The world Is blessed most by men who do th i ngs <~. nd no t by thor;e w h o merely t<~.lk about them . -J:~.mes Oliver.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1936
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St. Viator Places Three Conference Losses Force Honor Society Third In 1.1. A. C. Wranglers Into Third Position Offers Members Special Rights Basketball Race
Suppose you saunter out of your room on a sunny morning, feeling
Defeat of both t eam s in the last round of th e Normal tournam ent t k f The c lose of the cu rrent basket- as wee arced Viator deba t ers into third place in th e Illinois I nball season fo und Illinois \Vesl eyan te r co llegia_!e Deba t e L eag ue. Until University undisputed champions of t he las t meet, Viator was t ied with the Little 19 conference while Car8 bondale, Augustana and Macom b ti ed ~:e::~~. co; ~! ~:~ ~~:~sp::~~r~~ for second p lace and St. Viator, five decisions and went down before Knox and North Centra l were ti ed three opponents. for third place . The past season Norbert E ll iS, '36, and Stephen saw many upsets and it is notabl e t hat Viator holds victo ri es over one Gould, '36, affirmativ e, defeated Bradley Coll ege and Olive t Coll ege. of the second p la ce teams, Macomb, They los t to Eurel<a College an d and over North Central, one of th e No r thern State Tea chers. co-holders of third place. Au g ust Black, ' 38 , a nd Edward Leag ue S t a ndin gs I B uttgen '37, won fr om Gr eenvill e College \V L l.~~(t) Co ll ege, ' Western State Teachers, Illinois \V es leya.n 16 0 d J M"ll'l . U . .t Th 0 1 Carbond a le T eacher s 8 2 .800 :ffer::e~efe a: :t ~~:er~;-ds :~ A ug ust an a 182 32 .800 \Vh ea ton College ,the win=-ter of th e l\1acomb T each e rs .80~ cup ST. VIATOR 10 4 .71-! J{nox 5 2 .71 •1 Viator T hird Statistics on the tourn ament show No rth Ce ntral 5 2 .714 State No rma l 9 4 .692
like a meadow lark with a meadow al1 to hims elf. Some fellow who
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rooms down t h e co rridor will come along a nd, as soon as you hav e se ttl ed th e weather question , will "Ye3 s t art 'viewing with alann ' . si r ", he w ill beg in, "this country is changing fast . Take the American gi rl; - " (Now you, more than lik e ly don't want th e American gir l. You probably have just one American girl who is more than you can efficiently handle, and have no des ire to hav e the who le g roup on your hands. But beca use you owe t hi s fellow f our bits, or because you are wearing hi s shirt, you can't ~e ll him to take the American g irl himself). So he goes on. "Take the American girl: L ook at h er r ed finger nai ls; (how can you help but look!) th eir very moth e r s got red hand s scrubbing floors". Of course th e Declaration of Independe n ce says something abou t "pursuit of happiness" and if the girls t hin k they can catch up with happiness with r ed fi n ge r nails, maybe you think "o. k, go to it". But you might just as we ll keep quiet because thi s fe ll ow from down the corridor is into his s ubject, and pers u asion or fo r ce won't s top him. H e ge t s confide ntial and t ells you that h a lf the wome n of hi s acqu a intance a lter the co lor of their God-given crown. H e will dec lare that U1is p roves the m to be trying to be some thing they are not. Now, Lhis lad is probably dressed in tweeds and is c a r rying a wa llet whi c h contains nothing more than a n identification ca rd and a u sed Bradley-Bourbo nnais transfe r , but it does not ac cur to him that he is doing a little plain and fa n cy mi srepre sentin g on hi s 'own hook'. Well. he tells you about postagestam p hats and cigarett e s m oking, a nd by the time you get to c lass t if that is the place to whi ch you are goi ng) yo u are p r ofoundly worried about t h e future of Am erican womanhood, and you r whole day is spoil ed, a ll beca use somebody 'v iewed wilh aJa r m !" Yes, this vie wing with alarm a mou nt s to nolhing less than a rnajor socia l prob le m. Consider Am e r ican a dvertising. The 'view with a larm' approach is a ritual that must be &'one through before the adve rti sed product is even mention ed. Take th e soap ads. From' billboards, radios, and new s papers from coast
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thing with a larm. At leas t that is what people tell me. "If you w.:.:.nt to be a writer among writers, you can't jus t ta lk about decli ning bi r th rates, t e lev ision, or wom en's hats and then put your feet on your desk and be at peace with yourself and your fellow man. "No" , they continue, " to please the publi c
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Coach J ohn McNamara has issued a call for footba ll candidates to r eport .on March 18th fo r the spring prti.ctlce. M cNamara anno unces that the p r a c ti ce will last approximate ly three weeks and sh~ll cons ist _of the gen~r~l loos emn g llP exerclses and a dn lhng of the squad in the f u nd amenta ls of the game. Th er e is also a possibil)ty, acco rd ing to Coach McNamara, that the fmal week of prac tice ~i ll see the Irish gridders engaging m one and . possibly two scrimmages with Il ltnois W es leya n gridde rs. Coach McNamar a claims that Athl etic Di-
Illinois Wes leyan, Little 19 cham Playing Wheaton Coll ege cagers pions, took St. Viator c a ge rs in its twice in one weel.;: because of a st ride before a c rowd of 2, 000 in th e pos tpon em ent of an earli er ga m e, the College gymnas ium on March - 10 St. Via t or bucket mak e r s racked up and thereby concluded a n unbeaten two co nfe rence victories. The first season of 20 triumph s . The score game, which was pla yed al Wh eatwas 35 to 24. on on March 7, saw th e Iri s h us in g . V1ator got away to an early 6 t o an . enti re ly different brand of bal. 0 lead on Wesl eyan through som e than that usually a ssociated witll j uncanny shooting on th e part of them. Handicap ted by a 30 by Bud Monahan. Tossing in three 60 foot court the Irish had difficulty ' successive field goals, Monahan in breaking loose th e firs t h t:. lf and ~ plunged the I rish out in front but only had a 19 to 10 le ad. Le a~ Cochran's fie ld goa l and f ree throw by ''Wee 'Villie" Wa ls h, who m~dc j and a fie ld bask e t by W a llace mid- 4 bas kets and 3 fr ee throws, the \ way in the first half gave the lea d I rish swa r med all over the floor ~ to the Titans and they clung to in the s econd half and r an up a top that margin fo r the r e mai nd e r nf heavy 47 to 27 count. the battle. The score a t the half 1 '~' h eato n S m·pnses was w es le Yan 14 • V'1ato r 10 · In the return game played at Viator stayed in th e thick of th e Viator on March l2 , th e Wh e aton bat tl e until midway in the last half . "" 23 ~ cage r s, fighting despara t e ly a nd tt~k when Wes leyan s uroed to a ~ o ing advan tages of an o ve r co nfide nt 13 lead. Viator quintet, threw a mi g hty scar e
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"Some st udents , it seems, will b ass ured of the advantages g ranted dunng a.ll the1r college days . Theil' nam es are always on the hon o r roll. Among t hese, the fo llowing ha v<:: obtained the li s ted average g rades during th e pas t three semesters:
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of Wesleyan has if Wesleyan has S ummar y its fo otball sq uad. St. Viator (24) FG if th ere are two Betou rn e , L will be held at Blazevich, f. 0 McE ll igott, f. 1 Gibbons, f. 0 4 oMnahan, c. 0 L enahan, c .
Administration Hears C .. c·ollege lub Petitions
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s tu dents is a lso being considered. The suggestion has been mad e tha t th eir names be en scrolled on a plaque to be hung in the library. This, it is pointed out, will sen·e the do ubl e pu r pose of honoring the students and of encou ragi ng · future students. Wh e n inte rviewed, the Rev. B e nard Mulv a n ey, C. S. V ., acting dean of s tudi es made th is statement: "Studi es on grad es reveal that th e hon o r roll s tu de nt s consis t e ntly over r each th eir expected averages as calcu lated from intelligence quotlen ts. \Vhile many facto rs may ente r into the dete rmination of th grades whi ch a student r eceives , it seems that this persis t e nt t enden cy of the honor students to us their abilities mor e than do th gene rali ty of students is an indication of a more ea rnest a pplication to w o rk. Effo rts, therefore, a r being made to give r ecognition to honor r oll studen ts.
·200 Irish Become Number 20 In List Green Wave Cagers Down .zoo Of Wesleyan Victims As Little Weat on Quintet In Two Games: ·200 19 Champions End Season 47 to 27 and 35 to 26
SPRING FOOTBALL CALL SOUNDED
rector H a rry Bell agreed to do th is sprin g training for It is be lieved that scrimmages, one each college fie ld.
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0 Rogers , g. 1 Wals h , g. 0 2 S t ephen Gould, '36. was k ept bus y Straub, g . 0 0 at a meeti ng of the College Club Claeys, g. th e f irst of th e month when the Totals 9 student body w en t on a spree nf FG FT introduci n g motions. Th e chair \·V es l eya n (;)5) 2 was a ble to c ut discuss ion short on Cochran, f. 1 0 some of the stud ent demand s, but C. Morganthale, f. 0 0 was unabl e t o check a motion to Dembo, f . 0 petition th e Administration for a W a llace, f. 0 Bedell , c . two -day St. Patrick' s ho liday. 5 Motions were a lso ca rri ed to asl< Ruff, c. 4 the College Cou n ci l to open th e H ornbe rger, g. 0 dining hall at 11 :50, and to change Slanec. g . 0 1 the chapel hour from 7:30 to 6:15. Bensan, g. 0 0 L ater in the week it was announc - Scott, g. 0 0 ed that the Administration had M. Morga nthal e, g. g ranted t he ch ange in the dinn er 13 time ,had r ef used to consider a new Totals chap el hour, and had moved thl: Referee~Travni cek, Armour. holiday from Tuesday to Monday. Umpi re- Bergs trom. Il1inois.
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The organizat ion of an hon or society, th e exact nature of which ha s not yet bee n fully determin ed, was beg un .Mon day by the Coll ege Administration. :Niembership in th ~ society, which will depend upon 11 student's bei ng listed on the scm -
ester honor roll. will enti tl e the stu dent to certain individual privi leges . The fi rst s t ep in the g rantin g of th ese priviliges was made :N!onday when the Pres id en t announce d that all students whose name s a ppea red on last se m ester's honor roll need no t ify on ly thei r respective corridor pre fects when leaving the campu s. H e r etofore, it has been n ecessary Fell H a ll at the conclusion of th e to rece ive the p e rmi ssion of th e m eet. President wh e n des iring to r emain off t he ca mpus.
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Dean Discusses Plalls For Recognition of Scholars
ters of Pi K a ppa Delta gave a r ece ption fo r the 68 deba t e rs, the ir coaches and attendants at Fell H all F rid a y nig ht. Miss Virginia Abbot. pres id ent of the Normal chapte r, was in charge of arran gem ents and acted as hos tess. The Illinoi ~ I:r~terco ll eg i ate Debate tourn ~m e n t luncheon was h eld in
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p e r ce ntag e s tandings of th e school s whi ch lead th e 17 co lleges in Lh e meet a r e: Wh ea ton College · ........................ 8 75 Lal<e Forest College ..... 750 E ure k a College ..................... 750 St. Viator College ............ :......... 623 R eception fo r Co nte sta nts
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you have to f ill yourself with apprehension, c limb on a platform with fi rey eyes, and 'vi ew with al[:.rm'." In short, I am to ld that it is ju st the ability to unveil insidious, Juri< ing d ange r that makes statesmen ou t of poljti cians and jou rnali sts o ut of reporte r s . But am 1 going to 'view with alarm'? 1 am not. And let me de monstrate t h e reason why.
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Wilt cons is ts In knowtnu th e r oscmblllnco or th in gs which d i ll e r <Hid the diff er ence of th i ngs wh ich ;ue ;di k e.
"Patrick T oomey-4.9; Mars hall Lamore- 4.8; William Malone y- 4.7; .Michael Ronahan- 4. 7; Franc is "~"' Williams- 4.6; Edward Buttgen 4.5; J oseph Prol<opp- 4.4; Sam H ami lton- 4.4; \Villiam Neud ec k er4.2 ; Joseph R andy 4 .2; Steph en Goul d- 4.1".
into th e Irish playe r s . Guard in g PF closely and fighting for eve ry point Wh eat on left th e floor at hal f time with a 9 to 8 co unt in their favor. In th e last half the Viatorian quintet regained some of its s moothness and dexterity and managed t o f lip in enough b ~s kets to tak e tht stubborn Wh eaton cagers into camp by a 35 to 26 sco r e . Bi ll Wa lsh again proved to be t h e man of th e huor along with Danny Blazevich. 1 3 Both of these p layers were r.::P F spons iblc for the Ir ish rally that 3 final ly brought a hard earned victory.
Biology Club Issues Own Campus Paper
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Th e first issue of a bi-week ly bulletin publi s hed by th e newly formed Biology Club appea red on th e ca mpus i.\{arc h 9. The bulleti n , a two-page mimeograph ed s h eet, contains many well-wri t te n a rti c le!j of local interes t, and the club ha!j received th e congratulation of lh(' College in its und e rtaking. Th e publi cation points out th e pheno m inal g rowth of the d e part ment of B io logy this yea r . Tht' present enro llment in the co urse shows an increase of 60 pe r ce nt over that of last year; and 33 per cent of th e student body Lakes courses in biology.