Taste the joy that springs from labor.-Longfellow. " Masque of P andora".
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BOURBONNAIS ILLINOIS,
VOL. LIV.
Modern College Frowns· On Loafer-Dr. Cardinal
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1936
/ubilarian
NUMBER 2.
I Straw Vote Forecasts Democratic Landslide
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Library Facilities Brought To Attention Of . Undergraduates As College Pres. Lecture\; Institutions of bighcr learning no longer have a place 1 for the id ler nor th e youth who comes to college merely to enjoy the cozy atmosphere and social life, th e Very Rev. E. V. Cardinal, C. S . V., Ph. D ., president of St. Viator, de. ned recently in an address to 'le first. general assembly of the College undergraduates. Striving to awaken the students t o a sen se of th eir scholastic · responsibiliti es, F athe r Cardinal presented fact s and fig ures JVe his a ssertion. The analys). from whi ch th e president drew b,is material was prepared by the Rev. Bernard Mulvaney, C. S. V., who was head of the Sociology department her e las t year and who is at present on leave of absence completing his studies for the doctorate of sociology at the University of Louvain, Belgium.
And yet without labor there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable .- Carlyle. " Essays".
Kansan Candidate Overhelmed As Students Give Roosevelt Strong Vote Of Confidence
Choral Club Director Waves Baton To All
MicroheH unters,Atoru 8mashers Form Club
Students and fac ulty m embe rs went t o the VIATORIAN s traw vote polls las t W ednesday to give President Franklin D. Roose ve lt a 5 to 1 margin over his closest opA new Science Club, composed of The Saint Viator Choral Club ponent, Governor A lfred M. Landon, students from the Biology, Physics with an ambitious season in pros - of Kansas. The president s tepped and Chemistry departments, was orpect launched its activities with an into the front a s t he first ballots ganized Friday afternoon under the initial meeting last Thursday night, were counted and continued to combined leadership of the various with Rev. M. P. Loughran, C. S. V., widen his lead a s the returns were department • h eads. Doctor William found er of the organization, in tabulated. The Democratic ticket VanDeventer, the R e v. Eugene Hoffcharge. This ye ar th e c lub, again drew 75 per cent of the campu s man and Doctor G. D. Kinzer , are under the lead ership of Father votes. the department heads who have deM. Loughran, is expected to prove While running a poor second to cided upon this new movemen t and one of th e outs tanding campus President Roost! ve lt, Governor LaowiJI ac t in conjunction as the modgroups. don lead Representa tive Wi1lia m erators of the • newly formed organThe meeting was h eld in the brill- Lemke, th e Union for Social Jus 1 Rev. J. J. Corbett, C. S. V. ization. iantly decorated quart ers provided tice candidate, by a 1 to l 'h count. According to a statement issued expressly for the volcalists . Las t Two votes went to Norman Thomas, by th e moderators of the Science year practi ces and meetings were while a lone ballot from the SophoClub the membe rs of the or ganiza~ held in various p la ces. This year more class named Browde r as the tion will have complete charge of th e club's new hom e, once used as preferred candidate. all activities. The speakers to be a "junk room", has been decorated Class by Class obtained will be men w ho are as m gay colors and is being tastefully S lig htl y more than 79 p er cent Average Set sociated with the three scien ces. furnished. A piano, radio and vi c- of the Senior class expressed conThe study represents a refinement They wi ll lecture on the latest distrola will be ins talled soon. Several fidence in the N ew Deal. Landon of the ordina ry s tudi es which con- coveries made by contemporary scie~sy chairs and davenports will! received all but one of the Anticern gra des only, and gives an op- 1 entists , with a view of better un - Noted n· . T D . gtve the club quarters a most pleas- ~ administration votes. portunity to compare a ccomplish- , d ers tandmg c urrent sc tenttftc proSace~~~~~~ry S 0 ehver ing a t mosphere. Besides being a President Roose ve lt ran 5 to 1 ments w1th a bthty B esides bemg ble ms . ermon place for rehearsa ls th e rooms will ahead of Govern or Landon among an analySIS of th e entlTe s tudent The old Biology Club, which was The R ev. John J. Corbett, C. S . .se rve as a club for t he m e mbers of the Juniors, who came n eares t to body enrolled durmg the second maugura ted las t year and is now v., an a lumnus of the College and .l th e choral g roup. approximating the political t emper 1936 semester of P-W organiza- now P as tor of S l. Via tor P a r ish , )<~pe r ... i:re of th e school. Among the third year • studies were also I the nucleus of th f made of classes and other g roups. ' tion, w ill pro vide a ~o~king model Chicag o , Illinois, will celebrite his l A s hort r ecita l will be g iven be- m en, the Kansan was preferred to Jn de te rminin g scholas tic av erag es for th e n ew or ganization. Regular Silver S ace rdotal Jubil ee in Chicago fore Christmas and at Cl1ris tmas Lemke by only a 3 to 2 margin. a 5-4-3-2-1-0 ratio was u sed . Under a this sys t e m a n A s tuden t has a mee tings wi~l be he_ld once a rr:onth. on Sunday, Oc tobe r 25. Fathe r J. major prog r a m will be presented. The s tron g eSt Republican ant.l Socia l Jus tice voting rating of 5., a B s tudent of 4., a C These m ee tmgs Will open wtth a J . Corbet t will be celebrant a t a S eve ral broadcas ts over r adio s t:a - Union for s t udent 3 ., a D s t ud ent 2., a n E r evi ew of current s ~ientific l~ter- Solemn Hi g h Mass, at twe lve noon, tion WCFL are a lso to be present- cS:me from the Sophomore class A s peak er, either a bwlo- before His Excellen cy, the Mos t 1R e v. ed whi le once a month at the r eg- where th e two parties combin ed d t d F d \ a t ure. s tu en L,_ a n an stu ent 0. g is t , cher:ni st, or physicist w ill lee· · ' · ' In calculatm g t h e ex pec t ed a verag e I 1 Btshop Be rnard J. Sheil, D . .D ., who 1 ular clu b m ee tm gs, th e re is to be a polled 50 p er ce nt of the votes. f rom th e intelligence quotie nts , a ture to the m embers. A f t er the Jec- will deliver th e se rmon. sp ec~al ente r t ainm en t. This will President Roose ve lt led Landon by s tud en t with a score of 120 h as a I' ~ b~qe ut in honor of th e Jubil - . c~ntmu e . throug hout the yea: wi t h 22 ba 1lots, whil e Le mk e was only rati ng of 5. , a s t uden t wit h 110 (Continued on page 6 ) a n a n wul be h eld in th e St. Viator w1d e va n et y of p rogr a ms be m g of- 4 votes behind th e Re publican. One 1 has a rating of 4.., et c. W hil e t h e Parish A uditorium a t 1:30 P . M. ! fc r ed to th e s tudent body. Sophomore na m ed Norman Thom as en t ire stud en t body las t yea r had I Fa t h er Corbe tt w ill hold his p a r- ~ Ri cha rd P owe r s, president of th e a s his prefer e nce. a.n expec ted average of 3.82, t he at ochial r ecep t ion in t he Al vernia Choral gro up , has wr it ten to a The F r eshm en , who polled t he tained ave rage of its sem ester grades H igh School Aud 1tonu m , Rid geway numbe r of colleges th rougho u t th e largest numb er of ballots m t he w as on ly 3.23, a defi ciency of .59. at By ron, at 8 30 P . M count ry m a n effor t to secure an school. gave t h e pr esent admt ms t ra Using a chart to illust rate his Forme1 T re.ts ure r app ropTJ a t e r epe r to1re M us1c w ht ch lion a 9 t o 1 vote over Landon a nd --] Durm g h1s ea r ly days as a p nest has bee n selected t odate m cludes a 10 to 1 vote over t h e entire fJe ld points, F a ther Cardinal cong ra tulated the va r ious g ro up s that had attain - [ The Be rgtn Dcbatm g Club wtll , F a th er Corbett ta u g ht a t t h e Hol y th e Soldie r s Chorus f rom 'Fa ust; All but 3 m embe rs of th e College ed, or exceeded, th e ir ex pected aver - inaug urate its ac t ivities on No vem - 1 Name School in Chi cago a nd at S t. i Marc h fro m Aida, a n d t he Bells of Faculty we r e placed in th e Dem oages. At th e sa me tim e he ad - be r 24 when it m ee ts P urdu e at Via t or Coll ege. W h ile h er e F a th er. · S a in t b.1arys by Adams. Viril e cr a ti c colum n , t he New Deal dis mo nished those who had fa iled to ~afayette, Indiana. F ollowing t h is Corbett occupied t he position of head J sea son gs a n d hum e rous nov elties senter s dividing a niong Land on, use their a bilities to t he u tmost. f irs t pl atfor m appearan ce the Vi a - of th e Jun ior De pa r t m ent a nd fr om wi ll also be lis t ed, a long w ith sev- L emk e an d T homas. S tude nts \·Va rn ed t orian.s will meet DeKa lb College in 191 1 until 1918 he was t r easure r of e ra l of th e c urren t popu la r so ngs Seventee n u nclassified ballots gave " A college does not only con sis t a radto debate t o be broadcast ove r t h e College. of t he na tion . 14 vo t es to President R oose velt a n d of a fac ulty", t he spea ker obse rved . WCF L on Dece m be r 5. The subI n 1918 Father Corbe tt was t ransDur ing t h e pas t weekend th e 3 to th e North Da k otan. "It a lso cons is ts of a library. We ject fo r t h e lat ter date is, " R esol ved : fe rred to St. Edward 's P a ri sh in Choral Cl ub direc tor Lested voi ces (Con ti nu ed on page 6) have done everythin g within our that the extension of con su me r co- Ch icago. For t h ir tee n years he was ?f a ll s t~dent s who we re interested pov.ter to make the library attr ac - ope ratives \VOuld co ntribu t e to· pu bli c pas tor of St. Edwa rd s pa r ish and m beco mm g members of the club. t ive, efficient a nd servica ble. \Ve we lfa re". then upon th e death of the Rev. T hose inte rested will kindly see wan t you to use it. We want you The club inte nds to enter teams J a s. F . Ryan, C. S. v. , was ap - Fat her Loug hran or Richard P owto know books. W e shou ld like to in the Illinois Stale Normal To urna- pointed pastor of St. Viator pa ri sh, 1 ers with in th e nex t few days. Ne_w have our students ··bookish". \-Ve mcnt on December 11 and 12, th e a post that he has h eld ever s ince. m ember s of the Choral Club w11l want you to know and read other Manchester Tournament on Febrube initiated this evenin g. A s light books .than you r t ext bool<s. Every a ry 26 and 27, and also t he Dlinois r epast will be se rved. The Sigma U psi lon Sigma Sorors tudent sho uld be read ing pe riodi - Inte rcollegiate De bate Conference 8 I ity wi ll s ponsor the f irs t social of I ca ls and books othe r t han those Tourname n t to be held in P eoria th e curren t scholastic year on Oc tos tri c tl y required. I am a t a loss on March 12 and 13. According to ber 20. Th e social w ill be an int o understand th e m enta lity of a the Rev. J. W. R. Magu ire, C. S. V., 1 formal affair and w ill be he ld in college s tu dent who does not know the Moderato r , open dates a r e b eing At a rece nt m ee ti ng of th e Day t he Commons Bui ld ing upon th e
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B I ·t d th nois Wesleyan. e Oi • an e Uni trips, why not catch up on your versi t y of Illi nois. reading? The man who has brains It has been a nnounce d th. a t Ed has n~ busines.s ge tting lonely" . 1 ward Buttgen . Debate Manager, bas Co ntmutng hiS r emarks Father 1 bee n selec ted to represent St. ViaCardinal warned both th e new and tor College at th e coUegc discussion th e old s tud ents that unless sati~ - de monstration to be he ld on No vfactory \~o·ork was done durin g the e mbe r 6 before the Illi nois AssociC' urre nt se mester th e delinquent s tu - ati on of Teachers of Speech. T he de nts would be requ ested t o leav e subjec t which Mr. Buttgen will pre= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ! se nt before the assembly \viii deal t Continued on page 6) with consumer's cooperatives.
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l .N d A eSSanC r1 arne Day Hop President /J. R. C. First JVJeeting Promised to be Soon
Student Org-anization, Alessandro AIessand n , '37, was e lec t ed to the 1 presidency for the cu rrent scholas ti c Plans for the first I nternational year The remalmng three offtces Rel atiOn s Club m eeting are s till in we r e secured by two men from the so- l th e em b ryomc s t age o f d eve 1opmen t phomore c lass, and a senior. Fran - ~ and the moderator, th e Rev. J as. E. cis :Marcott e was named vice-presi- "' 11liams, C. S. V., announces tha t dent; LeRoy Lee, secretary. and membe rs of t~e club w iJI receive a Joseph Rondy, treasurer. \Vith the ~ pleasant surp n se when these plans exception of LeRoy Lee, of Bonfield I are comple t ed. Father Williams will the offi cers for this ear are ali I hold a short business meeting bef r om Kankakee. y 1 fore the -fi r st lecture for t he purpose of electing officer s fo r th e cur(Continu ed on Page Seven) rent year . 1
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campus. The enter t a inm ent com mittee headed by Miss Clai r e Legris , presiden t of th e so rority, has prepared an A rna t eu r N! g ht P ro g ram . B es 1de:; the usua l amat eur entertainment, card playing, bunco, dancing and refreshments wi lJ be provided to a ll. These socials are p lan ned with the objective of providing entertalnment for the student body, and of cr eating more friendly and more sincere relations, accordi ng to Miss Legr is.