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11, 1937.
NUMBER 13.
STUDENTS TO WElCOME PARENTS MAY 16 Bergin Debaters Win Majority Of Co11tests
Parents To B:e Guests at Contests and Dinner; Upperclagsmen Defend "Little Brown Jug"
Record of Wranglers Is Exceedingly Good; Placed Second In Conference Meet
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The Bergin D ebating Society com- ' ' pleted a sch edul e whi c h included ss debates and 6 discu ssions last Saturday when Harold Sandquist, '39, and · Brother Alfred H ebert, ' 38, met
Athletes To Vie For College Championship
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Plans for a-;;;;;:mouth Parents Da y are rapidly taking form under the guidance of the Very Rev. E. Cardinal, c. s. v., president of the College and Lou Zarza, physiCal
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•ducation director. representatives of North Central Col- ~ Inaugurated last year as a Phylege over Radio Station WCFL. The sical Edu cation Day, combined with local men were victorious in 71 an open bouse for parents, the new per cent of this season's 35 decis--Herbert O'Laughlin, '28 A cad emy, venture proved so successful that ion deba tes, according to Edward The St. Viator branch of the dioof Rive r Forest. Ill., t he f1rst iden~ Father Cardinal has decided to make Buttgen, ' 37, manager of the wrang- cesan Holy Name Society wi ll meet tifi ed survivo r of the crash of the it an annual affair for the parents lers. in the Commo ns on · L 'imrsday, May German airliner Hindenburg late of the student body. last Thursday nJg ht at Lakehurst, A summary of the socie ty's ac ti v- 13, at eight o'clock, a ccording to an P r ogram For The Day N . J ., was known here, having been ities shows that the debaters parti-, announcement made this mo rning by The program for the day will cipated in 55 platform encounters , g r ad ua ted f r om the St. Viator aca- endeavor to give the parents of the 22 of which were decision meets. J Richard Power:i, '39, pr esident of the demy in 1928 and attend ed St. students an idea of their sons' activOn the rostrum, the Viatorians se- local chap t e r. Viator College du,..;,g 1928-29. Ities both in the class room and in 68 Rever end J. W. R. ·uraguire, C. S. cured favorable decisions in An employe ol the Consumers extra curricular activities. The per cent of the debates. V., head of the Sociology depart- Very Re\•. E. V. Cardinal, C. S. V. Company of Elgin, O' Laughlin was features of the day will be the de ~ ment of the Co11ege, will lecture on returning f rom a vacation t rip to Gained Honors termination of a College Physical the important and timely topi c, Europe. was one of the two Education Champion, the selection The high mark of the season was "Sterilization." dozen passengers who jumped for reached when the four conference of a Freshman Physical Education Invite Lo<'a1 !\-:en the1r lives whr~ tr"' zeppeUn sud- Champion, and the determination of men completed the IBinois Inte r col· d enly eXploded' and ...burst into flames the winner of the "Little The members of chapters located ]egtate Debate League tournament Brown a s it was being moored at the Jug." in a first-place tie witli Wheaton in the surrounding towns will be United States Naval air s tation Bestdes the athletic activities there College and Eureka College. The invited to attend this meeting, it Reverend The famo us Gtlbert-Sullivan oper- Thursday mght af ter 1ts North At~ wi11 be an inform al reception for run-off gave the Bergin debaters was announced by the Paul G. Hutton, C. S. V., moderator etta. the "Ptrat es of P enzance", was lantic crossmg of the season At the parents. in the Sem.inar room second honors. Father presented for the fifth and final/ ltehas t 411 persons lost their lives In at five o'clock while the students In eight debates, local men wer e of the St. Viator branch. e exp oston. I are having dinner. After the r epi tted against representatives of Big ~utton ~lso announced ~bat a spec- time by the combmed Glee Clubs . Dragged to Safety ception the parents will be conTen schools. Opponents came from Ial meeting of t~e St. VIator branch of St. Vtator College and the College wou ld be held m th e near future of St. F r ancis last mght at the 0 Laughlin suffered brmses and dueled on a tour of the classrooms, colleges and universities in Michifor the pu~ose of elec~ing officers Kankakee high school auditorium. sb~ck when he j~mped a s the h~ge the campus and will finall y have gan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois . ViaA near capaci ty house witnessed th e shtp upended after the expJos10n dinne r at six~thirty. . tor represe ntatives wer e sent to for the com_m g scholasti c year. 1 production which was under the di- and crashed to the ground. H e was Climax at Grotto tournaments at Dlinois State Normal t· f M" Ro A W k k stunned by the fall and the beat of Medals will be awarded to the Univer sity, Mancheste r College and 0 0 ~~:,~o:tico ins:~ctor s:t the ~o~~eg~~ th e flam es and smoke about him, but winners of first and second places Bradley Polytechnic Inst4tute. t of St Francis. Previous to the was dragged to safety by airport after th e parent's dinner. The a Win Radio Series two !~cal performances the operetta workers and ru shed by airplane t o I warding of the " Little Brown Jug" The conference team was made up was t hrice presented before appr e- Beth Israel hospital at Newark , N. , emblem of class supremacy, w ni A Brother Donald Foley, '40, Daniel ciative audiences in Joliet. J. Later h e was removed t o a lso be made at this time. \Vard, '40, Brother Maurice Robin· M.iss Kathleen Heaton, '38, th e Orange Memorial hospital. The climax of the day's activitson, '40, and Edward Buttgen , '37. The former Viato r student said ies will be held at th e Grotto when ne fact that three of the men are 1 Eigh t een Bergm Debaters wilJ be vivacious heroine of th e comic opera, displayed a briJliant and clear sothe huge craft had. been cruising ' a procession will wind its wa; there freshmen makes debatmg prospects entertamed by th e College at a banMemfor next year promising. quet in the Commons at seven prano voice which won her large around New York City for several for an outsid e Benediction. o'clock tonight. Brother Patrick acc lai m in every perfo rmance. J aci< hours waitin g for more favorable bers of the Brother's Choir, the Glee The radio schedule which opened · Toomey, c. s. v., .37 , president of Stanley, '40, of the St. Viator Glee landing conditions . It was raining Club and the Student Body in g eu on December 5 and closed on May the organization, will serve as toastdurin~· late afte rnoon. Early in th e 8, called for 21 broadcasts. Viator master for a program which will Club, enacting the role of Frederi c, a evening when the ship prepared to eral will furnish the singing. pirate apprentice and th e h ero ot men took part in 19 of the programs. include toasts by the Very R ev. Dr. the opera, won great app lause for land, O'Laughlin said he h ad put Two of the broadcasts were aJlotted E. V. Cardinal, C. S. V., president his excellent singing. on his coat ancl was st and ing near to visiting schools. Credit To All a door when he saw a blinding of the College, the Rev. J. W. R. Of t he 19 radio appearances, 13 Magui r e, C S. V., debate coach, Cred it for the success of the op- flash and the ship was upended and we re debates. Bergin debaters lost and th e Rev. William J. Bergin, er e tta was due in no small part to plunged downward. It was about only three of these matches. thus C. S. V., h ead of the philosophy th e remaining feminin e leads 200 feet above g round a t the momMembers of Beta Lambda, nmvly earning a 77 per cent rating. Six department. which wer e enac t ed by Misses Mi l- ent of the explosion. organized Biology Fraternity, nam15 broadcasts were in the form of panel dred Kroeger, Vione Hannon, Blanc he When the ship was feet from ed Brother Francis E . WiUiams , C. l\lay Name Officers discussions. A n ew propos ition was Hagen and Oliva Pommier a ll of the ground O'La.ughJin grasped the S. V .. '38, presiden t of the organizaThe society's four conference defeatured on each program. St. Francis College Glee Cl~b. door handl e and swung outward and tion on April 30. Luke Gleason, baters- Brother Donald Foley , C. S. Viator m en who helped make the leP"')ed out as far as be could . The ' 40 and Brother John KJim, C. S. V., ' 40, Daniel Ward, '40, Brother Maurice Robinson , C. S. V., '4 0, and production 8. success were Francis"/...ndy soil cushione_~~~ - -- · V .. '38, were elected vice-president Wil1ia .. and secretary-treasurer respec ti vcEdward Buttgen, '37-wi!l be s in- Prew, '40, pirate chief; l y. gu larly honored during the pro- Sagstetter, '40, Samuel, the pirate According to Dr. William c. Van g ram. Each of these four men are lieutenant ; James Brodie, '40, Majar-General Stanley; Robert Baechle, Deventer, moderator of the fratera lso Usted as speakers. Several Ciscans of the local chap. ' 40 , the Sergeant of Police; and to nity and head of the Biology de· It is also believed that th e Socter under the leadership of Rev. the chorus of men who p layed t he partment, the fraternity wil l hold William J. Cracknell, C. S. V., mod- iety will select i~ officers for the parts of the police and pirates. The St. Viator Chapter of the its n ext regula r meeting on Friday , It the new erator of the St. Viator Chapte r, at- coming scholastic year. May 14. C1sca organization will give a tended the General Diocesan Meeting officers are to be named, th e ba11otAll biology majors are eligible NORMAL DEFEATS JR,I SH banq uet for th e m ember s of th e ing will take place afte r the banh eld at Longwood Academy in Chifor membership in the new fratercast of "Stor m Tossed", accordquet toasts have been given: cago on May 6. nity. It is also unders t ood that The Normal "Redbirds" proved too ing to an announcement mad e by certain of the biology departmen t much for the Viator linksmen last Student representatives to attend the moderator. Rev. William J . mihors may r eceive sp ecial invita~ the meeting were Miss Mary An- ricia McLaughlin, '38, Daniel Ward, Saturday aft ernoon and the Irish Crac knell. C. S. V., Registrar of tions from th e Fraternity membe r s thony, '38, president of th e local '40, Thomas Reedy, '40, John "pill-pushers" suffered th eir second the Co11ege. The exact date of to become charter members of the defeat of the season, 7-5. The chapter ; Edward Buttgen , '37, chair- ~ O'Byrne , '39, William McCue, ' 40, th e banquet and the place wib man of the Apostolic Committee ; J. Emmett Bach , '39, Lawrence Roe- match was played at Normal Unibe a nnounced ~n the ne~uture. J organization. A list of the charter members wi1l be published later. Samuel Hamilton, '37, Miss Pat- mer, '39, and Frank Mullarky, ' 40. ver sity.
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Local Ciscans Attend Anniversary Meeting
Banquet for Cast of "Storm Tossed"
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