St. Viator College Newspaper, 1936-10-06

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Homecoming

Homecoming Fete Opens Frid3.y New All Time Record Set By Enrollment

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ing number of local organizations. He insisted that th·e College Club will promote a greate r amount of social activities than in the past.

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In order to meet growing demands of an increasing student body, nine mstructors have been added to the faculty of the college for the current scholastic year. Seven of these are members of ·the Clerics of St. Viator, four priests and three brothers, while th e remaining two are laymen who have previously taught at the University of Illinois. 1 The Rev. Leo T . Phillips, C.S. V., who rluring a leave of absence for the year 1935-36 completed his wo rk tor the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Latin at the Catholic University of America, h as resumed the chair of Dean of Studies. Dr. Phillips will a lso teach certain of the advanced Latin courses.

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REV. WM. J. JH!JRGIN

Bergin Debaters Start for Busy Season

The Rev. Dr. w. Bergin, c . s. v, president of the college during the two years after the World war, has been recalled from his post at the University of Illinois and will head Three Big Ten schools are listed the Philosophy department of the on th e early Fall schedule of the colleoO'e. Father Bergin has been Bergin Debating Society, according t Ed d B tt '"7 1 connected with St. Viatm: college o war u gen, , ' new y apsince Janu ary of 1897 and during pointed man~ger ~f W:e _wrangle~s. that tim e he has filled the various Loc:al and netghbonn~ a ud1 ences will offices of director of seminarians,] ~~~rrl•~e ~:~~~:i:.~.~ p~~t:~th\:!:~~:~

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t.er from His Holiness through His Eminence, Cardinal Mundelem, Archbishop · of the Chicago Diocese. Cardinal Campeggio was Papal L egate to a large number of important gatherings in the early days of the sixteenth century when the storm, of Protestantism was breaking over Europe. Dr. Car dinal's material was gather ed chiefly from original documents found in the Vatican arch ives and in t he great libraries of Bologna, Paris and London H e a lso had access to the paper~ of the Campeggio family. The book contains 200 pages and is published

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Father . Phillips Resumes P ost of Dean of St udies

The all-time high in enrollment gains reached here last year has been eclipsed by this semester's Stupent body. The Rev. William J. C racknell, C. S. V., Registrar,' made k nown last week that, while complete statistics are not yet available, the increase is in the neighbor· hood of 30 per cent. The most notable g-ains were made in the Senior and Sophomore classes. To date, more than three tfmes as many Seniors are registered than were graduated last June, and the Sophomore class boasts a 25 per cent growth. The Freshman gained only 5 per cent over last year's REV. E . V. CARDINAL large class, while the Junior class remains unchanged. Social Activity Planned The educational advantages offe r ed by st. Viator college have drawn increasing numbers to the Bourbonnais camps during the past f The enrollment His Holiness, Pope Piux XI, has 1935 :our years. , recently given recognition to the I igures stood 25 per cent higher V R D E V C . than those for the preceeding year.j Very ~v. r. . . ardmal, C. S. ' While drawing up the social cal., president of the. college, for his latest valuable historical volume ;u!der last week, G~orge Rogers, "Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio".

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osophy department, besides inlroduc- ~J~~:~:~ity, i:iCU.l lhe Universily of ing many extra curricular activities Buttgen, who is entering his four th for the students. year of inter-college debating, reU. of, I. Men ceived his appointment from the Dr. Gilbert Kinzer has been en- Rev. J. ·w. R. :rvraguire, C . S. V., gaged as the new director of th~ director of Viator Forensics. Father combined department of Mathema- Maguire resumes his coaching duties tics, Physics, and E n gineering. Dr. this Fall after a two year interval, Kinzer holds the degrees of B. S., during which the Rev. John StafM. S., and Ph. D. from the Univ- ford, c. s. v., filled the post. Fathersity of Illinois. Since 1931 Dr Kinzer has been a member of th~ er Maguire has numerous successful debating squads to hi~ cr edit and fac u lty of the University of Illinois sever a l State Champion teams. as an instructor in the Department The Berg in Debaters wi ll open of Physics. A new professQr of Ac-

Frank Straub, outstanding athlete, was r e-elected president of the Junior Class at a meeting in Marsile Hall on September 30. The action of the members of th e class of ' 38 by Chapman and Grimes , Boston. (Contin u ed on Page Two) (Continued on Page Two) breaks an old tradition of the col- I - -- - -- - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - -- - lege in as much as the same man has never before been returned to a class presi dency. Straub, a native of Bloomington, has proved one of th e outstanding leaders upon the camp us during his pas t two years of residence. Besides holdin g the office of president of the Junior Class, Frank is also t he vice-president of the College Club, most prominent organization of St. Viator College. Milwaukee, Francis Sanhuber, Through the untiring efforts of stalled. The walls are lined with Biology Laboratory l\Ioved Wis., was named for th e vice-presi- department beads, notable improve- built-in book cases which contain The Chemistry department was aldency of the class. J ohn Stevens, football s tar, secured the sec retary- ments h ave been made in the college reference work for use only in the so decorated and modernized during ship whil e Gene Larkin was elected buildings during the past summer. library. Within a short time it is th e summer months. The two ]atreasurer. Stevens hails from Sprin gVery Rev. Dr. E. V. Cardinal, C. also planned to equip the reading boratories and the lecture room are f ield, Ill ., and Larkin ca1ls Towanda, S. v., president, acting in co-oper- room with new tables and chairs. painted ivory and trimmed in light Ill., his hometown. ation with the R ev. F. E. Munsch, The north room, formerly occup- grey. The R ev. Eugene F. Hoffman, C. S. V., a new addition to this CHORAL CLUB WILL BE ACTIVE C. S. V., Librarian, large ly deserves ied by the Biology department, is year's fac ulty, was ins trumental in SOON the credi t for the expansion of t he now a stack room, and the south bringing a bout th e improvements in college library which now occupies room, formerly the reading room, is this department.

Improvements Greet Eyes Of Viator's Returning Sons

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The St. Viat or Choral Club w'lll soon move into its n ew headquart ers, according to an announcement made by the R ev. Manuel l...<Jughran, C. S. V., director of the organization. Father Loughran wishes to state tha t t he Chor al Club will be as ac tive this year as it was last. Reci tals ar e being planned and broadcas ts will be made over radio station W . C. F . I...

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Greatly Improved; New Quarters House Departments.

the en t ir e second floor of Marsile a seminar room . Here also it is HalL The s pacious and we ll-light- p lanned to hold meetings of the Ined ce nte r room, formerly the stack ternational Relations Club. room has bee n converted into the The new a rrangem ent of the Jibrary provides an entran ce to the r eadi ng room. The new quarters are library f rom eithe r stairway. The deco rated in peach with silver and work done this summer climaxes a broM1 trim, and the floor is fin- program of modernization and exished in natural oak . The windows pansion begun two years ago when are equipped with Venitian blinds, Father Munsch was appointed head and indirect lighting has been in- librarian.

The Biology laboratory, formerly located on the second floor of Marsile Hal1, was moved to newly decorated quarters on the third floor. The redecoration of Roy Hall, begun in September of 1935, was also completed with the painting of the second, third a nd fourth corridors and th o:! front stairway. Several classrooms of Marsi1e Hall were likewise painted.

St. Viator College campus is the scene of a revival of the old time enthusiasm and pep that was characteristic of the student bodies of long ago. Memories of the .golden past are being recalled, and traditions that have long been gathering dust are being r essu rrected by the present faculty and campus leaders. Like · the fab led Rip Van Winkle, th e Irish of Viator have been arouseu. Evidences of the renewed spiri t will be demons trated in au the fanfare that is planned to take place before th e homecoming tilt with Jordan College of Menominee, Mich-' igan, on October 10 a t the Kankakee High School field. The game is scheduled for 2:30 P. M. Friday, October 9, the freshmen class members under the supervision of the Upper-classmen will invade the surrounding communities in all the splendor of their g uadiest pajamas. The parade of pajamaclad freshmen will windup at Kankakee Bird's park where an enormous bonfire will be kindled and a huge pep meeting h eld. The members of the varsity football sqaact wtH be toasteo a nd w1s11es HOMECO~UNG

SCHEDULE Friday 8:00 P. M.- Freshman Pajama Parade. 9:00 P . M;.-Pep Meeting and Bonfire. Saturday 1:00 P . M. Parade. 2:30 P. M.-Football Game Viator vs, J or dan. 9:00 P. M.-Dancing until Midnight. Awarding of Gold Football to Star of Hom ecoming Game. Alumni Notice: Alumni will meet before and after the game in the College Clubrooms. for their success in the homecoming fray extended to them by the - student body. Rogers Leads On Saturday afternoon at one o'clock the student body will again descend upon th e inhabitants of Kankakee and B r adley wi th a ll the v im and enthusiasm of a celebrating homecoming c rowd, that will be swelled by th e addition of numerour grads. A mammoth parade is scheduled to start from the International H a r ves te r Company yards at Schuyler Avenue in Kankakee at one o'clock. Th e line of carts, hayracl{s, float::;, carriages of past ages, and automobiles, which is expec ted to be two miles in length, will proceed through the main streets of Bradley and Kankakee and will arrive a t th e scen e of th e homecoming tilt just befor e the game time. George Rogers . president of th e College- Club, is in complet e charge of an the homecoming arrangements. Besides securing th e popular Earls of Sweet Swing to provide the homecom ing music for the dance which will start at 9 o'clock and will be

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