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Bintnriut1 College Honors Dr. Chas. A. Hart To remember St . Vi.Ho r n1e~n• mor-e th~n a picture o f build· ings. campus and tree•. than <1 pani ng ph:ue o f li fe .
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Seniors Laud Viator At Class Banquet
TUESDAY , J UNE 2, 1936
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Fath e r M unsch
That the Rev. F. E. M~n sc h , C. S . V ., wi ll ce lebr ate hi s Si lver Sace rdotal Jubil ee on Wednesday, June 17 ; that the Solemn High Mass of thanksgiving will be ce le brated at 10:30 o ' clock i n the C hurch o f the Maternity, Bo u rbonn ais; that the R ev. T. J . Rice, C. S. V., life long frie nd of t he Jubilarian wi ll preach th e se rmon are a ll fac t s th a t need no further explan ation . B ut for on e who sees w ith a d eeper visio n, th eir deeper conno t ation becomes apparent.
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. fits of St. Viator College and urg ed day stude n ts to take part in t h e campus f unctions Raphael Roch, Ph. B., the only gradu ating a thl ete, appropriately Jauded "The A thl ete" in a s hort speech. H e insisted that a good athlete should likemse be a good student, and p r ais ed th e fighting spiri t of Viator men. The faculty was eloquently lauded by W iJliam Fle mi n g, Ph. B. , who thanked the p r ofessors for thei r freely -given aid. He poin t ed out the spiri t of companionsh ip which exists h er e between t each er and stu d ent. Jam es O'Mara, B. S. C., paid tri bute to the A lumni and exp ressed the hope that ever y g raduate wo u ld affil iat e h imself w ith a local Viator C l ub. H e pointed with p r ide at th e num er o u s di s t inguished men the school numbe r s among her s on s. Edwar d B uttgen, '37, p r esiden telect of n ex t year's g r aduates, afte r be ing inves t ed with cap and gown, p r oposed a toast to "The S eniors. Buttgen p r aised the character of the sen io r s as be wished them farewe ll Dr. John T r acy E llis, '27, now . of Washington, D. C., Ji sted the lau r els of th e Rev . Charles A. Hart, Ph. D., in a t oast t o "The New Doctor of Laws'. Docto1· Ellis eulogized the achievements and a bilities of D oc t or Hart and mas t er fu lly portrayed him as a "man among men. " The banque t closed wi th a sho rt talk, "Au Revoir", by th e Rev. Dr. E . V. Cardin al, C. S. V . Father Cardinal stresst!d the importance of books to the g r aduates, and gave them the lif e of Louis Pasteur as an example of a life well-lived.
New Building At N. D. Continui n e a program of expans ian in the fi e ld of science, construction began last Monday, on a $300,000 Biology Resear ch building at the U ni versity of Notre Dame. On June 6 th e cor enrstone of the new struct ure will be laid in connection wi th th e annual Class Day exer cises. Francis P . Garvan, founder of the Che mi cal Foundation, will p r eside.
Dr. John T r acy E llis
soror1•ty PI ans
Campus Actl.vl·ty
On th a t day, th er efo r e, will cuimin a t e tw en t y-five env iab le years of se rvi ce as priest and teacher. Th er e is so much ab idin g adm ir at ion both in the limited co nf ines of Bourbonnais and in fa r places for Fathe r Munsch, that words in praise of him and his splendid career Of service see m patheticall y in a d equate. Fassmg over his earli e r year s as s tud ent and as a c lassmate of King Edward Vill at Oxford, and
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considering first those year s when Father Munsch was Javed by eve r y
"shank le" on the campus, we find that th roughou t the year s the ment al pic tu r e of many among the alu m n i is dominated by a kingly per T he St. Viator Co ll ege So r ori ty son a li ty abun dant an d radiant in its drew its c u rrent season of activity ] ch a r m . . Nor has Father Mun sch changed. to a close last week wh en It m et To hi s fellow priests and s tudents at the Mrs. Thomas Legris hom e to h e s till seems pe r ennia11y yo ung , Jay p lan s for next yea r . At the en e rge ti call y ali ve and joyful. Now meeting, M iss C laire Leg r is, '37, was as t hen hi s ins piration is inescapable . n a m ed p r esiden t of th e o r gan ization. Born with a rollick in g song in his M iss Agn es S t e lter , , ' was· el ect ~ heart, h e still t ouches othe r hearts 34 to s ympathetic lingerin g vib r ation. ed vice-p r esident; Miss Ruth ArFor t en years, Father Munsch dir ington , '34 , sec r etary, a nd Miss r ee l ed th e destinies of St. Bernard Yvonn e Rivard , '39, t r easurer. H a JJ . His was the task to build the Th e Ver y R ev. D r . E. v. Car- ins titution from its beginnings, but d.inal, C. S. V., attended th e m ee t- more particularly t o bui ld sai ntl y ing and , at th e r e ues t of th e I and sc hol arl~ p r iests. and re~ igio u s. q W e who rece1ved ou r mformation unyoung ladies, offered s ugges tion for d e r hi s tute lage found t hat if eve r grea t e r activity on th e parts of th e there was exemplifi ed th e tradit ion co-eds next year . The resolution s th at t o be of intelligent human se radopted by the so rority r ecognized vice to othe r s mak es for personal t he possible ac ti ons whi c h the col- happiness , it was in th e case of thi s buo yant priest in whom charity lege president had laid down. and cheer fulness found cons tant kinThe hostesses d e li gh t ed th e ir I ship. Hi s personal r ec titude had guests with dainty r ef r eshme nts af- the t e mpe r of fine s t ee l, but his t e r th e tran s a ction of the meeting's human s ympathy w as a constant bus iness. r ev elation to those s truggling upTh e wor k which the so r ority has ward t owar d the realization of an done in cam pus soc ial life this year ideal. For th e past two years , Father has been great, and the student body bas frequently expressed its Mun sch has been Lib r a r ian at St. Intelligen ce, artis appreciation of the co-eds' efforts. Viator Co ll ege. The guest speaker at the basket- try, and practicality have wrought Old deco r ations , anti ba ll banquet las t month paid t r i- a mi r a cle. bute to the youn g ladies when he quated systems of s ervi ce , inadeinsis t ed th at their presence her e quate equip ment, all- all have vanadds "an air of r efin ement" to the ish ed under his guidance and person al labor . sc hool.
Miss Claire Legris Named President At Final Meeting
W ith traditional academic pomp and ce r emony, St. Viato r College g r aduat ed her s ixty- eight c lass on 1 J un e 2. Threatening rain on Monday night gave way to s trong winds on Tues day , and the gowns of the facu lt y and g r aduates were blown 1 p icturesquely as the ce r emonies ope n ed on the p o r ch of ~1arsile Alumni H all. Th e bachelor orations r anked with the best speeches given here during the past t en year s. Norbe rt Ellis, Ph. B., with four years of debating and public speaking behind him, t old in eloqu ent language 1 of America's duty in the promotion ' of wo rl d peace. J ohn Sh ipman, A. B ., who possesses one of the most powerful voices on the campus, seco nded Ellis's bold and uncompromis ing stand by pointing out the r ecor d of the Church in world peace. D octo r Har t Ho n o r ed In recognition of his wo rk in religion, philosophy and teachin g , th e R ev. Cha rl es A. Hart. '17, Ph. D .. now of . the Ca t holic University of America, was awarded ,an honorary degre e of Doc tor of Laws. H e was invested in his new hood by the Very Rev. Dr. E . V. Cardinal, C. S. V. Doctor H a rt' s effor ts in bringing the Catholi c fai th in its true ligh t befor e th e people of W ashington have been indelfatigable, and the nation today re cognizes him as on e of its foremost philosoph ers. Doctor Hart' s g r aduation address. in which we re mingled wit and sentim ent, a dvice and pro ble m s for so luti on, was the wo rk of a maste r . Th e \V ash ington professor s pared n o superlatives in his praise of th e Vi a tor faculty. Ste phe n Gould , A. B ., rose to o r atorical hei gh t s in the present ation of hi s Val ed icto ry. His plea was for th e app li catio n of Ca tholic social and philosophical thought to eve r yday living, and the s p eech mad e a marked impression on th e audi ence. Th e M os t Rev. B e rnard J . Sheil, D. D ., LLD., V. G., Senior AuxiHary Bishop of Chi cago , who pres id ed over th e Commencement, close d th e exe r cises with a s hort talk in which he s t r essed th e need fo r spiritual deve lopmenl. The processional and r ecessional I' were pl a yed by th e Kank akee Hi g h School Band under the d irec tion of Mr. George E . Piersol.
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3:30. W ith a joke fo r the introduc tion of eve r y speake r and the ability to set the guests at complete ease, Gould carried a lon g with fine good humo r . Leste r Soucie, A . B ., pro-
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Commencement Fete Includes Three Alumni Application Of Chri stian P rin ciples I s Stressed At Sixty-Eig hth Gradu ation
Graduates Hosts To Hundreds Of Guests At Elaborate Dinner In College Refectory Wi th sparking wit and natura l suavi ty, Step hen G<>u ld, A. B., h eaded th e p r ogr am as toastmaste r at the ann ual C lass Banqu et today. H und r eds of par ent s and friends of the gra dua t es and alu mn i of the sch ool r e turn ed to Bourbo n nais to a t tend the elabo r ate banqu et at 12:30 in the co ll ege r efec to r y and the commen cemen t which fo ll owed at
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Charles A. Hare, P h. D., LL.D.
Mary Anthony To Head Ciscans Club P raises Moderator As Officers Are Elect ed As loc a l Ciscans closed th ei r cu r~ r e nt season, they voiced h ig h p r aise and approval of Miss Anthony's admini s tratio n, and proceeded to r eelect the popular Jun ior co-ed by unanimous vo te. Under her p r esi den cy, Cisca has made great s trides at St. Viator, and plan s for n ex t year inc lude even g r eate r campu s and off-campus work. Don Morgan, '39, was elec t ed vJce ~pres id ent; Robert Regan, , , 39 w as n amed treasurer, a.nd M iss P at· ri cia McLaughlin, '39, was chosen sec r e tary. It was brought out at the meet ing th at mu ch of the cred it for the c lub's s uccess this year be longs t o th e Rev. William J. Crackn e ll , C. S. V ., who h as devoted tim e a nd work in th e promotion of Cis can p r ojec t s . For h es h e lp and advi ce, Cisca has desi r ed to r ender public a pprecialion.
And so it has been f o r twenty -five fruitful year s . Fath er Mun sch' s eve r y und e rtaking has turn ed to g o ld unde r th e m a g ic of hi s to u ch ; and as hi s Silve r Jubilee t u rn s in t o gold, may th e magi c of his m in d and heart continue turning t o g old the lives of thos e with whom h e comes in contact.
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Former Prof. Honored The Mos t R e v. Msgr. J . E. La' berge , P . A., a forme r instru ctor he r e , wi ll ce lebrate th e s ilv er j ubil ee of his o rdina tion on June 14. Msgr. Laberge is n ow pastor of S t. J ohn the Baptist Chu r c h in Quebec. Tbe Ve ry Rev . D r . E. V. C ardinal, C. S . V., expects to r ep r esent the college at the celebration.