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BOURBONNAIS ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 193i
VOL. LIV.
Little 1-,heatre Group To Sponsor Dramatics Here
Operetta Cast Is Named In Part By Fr. M.P. Loughran
Brother Maurice Robinson Will Act As Advisor · And Director
Performanct) \\l ill Be P r esented In Joliet, Kankakee and Chl cago
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English Essay Subjects Are Announced By Dean Current Sociological Problems Furnish Themes For Essays
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Supreme Court, the flood menace or th e results of college education , all r egular English students were notified last week of the annual English Essay Con t est. ·From more than 200 essays to be s ubmitted, three winners will be announced next June by the English department. The paper receiving first honors has traditionally been printed in the fina l issue of the VI A TORIAN. The essays, which must be limited .to 2,000 words, must treat one of the following topics: ( 1 ) "Those Nine Old Men" (The Supreme Court issue); (2) "Nature Fights Back" (The flood menace); (3) "Why Do (Don't) Colleges Educate?" Sam H amilton's essay, "Education For Leis ure", was acclai m ed last yea r's best work. Mr. Hamilton is now a senior in the Science de partment Others who have won the annual essay co ntest in the past two years are: J oseph Randy, winner in 1935, when he was a sophomore; and Miss Mary Cruise, win ner in 1934. Miss Cruise at th e time she won the essay contest was a
College Cho ral Club and the Dramatic and Choral Clubs of St. Frandents who hope to fonn the nuc cis College of Joliet are occupying leus of a Little Theatre movement all of the tim e of the organizations, here. The meeting was called by . Daniel Ward, ' 40 • ~d William Me- the Rev. M. P . Loughran, C. S. v., Daniel Ward, '40, , and Brother . . c ue, '40, both of Chicag-o, have been '40 '11 d b t Brother Mauncc L. Robmson, C. S . l comparing the t enets of Communism director of the Viator unit recently Donald Foley, , w1 e a e a d th revealed. Rosary College team at River h d d' V., afte r he a is cusse .e pos- with Christian do~trine before local Forest tomorrow in final preparasibiJities of a drama group w1th th e / study g roups dunn2' r ec_ent w_ eeks. · The performance, according to .... tion for the Manche.: ter, Ind., Decollege administration and with in- I The two men began their series of Father Loughran, has been schedul- bate Tournament, to be held next debates, in which Mr. Ward pre- ed t entatively . for May 1 and 3 at terested Stud ents . sents the Catholic stand, and Mr. Jolie t ; May s. a nd 10 at Kankakee; Friday and Saturday. The college has felt the absence M c C ue_, th e, C ommun1s, :.~c, Edward B uttgen , 'S7, and Brother . s t an d s, at and possi-bly May 16 in Chicago. of any organized participation in I1 Notre Dame Convent o n FebE:Uary Definite arrangements will be an- Martin McLaughlin., '39, the other dramatics since the presentation of 1 11. Last Monday the two men noun ced at a latter date. two m en who will make the Man ting Cast Selected chester trip, ended their pre-toura "Varieties" progr am in 1935. were g uest speakers at- a mee . riament meets with a debate againsl Plans for an active club las t year of the H oly Name Soctety of St. Students who have been assign (:d Illinois WesleYan Dniver s ity at lead to high hopes but failed to RoS'e Church, Kankakee. -Sunday roles in tile operetta are : Jacl< Bloomington last week. they wm appear before a s tudy club Stanley, '40, as Frederich; F r anc is materialize. in Hoopston, IlL Prew, ,40 , as th e Pirate King; the Bergin Debaters will be host s to Experienced Director Possessing unusual abili ties~ in ora- part of the Major-General has been , two v is iting teams here in March. Brother Robinson, who w ill prob- tory and argument, and back ec;I by gained by Richard Powers, •gg Wabash College, long a leade r in ably act as -. director of the Little a k een insight into the problems of president of the Choral Club , th e I ndiana debate c1rcles, Wlll brmg Theatre move ment, will co me to hi s Comm uni sm, both men have ~on role of Samuel, pirate lieutenant, a t eam to Bourbonnais on March post with much valuab le expe rience. ·high applause from t~eir __a_udien c_es. w ill be enacted by William Sagstet- 1~. nm.'ing th e same .week, . St. H e has directed dramatic producThe discussion s are m accord wtth t e r, , 40 , and Bernard Keams, •4 0, VIator w11l open for cnstc re latJons tions in Decatur, Ill., and in Spring- the Catholic Action movement for will be the sergeant of police. with Quincy (.;()liege in the last plat1 field, TIL He was also active ly presenting cu rrent problems in the Music for the operetta will be form debate of the curren t season. connected with stage work in P ort s ight of social justice and re1igious furnished by th e College of St. Huron, Mich. teaching. FranCis . . Charles Gilbert. '3~, \\-;ll The group which met Thursday be the violin solois t. _ has invited all students interestel:l j U . LTU- -- ~ ~ ~ in the movement to attend the next , · 1-:.1 meeting. Brother Robinson insists I > that interest, and not expe rience, is tbe only r equisite for admission. '{j Dr. Thomas Hughes, '84, a m e m-
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Book Of Pres. WinsHighPraise "Card 10 ' al Lorenz 0 ca p · " b m eggto Y the Very Rev . Dr. E. V. Cardinal, C. S. V., President of the College, is still bringing laurels to its au- ~ thor ~ was evidenced recently in the J a nu ary issue of the America. In an article entitled "Favorite Books of the the Past Year" by the Rev. ~on~rd Feeney, S. J ., Father Ca rdmal s work was p laced w ith such outstanding books as Hilaire Belloc's "Characters of the Reformati on"; David Mathew's ''Calholicism in England, 1535-1935"; "The Autobiogr a phy of G. K. Chesterton, The King's Good Shepherd" by OJive B. White and "Gone With the Wlnd" by Margaret Mitchell. This list of favorite books was obtained by Father Feeney in a :;;urvey of th e staff of th e America4
Father Cardinal's book. "Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio", wa.s selec ted by Mr. H enry \Vatts, librarian of the America,, a.s one of his favorite book.a.
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ber of the Associate Board of L ay On Engineering Trustees of th e College, di ed on l<""rate rnity, Sigma, Mu, wi ll initiate The s urest way to fight Com · February 5 at his res ide nce in eight members into the brotherhood. munism is to create a new social Chicago. Dr. Hughes had prac· The prospective m~mbers, who have order by making Catholic social ticed medi c ine in Chicago for mon been made consplcuous about the j teaching live in economi c life and ·than forty years and se rved as a ca~p us by yellow ribb~ns a dorni ng I govern ment, according to the Rev. member of th e associated board of th eir left arms, are: RJchard Fotre, ' J \V R Maguire C S V dean trustees for many years. '40· Jam es J. Ca rlin ' 40· Ben J. · · ' . . ., ' , . . ' ' , . of the comm e rce department of th ~ The Solemn Mass of R equiem was 40 40 • F~anc:s H err, Ashner, · E?- co llege who discussed "Communi sm sung by th e R ev. P. C. Conway, a mond , R. SoucJe, Char.les Gil~ the D es troyer'' befo re a large audi- . life long fri end and form e r c lass39 bert, ; Joseph J..~cGrath, 39 · ~ud ence Thursday evening, February 11, mate of th e deceased in Nativity 40 Edward O'Connor, · The wearmg in the K ankakee Knights of Colum- Church, Chicago. Fathe r Conway of the t hese ribbons has been one bus audito rium. · a lso deliv ered the eu logy. The Rev. 0 of the initiatory rites required . f Father Maguire r ec ited the his~ '~li lliam J. Be rgin, C. S. V. , Ph. ~~:e~h~f a~~e pl~~gg;~ ~up~;::~:~ tory and g rowth of Commurllsm iu D., LL. D ., head of the philosophy European cou ntries, its teachings depar tm ent, was deacon and th e Rev. nity. and efforts and th e attitu de of the J. P. Halli gan , a ssistant pastor, was Sigma Mu was organized at lhe Catholic C hurch toward it. Com- sub~deacon. The Rev. J. W. R. beginning of th e curr ent scholastic munists hold, he said, that religion J.\1aguire, C. S. V, head of the comyear for the purpose of developing is a s leeping powder to keep th e merce department, and th e Rev. inte rest among s tudents enrolled in poor quiet under injustices and t o Dr. Christophe r M a rzano , C. S. V., pre-enginee r ing courses. Dr. G. d~~ render the rich confident in the treasurer, attended the fun e ral a s Kinzer, head of th e physics rectitude of the system through the officia l represe ntatives of th e partment, is the fa culty moderator which they ru le. Colleiie. of the fraternity. Officers of the Religion'~ fu n ction, according to Dr. Hu g h es was o n e of those g raml f raternity are: John B. Cahill. '39, Communists, is to lead people to old students who perpetuate th e best president; John R. Burns, '39, vice~ think that there is a next world traditions of the college. H e was presid ent ; Brother William V. Quirk, . C. S. V., , 39 , sec retary; Brother as a r eward fo r praying much m most faithful in attend in g all colthis world and th e prayer and lege events and was likewise always Cyri l G. Peckman, C. S. V., treas ur- thoughts in the next world keep wi lli ng to aid th e co llege In finan~ er, and Albert F. Magdecki, ' 39 · people conveni ently unawar:e of this c ia! ways. sergeant- at-arms. world's injustices. Surviving Dr . Hu ghes are his wife Brother William V. Quirk, C. S. 1 Catholic social teaching iru;ists V., the secretary, has announced that tru e r eligion is a motive power aDd four children to whom the VIA~ that the charter members of Sig of social justice and instead of TORIAN extends the h eartfelt syrn ~ rn a Mu Fraternity will soon receive being an opia t e, the Catholic re - pathy of th e co llegiate body.
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Frosh Meeting Called Freshmen mode rators, Ray O'Connor. '39, and Patrick Biromerle, ' 39, have called a meeting of the Freshman class for Wednesday , February 24 for the purpose of nomlnatlng cand1dates for the various class of!ices. Election of officers will then be beld sometime later ln the week.
A nove na of Masses will be offer~ their organization keys. These keys ligion, if people live u p to it, is the of Sigma Mu will have attractive means of a reign of social justice, ed in th e co ll ege chapel for the r epose of hi s soul, according to a n I raised letters on a hamme red gold th e speaker indicated by Father backgroun_d_. - - - -- In a time like the present, Com- announ cem ent made munism is attractive, he pointed out, O'Mahoney. h:DSS MALLANEY E-~TE.RTA..INS 1 and unless there are great changes, PL.'\.1\' POST-LENTEN DA!\CE Misses Mary Mallaney, Rosanne it wil1 grow in attrac ti veness . A Gorman and Jun e Piper were co- t em rary wav of ending the danger M embt' rs of th e Sigma Ups ilon Sih;st~sses for the February m eeting of 6ommuni~ is the utter su ppres· o e Sorority. The meeting was sion of e very opposition to th e gma Sorority a r e ove r- enthusias tic beld at the bome of Miss Mallaney r egarding a tea dance th ey will . on Tuesday e'•ening, the 16. (Continued on page six ) s ponsor at th e close of Lent.
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The Very Rev. Dr. E. V. Cardin al, C. S. V., president of the co llege was host to a group of athletes , managers and heads of the athleti c department last W edn esday even ing. Father Cardina l, always interested in th e ed ucational welfare of h i s athletes, enabled fifteen members uf th e Monogram club to witne.~s "Romeo and Juliet" at the Majestic theatre. Father Cardinal's pa rty was co mposed of the fo llowing m e mbe rs of th e Monogram club, who are al so the nu cleus of the current baske t · ball squad: Don Betourne, B ill M e~ E Jligo tt, Bud Monahan, Fran! \ Straub, George Rogers, F r ank Claeys, Robt. Lenahan, J ohn B urk .•. ' 'Villiam Wal sh, Thomas Gibbons , Daniel Blazevic h, William Schumacher, Vincent Murphy, Coach John McNamara, and th e R ev. Francis .T. Harbauer , C. S. V ., ath le tic director.
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CI SCANS DELAY PLAY DECISION Fina l decision on the presentation of th e popular stage productio n ''Storm Tossed" was deferred by the local c hapter of Cisca last w eek unlu Ul e society cou ld revJew a n eq uall y fine play, "Shekels".
Fr. J. Ryan Returns R e v. J ose ph Ryan, C. S . V., formerly dean of men and di s cipline, has returned to the campu s during th e past week and will r esu m e hi s t eaching duties. F a the r Ryan, It will be recalled, resigned as d ean o f men and di sc ipline late In December wh en he was fo rced to re tire to Mayo Broth e rs Clinic In Rochester , Minn., for trea tment.