. Her attitude is we ll-fo u nded, for in h e r 1 African co lonies U e spi ri t of r e he llion is manifest on all side:s''. On th e ot he r hand, he poin ted out that th e G e rm an regime's attempt to bu il d a unified and powerful nati on is based on ma king "Duty"
the motive fo r action. "'Work"' , he
1
- - - - -- -
U nder the direction of Professo r Michael Malon ey, the Ci sca Society
h as begun wo rk on Rober t Be n so n ·~ immortal drama 'The Upper Room'", which wil1 be presented in Kankakee during H o ly W eek. Three per .. formances wi ll probably be given. A stro ng cast of eleven has beerr chosen from the rank s of t he society; Th e director wil l be reme mbe r ed here for his s u ccessful production of th e Dra mati c Society's plays las t year : Miss Mary Anthony, '37, and We ege r Kra use r, '38, ably performed le adin g roles in last May's ''Varie ti es o f 1935", and several mem bers of the cast are known in Chicago for fin e acting. Religi o us Th e m e The play, buiJt a round the dra ma of Ch ri st's pass ion, is parti cularly adapted to the Le n t en s easo n . H presents in beautiful si mpli city and s trikin g vividness the meaning of those last sad hours of Christ's earthly m ission. The P ro logu e of the drama sets forth the scenes a nd passions wltich th e actors protray:
I
"He re th en , in s imple s how, said, "is the password in Germany. The tale of a ll t ho se pains we Combined with a united labor f ront is the youth movement which is strive to tell, shaping the minds of the people. How in that U pper Room H e gave These are th e r eg im e's most power- H imself
ful weapons". To be our m eat and' drink; how Mr. Bohmke r ins isted that Ita~y' s Judas fe ll invasion of Ethopia is based on th e Di- n eed for coal and o il. H e discarded And sold hi s Lord for money. Of
The Pres ident and Athleti c rector of th e College. th e Pres ident of th e Monogram Club, and the varsity basketball squad attend ed t he fune ral of th e late Edwa r d A. 11onahan , fath e r of Alphons e, 39, and Burke Monahan, in C h atswo rth. :M r. M onah an had lo ng been a friend of Viator, a nd the facul t y and students are grieved at his dea t h. To lhe family of th e deceased the College o ffers its sincer e symp~thy. Mr. \Villi am Clancy Sorrow was caused here by th e passing of Mr. William Clancy, fath e r of Miss Margaret, '36, Wil liam, '34, a nd J ohn Clancy, '39. Mr. Clancy was livi ng
in Chicago
at the time of his dea t h. but had long bee n a resident of Kank akee. His active in terest in college affairs had made him w e ll known a nd mu ch r espected on th e cam,pus. Expressions of g rief and condolance a re m ade to the Clancys in th eir be r eavement.
Biolouy Students To 0 . organtze · ClU b lur.tOn.
Dr. William C. Van Deven t e r, We N eed A New Consti- Dean of the Biology Department, tution ?" wi ll be the s u bjec t of a has announced th a t within the near talk by D r . Jerome Kerwyn. of the future he will o rg anize a Biology University of Chicago, on March 23 Club upon the campu s. The club "Do
Bra dIey spea ker SeeS UnreSt In Fore1gn • Nat1ons •
an y argument that an outlet for that Lord her popu lation is motivati ng her Seized in Ge th se mane-Halled here a c tion s. and there To Caiph as, Herod, Pilate; how J\fr. Bohmker rece n tly returned from a tour of western Europe and the Prince of th e Afri can contin ent. H e conAnd Rule r of His Church deni ed clu de_d hl s talk . witl~ an ho~r's Hi s Lord; showmg o f movmg-pt c tures w ht ch H ow Magdalene wept ; how Joseph he had tak en during hi s vis it a- had the Cu p broad. The meeting was one of t h e Our Lord had dru nk from: of t h a t mos t successful and enthusiasti c do lorous Way sess ions of the Club's current season. t That went f rom Pilate's h all to Calvary; Of th e s un da rk e ned and t he r ending eart h. But mos t of a ll of Ma r y- she: who s poke So little, yet who agon ised so The Libra r y board is in r eceipt much ; of a g ift of $50.00 fro m th e ChiPondering all t hin gs in he r he arl ,· cago ch apter of the Little F lowe r as when c· 1 Th 1rc e. e or ganization, of whlct1 Sht:: !tad H fm o n he r }{nee.::; in · th e Rev. Fra ncis E. M unsc h, C. S. Naza re th. V ., is chapla in, h as bes tow ed num For s he it is who, Mo th e r of her erou s favors on th e Li brary, for Son, which t he College has always been I s Mother of us all. It is through de eply g rateful. The admi nistration her public ally expresses her e its sinH e came to us; through her Wl"! cer e appre c iation for thi s recent come to Him. kindness a nd for t h e interes t which Look then on this- th e Uppe r th e Circle has s hown in th e im- Room wh e r e H e provement of the Libra ry . Began His Passio n".
I
Ll"brary Benefl"ts By Ch" c· I G"f ICago Ire e I t
T he
Fr. Stafford Speaks Before Local Club
shall be opened to all biology rnajor s, minors, pre-medical s tudents, and to any stud ent who m ay be interes t ed in th e science. Two V iatorians j udged s tude nt Dr. Van Devenler stated th at a contes t s in Watseka last Monday m ee ting will be held Monday after- night. The R ev. John W. Stafford, noon , a t four o'clock in th e biology C. S. V., judged t he p reliminaries lec ture room for the purposes of en- of the State Speech Contest. and rolling me mbers out linin g the cou rse Brot her Wi11i am Qui r k, C. S. V., of th e organization and the elec t io n 1 judged preliminaries of th e Stat e of officer s. I Music Con test.
Cas t
Inc ludes:
The Doctor- John Hee ry, "37. Achaz-Patrick Bimmerle, '39. Samuel- Raymond Cavanagh, ·~ 'l. Joseph of Arimathae aJ osep ;1 P rokopp. '38. Peter- Robert Regan. "39. John- W eeger Krauser, '38. Judas- William Cahill, "39. Longinus- John Lann on, '38. Mary- Mary Anlhony. '37. Mary Magda lene - -Patri cia M e La ughli n. "39. Ve roni ca- Louise Legris, '39.