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BOUUBONN1US ILLINOI::;,
VOL. LIV.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1937.
Science Club Listens To Dr. John Mizelle on Feb. 5
College Continues Free Education F'or Adults of Vicinity
Imm unity In Animal Parasitism Is Topic Of Noted Lecturer From University Of Illinois
ltesponse Of First Semester Jtesults In Decision
Dr. John D. Mizelle of the Uni-
versity of Illinois,
department of
Animal Pathology, addressed the Sci-
ence Club on Friday evening, F eb· ruary room.
5,
in
the
Biology
Lecture
Dr. Mizelle spoke on
the
"Immunity in Animal Parasitism" and noted with approval the increased number of those interested in science. He compared the meeting wiU1 the one at which he spoke last year a nd stated that Dr. William C . Van D even t er, h ead o f the 1oca1 department of biology, deserves great cr edit for the scientif.ic inter-, est he has aroused in this neighborhood. I
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• 1} b ergm e ater~ Will Compete I n d Ian • a lMe e t Before
leaving
for
P re.
Manchester,
Ind., where they will take part in
· th ·d th e Iarges t t ou.~nRmen t m ~ mt west, the Bergm debaters Wl ll engage in three pl(..tform tUts.
NUMBER 7.
Plans For Honor Society Await College Council 0 I( Fifteen Students Will Be Charter Members If College Council Sanctions Idea Of A Local Honor Society
The very Rev. E. v. cardinal, C. S. V., Ph. D., president of th e
College, recently a nnoun ced that the - - - - - -free
adult
edu cation
Plans
for
the
forma tion
way,
according
of
an
Monogram Club Honor Society upon the campusto a;~ I"ll H 0 l d Its announcement made only yesterday D an c e In c I. t y sponsor of the plans for such a
school will continue its efforts to provide
w
to
m· those of Kankak ee and vici nity who are desirous of furthering th eir education .
Wesleyan , Olivett Are Tournament Foes
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"The administration of St. Viator College", he said, "is gratified by the great number who have responded to this experiment in free adult education. "We feel that the people of Kanl<akee a nd vicinity are sl'ncere ,·n their desire for additional educational advantages and there-fore the college administration has decided to continue the policy of free
I
w ell
under
by Dr.
G . Kinzer, head
physics
department.
Dr.
of
the
Kinzer,
society, has drawn up a constitution Tradition Broken As V . M en S eek which he will present to the memGrea~er Crowd bers of the faculty at their next regu lar meeting. If these plans ~lle receive th e approval of the govern~ St. Viator Annual Monogram ing body of the college the Honor Dance will be held in the Bal-Ta- , Society will be formed in the near
barin Ballroom ..-.i the Sherman Hotel, 1 future. Chicago Illtnoi? according to a re- ~ The object of the society, acco rd' "' ing to its tentative constitution. The speaker opened the discusSion Tilinois Wesleya..'1 University wi11 adult education which it began last cent announctment made by the " shall be the increasing of scholas'th d r· ·t· f ·t · oppose the Viatoi men here on semester." WI a e mt IOn o a paras1 e saymg R ev. Francis Harbaue r , C. S. V ., tic achievements, the recognition of that it was "any organism that ~ iv- February 11 • and will p lay host t o New S ubjects athletic direcb"!" and moderator of s uch achievements, and the further es for a part or all of its ~x- the local wranglets in Bloomington Dr. Cardinal also pointed out that 1 · · · F b Th d d the Monogram club The decision of dtssemmatwn of knowledge among istence in or on and at the expense on e _ruary 16 · e secon .. e- this free adult education policy of · . the s tudents enrolled at st. Viator 1 of another organism called the host" . , b~te wtll be held l''!fore the Tnmty the college is in keeping with the the monogram men to hold the1r College." Dr. Mizelle then traced the history High School student body. 1 policies advocated by other colleges annual dance i1 Chicago breaks an 1 'The t entative constitution further of parasites briefly, saying that In a heated battle of oratory and ~ and universities throughout the J old tradition ;,bich has been ln I states that students may becorr:c they arose from a harmless associ- a-ppeal, of facts and reasons, th e country. H e emphasized the fac t vogue ever since the monogram m : n members of the society provided ation between organisms. Then the Bergin debaters clashed with a tha~ the new courses to be offered organized. Thts year will mark they mee t the following qua1ificaone participant in th e associatioD;, team from Olivet College on th e dunng the second semester in late , . . . . tions: "(1) have a scholastic rating or the parasite, de rived benefits by consumer cooperatives proposition afternoo ns and evenings include the fJrst time t hat this particular 1 witnin the upper ten per cent of obtaining its food and shelter where- here last Friday. The local men many subjects of vital interest to dance has been held further from a ll the students enrolled at the colA~ thf> ntber p~rticipant, or tl]e displ~y gr~a,t fa • and r.onfide.nc" t!l" p('{lple of :'.\rP es.pe.ciall.: ... v _...a!"!~ Kankakee. leg~ ; t2) an averagp of 4.5 must host, experienced the loss. i~ n~eeti~g argu~e~ts since parti- t h e business men and t h e school / Explaining the decision of the be maintained in scholastic rating Dr. Mizelle called attention to th e I cJpatmg m the Ilhnots Norm~ l Tour- teachers. Monogram Club t o hold its dance for two consecutive semesters; and fact that the host-parasite resistance nament last month. Thetr facts Late afternoon courses, beginning, (3) have demonstrated that he or is very often seen from one point . are more deftly handled and there at 4:15 o'clock, are: J in Chicago, Father Harbauer point- sh e has the necessary character of view, that of the host resist ing presentation has gained in poise 'fhe French Revolution a.nd Na- l ed out th e unquestio_nable advantages~ of a Christian gentleman or lady''. the parasite. A:ny condition depic t- and color. p olconi c Era, on Mondays, W ednes- of patronage, locatiOn for the conProbable l\'Iembers ing the resistance of the ,parasite Rev. J. W. R . Maguire, C S. V., days and Fridays, to be tau ght by venience of the alumni, and also Since a student must of necessity to the hos t is explained by the lack debate coach, will nam e four men the Very R ev. Dr. E. V. Cardinal, lhc undoubtablv increase in financia l have at least one year of attendance of resistance on the part of the this week t o r epresent the College C. S. V., head of th e department of success that ~ust attend th e affa ir. at the college prior to membe r ship host. at th e Mancheste r meeting. Both history. . . in the society freshmen will not be The lecturer then pointep. out teams will engage five foes during Poverty a nd Relief, on Tuesdays The opmiOn of member s of the 'M ono- eligible. A survey of the honor some very interesting ex periments th e tournament, which lasts two a nd Thursdays, by t he R ev. J. W. R. g ram Club as lo the advisability of rolls for the past two years reconcerning the artifical prod uction days. Maguire, c. s. v., h ead of t he de- holding the dance i.n Chi cago was veals that seven seniors and eight of hos t resistance to parasites. In Schools f rom th e states of lndi- part m ent of sociology. evenly divided but the promise of sophomores, a g~~d total of fifteen one of these experiments the resis- ana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentu cky , llli Vi th v · t CI b f Ch. t b k st uden ts, are ehgtble fo r member-tance of the host was buil t up by nois and Wisconsin have already enctorlan Prose, on Mondays and c la or u o Icago o ac ship. Of this fifteen the departWednesdays, by Professor Michae l producing a condition in the hos t ter ed teams in th e tournament . Beth e ve nture in every possible way I ment of liberal arts suppli es seven which destroys one of the links in ing un a ble to provide accomodations Moloney, head of the department 0f swung the necessary num ber o.f of the potential members, the dethe life cycle of the parasite. It for all the schools ask ing for ad - English . members to favoring the idea. I partment of science six and the proved to be especiall y successful mission, M:an c heste r College yes t c rHeredity Course At present no orchestra has been I department of commerce two. in experiments with dogs who were day announced that it will send He r·edity, on Tuesdays and Thurs- secured but negotiations are being S tud ents who, a ccording to Dr. a ble to throw off the p a rasi tes in some teams to an ove r-flow t ourna- days, by Dr. William C. VanD eve n- conducted with several of th e pop- Kin ze r, may become members of a very short period. ment at HuntingtoJ't College (Continued on page six) ul ar l eader ~ of the day. the society are Miss June Piper. Donates Books 39' Brother Patrick Toomey, C. S. In conclu sion Dr. Mizelle stated V .. "37, Brother Clarence Biladeau, the fact th a t work along t hese lines C. S. V. , '39, .Mi~s Doris Barnett, is still in its infancy, but that a (Continued on page six)
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;;;t tapeworm, according to the speake r, provides an excellent fie ld for Th e value of final eXaminations new system had t o be devised if e},."Periments since it is directly re - was fully demonstrated here at St. certain s tud en ts were to hurdl e sueViator CoU.e'ge last week during th e cessfully those horrible tes ts. (Continued on page s ix) se mester quizzes wh~n it: w as learnTh!JS, this year two enterprising ect that certain of l the student young undergraduat es conceived the : body, six to b e exact, paid exactly brilliant idea of ferretin g out th e t hree dollars apiece for what they examination questions before the ex1 --thought were th e final examination amination. U ndou btedly they at The Very R ev. Dr. E. V. Cardinal, ques tions in logic. The en trep r e- first only had ideas of securing C. S. V., p resident of t he College, neurs, whose dil igent labor of piec- those examinations that would be will broadcast over a nationa l hook - ing together four c losely typewritten of use to themselves. As fortune up of the Mutual Broadcasting pages of tom mas ter copy went would h ave it though, in sear ching Company today. Father Cardinal will for nough.t, have gained r eno\Vll the barrell wher e all office wastespeak from r adio s tation WGN at which th r ea t ens to become tradition- baskets are emptied, they came a · 12:35 on the Mid-day Service Hour. al. cross the remains of what evidently His topic will be "The Catholic AtEver since the firs t student tried were th e logic qu es ti ons of the Rev. titude on the Race Question." to beat the fina l examination bug- Jas. Lowney, philosophy teacher. This is the second time within bear, means and ways of "cribbing'' With a fortitude that certainly two weeks that the Very Rev. Dr. have been invented and essayed. must be admired these industrious Cardinal has spoken over a national H e re a t St. Via t or, due to the youths gathered together all the hook up. Last tim e he spoke was "h awkeye" qualities of the professors, scraps of paper, each of which had on Janu ary 25. At that time Doctor the under graduates have found t o been torn into minute pieces, and Cardinal's topic was "The Glory of I their dismay that classr oom copying I carrted them to their room. Once Living." has become hazardous. Therefore, a th er e th ey went to wo rk di.ligen tly
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putting toge th er th eir uniqu e jigsaw puzzle. After laboriously wOrk . ing for a lmost twe lve hours they succeeded and lo and behold th ey had tour closely typewritten pages or what was beyond a doubt a logic examination. Financial reward was in th e offing as th er e were approximate1y 50 stud ents t aking th e logic course. Peddling copies of their wares, these enterpri sing salesmen, on th e promise of a r efund if th e qu es tions proved wrong, su cceeded in findin g six capitalists in Roy Hall who were willing to part with th r ee dollars aPiece. Each of tile purchasers gave his promise not t o divulge th e so urce of his information and not to resell. ' Cam e th e day and the hour of th e examination. Messers. Entrepreneurs waited with pleasure for
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Father Maguire To Be K. C. Guest Speaker The R ev. J. W. R. :M aguire, C. S. V., h ead of th e department of co mmerce here, wiu deliver the first lec ture in the Kankakee Knights of Colu mbus c ru sade again st Com munism, accord ing to a recent announcement of the s upreme co uncil of the local Knights of Columbus. Four lec tures arc p lanned. "Communis m the Destroyer" is th e t opic Fa th er Maguire has chosen for this public lec ture to be given at 8:30 o'clock Thursday evenin g . F e bruary 11, in the K. of C. auditori um. In the cru sade against Communism, Z. L. Duchene, grand knight of the locaJ co un cil, has appointed the Rev. E. J. O'Neil, C. S. V., assistant pastor at St. Patrick church of Kank akee, as ch&nnan of the Catholic ac tivity committee.