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Zarzamen James Zigerell Social Calendar Trounce Is Announced By Columbia C{llllpletes Plans For Sop h. Dance Francis Sanhuber Francis Sanhube r , '38 , President of the College Clu b a nnounced th e Social Calenda r f or the coming yea r
a t a m eetlng of t h e organization h eld in t he SemiQar Room of th e College Library on Monday evening , Octoher 15. Th e date of the Sopbomor e Cotillion h as been set for Decembe r 4. A ccording to J ames Ziger ell, President of the Sophom or e class, most of t he a rrangem en ts, s uch as the a ppointment of comrnlttees and t he securing of a n orchestra , h ave already been completed . The J unior class, headed by i ts pr esiden t William Cahill, will hold its annu a l " Prom" on January 15. The Freshman ''Shin-dig" will be held on Februa r y 12. The exact date of the Mo nogr am Dance, one of the bigges t even ts of th e year, has no t been definitely se t as yet, but in accordance with the custom 9f previous years, it will probably be h eld some time in April. Along wi th the announcem ent ofj the Social C alendar, our en ergetic College Club P resident has aLso arranged the .schedule of
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Mural Bas ke tball league. H e states that the College Club will continue ita poclly of awarding gold bask e tballs to the m ember s of the Champlon ship team.. In e xplanation of his enthusiasm fo r Intra-Mural athletics, Sanhuber t ells us, "The purpose of the College Club Is to prom ote t h e In tellectual, mor al, and p hysi ca l well being of th e st udents. In continuing to support I ntra-M ural athle tics to the ext en t that we have in the past, we a r e a b le to realize one of the principle al m s of the clu b, nam ely the p hy sical w e ll being of m ost of Its me m bers."
Powers In Lecture On "Mystica l Body' '
T. T. B urns James 7\Toted'/I.,jlumnus L l'4 Dies on Nov. 1 s 0
On e of our most promiDent' a lumni, J a m es T . Burns, former ' county judge, s tate rep [~sentative, and a colonel in t he reserve officers corps of the United S tates , died at 9:20 o'clock Monday m orning , Nove mber 15, at tl}~ Hines Memoria l hospital. Mr. Burns cam e to Kankakee as a s mall boy , r ece ved his early education in the parochial s chools of Kankakee, and receiv~d both bia high school a nd college education here. While here, he was recognlzed as one of foremos~ debaters on the c&ml!l!S, and also received much fame as an athlete. His close friends describe him as h a ving a remarka'9le memory, sound
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Coach Lou Zarza's famed "Razzle Dazzle a ttack click ed with p erfec t precision Sa t urday night as our in-
trepid G r een c lad warrio rs con q uered Colu m bia's gallant s quad by a score of 20-0. The vic tory , befo r e
5,000 frenzied fan s at th e 124th Field Artillery Armory was a f1tting climax t o on e of the m os t s u ecessful seasons in t h e g lorious his t ory of football a t St. Viator colleg e. Captain Bill W a lsh and Dann y B lazevich , the only two s enior s on t he squad, both p layed the m ost brilliant g ame of t heir long a nd su ccessful careers. Tim.e after time Walsh c racked the Colun:Ibia line wide op en , a nd skirted th e e nds w ith his u sual ~'reckless a bandon ." Bla.zevich Scores "Iron Arm Luke" Gleason wa s one of th e mos t i~portant cogs . in t he (Continued on P age Three)
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~ dren, and a sense of honor and in- · t egrity which was nev er called into question. H e wa s man of slmple tastes, loving rulture and the out-of-doors. He wa.S impatient of the artlficial, and intolerant of pret en se. Jus t before his death, h e re~ qu es t ed prayer s fo r the r epose of his soul , cli. th er than flower s.
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The Very Rev. Dr. E . V . . Cardinal, C. S. V., President of the College, g ave two very interes ting and varied dis cussions during the past week . On Saturday afternoon, No vember 20, Fr. Cardina l was t he gues t speaker of the W.G.N . Midday Ser vice. His r endition of th e topi c, " H ow to Build R elig ion Into Life", was pra ised by all for its r emarkable clearness a nd di stinctn ess. The President, r epresenting t he Catholic viewpoint on this f un damental iss ue, was ins t rume.nta l in upholding t h e fine r ep utation th at h e and t he ot h er m em be rs of t he Colleg e F a culty have earned as con.sd entiou s and vigorOu s se rvants of God. As t h e gues t sp eake r of th e Y. W . c. A ., F r . Cardina l presen t ed a g r a phic s urvey of t h e ten s~ situ a t ion in E urope, basin g his r e marks on his pe rsonal con t acts with t h e p eoples of Europe, as well as his vast a m ount of r esear ch in t ha t field .
20 • S t. Xavi e r College was the scen e of the fi r s t of fi ve Colleg e S t udent Foru ms unde r the a uspices R ichard Powers. '39, presen ted a of Cisca. T h e t opic, w hi ch was disvery clea r and th oroug h exp lanation ot th e Doc trine of the Mystical cussed with g r eat avidit y' was " The Body of Christ to the me mbe rs of the Cons titution of the U nitec.l States, College Ch a pter of Clsca on W ed- Then and Now". Fi ve s tuden ts of nesda y evening, Novem be r 17. B e ~ St. Xavie r 's pr esented the different g inning with a n ex planation of ex- aspects or th e question , anci then ac tly w ho was lnclu ded in the Mys- the s tu den t delegates we re a llowed tical Body, Dick proceded to point to p resent thei r own problems, and • • • out t o h ls audience th a t th e Doc- also to ask question s. t rin e w as really very r adical and I n t h e past, certain college s t u revolu tionary. H e s t a ted also tha t dents h ave bewailed th e unw ieldi"To man y people, the doc t rine h as ness of t h e Gene ral Meetings of bee n a fai lu re; but It has failed Cisca. The meet ings of this type, J . Emme tt Back, form e r C. Y. o. only ln so tar as it ha.s ne ver been which are res t ricted to college s tu- champion in t he welterweigh t divlst ried. If the men guiding the des- dents, give a ll an ampl e opportunity ion bas withdr awn from competition tinies or nations, and the captains of participating in the disc ussions. In the squared circle. W hen quesor our Industries ll ved up t o Its deCisca, in promoting College St u - t ioned about his unexpected retiremands. peace and prosperi ty wo ul d dent For ums is rendering a distinc t ment, Emmett r eplied, "This is not not ~ the problem that it Is to- service to hlgber education in the a hasty decision, not a mere whim day." Chicago area. or capri ce on my part; it is the Father Cracknell wishes to an As Father Cracknell, the Moder- result of much thought and due denounce that the encyclical of P ope ator of Cisca has so aptly put it, liberation. I refuse to sacrifice my L.eo Xl.ll. Rerum Novarum. ! On the "The time Is ripe for an enlight- birth right for a mess of pottage. ond!Uon or the Working Classes) ened and properly motivated college The time and effort that I put Into w1ll ~ til., object of study at the student opinion on the problems or boxing will now be devoted to s tud.,._ t m t~ of Cisca to be beld the day. In the presence of such ies, the development of my aesthetic ()) lhe ~mlnar Room or the Li- turmoil and loose thinking concern~ sense, and appreciation of things brary. Wednesday evening, Decem- ing the prlndples of morality which l mtellectual; I will allow my pugilisber s. ll student>~ are eor<llally intic endeavors to Japse into innocu~lted to &t llmd. (Cnntlnued on Page Four) ous desuetude." 1
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Name Sodality Mr . c l3.ude ...Oranger, . prominent Kankakee attoY.n ey, addressed an as . sembJage of ove r 200 s tudents on Sa turday e vening, November 13. "Modern Social Tren ds" was the top1 ic of hi·s dis cus-sion. which d ealt w ith two of t he most insidiou s and treach e rou s movem en ts of the da y , n a m ely, eo~u nis m a nd Fascism. After giving a ver y comple te and thorou gh pic t ur e of Democ r acy \ as it exis t s today, Mr. Gr anger spoke of Communis m . H e introduced It b y st a ting that it is a "Movem~nt b ased on the ver y for mida ble do ctrines of Karl Marx, as interpre t ed by his followers". H e pointed out that Communism, in the s trict sense of the te= is no t exis ting any wne-t~e-l"'-1 ~.-..~ n~l~ i.Jd.ay. :sut since t he Russian f or m of g overnment (althoug h really a fo rm of S tate Com m unism present Socialism)' and - - - -- - - -- - (Continued on P age F our)
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R ev. J . W . R . Maguire, c. s. v .. condu c t ed a forum on "A dul t Educa tion" during th e week of N ovember 14, un der t he a us pices of t h e Ver y R ev . Ge r a ld T . B ergan, D. D . Bishop of th e Des Moni es Disocese. Not only did Fathe r Maguire pres ide a t the " A dult E d uca tion Prog ram" mee tings in th e afternoon, but he a lso de li ve r ed talks at the variou s sch ools in the even ings. Bishop Bergan is an a1umnus of S t. Via t or College. H e was graduated In 1912 wi t h a B. A. degree, and t wo years later rece ived his Master 's degr ee from this sam e institution. He was consecrated Bishop of Des Moines in 1934. A cc omplishments of Fr. Maguire It is only appropriate at this tim e
Saturday n ight, December 4, wi ll mark the formal t erpsichor ean debu t of the sophomore class when a capac it y crowd is expec t ed t o att en d the cla ss dance to be h eld in the Accor ding t o college gymnasium. class J a m es Ziger ell, sophomore president, p lans have been ca r efully made to make th is ven t ur e as dist inct a s uccess as the Homecoming dance of a few w eek s ago. The various committees h ave alr eady been appointed and are making every effort to insur e the s ocial and financia l s uccess of the dance. Th e m embe rs of the committees ar e : D a nce Commit tee J . Malloy, ch airm a n ; D . Ward, E . O'Connor and A. Sacco. P u blicity CommitteeF. Mulla r key , chairma n; F. Tom aso, J. Yac ullo and T . Cos t ello. Decor ations Committee- L. Gleason, G. Gould and W . Mayo. Zig er ell h as announced the select ion of " Johny Davis and his Rhythym Aires" , to f urnish the music fo r ~ h e occasion. This is one of the mos t popu la r or c hes tras in th e vicinity, and s hould p r ovide sa t isfact ory enterta inm ent for t he evenin g. Ask Coopera tion While las t y ear' s f r eshmen dance was qu it e s uccessf ul in many r es pec ts , t h e president and committee m em bers a re bendin g eve ry effort t o m a k e th is yea r 's more of a succes s from the s tandpoint of c lass coope ra t ion . Th e cooper a tion of t he oth er classes is r equ es ted t ha t t h is da n ce m ay be a f itting climax fo r th e yea r 's socia l calenda r .
Debaters A nnounce Oratorical Co'ntest T he Rev. J . W . R. Magui r e, C. S. V ., H ead of the Depa r t ment of Com-
me rce a nd coach of th e Ber g in De· bating Society, h as announced a school Ora t orical Contes t t o be held on Decembe r 1 o. The winner of the contest h ere will be sent to Northwestern University, Evans t on . Illi nois, to compe t e as th e r eprese ntative of the college In t he S tate Oratorical contes t to be he ld the r e on December 13. W inn e r E li gib l e~ fo r P rJzes lt,ather Maguire is anxious to have as many s tude nts as possible e nte r the contes t. The onJy requisi t e Is that you r egiste r your na m e either with Fr. Maguire or with Dan Ward, manager of the Debate Society. All orations are to deal with ao mc ph""e of world peace. BeMides wtnntng stale wide recognitio n, th e coll ege repre!:!entatlve at Northwestern 19 also eligible for a prize of $60--Cor the best oration; $40 fo r second place, and a $30 prize tor the third best oration.
t hat we m ention a few of th e highligh ts of Father Maguire's career. H e was ed ucated at Oxford Univer~ sity in England, St. Viator College, and The Catholic University o( America. For a g r eat many years b e h as appeared frequently before legislatures of Dlinois, Indiana, and other states on behalf of social and labor legislation and has helped to write and pass the L lmitstlons of lnjuctions Act of IUlnols. H e !s Mr. and Mrs. JollCph Hoag or a member of the American EconomIc Association, and in 1935 was ap- Fort Wayne, announce the birth ot a baby boy. Both Mr• Hoag, Cormerpointed by President Roosevelt as Chairman of the Chicago Regional ly Miss Frances Mary Clancy of Kankakee and Chicago, and Mr, (Continued on P age Four) I Hoag ari· torrner students.