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Rogers Victorious At College Club Polls
Sam Ha1nilton Writes Year's Best Essay
Doctor Hart To Give CommencementAddress
Three Sophomores Win Offices; New Club Chief Is Leader In Campus Affairs
" Education For Leisure" I s Popular Topic
College Will Honor Guest Speaker; Stephen Gould Named Valedictorian
h Mi h at er Unsc To Celebrate Sl•tver JTu b l•1ee ~
With two-thirds of the votes in his favor, George Rog e rs, '37, of Chicago, was h ai led last w eek as president-elect of the College Club. His smashing vi ctory was interpreted by hi.s s upporters as a s tudent expression of confidence in hi s a bility to direc t campus problems n ext year. F rank Straub, '38, of Blooming ton, t raiied Rogers in the number of votes recei ved, but car ri ed th e club's vice-presidency over hi s two opponents by a large margin. Ray Cavanagh, ' 39, of Chicago, shat t ered predictions in favor of the incumbent secretary by scoring a 21 vote lead over his closest rival for the secretaryship. Eugene Larl{in, '3 9, Twanda, cari ed U1e treasurership over the field of six studentSi who sought the pos t. The treas urership was the most con tes t ed office on the ballot, despite the notorious record of the club fo r having empty coffers. President Active The quietness of th e election was in marked contrast w ith the heat of last spring's campaigns and contested voting. The fact that onl y two-thirds of eligible voters went to the polls has been attributed by commentators to the lack of any Pressing campus iss ue. Rogers succeeds Stephen Go uld, '36, who beca me head of the c lub last winter upon the withdrawal of William Phelan, president, f rom school. While he h ad neve r before so ught office, Roge rs has be en active in student affairs during all of his three years he re . L ast f a ll be was appointed co-advisor fo r the freshman class, a nd this month he handled many of the a rrangements for the Physical Education Field Day . H e was nam ed honorary captain of th e . bask e tball t eam during his sophomore year, and was largely responsib le for more than one victory on the hardwood this season. In all of the undertakings of the College Club t hi s year, Rogers has been an infatiguable worker, and his elec tion does not f ind him new to student organjzation and leadership,
Provincial Preaches Baccalaureate Traditional baccalau re ate services on May 24 will rin g up the curtains on the year' s g r aduation a ct ivities. The Very R ev. J. P. O'Maho n ey, C. S. v. , has accep ted an invitation to preach the baccala ureate sermon , ac cordi ng to the Senior calss moder ator. After the services, th e g r aduates will be g u est s of honor at a break fast in the college clining hall.
In Appreciation The VIATORIAN makes public recognition of the laborious ho urs which Leonard Mond.i, '39, sp ent in painting for the P . E. Field Day. H e deserves a vote of thanks from the student body.
Sam Hamilton, '37, was announ ced as winner of the English Essay Contest yesterday. His pape r on "Educalion For Leisure" was selectcd from app roxim ately 200 entrees after first g aining th e a pp roval of the Eng lish professors a nd then passing the cri ticism of three judges. Hamilton , of Chi cago, i s a Ch emistry
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Th R Ch H e ev. arles A. art, Ph. D., of th e Department of Philosoph y at t he Ca tholi c Univers ity of America, wi ll deliver Commencement address to the Viator . graduates on June 2. At th e s ame time, the Coll ege will confer upon the guest speaker, who himse1f is a Viato r
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major. Movement E xpected To Spread alumnus, the honorary degr ee of J oseph Prokopp, '38, of Spring- To Neighboring Cities Doctor of Laws. H is Excellency fi eld , was award ed second honors. the Most Rev. Bernard J . Sheil , D. B H ld Th '37 d Ed D., w ill preside at the CommenceThe Rev. Francis E. Munsch , C . ro. aro ompson, ' an More than 50 alumni met at t h e ment. S . V., for 22 year s a m ember of wa rd Buttgen , ' 37 • were named to Maryland Hote l in Chicago on May Doctor Hart , one of the nation's t he College fac ulty, will celebrate share third laurels. Brothe r Thomp- 11 to organize the Viato r Clu b of his Silve r Sacerdotal Jubil ee here son and Prokop p, as did th e winn e r, Chi cago , and since that time have outstanding speakers, has announced "Spiritual Renaissan c e and Recovery" on June 17. The Co1lege Librarian w r ote on " Education For Leisure". d r awn up a con sti tution and a set as the topi c of his address. The w ill be celebrant of a Solemn High Buttgen chose t h e serio-comi c sub- of by-laws for the organization. Catholic University professo r is toMass in Maternity Chu rch, at which j ect "On The Pleasures Of Cutting Sam McAilaster was elected pres i- day r ecogni zed as a leader in the Class " the Rev. T. J. Rice, C. S. V., w ill · de n t of the n ew clu b ; Francis Carfield of philosophy. He has for preach the Jubil ee sermon, and later The winning essay will be printed in the day will be hos t to hundreds in its entlrity in the June 2 issue ' ro ll was named first vic e-president; several years been secretary-treasof friends at a banqu et in the Col- of the VI A'T'ORIAN. William Convey, second vice-presi - urer of th e American Catholic Phildent ; Leslie Roche ,historical sec- osop hi cal Association, and is the lege dining hall. retary; Joe Degnan, recording sec- prime mover of the Washington Father 1-.funsch left St. Bern ard's retary; and Roger Stevens, treasu re r. Catholic Eviden ce Guild. Doctor Hall , of which he had been rector Hart is a native of O tta wa, Illinois, The c lub answers U1e long-felt fo r 10 years, in 1934 to t ake charge need fo r organization of the alumni , and was g r aduated f r om St. Viator of the library. The g reat i mprove and is expected to be th e parent in 1 917. ments in the library under his di I Gould V aledlctoria.n c lub of numerous such groups in rection a re among the outstanding Stephen Gould, of Bloomington , academic achi eve ments of the cam Via tor is proud this spring of four other c ities. It is hoped here that pus sons who are being ordained to th e t his action of the Chicago men will Ill. , w ill deliver the Valedictory at leP.d to one great, unified Viator the Commencemen t. N orbert Ellis, Hol y Pries thood. At Oxford The Rev. Eugene F. Hoffm an, C . Club, with ci t y organizations in all of Sen eca, TI L, and John Shipman, Soon after his ordination to the s. v., wi ll be ordained by His parts of the nat ion working in b ar - C. S. V., will deliver bachelor orapriesthood in 1911, Father Munsch Excellency, the Most Rev. J . H. many with each othe r . Under s uch tions. entered the Univ ersity of Oxford Schlarman, D. D. , Bishop of P eoria, a se t-up, Via tor men in one city c lub The gradua tion exe rcises will be where he pursued a study of the at St. Mary's Cathedral , Peoria, on would be welcome at the meetings g in at 3:30 with an academic proclassics. Upon leaving Oxford, h e May 31. On th e follo wing Sunday, and social affairs of ever y othe r cession to M arsile HB.ll. The Kantraveled in France and Belgium, Father Hoffman will celebrate his brother organization. kak ee High School band will play s tudying the French language. After First Solemn Mass at B enson, Ill. Th e Viator Club of Chicago plans th e processional march. completing three year s of study The young priest who co mpletes his I a manmouth picnic sometime during abroad, the young priest r eturned studi es at the Catholi c University Jul y, p lans for wh ich are already unto St .Viator to assum e a position of America this spring \\l ill be a derway. I ts third meeting is to be on the College fa cu lty. me mber of the College facu lty next h e ld at the Maryland Ho tel, 900 The Librarian entered the Via- year. North Rush street, on May 25. torian novitiate in 1904 , after com Bishop S chlarrnan will also confer The r eaction of the college admin pleting his ele m entar y schooling at H oly Orders on the R ev. Edmun d is tration for this movement among St. Viator College Summer S esSt. Columbkillis school in Chicago V. O'Neill on May 31. The Viat pr th e Chicago alumni is "one of pleasHe took his undergraduate and th eo- al umnu s w ill celebrate hi s First ure and anticipation". The c lub is s ion wi ll open on June 17 with logical studies at St. Viator, and was Solemn Mass at the Church of St. promised every means of he lp and classes in 13 courses. The office for six years editor of the VIA - Thomas, Philo, Il L, on June 7. s upport . of the Regis tar will be open f o r TORIAN. The Rev. Francis J. Brockman w as l registrations on June 15 and 16. ordained at the Cathedral of St. 1 During th e session, most of th e Joseph , LaCrosse, Wis., on May 3, c lasses will meet 48 .periods in a and celebrated his First Solemn s pace of eight weeks and will carry Rap ids, Wis. Mass in Wisconsin three s emes t er hours of credit. Father Brockman was a m ember of The courses offered are designed the Vlat or graduating class of 1 932. Dr. John T. E ll is of the Cat holic to ser ve the needs of actual or pros '!be Rev. J e rome Drolet, a gradEdward Buttgen , of Warsaw, Ill., University of America and a former pective teachers, matriculated stuwas named president of n ext year's u ate of the old Viator High School, history ins tru cto r h ere, will propose dents who wish to shorten the perSenior class at a J unior class mee t- will celebrate his First Solemn Mass a toast t o "Our N e w Doc tor" , Fath- iod of their undergraduate course, ing last week. He succeeds Ken- in St. Rose Church, Kankakee. The e r Charl es A. Hart, at the annu a l and mature students who wish t o neth Wiser, under whose admi ni s- Rev. J. W. R. Magui r e, C. S. V., graduation banquet on Jun e 2. Doc- fo llow co urses along the lines of t r ation th e high ly successful Junior wil1 preach the First Mass se rmon . to r E ll is is well kn own and loved their special inte rests. he r e, and his name honors the Prom was sp onso r ed, as c lass head. C lasses will be open in: Principles gradu~ting class. The other th r ee offices w ent to of Economics, Survey of English Chicago men. Edward O'Rourke was Steph en Gould, Senior class presi- Literature, College Algebra, Econelected v ice-president; Will iam Crandent, wi ll s erve as toast master at omic History, Rational P sychology, n e ll, sec r etary ; and J oseph Kalk owthe banquet and will int r oduce toasts Chemistry, Fren ch II, Psychology of ski, t r easurer. by the fo llowing speaker s: th e Very E ducation, English (course t o be arRi chard Powers, '39, of Chicago, While there were several candi- was named to succeed Ray Cavan- Rev. Dr. E. V. Cardinal, C. S. V. , ranged) , English Rhe t oric, ContemWilliam F leming, J ames Om era , Les- porary His tory (from 1914), Logic, dates for each office, the electio n agh, '38, a s president of the Choral was mark ed by a display of cooper - Club last Thursday evening. Vin- t e r Soucie, R aphael Roch e, and Ed- Sociology. ward Buttgen, president of next ation and good-fellowship. Courses not li sted here may be cent Murph y, '39, Robert Lenah8Jl, year's Senior class. given if the nu m ber of applicants '39, 8Jld Leonard Mondi, '39, were warrants. Orville Love and Cecil H a ig ht are elected to the oth er offices of the - - - - - - -phys ics lab partners at Montana c lub. Edwin Markman, famed poet, wi ll State College. Powers, in a speech after his elec tbe honored by Princeton University University of Oklahoma archeo lo1 The American Student Union was ' ion, expressed hope for the organ- on his 84th_ birthday. g ists have discovered skeletons of t ermed part of a "Communis t -con- izatiou· ~ accomplishing greate r fetes Notre Dame will open a special I ndian s believed to .b.ave been buri ed trolled movement" by delegates to next year than the current season depart ment for th e t raining of Cath - 300 y ears a go. the D. A . R . convention. has allowed. He a lso declared that olic apol ogist writers in Septe mber. A University of \Visconsin beauty Residents of Minnesota only are t he securing of a g ood loyality song R ensselce r Polytech re cently spon- is endeavo r ing to make tinfoil-sav! eligible for a new Harvard scholar- would be one of the tasks before sored a w orld-wide alumn i r eunion ing "smart" . She would send th e ship. th e club. by radJo. profits to Chinese missionaries.
Four Viator Alumni Take Holy Orders
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Dr. Ellis listed On Banquet Program
Buttgen Named Senior Class Head
Richard Powers Choral Club Chief
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Summer School Offers Variety Of Courses