St. Viator College Newspaper, 1936-11-24

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBEit 24, 1936

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World Prepares for War Elected Richard Powers Is Choral Club Presents Its Holy Name · Declares I.R. C. Lecturer Society President Initial Musical Harvest Rev. J. W. R. Maguire's Suggestion That Club Mooeratorca:1.:~": ~=.::ber8 Join C. A. I. P. Is Adopted By Members

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The St. Viaoor Branch of the Archdiocesan Union of the Ho ly Name Society met on Thursday, November 12, and elected officers for the c urrent scholastic year und er the g uidance a nd direction of the Rev. Paul Hutton, C. S. V. , moderator. The m em ber s of the or ganization were adminis . . er ed t he Holy :t.ame pledge in the College Chapel on November the si.xth. The officer s who were chosen to guide the destinies of the socie t y for this year wer e: President, Rich· ard Powe rs of Chicago; vlce-presl-~ dent P a trick Bimmerle of Chicago; secr~tary, Alphones Monahan of Chatsworth; and treasur er , John Heery of Chicago. 1\loderat:or S p eaks While the ballot was being coWlted, Father Hutton explained the purpose of the H oly Name Society and impressed upon the members the importance of having a form idable body of active Catholic men during these turbulent times, when fundamental valu es based upon our Christian morality are being challenged on every side. ''The attacks of our enemies can be repulsed s u ecessfull y only . throu gh force of number s a nd effe~tive Catholic ac-

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"Peace" was the subject of an address by Miss Betty Proctor, of the Emergency Peace Campaign, at the opening of tbe International R elations Club on November 16. Many members of the local community joined the s tudent body in the south library to bear the g uest speaker. "One of the principal r easons fo r our entrance into the World War, we were led to believe, was to make the world safe for dem ocracy," Miss Proctor inslsted. "Did the war accomplish that purpose? A survey of the nations today would hardly show that it did. Ther e a re 350,000,000. people living under a dietatorship, 3.p.d only 25 per cent of the world's Population is under a ny form of democr acy. To make the s itua tion even: worse, those types of democracy, nOw existing are not strong. Even here in the United States, it is limping badly . " Again, we were told that tbe war was fo ught to end war fo r ever. Men wer e sen t to fight for what they thought to be a noble end. But how mistaken they were, and how low has that 'purpose of war'' sunk. For a second time, look at the world of today. Can anyone say

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--Samuel Ham~lton, '37, a chemis try major from Chicago, was elected the first president of the Science Club at the regular monthly business m~eting on November 16 · . Other officers who were elect ed are. Cha rles ? ilbert, ' 39 • a s tudent in th e phy~lCS depa rtm ent, to ~e v!ceprestdency; and James Hamilton, 39 • a biology major ~d brother of the newly elect ed prestdent, as secr etarytreasurer . The bus iness meeting was followed by two interesting demonstrations which were presented by the m embe r s of the )Jiology department and the physics department. Brotber Robt. J. Schoffman, C. S. V., assistant to Dr Wm. C. Va n Deventer in the Biology Department, performed an experi ment illustrating the nervous system of a dog. Brother Sch offman used a live dog as the subject of .his illustration, having previously" to the operatlon that there is one countr y in the chlorophormed the "v ictim" of sciworld that is not in some way preparing for or thinking about war? ence. The nervous system and reJapan and China are at sv,;ord's actions of the dog were demonstratpoint. Russia has the largest army ed along with the forma;ion of the various visceral organs. in the world, and proud of it. Germany has made large appropriatio ns Following th is interesting experifor war. In Italy one out of every ment by the biology department, six persons is prepared to fight. Dr. G. Kinzer of the Physics DeEngland is building up and strength- partment explained the use of the strong navy. Strobascope and minutely described enin g her already France has recently appropriated its intricate mechanism. The Stro-

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'fh • f S • · Irty- OUr elliOr S I Apply F 0 r D e g r e e s Hamilton A pro-Seminar class for the 34 seniors who have made applications for degr ees was started just r ecently under th e direction of Professo r Michael Moloney, head of the English Department. Seniors expecting to graduate a re compelled to att end thi s class which m eets once a week and w ill con tinue for approximately eight weeks. Failure to attend one or . more of the classes entails th e loss of an equa l amount of ti me in the major subject of the offender. The Rev. Leo Phi11ips, C. S. V., Ph. D., dean of studies, announces that the number of applications made for degrees fa r exceeds those filed in p revious years. According to Father Phillips, th e Class of '37 will be the largest eve r to graduate in the nistory of th e College, even though a few of the applicants will have to wait until after th e summer session of school to receive th eir degrees.

announced that the n ext meeting of the Science Cl ub would be held on Friday, December 11. The Rev. Eugene Hoffman, C. S. V., comoderator of th e Science Club, w il1 be the lec turer on that evening Father Hoffman's topi c will be " Re cent Discoveries In the Field of Chemistry."

Kankakee Study Club New Ciscan Project The S t. Viator Ciscans held the ir first Spiritual meetin g of the year on November 14 when th e members of the local unit met in the College Chapel to recite t h e Little Office of the Immaculate Concep tion. Miss Mary An thony, presi· dent of the organization her e, led t he prayers. Spiritual meetings of a similar nature a r e planned for the first Wednesday of eac h succeeding month.

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I I:l an attempt to vary the selecmen from Purdue immediately tions and to offer a pleasing prothe Thanksgiving recess, and gram, the director has drawn from debate Northwestern Univeraffirmative team on December classtic, seTmhi-cldassicb andd t populatr mas ers. e i ea ehm he par y 11. Mr. Buttgen, for three years is the offering of ''the bountiful bara confe rence debater, is the only vest of music" to the public. experienced man in the group and The program to be ,presented folwill be debating a negative proposi- lows: tion for the first time in his career. ( Prelude in C Minor-Rach11 The early winter proposition, as maninoff. adopted by tile Mid-West Debate Romance- Sibelius.

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The six men who will represent St. Viato. r on the forensic platform In a ll tne early winter debates wer e named by the Rev. J. W. R. Magulre, C. i:s. V., debate coach, late last week. Appointment of Bro M. Robinson, '40; H a rold Bunte, '39; and Bro. ¥· McLaughlin, '39, to uphold th e affinnative of t he government ownership of electric utilities will se nd two experienced men against Purdue University. at Lafayette today. Bro. McLaughlin est ablished himself as a debater here two years ago, and Harold Bunte began a promising career last year. Bro. Robinson is new to the Viator rostrum. The same men are scheduled to meet a Northwestern negative team on December 7 at Evanston. Negath'e Team A negative team composed of William Mayo, '40; Daniel Ward, '40;

The curtain will go up tonig ht on on e of the most appealing and entertaining Musical Harvest partie• ever staged on th e local campus. Under the direction of the Rev. M. P . Loughran, C. S. V., the Choral Club will present an informal_ and varied program of vocal and mstrumental solos a nd group singing. The featuring of a girls' chorus, composed of 12 members of Sigma Ups11on Sigma, marks a distinct d eparture f rom former Viator musi· cales. Custom has placed coeds 1n th e background of previous programs, but the director insists that he has this year a g r oup of girls with s uperior vocal talents, and h e intends to give th em every opportunity for displaying their abilities. Mr. Lambert Paulissen, of Rankakee, who sang wi th Viator charaliats three years ago, will return to the campus tonight to offer several selections. He is knoW? in this vicinity for fine solo work. The male Cilor al Club which normally would have opened the winter music season is now focusing its a t tention on a Christmas appearance. Father Loughran has been directing 30 men through. rigorous practice for several weeks. '

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in th e- organization of the Catholic . At a recent meeting of the Enstudents of the middle west in th e gineeri ng Club of t he College, J ohn cause of international peace and Cahill of Chicago, was unanimously was conducted under the auspices elected president. J ack Burns of of the Catholic Association for In- P el<in was named to t he vice-presiternational Peace. This middle dency, whi le Brother W illiam Quirk, western section of t he C. A. I. P ., c. s. v., a nd Brother Cy ril Pecl<includes the States of Kentucky, ham, c. s. v., both of Bourbonnais, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mich- were elected to the secretarysh ip igan, Minnesota, Misso u ri, and Wis- a nd treasurer ship, respectively. A lconsin. Other sections are located bert Magdecl<i of Chicago, was in New E n g land with headquarters appointed sargeant-at-arms and Dr. at Holy Cross College, Midd le At- G. Kinzer, head of the Physics Delantic, w1th headqua rte rs at St. partment, was named moder ator of E li zabeth's College, Con vent Station, th e club. New J er sey. Other s tu dent sec tions According to the members of th e which hav e ye t to be organized are n ew organization it will a ttempt to th e Wes tern, P acific and Southern. promote interest in E ngi neering a1\-lrs. Roosevelt Attends mong those connected in that field The club will be reMrs. E leano r Roosevelt, wife of of st udy. th e President of the United States, stricted in membership to students attended this, the initial meeting of who are enrolled in the engin eering the middle west section of th e C. A. courses. Dr. G. Kinzer, moderator of the I. P . Mrs. R oosevelt s poke briefly of th e work which could be done organization, announced a t the first m eeting that short talks on various by the new section and congratulated the Catholic s tudents upon the topi cs conn ected directly with engineerin g problems will be regular (Continued on Page Slx) features at the month ly meetings.

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Sorority Social On December Fourteenth Sigma Upsilon Sigma Sorority, ac· cording to an announcement made by Miss Claire Legris, '37, p r esident, w ill entertain the s tudent body on December 16 in th e Common s Building with another social. As yet, committees in charge of the arrangements fo r the affair have not been named but th e social has been n amed, a s a Christmas Party. The Misses r,ucille Putz, '37, and Agnes Stelter, '34, acted as cohostess of the Sorority on November 17 at the home of Miss Putz. The so rority president, Miss Claire Legris, was empowered by the members of the sorority to secure bids for a sorority pin. Refreshments were served after th e regular busin ess meeting. Plans for another business meeting to be held in the Coed Room on December 16 are now under the con sideration of the Sororit y officers.


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