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VOL. LIV.
Graduation on June 6
XUESuAY, MAY 25, 1937.
NUMBER 14.
Gives Straub College Lays Plans For Class J?rancisSanhuberChoice Third Successive Sixty-Ninth Graf!uation Term as Prexy ofCollegeClubJHembers F r an l< Straub, of B looming ton , upset Via tor tradition for the second t ime wh en he won the presidency of tbe Class of '38 for the third con sec utive year on May 19. As president of the Jun ior Class, Str a ub hau been the only man to be r eturn ed to office for a second te r m. He was unopposed for the chi ef pos t of the next year's seniors. Ch arles Gilbert, ,39 , resident stuEdward Dilger, of Chicago, was dent from Chicago, was named to named vice-president; John Burke, the presidency of th e engineering of Springfield, secretary; and Wa lfraternity, Sigma M u , at a meeting ter Minnihan, of Dixon, t r easu rer. held r ece ntly in the frate rni ty clubPresident-Elect's Reco rd rooms. J ames Carlin, '40, of Kan Straub has been outstanding here kakee, was elec t ed vice-president as an ath lete and campu s leader. w hil e Richard Fotre, '40, of Chicago. H e has served this year as vicesecured the post of secretary. Ed- president of the Col!ege Club and as mund Soucie, '40, of Gran t Park, a consulter fo r the Holy Name SoTilinois, was appo inted Seargeant-at- ciety besides !Jeing president of his A r ms. class. Under his direction, the class Reverend Eugene F. H offman, C. of '38 has held two successf~l daneS. V., m ode rator of the senior class, es. was selected as f ina ncial advisor of Eddie Dilger, the vice-p residentthe organization. Dr. G. Kinzer , elect of the senio rs of next year, ha s head of the engineering department. been active in intra-mural softball, was re-n amed as the faculty mod - , basketball and football. He has erator of the fraternitY. won his monogram (minor) in golf The newly elec t ed officers will as- and is captain of thi s yea r' s team. su me control of the fraternity next Dilger was a!so a member of the September w ith t he openin g of the r eserve basketball team this season. scholastic year. Retiring officers Burke has an invaluable reputation are: John Cahill, '39, of Chicago, in Li ttle 19 b¥ketball circles, hav president; John Burns, '39, of P ek in, 1Ifg , been a n\em ber of the I rish vice-president; Brother Wm. Quirk, varsity since his fres hman - days. C. S. V., '39, of Bourbonnais, sec- Minnihan last year held the presiretary; Brother Cyril Peckham, C . dency of the St. John Berchman's S. V., fac ulty financ ial advisor; and Society and has helped to promote Albert Magdecki , '39, of Chicago, numerous ca mpus activities. seargeant-at-arms. I
Edward Buttgen, Class President, To Deliver The Valedictory -------------------The Class of 1937 will be gradu· ated on June 6 with cer emonies which have become traditional for Viator Commencements. Graduates will bid farewell to tbeir Alma Ma· ter before hundreds of alumni and friends r eturned to the campus to witness the College's most pretentious academic cer emony. Dr. Jerome Kerwin, Dean of the Sc~oo l .of Social. Studies. a t the Umver s1ty of Chtcago, Wi ll be th e principal commencem ent day speaker and will receive th e honorary degree of Doetor of L aws. His Excellency, Bernard J . Sheil, senior auxi Jlary Bishop of Chicago, has been inviied to preside at the exercises. Speakers Named Three orations a r e annually ineluded in the g raduation program. Edward Buttgen, class president, has been narned by the fac ulty Committee on Gradu ation to deliver the class Valedictor y. Bachelor orations have been assigned to Brother Francis E. Williams, C . S. V., and S~uel Hamilton. Liberty and modem democracy w ill be the central theme for thi s year's speeches. Graduati(ih exercises, scheduled fOr three o'clock, will be preceeded by the annual Class Banquet in the Commons. Farewell toasts will be offered by Marshall Lamore, Brother Elder Senesac, William J. Schumacher , H en ry Wulffe, Kenne th Wiser and Miss Claire Legris. Frank Straub, president-elect of next year's senior c lass, will be invested with cap and gown by Edward Buttgen, president of the gradu ates. Mr. · Straub will deliver a FarewPU ad dress to th e seniors. According to an announcement The Rev. J. W. R. Maguire, C . S. V., is in charge of the commence- made last week by the Sisters of the Notr e Dame Community, " The ment day speeches and program. Little Mothers of St. Viator Stu. BllAlCalaureate First of the graduation ceremon- den ts", Jack O'Connor, :40 • r esident · will b h ld student from Chlcago, was the winVe ry n er of the r ecent :1\affle conducted S. V., will preside at the annual by the Sis ters. O'Connor won five Baccalaureate services. Father Car- dollars.. dinal will be celebrant of a High The Sisters wish to ex t e nd their profound thank s to all who helped (Cont inued on Page Four) to make this raffl e a success. The money, which was garnered by means V 01-f! of t)lis raffle, was u sed to buy a n ew r J altar for the Sisters' Chapel in St.
Daniel Ward Is Victorious In Re-vote For Vice-Presidency --------------------
Parent's Club IE Formed May 16
Chas. Gilbert Is Sigma Mu Chief
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From the hurried and varied activities of Parent's Day, which was held on Sunday, 1vlay 16th , emerged the newly formed St. Viator College Clu b of Parents. The club, organized to afford parents be tter opport uni ties to acqu a int themselves with t h e work of the College, is hoped to assist in the promotion of the College's moral, intellectual, physical, and financia l status. Membership in the new organization is open to au parents and guardians of presen t and past St. Viator students. Ac cording to th e Very Rev. Dr. E . V. Cardinal, C. S. V., president of the College, par ents of prospective students may also join the club. Officers Selected At the crowded inaugural meeting officers were e lected for the coming year. Mrs. Frank Knippen of Chi cago, mother of Frank Knippen, '39, d '® t M W: ~:il~a:e c:i~:s~o, n ~oth:~· of il~i~ Jiam Cahill, '39, vice-president; and Mrs. Theresa Boyle of Joliet, mother of John Boyle, '39, secretary-treasurer. Present plans of the new organization call for th e appointment of regional vice-presidents by th e c lub's officers. The Very Rev. Dr. E. v. Cardinal, c. S . V., president of the College, accepted tbe post of faculty moderElection of the officers of the Her--. a tor of the Parent's Club. gin Debating Society at the annual Members of Sigma Upsilon Sigma, forensic banquet .:May 11, gave BruSt. Viator Co1lege Sorority, will ther Alfred H ebert, '38, the presim eet in the Co-ed Room of the Coldency and Brother Donald Foley, lege this evening for thei r ann ual 0 D OXeD 0 ea '40, the secretaryship. At the same
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-.-. - ,. . At present t wo other raffles are The cast of Storm Tossed Wlll being conducted by the Sister s and be en t e rtain ed b tb 1 a1 Ci y e oc sea the VIATORI<AN urges all s tudents organization at a banquet in tbe t o co-op er a te in making them sueCommons at seven-thirty o'clock cessful since the proceeds will be tonight. Edward Buttgen, chairt man of the n a tional Apostolic Com- u sed o beautify the quarters of mittee, wiJl serv e as toas tm aster. our "Little Mothers". The speakers of the evening will Miss Claire Landroch e, one of include the Very Rev. Dr. E . V. the maintenance department ~m· Cardinal, C. S. V., president of ployees, won a five ,p ound box of the College; Professo r Michael Mo- candy which th e studen ts of the loney, head of the English depart- second floor of Roy H a ll raffl ed off. ment and director of the recent Proceeds of this raffle were donat ed produ ction " Storm TOssed"; the Rev. to the Sisters also. William J. Cracknell, C. S . V., mod erator of tbe Cisca group and regis trar of tbe College; Miss Mary An· -,thony, president of the local organThe Junior Prom held in the beauization; and Brother Patrick Toomey, tiful Gold Room of the Kankakee C. S. V. Hotel on Saturday night, May 15, Entertainment will be presented featuring the sweet s train s of Leo by a group of the Ciscans. Daniel Remillard's or chestra, prcved t o be \Va.rd, ' 40, is chai r man of the enter- 0rc uf the most successful dances tainment committee. o:u the social calendar .
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election of officers. Candidates for the offices we re nominated at the last regular meeting and include the fo llowing: for president - Misses Mary Anthony, '38, and Louise L egris, '39; for the secretary-treasurer- th e M isses Lu cille Putz, '37, Genevieve Ada m s, '33, and Rachael Roach, '33. Hostess of this evening' s meeting are t~e Misses M~ry Anthony, J anet Oberhn, and Luc11le Hartman_
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Sigma Upsilon Sigma J k O'C W I ac onnor ins Names Heads Today F I"rst Raffle Pri"ze
By virtue of the slim margi n of a single vote, Francis Sanhuber, '38, was hailed last week as presidentelect of the College Club. Sanbuber defeated John Burke, '38, of S pringfield for th e co veted office. Robert Regan, '39, of Chicago, and Daniel Ward, '40, of Aurora, tied for the vice-presidency with Daniel Ward emerging the vic tor in the run-off of the tie. Miss Mary Ant hony, '38, of Beaverville, was reelec t ed sec retary while Vincent Murphy, '38, of Cantun, was selected treasurer. Few Vote The quiteness of the election was in marked contrast with the heat of previous campaign's and contested voting. The fact that less than one-third of the eligible voters went to the polls has been attributed by commentators to the lack of any pressing campus issue. I Sanhuber succeeds George Rogers, who lead the College Club during the past year. Frank Straub, popul a r vice-pre sident of last year, re fused to run for any College Cluh office this year. Gene Larkin, C'J..F-rent Secretary of the organization, ran for the presidency this year but failed to show the political strength of past years. --------
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Members of the Holy Name Society went to the polls last Thursday to elec t John Foxen, '38, of W es t Chicago, president of t he or\ ganization by an overwhelming rnajority. The new chief, who has served as head of t he St. John Ber chman Societ y this year, succeeds Richar d Powers. '39. A lphonse Monahan , . 39 , of Chats-
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worth, was vi c torious in t he race for th e vice-presidenc y. Monahan filled th e sec; r etarial pos t of the society during th e past season. On May 30tb, tb e Rev. Dr. WilWilliam Walsh, . 38 , of Petersburg, liam J . Bergin, C. S. V., head of th e philosoph y department here, w iJJ Va., lead the f ie ld for the secretaryaddress a Young P eoples' Conference shi p by mo r e th an t wice the number
time, the Rev. J. w. R. . Maguire, c. V., debate coach, announced that the appointment of Daniel VVard, '40, varsity debater, as manager of next year's w rangle rs. The new officers succeed President Patrick Toomey, C. S. V., '37; Secretary Eugene La rkin, '38, and Manager Edward Buttgen, '37. The work of the Bergin Debating Society was carried on this year by 18 members. Only Bro. Toomey a n d: ...... r. Buttgen will be lost to next • years squad b y gra d ua t !On. '
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G ues t speaker s had nothing but praise for the Bergin debaters anu praised the scholastic and extracu rri cula r achievements of the s quad. Sh t talk . b th f or s we r e given y e our confe ren ce men.
of Catholic Action in M il waukee, Wisconsi n . Father Bergin's aad r ess w iU be a ppropri ately entitled "Fundamental Catholic A ction." It is expected that th e talk w ill treat of the need fo r CathoJi c Action and will delinia t e the requisites for a true ~pirit oi thi s nature.
of votes given his neares t op ponent. Father Mag uire in con clu ding h is James Wills, '3.9, of Ch icago, won speech of t he eve ni ng paid Edd ie the t reasu r y post ~asi1y. Buttgen the highest compliment e ver Three candidates wer e in th e r ace paid by a debate coach to a St. for each of the offices. The new Viator debate r . H e said that "Mr. executives tak e over a well-organized Buttgen, is one of th e best debater s societ y. The r etiring officers have that has eve r represented the Colthis year made the H oly Name So- lege. He takes his p lace a long with ciety one of the outstanding campus the greates t - "Toby" Shea, "Tim" or ganization s. Under the leader ship Rowan, Gill Midd leton, etc." Maybe he had a - Is it clossa.I,- of Richard Powers, the socie t y has sense of humor , bu t, anyway, a stu· become an active force in Viator dent last fall en r olled in Hobart Col- life. lege's new course in criminology. Pr. William Van Deventer, head The fol1owing day the same studen t Best legislative suggestion of the of th e Department of Biology, adwas arrested because he had given year: Congressmen should be paid d:-e:..sed the newly formed Exchange the school registrar a bad check, no mileage enroute to the capital Cluh of Kankakee on May 19 at cashed two hot ones, and had plund- and forty cents a mile in the other tb e organization's firet monthly dinered a fraterni t y. ! direction. ! n t'!.r.
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