St. Viator College Newspaper, 1931-12-25

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mh~ ltIiutnriul1 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1931

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most of the participants atti r ed in their birthday suits-at least before it was over.

The Upperclassmen suspected that the Freshmen intended to fly their class colors on Tuesday and so in an attempt to forestall them the rope on the flagpole was fastened to an upperclassman's window on the third floor at a point difficult for the 'frash' to r each. Several attempts were made by members of the Class of '35 to cut the rope during the night but a guard of upperclassmen successfully repulsed all attacks.

Green Caps ,Secre te Ladder The 'frosh' however, led by their preSident, "Powerhouse" Rutec1ti cleverly secreted a long ladder in the village during the night. With Its aid therefore in the wee hours of the morning several of them managed to tie their flag about thi rty feet up the pole. Incidentally, the upperclassmen had g r eased the pole almost up to this point the night before, in an effort to keep enterprl q Ing 'frosh' from cllm blng It and cutting the rope.

Flag Hoisted.

When the upperclassmen came Baker High Point Man for the Evening. down to breakfast Tuesday morning '?the first sight that met their eyes DePaul won a battle, but what a. ately sank two baskets in two atwas tb e banner with the nume ra ls tight it was! Deprived of two of tempts. The Irish led at the half '35 flapping arrogantly in the breeze, their best men by injuries and 10s- 19-14. The second period was much Several of their more foo lhardy m em- ing two more via the foul route, Via- s lower than the first due the large bers at once attempted to give bat- tor fought as th ey never fought be- number of personals. DePaul s lowly ti e to the entire freshmen. c lass. but fo re. New men gave everything th ey I crept up on the Viat or men and, they returned with haste minus th elr had, played superb ball, but the odd~ with two minutes to go forged into clothing and th eir dignity. wer e too great and the ICe llymen the lead for th e first time, with th e Stra.tegy Employed. went down to defeat. score 23-22. Greene, however , was Af t er Mass the 'frosh' immediately DePaul Outplayed. fou led a few seconds later and sanl{ rall1ed around the pole prepared to At no stage of the game were th e both attempts to put the Irish in the defend their flag, but the upperclass- DePaulians a match for the Gr een lead. Karr then fouled Rondinella men decided to organize In thoJ Wave.

The Irish compl etely out- who made good the gratis sho t to war mth of Roy Hall and let th e played the Blue Demons and lead in tie the score. Lauritis scored from piercing cold have a chance to work the scoring until the final minutes of the fie ld to give DePaul a t wo point Its will on the fighting spirit of the play.

With their regulars out the lead. With a half-minute to go the freshmen. It was about nine-thirty Saints put up a bitter fight demon- Blue Demons displayed an adeptness, when the upperc lassmen eme rged to st rating the bes t brand of basketbalL hidden in the early period, to retain battle for their honor, their fires ide Baker Stars. control of the balL As the period and their right to wield the pafldle Stewart Baker. a lad who halls ended DePaul made another try gOOd in traditional "hell week." And what from North, easily stole the spot- for two points. a battle It was! It should have Its llght with his five baskets and two DE PAU L 28B F P place In the Ballads of Bourbonnais! free-throws. It was his shooting Lauritas. f ................ .

3 3 o Faculty Inte rvene. that kept the Saints In the lead until Shay, f ...................... . o 0 A state ot armed neutrality pre- the final minute of play.

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4 2 valled between the two camps about Romary and Hayes.

O'Connor, g . o 0 1 an hour and then the upperclassmen Perhaps the fact that Romary wa~ Doody, g. . ..... ......... 0 0 0 again sallled forth with determination ejected from the game before lt had 'Veston. c 1 3 1 written upon their brow. Unfortu - hardly begun spurred the Irish to Barskis, c. . . _.............. 0 0 2 nately a number of the freshmen fight harder WIth Hayes out, the,; Rondinella, f 1 0 were rendered by cIrcumstances un- became more determined Hayes, ST VIATOR 24-B F P able to engage In this latter battle. the star who broke the DePaul de· Romary. f o 0 1.

The fight was a repetition Qf th e I fense last year, was denied a chanr.c Hayes. ( ....... . o I\.rst. but the IOtellectual superiority to get an open shot, being effectually Baker, c ...... .

5 2 ~ of the combtned sophs. juniors snd covered by two or three Demons.

McNaughton, g o 0 !enlors was ob·'louq. At thIs point Hayes started the. scoring with ~ KarT. g ........................... . l I howtwer, a member of the far- ult y free-throw and a minute later Baker Westray, f .. . deelded that the nJTair had reached a broke into the scoring column with Greene. f ....................... .

2 1 • tage beyond th'lt of good. clean tun . a basket. DePaul was helpless. the "" hOliUlltl.s were called off before Irish breaking up their plays. BaLoyola University of Chicago and the upperclasanlcn had taken thE" ker sank another basket and a free- Rosary College ot Rlver Forest held fte.g. Their su;>enflMty was manifest. thro\\-~ before the Devils earned a a successful lntercoUegiate dance on ho\v-ever. and they \\'l!re conceded a polnL \Vhen Romary lett the gam e the evening of December 3rd at moral \ic tory. ~Vestray. wbo replaced him, tmmedi- Rosary.

The ST. XAVIER JOURNAL announces the centenary of the founding of the Sister s of Mercy. We extend our congratulations to this

BY ST. LUKE. g reat body of 50,000 nuns, some of BETHLEHEM, Dec. 25.- ( Special) . whom taught many of the priests, -And it came to pass that in those brothers, and s tudents of St. Viator days there went out a decree from College. It might be noted also that Caesar Augustu s; that the whole the Sisters of Mercy were founded world should be enrolled. This en- I just exactly one month and nine days roIling was first made by Cyrinus, aft er the Viatorians. The Viatorians the governor of Syria. And a ll went salu t e the Sisters of Mercy. to be enrolled, every one into his own city. And Joseph a lso went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David. which is called Bethlehem; because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary his espoused w ife who was UNDER DIRECTION OF with child.

EDW A,RD GORMAN No Room for The m in the Inn. And it came to pass, that when Scene Place of Beauty they were there, her days were accomplished, that sh e should be deUvUnder the direction of Edward ered. And she brought forth her Gorman, President of the Junior first-born son, and w rapped him up Class, the most successful off-campu s in swaddling clothes, and lald him In activi t y in the history of St. Vlatpr a manger; because there was no College was held on the evening ,of room for ' them in the inn.

December seventh at Blrd's Park.

"Glory to God in the Hi gh es t."

Mr. Edward Gallahue, Business ManAnd there wer e in the same coun- age r of St. Viator College, and Miss try shepherds watching, and keeping I Margaret O'Connell, Professor H . H . the n ight-watches over thei r flock. I Crawford, of the Commerce Depart And behold an angel of the Lord ment, and Miss Fern Whittlngton, stood by them, and the brightness were guests at the informal gatherGod shone round about them, and I ing.

Prizes for high and low at they feared wi th a great fear. And bridge were respectively awarded t o the ange l said to t hem: Fear not; Miss Rose Marie Legris and Ralph for. behold, I bring you good tidings Edson H oover . of great joy, that shall be to all the Place of Sce nic Beauty. people ; For: This day is born to you The scene of the party is one of a SAVIOUR, who Is Christ the Lord. th e most pictur esque vistas in t he in the city of David. A n d this shaU surrounding vicinity. It Is located on be a, sign unto you: You shall find the beautiful Kankakee River on the the infant wrapped in swaddling outskirts of the city of Kankakee. clothes, and laid· in a manger . And : The maisonnette Is reminIscent of su ddenly there was wi th the angel the dwellings of the early French a multitude of the heavenly a rmy, Settlers who with great hardihood praising God and saying: Glory to followed the trail of Pere Marquette.

God in the highest; and on earth It is sturdily built of natural s ton e. peace to m en of g:::.o.:! ·nill.

Si tuated in the midst of a clearin g Sheph erds First CO Adore Savior. surrounded by t he r emnan t s of what And it cam e to pass, after the was once a verdant forest it is one angels departed from th em into of the most romantic spots concelvheaven, the shepherds said one to able.

The Park Board kindly another: Let us go over to Bethle- consented to place th e lodge at th e hem. and let us see this word that disposal of the students. is come to pass, which the Lord Bushman and LaRocque Commltteehath shewed ~o us. And they came men . wi th haste: and they found Mary Mr. Bushman and Mr. LaoRcq ue and J oseph, and the infant lying in were appointed as a committee to the manger. And seeing, they UD- sec ure the use of the bull ding . They derstood of the word that had been wish to take this opportuni ty to spoken to them concerning this child. thank those whose co-operation made And a ll that heard, wondered; and at possible the success of th eir mission. those things that were told them by Refresl'lments were under the 811the shepherds. pervision of Miss Rosanna Gorma!l. and Miss Evangeline Legris.

The The College of St. Elizabeth at young ladies gave their classmates a Convent Station, N. J., has started most delicious repast . construction on a new Greek theater Presiden t Expresses Thanks. for its campus.

Mr. Gorman wishes to thank his Regi s College of Denver recently committees, as well as the membcJ'B formed a Parents' Association. be- of the Junior Class, who r ensides organizing an alumni luncheon dered loyal support and co-operation club. to him in this undertaking.

Loyola of Baltimore has dedicated Its 1932 year book to Governor AIDr. Francis M. Crowley, Dean of bert C. RI t chle of Maryland.

St. Louis University's school ot EduThe science students of St. Fran- caUon, recently attacked the recomCis College, Loretto, Pennsylvania. mendations of Pres ident Hoover's nahave moved Into their new three tional advisory committee on educastory Science Hall tion tor wanting to estabUsh a fedSI. Norbert's Time. (De Pere, Wls- eral department of educatIon, Dr, consln) ran a serious essay on the CrOWley pointed out Innumerable de. subject of Love in its November 23rd tee ts and illogicalitles in the r ecomIssue. m endation.

VOL XLIX

Angels Announce the Glad Tidings.

TRADITIONAL F LAG RUSH ON DEC. 8.

The annual Flag Rush between the Freshmen and the Upperclassmen took place on Tuesday, December ~.

As usual it was a wild affair with

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Edltor-In-Cblef Assis tant Editor

FRIDAY. DEGE..'IDER ZO. 1931

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improperly arranged headlines and stones can easily create religious dissent in these already troubled United States. It is to be regretted that the desire for the sen/;::~s ~~~ sational in newspapers often overrides their trust to present facts in the proper light

'B USINESS DEPAR'DIENT Business Manager Gill Middleton Advertising Manager Assistant Adverttslng Manage r REPORTORIAL STAFF Kenneth Busbman .F~eature Writer Frances Mary Clancy Feature Writer John Burns F'cature Wrt t e r Francis Larkin Featu re Writer Marie Smole Feature Writer Wilbur Callahan Feature Writer SPORTS STAFF Athletics Editor ~~~n ~~~~~ In LI ttle 19 Cam ps ALUMNI STAFF Harold Rosensteel Alumni E ditor Assistant A lu mni Editor Thomas Hayes ART STAFF '34 \Vt!lIam J. C lancy COLLEGE H UMOR Raymond G. W e nthe Viatoriana Camp us B riefs Ralph Hoover CIRCULATIO N DEPARTI\fE NT ~~~~~£!.~t~n Manager Lore tta Flanagan, ROS~~~O~: Associa t e Manage r Patrick N. FarreIJ

Compliments of JOHN mCKEY Mortician

~::;:::=::~~=~:;~~;:f=:;::;=::::::~~:=::~ pa'ge~dr~i~: = TWs at space reserved for our weekly J..==========================~ Campus Briefs crack Chuck Carney. :-

AS HELL WE E~ OPENS Frosh traveling up and down stairs crab-w ise . George Bachman's tennis shoes Mustari's "eightfif t een by the sun-dial".

George F leming carrying Bob Delaney's train . and stick . . , Harry Rutecki and N ick the Noble Farrell " Who am I ? ' , , "Tiger, tiger, burn~ ing bright- !".

Mancini and Bill McGuire dueling with sabres with the honors of rooms 201 and 205 at stake. . "Where's Terry? • • , "Yes sir, no s ir, oh, sir, please sir. and M: r. Ahern sir, when you speak to me!" . "Don' t fo rget to dus t th a t desk , Frosh!"

McNally and Subscription Rate $2.00 per ann um. his hair ye t un combed . those Addr ess all cor respondence r efe rring ei th er to advertising or subscription to le tters to Santa Claus . . co-ed The Viatorian, Bourbonn ais, illinOiS. reg ulations a la Marie Smol e gen eral subjugation.

E nter ed as second class matter at the Pos t Office of Bourbonnais, Illinois. unde r the Act of March 3rd, 1879 In thi s time of widespread disorder, when 'R ather :Maguire brings hi s ACME PRINTING CO. own pencil to, dass, the Almeroth s forge t to: pki und on our ceiling, and Paul LaoRcqu~t:;tts l~tters we should be having, we ·-: ~eek that we may be pardoned ·.;{for. i~ .sligh t ove rsight. It seems that Pete. 'Laffey did in t end to rep lace that tooth before basketba ll season open ed.

Th fact, Pete r e p laced it a lmost before the last edition was off the press-and that withou t g iving us due notice. But Einstein Wirken go t out his trig book a nd figured that P e t e was a ll w r ong. Many thanks, Einstein, for re taining the integrity of the Briefs.

NEBULOUS HEADLINES AND ARTICLES. Anyhow, the t oo th 's out again.

And now as Juniors, we si t back and prepare to pat ourselves on the back fo r membership in Viator 's most progressive class. Anyhow, the class with the most prog r essive leaders. If you want to know what we mean, ask anyone about the party Ed Gorman a nd th e clas.) held.

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Complete Line of Smokers' ArtiCles Corner Court and Schuyler

Still, we must registe r the one kick we heard on that affair. John ; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ; McGrath is the obj ec tor. Seem~ Co nfectionery Groce ries that Gill Middle t on-who had been ver y much in attendance-woke John from a sound s leep at abou t three Amedee J. Lamane o'clock Tuesday morning, shouting "No! No! No, no, no !" Hansome Bourbonnais, m.

Jack fU rther alleges that since the party Middleton, hitherto a mode l Notlo ....

Cigars roommate, annoys him by talking in his sleep and d r awing pictures on all

~:k~::il::~:s~heme paper during hi s ~_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---; Demand

First call for debaters-and a good turnout.

Scrimmage next week, bring your tuxes, gang. \Ve are at a loss t o explain th e phenomenal demand for photos of Don Anderson a mong the co-eds.

How come, how come?

FROM THE LECTURE ROOM "The 'B ridge of San Louis R ey' is a novel with its tale cu t off."

"Literature has a higher function than concerning itself wi th the blushes of maidenly cheeks."

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A short Associated Press despatch of December 8th. hig h time that s omething GENERAL W ARNING--The s upand printed in the Chicago Daily Tribune on the succeed- wasAnddonit·s e about that tooth , too. What ply of onions recently acquir ed· by Ed ing morning, records the annual meeting of the National with P ete making the All-American Weber will be sufficient to carry him Guadalupe Congress of Mexico, celebrating the four hun- Funnyname team and r equests for until Feb. firs t , according to th e dredth anniversary of the appearance of the Blessed Vir- photos of his smiling countenance, computations of the Viatorian s t a tisgin to a [)oor Indian, Juan Diego. However, both the the lad (quote Jim Hunt) is running ti cation, Frank Wirken. circles.

To smile or not to Associated P ress and The Tribune besmirch themselves sinmile-.

The fiag~rush uncovereG an unllsual and the article by the insertion of the adjective "supposed" immediately before the noun "appearance." Whether numbe r of dry-land sailors among or not the despatch was meant to imply doubtfulness on But Pete's All-American exclusive - the upper-classmen . And how those ness was sho rt li ved.

Now Mike boys could ti e knots! For confirmathe part of the reporter, it should not have been so word- Bernatovicz pops up with a se lectio!} tion see Emme r son Dexter, Louie ed in the face of documentary evidence, supplied by can- on the A ll-Ameri can Jaw-Breake r Zarza, Joe Gorman, Pat Fullam, or onical inquiries of 1556 and 1568, and national and eccles- combination. Con "rats. Mike! any of the other for cibly detained Frosh. Jim O'Connell seemed to be iastical processes presented in Rome in 1663, 1666, 1723, and 1750. Then, too, the use of such an adjective is not Santa Claus played St. Viat or a the most efficiently jailed of all, quite fair to the millions who have a sincere and deep de- premature visit this week, but. though, and Jim wasn't tied. Don't votion for the Virgin of Guadalupe. It also might be strangely enoogh, visited only Ed ask us why. lady, don's ask us why. taken to it;tply scepticism as to the validity of the in~u- ~~~:d:d o~~m~:ri~~:: t:~~alc~~~: Continuing our r egular exposees. n~era~le miracles. that ha,:e been performed .at the Shrme plete with light, seven cigarette Jim Dugan' s middle name is "DanSInCe Its foundatIon by Bishop Zumarraga In 1531. butts, t wo boxes match es, one-half iel" , Dexter's is Voyles, and Doyles' Probably the article was given notice only because pair sox, one ready-tied necktie, one is " Hubert." the Guadalu[)e Congress was said to have declared "war" broken pencil, and one half- eaten bar A MERRY CHRISTMAS, and hang on such organizations as the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. candy. the expense!

C. A. However, one reading only the headline might be As this is being written, ou r belead to believe that the Mexican Catholic Church has be- loved roomie is bus ily preparing to come an unjust oppressor of American organizations op- divorce us. Grounds are given a$ erating south of the Rio Grande. With the present state c ruelty on t h e person of one Ralph ACME PRINTING CO· of political affairs in Mexico, it·would be preposterous to Mancini consisting of requiring him "e reativv <'Printers" sup pose that the Church was on the offensive, yet the to draw an acceptable likeness of . I . f Judith Wood; incompatability. con• artlc e nught lead some 0 its less intelligent readers to sisting of persistent refu sal to read believe so. The most important part of the article, con- Shelly and Keats, lack of sympathy Print ing, Eng r avi ng, cer nin ~' motions condemning immorality and divorce, was \vi th Ethelbert Nevin's " Little Bo y Greeting Cards, Office and not only relegated to the last paragraph, but was left un- Blue," lack of distinguished and digFactory Forms, Co lored nified bearing owing to possession of Folde rs, Unique Die~Cut hera lded in the headline. largest pair of ears and largest nose Program DeSigns, Etc..

At the sa me time it is peculiar to note that the secu- in school, refusa l to adopt and Eng-I la r press has given little or no consideration to the fact }ish accent; and moral turpitude, conthat severa l Mexican states, under the leadership of sis ting of perSis t ent reading of Ballyatheistic governors and officials, have decreed that there hoo, Harpe r's, SCribners, Forum, and "PrinteTs of [he shall be only one or two Catholic priests for everyone Outlook. Puff R<>mary and Ed Hun t V IATORIA N hundred t housand in population. This in a nation that ~:v~!eef::e",::;d ::rel=n':.:n;s·t::'~ is pred<Jlminately Catholic! deeply paining charges we must be Instead of producing such articles and head lines like gay. Laugh, clown, laugh - thc that of December 8th, the Associated Press and its con- Briefs must go on!

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l r JUDAY, DECEIIIBER 25, 19S1.

THE Vli\'J'ORlAN " I wander by th e edge or lhls desolate lal<e

The Poetry of William Butler Yeates

The Melancholy That Is Millay's

Wh er e wind cries In th e sedge;

by FRANCIS LARKIN Until th e ax le break I ca.n thinl{ of no expression more lections from the poem ; That keeps the s ta rs In their roun d I heard of a g r eat poetess. pa88ion, humor, or sentiment of the appropriate as an Introduction to " Tis Slld remombe rln g, s lcl< with And hand. hurl In the deep She had aprung, It would aeem, hour. To the las t one, they ~'T)I out the poe try of William Butler Yeats years, The bann er a of East and W es t Inlo cxl!Jt encc over nlghl; and a l · th e Sincerity of tbe author; and in tllan that of Lord Dunsany : " There The swi f t Innumerable spears, And the g irdle of li g ht is un· though mature In reason a nd judg- the reading of them, one find. himself is a mystic land beyond the twilight The long-halred warrIors, th e bound. ment, hera was a chiJd-l1ke percep- drawn un consciously into th e mood zone, which to the imaginative Celt spr ead feast, Your head will not l1e by th e lion th a t looked upon the world in a which dl s tlnf,"Uiah es the poem. This is more real than the things that And love in the hours w:1Cn youth breas t s trange, aad, melancholy manner. is a wonderiul power of Ml1lay; and are."

And indeed one would have has ceased," or your beloved in s leep, " And she r egis t e r ed he r Impression s it the yet trem endou s regard for ~ to search. far for a more concise \Vith brilliant me taphor th e poet Tho 'Vltd S\Van~ iLt Coole '8 a of th a t world in beau tiful lyrics, and BUrns be an augury, she w111 rule in summing up of the spirit and phll- describes the unearthl y m a.iden: I very beautiful and original example In sonn e t s (for she possessed a na t- Ole hearts of gen erations to come. A osophyof the great Irish singer, than "His mistress was morc mUd and of th e Ja t e r poetry. It begins: ural gif t of Imagery. a nd had s tud- r edeeming fea tUre In her lyrics Is an is contained in that single line. For fair "The trees are tn their autumn ied th e sonn e t form of Shakespeare. ) occasional fiery burst of inspiration, there is in his sweet. clear music ~ Than doves that moaned round beau ty.

The world came to he r, and laid culminating in one or t wo Jines. Tn hunger beyond aU human hunger, Ii Eman's hall The woodland paths are dry w r ea th s at her feet; for sh e Bounde d Spring, desire outreaching all desire, a longAmong the leaves of the laure l Under the Oc tober tw1Jlght the a new ton e in poe try. an unconven- I "It Is not enough, that yearly lng after the infinite, and a hauntwall, water tlon a l, appealing, troubl ed ton e. down this hiB, log wistfulness that is the echo I)f And feared always the bow-s tring' s Mirrors a s till s ky; It was dJ scovcr ed th at none who April an overflowing spirit r ende red inartwanging.

Upon th e running water among spoke of he r could SUbs t a ntiate his Comes like an ldict babbling and ticulate from ecstasy.

He writes H er eyes were soft as dewdrops the sto nes analysis; each attitude was prejudl( s trewi ng flowers," from a heart steep ed in the hanging Are nin e and fifty swans." ed, in her favor or against It. I we find the accomp lishment of that simple and beautiful traditions of Upon the grass-blades' bendin:; H e has seen them a utumn afte r Some CollegE: Professors said which every poet would do--introgenerations of country folk, who saw tips, a utumn for years; as h e watch('~ among th e m selves, "Let us go to her duce a grave question, or doubt, -:>r Omnipotence in Nature and felt a And like a sunset were h er lips, th em they ri se ,and wheel In th '2 abode In order that we may learn sentim ent into the mind of the readcraving to hold communion with th e A stormy sunset o'er doomed s ky; h e has changed but th ey have finally and conclusively, why she e r In tbJs instance, we are conmystery that they read in the sigh ships." ~o t ; floa ting on th e water or cumlJ' l w rites as she does , and what 15 her fronted with a s trange paradox , of th e wind through the treetops, mg the ai r I ti " Th did and the movement of dark shadows Oisin, a Fenian prince "fair abovp m ap r n on. ey .

Nature, lOgI cally Simple, beautiful.

"The ir heart.s have not grown old She repUed, "My poetry is mostly and direct, but insane! Shakespeare · h d ,. across the moon. He has become th e All men, an d s t ronger 0 f h IS an s. . 1 d b f . aid h Passion or conqu es t , wan de r wbere abou t t hIngs that anybody bas ex- would have smiled In sympathy with spokesman for a paradoxical race---a IS ove y a alry m W 0 comes race that is known for its firm ad- fo r him from the I sland of the Li vth ey will, peI1en ced. My images are homely, the characterization. Then there is herence to Christianity, and yet that ing across the seas. H e returns with Attend upon them s till." right ou t of the earth ; so that the th e passage, her "across the oily sea" and toIt is in th e poems of Yeats that figures w hich I use have an age-oW "I am waylaid by Beauty. Who preserves enough of the old pagan .

11 it bo t th All gether with her and "the singing one finds the fin a l incarnation of slmp c y a u c:n. m y poem:5 will walk imagination to people the s urround- maids and men" a hundred earthly the Celtic s pirit- th a t s ense of lntin are th e r esult of hard work; and I Between me and the crying of ing world with an unseen yet a11- years s lip by. The old human urge ite longing. so m e thing r emote anc simply adore gardening. swi mmlng the Frogs? seeing life.

His poetry thus, i:i at last prevai ls upon Oisin; h e rj .... un attainable, of wistfulness and me'- and walklng."

Oh, savage Beauty, su1fer me to alive with a du!t l life-it is Christ si r es to return to hi s Dati ve lanet . a n choly. of a sor t of homestickness The Professors departed in peace. pass, ianized paganism, and the two are f th f It th t d The fairies s tanding on th e s hore of the soul. P erhaps the loveUest or ey e a she ha said nothThElt am a timid woman, on her blended so detty, and so skillfully gazing after him stng sadly, and exp r ession of that spirit is in The jng w hich could prohibit them from way interwoven, that in reading it, It I Lak e I s Ie o f. In. n i s f re e. P a th os i s continuing to confuse their neophytes. From one house to another." seems to strike all the senses at "The singing melted in the night; once with an equal and harmonious The is le was over now and gone; I th e r e:., and m Its mournful music H ere we find a deep pasSion for one lm aglnes th e soul of a ll hu Edna St. Vincent Millay may well · The m i,..t closed round us; pearl )' beauty in the author, and an appref f I th t h I h orce--one ee s a e s eanng light m amty like a lost ch1ld cryi ng," but be called an enigma; but not in the ciation of h er own weakness. The ~~ s~einbgutit'a ~=~ i~:-i;h~Chwo~d~ On horse and sea and sadd <.! above all i t is a supremely beautiful sense that Ches t e rton is in his as- concluding line stops the emotion song. toundtng power of p a r adox, nor as . hand of the master bas touched and shone.

Swift i th btl · f b' very abrupUy; so that we have It his vibrational response is not of And then does the great steed car"I w ill a rose and go DOW, and go n e su e Irony o. 18 confined in all its intensity within t Inni f pamphJets. She is more e mo t I O n a l ' , his own doing, but of him that ry him to the Is land of Victo ries 0 S ree, I th an Ch. es t er t on. an d more h uman II those few lines ; and may r efer to it strikes the note. where another hundred years h e And a s mall cabin build there, of than Swift. Her true p ersonality is as to a file.

For me, the creed of Yeats is spends feasting , and fi ghting a declay and wattles made; so hidden in melancholy, that, in I In order to discover tne authentic, best summed up in his own words mon thing.

The urge upon him Nine bean rows will I have the r e, spite of the simplicity of her poems, I real :Millay, w~ h~ve. to turn to her in one of his later poems : again, he s tops at th e I sland of Fora hive for the honey bee, and the conven tionality of her meter sonne t s; and It IS Judged that at "I would be as ignorant as the getfulness, and for a century s leeps And li ve alone in th e bee-loud and fo rm , mos1 persons who read be~ least one -half of these are poor. dawn and dreams of the Fenians of old. g lade. poetry a r e prone to think that she is Notwithstanding, Wordswo rth comThat merely stood rocking the glit- Awaking, back to Ireland the white And I shall have so m e peace ther'?, very e"(ceUent, or very poor, as J\. pelled his c ritics to discard score altering coach horse carries him, and touching hi s for peace comes dropping slow poet ; and pre unable to explain why. ter score of lyrics before those were Above the cloudy shoulders of the native earth, he is made mortal Dropping from the veils of the Rh e see ms to strike a responsive discovered which should make his horses; again. Thus, bowed with the weight morning t o w h er e the cri cke t chord in some. and it is these whC" name immortal as the Poet of NaI would be-for no knowledge is of three hundred years, he laments sings; most admire her. These, we are tUre. So it is with Millay. Her pef IgnO;:::h ::~ra:~ton as th~ ~~a~osses h: c:!:o~l~ef~: t:;n~iS~:~;' There midnight's aU a g limmer, t old, co ntinually try to find them- ~~:' i::::o:~c :.!~S:nha:I!:~~ dawn." maiden in the far-off, J'oyous isle. and noon a purple glow, selves and thei r own emo tions mir- perfec t sonne t . In many of them, TOred in one of her stanzas; for her As all poets must be. Yeats is a Singularly rich is the language of And evening fuU of the linnet's melan choly is very pleasant. she is far too sentimental, although patient and laborious artist. Those Yeats . His metaphors are un surwings.

The spokesman of the generation most s incere. If there is one of her delicat~l y lovely phrases that seem passed, and the subdued yet infinitewill arise ana go now, for a1- from 1917 to 1925, she has express- sonnets which will be added to th~ to have sprung up quietly as moon- ly b eautiful music leaves a mark ways night and day ed, be tter than anyone e ls e, its liter- truly great ones in the r;qtory of light over placid waters are the upon the soul. H ere are some lint'S h ear lake water lapping with ary feelings; but although many literature, it is this : fruits of hard effort. Says the poet : from another of hi s early poemslow sounds by the shore; claim that sbe is a combination of "Not with libations, l..u.( wiLh "A line will take us hours maybe: The Phantom Ship : While I s tand on the roadway, or solemnity and levity, I have never shouts and laughter Yet if it does not seem a mo"Prayed those forgotten fishers , on the pavements gray, been a ble to discern the latter atW e drenched the altars of Love'::) ment's thought, till in the eastern skies hear it in the deep heart's tribute in her. To me she is the sacred grove, Our stitching and unstitching has Came olive fires of morning ano core." essence of seriousness.

Shaking to earth green fruits, imbeen naught." on the darkness fed.

No lumbering philosophy hinders patient after It is tn the early poetry of Yeats By the slow heaving ocean-mum- INTRA-MURALS START the prog ress of her poem s. She is The la unching of the colored moths that we tind tn an especial manner bling mother of th e de ad."

IMMEDIATELY AFTER th e personal poet ; and speai<s frankof Lover. the greatest display of Imagination The later poetry of Yea t s, while VACATION. Iy, as in a heart to heart talk . Thi, Love's proper myrtle and his mothand the singularly wistful loveliness still rhytmically love ly, does not personal tone is a development of e r' s zone that characterizes his work. We will seem to have breathed Into it the Carney Announces Opening that of her immediate predecesso rs, W e bound about our irreligious take one of his first great works, living spirit of the poe t. The imagof Sport and especially Louise I'llogene Guibrows, The Wanderings of 01810, as an iln ey. H er poetry may n ever attain And fettered him with garlands of lustration. Here indeed, Is a great ~~at:~n ti:e n:~r~~ve:o~~e r~:ri:Slj~ James Carney, Manager of Ath- that pinnacle which claims the genour own, poem. Here the g lamour and TO- enough, lines from one of the early letics, announces that the resump- ius of Shakespeare and Dante, but And sp read a banque t in his [rumance of the Celtic folk-tale is wo- poems see m to m e to typify the tion of school after th e Christmas to deny it a place in worthwhil e lit, gal house. ven into the haunting strains of spiMt of these later ones. I quote holidays will mark the opening of erature is unthinkabl e. Miss Miillay, Not yet the god has spoken ; but wild, sweet music. Edmund Wilson from The Song of the Last Arcadian: intra-mural basketball. insofar as this point Is concerned, is I fear says: "It stain s a kind of Shelleyan "The woods of Arcady are dead The beautiful individual prizes like Byron ', and like him, she writes Though we should break our bodfluidity with Keatsian richness of awarded last year will be recalled ot th e wild, the young and r ebe llious, ies in his flame, color." . The elemental magic that And ove r is their antique joy; and serve as an added incentive to This unseaso n~d perception holds litAnd pour our blood upon his altar, the Celt finds in nature, and the Of old the world on dreaming fed: encourage the entire studen t body tI e of power to create, to give selfhere fairies, that through some more Grey Truth is nbw her painted to engage in this sport. consistence to visions and concepts, Henceforward is -a grove without a penetrating vision he is able to see toy."

Intra-murals are sponsored by St. or to express a thought so forcibly name, sometimes disporting themselve" With :eats, however, th e least I Viator College in accordance with and completely as Dante has done A pasture to the shaggy goats of among the mists of moonlight, are Imagma Ive poem surpasses any oth- the aim of the college to build a in a sing le line. Miss Millay uses Pan, found in almost all of the early e r poet s best.

The poems On u. 1 "sound mind in a sound body."

In symbols naturally, much as an ordinWh en ce fl ee fore ve r a woman and poems of Yeats. In The Wanderings Picture of a Blaek Centaur, ~led1tn- view of this fact, all of those stu- ary person does when he wishes to a man." of Oisln, however, the fairies are not tlons 1n Time of Clvll Wa.r ; and dents not on the Varsity are encour- dev elop an unusual idea.

I base this conviction upon the the usual mischievous imps of field I Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen are aged to enter this activity.

The lyrics compose the least val- theory of poetry that it must apperand forest. but majestic figures, sor- typic'aJ examples.

I uable portion of her poe try. They tain to Life. or human beings ; then. ~owfUI . and .glad. To banish sorrow . O~ten too, does Yeats Sli? on the 1 LaRocque: "Can a goose stand on are too manifest, too narrow in con- it must be moral, although. despite IS theIr chIef occupation, and yet smgmg robes of an old Insh bard. ; one leg?" ception, for truly great specimens; the publications of our W . C. T . U.'s there is a note of poignant sadness Thus " Aedh Hears the Cry of the I LegrIs: u\Vby don't you try It and somehow, they remind m e of those to th e contrary, poetry may be writin their songs. Here are some se- Sedge": i see?" w hich BUrns wrote, expressing the Cont inu ed o n back ~age. (Col. 2)

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Prof.-Fine, Fooey. Now tell the class the outstanding date in Roman History.

Pooey-Cleopatra. without a ,doubt.

Prof.-Splendid, Fooey. Why can't I have more intelligent students like that. * * * * * That was a splendid speech you gave in class, Oscar, With your histrionic ability you should make your mark in the world.

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Dear Jack, From the depths of a heart tha t Why is it that, when a Latin student begins to trans- is overflowing wIth gratitude fo r your most opportune assistance, I late, he ends up in a "comma 7" thank you. You will remember tha t *l!:**** advised me to give Lucy a se Fair dancer-Do you think that an angel could you vere lectUre on his duties in the matdance on the point of a 'pin 7 ter of he r master's love affair. 1 Enraptured partner-I know one angel that could, tried this, but it only seemed to in crease the toughness of her moral They sav that the Hollywood di rectors even insisted sensibilities. She remained utterl Y adamant. I was about to give u P on showing Carideo how to kick a football. the t ask in despair. I was frantic :t:***** and then I re¡m embered the fig cream The old grammar-school sentence, "THE FARMER pie. r had one concocted and serve d HAS BINS" has been corrected and now reads, "THE it to her myself. The result was nothing short of wonderful. The FARMER HAS BEENS." creamy richness of the me;;'ngue seemed to melt her calloused erno It's a dangerous sign, the doctor haid, tions. She lapped it up with great As he lowered his eyes and shook his head ado.

Aft er the last tiny bit was At the theatre bill-board. eaten , she carne to w here I was sit~,***** ting watching ahxiously.

She pu t I'm a born violinist-Well there is no use harping her beautiful nose in my hands, an d looked up loto my eyes w ith he r about it. liquid brown eyes, pools of limp! d affection, and dumbly begged n: Y A Pessimist is-one who still thinks the world is "flat." pardon. I was overjoyed. I sprang A Bigamist is-one who marries a pretty girl and :1 for the extension telephone and call ed Isabella. I told her, with uncon goo d housewife. cealed raptu re in my voice, tha t A Bakery Magnet-one who has lots of dough.

Lucy had at last relented, that now A ring artist-one who puts his man on canvas. our happiness was t o be complete A beauty pal'lor- an expensive place that lifts wo- There was a moment of hesitation mens faces and makes husbands faces falL on her part, and then she responde d with equal joy that she loved Luc y even more than niyself. It is a Latest news- All about the big city loot. dream come true, We are going 0 n If< ~ ~ *" our honeymoon trip, and L ucy is Another great problem that besets us is-Why do delighted to ride in the rumble seaL running pants cost more than non-run pants.

She is a wonderful dog! It seems * 1\'= *" ::it as though nothing is now la.cking tc my por tion of happiness.

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THE VIATORIAN

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BEST FOOTBAlll SEASON IN YEARS REACHES CLIMAX •

Numerous Stars On GrIdiron In Past Year.

Coach "Bucky" Dahman.

. In Little 19 Camps ..

Although the football season has passed into oblivion we s till see various al l-conference elevens being selected and it will be our honest endeavor to select an all-opponents' I eleven. The men will be picked upon the merits they displayed while competing against St. Viator.

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To the men at the helm, Coach r:ucky Dahman and Assistant. Coach Jack Corcor an, the appreciation of t h e school is extended.

Althougn their task w~,s nearly impossible, they h ave passed through one of the most s uccessful seasons in the history of St. Viator.

Record of Season.

The record of th e season shows four victories and t hree defeats, the best season the Saints have had in They scor ed seventy-three years. pOints to their opponen ts thirty-three.

Playing the best teams in the Little

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St. Viator athletic teams are doing their bit to help the unemployed Coach Finnegan by playing a charity game with Dea fairly success- Paul of Chicago at the Staudium. after having to After a ll , athletics have thelr good green material. pomts

On Good Friday evening 1921, Very Rev. Father Kirley. C. S. V., Did you know that in th e past thcu President of the College, deli v·· four years Millikin University of erect a religious address over Sta- Decatur has lost but two conference tion KYW in Chicago. games and both of these losses meant champfonships. Yes, competition is The issue for December 1922 car- pretty keen in the "little ole 19 ried an excellent article about the camps."

Christmas customs in foreign lands, written by th e now Rev. Paul H Kurzynskl, '23.

The results of the Little 19 meetViator's 1922-23 basketball sched ul e lng in Chicago failed to starUe the athletic world. The much discussed called for twenty-eight games. question of the removal of the eight Among the larger foes to be met semester rul e was postponed until that season were Notre Dame. Loy· ola. University of Detroit, and the next year.

Arkansas Aggies.

On December 14, 1922, Benson' s Victor Recording Orchestr.ll played for an all school dance wblcb was held in the old College gym.

The publication for June 1923 contained numerous testimonials from Colleges allover the country as to Ule excellence of the literary articles that had been appearing in the Vialorian for that year.

Tn December 1925 John Ryan and James Dalrymple won the twenty· five dollar cash r-t! \vard for composing the present school song.

Harold Bloohm. center of the 1931 Elmhurst grid outfit. was chosen captain of the '32 squad. Bloohm has established quite a unique record for time in regards to college competition. Altogether he has 960 minutes of consecutive playing to his credit.

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selves to degrade into the shiftles3 With strenuous practice sessions beand puerile form of entertainment hind them th e Saints are well on denominated "mob fighting." The newspapers and eye-witnesses to this I their way to conference title.

T wo years ago "Bucky" Dahman came to St. Viator College. With the departure of Sam McAllis ter, Bucky assumed the r esponsibility cf leading t he Viator Cagers through one of their most successful season s on t he h a rd-wood. In the 1930-31 The fo llowers of the Green Wave w ill. nevertheless, see plenty of ac- season, th e Green Wave swept over all of the powerful aggregations with are assured of a championship team tion. which it was confronted. DePaul's next year. The fact that this i.s George Musso. the g iant tackle on BI:e ~e~ons fe~l dbeffore. the gr~~t­ Dahman's first year in full char ge

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We, who are supposed to be influ- for a hard campaign on the basketen('ed by highe r ~u.ucation, allow Qur- ball courts of the Little Nineteen .

Kenneth Clothier and Billy :Mcehan. both graduates of t he Little 19. are continuing in their basketball rivalry.

For fou r years ' in College th ese two boys were matched against each other and now both are playing professi.:mal basketball on opposing teams.

Clothier manages Horkins "Pastimes" of B loomington, while Billy i s capta in of Jimmy Connor's "Empires" of Springfield.

InCidenta lly, the "Empires" defeated the Bloomington delegation Sunday, to tht! t :me of 24-10.

Leo Johnson's Millikin football team has been chosen captain fo r the season of 1932. Musso has been an All-Conference choice for the past t wo years.

Dahmanites Strong.

With their moleskins packed away

sion of the police.

John Conley. former student of St. Nineteen the Saints we r e defeated by Viator , is playing great basketball Bradley and DeKalb. These two down at State Normal this year . Algames were closely contested and though the champion Normal teams lost by narrow margins. of last year are still intact Conley

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body wishes to extend to those men L. who fought fo r the g lory of th e C. R . G. Purple and Go ld th e most sincer e R. T. appreciation of the student body. W e R. E. are proud to have these men fight- Q. B. ing for Viator and placing her L. H. among the fi rst in the spo r ts world. R. H.

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years. Innumerable other victories were chalked up by the Dahmanites.

The football season just past marks a yet greater ach ievement by this men tor of Viator football. Casting aside the demon of hard luck that pursued former Viator gridiron ~r:l.uads.

Dahman lead the 11-;511 through a season, the like of Which for WInS may be found only III the anclent hlstory of St. Vlator sports Under hls leadership the Saints are assur ed of another great basketball season.

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-,i>ectacle reported that clothes were 1 The main problem that confronts torn to shreds. Of course we migh t 1 Coach Dahman is the selection of a interpret this phase of the affair in that the gentl emen (_) engaged in first five. To date the squad has the combat, if one might call it that. been handicapped by injuries r eceivwere merely trying to assis t those ed by the veterans in the foothall merchants suffering from the econo- seasoI). roic depression.

Perhaps.

But I . . daresay, with a safe margin of seThe forwa~d posItions are weB curity, that such a commendable I taken care of by Puff Romary and thought did not enter the minds of P ete Laffey These boys have proven themselves in valuable to the Viator even t wo people engaged in the bat- offensive. Two competent subs titie. tutes for these positions are Ken The thought uppermos t in their minds VIas destruction! That bar W estray and Red Harping. Westray, baric instinct that ma.'"l. supposedly a reserve from last year, proved his worth and is certain to get action. had ri d him:::ielf of with the acquisi- Harding is small bu t fast and tion of civilization and culture ap aggressive. peared once again. I see no differ '/ ence in those men grappling with H ayes and Baker are contending each othe,t', than in the struggle of for the pivot position with Hayes beasts. Men were created for the having a little better of the con tenbetterment of the universe. If this tion. so rt of action is bettering the wo rld Ralph Karr, favori te of the fans I would like to know in what way and veteran, will hold a position ::it the established order may be degrad g u a rd. For two years Karr has been the mainstay of the Sain ts and will ed.

For hours these supposedly educa ... - be counted upon to bear the burden ed college students carried on in a of the defensive work. manner that wo uld not be becoming Ty Schwartz looked like the man to the lowest of animals. Yet they for the other guard position but he deemed it great sport. The battle unfortunate ly, broke his finger in u. was stopped by the intervention of practice game. In his absence Mcthe faculty.

Naugh ton, Greene and Sarza hav(!

And for what is all of this troubeen alternating at the post. M c· ble? It is caused by that most in Naughton appears to have the best sane idea that freshmen in college should be ground to the earth. Why chance to gain the position because make this distinction outside of tht! he has the requsite height and statscholastic field if it must caus( such ure of a guard. tUrmoil? I understand that thl~ classification is necessary for educa tional records. but I do not see th e BOUDREAU n ecessity of carrying it any further Texaco Filling Station L et us hope that, as years go by }~ree Cr a nkcase Ser vIce this foolish tradi tion w ill be aban "Just a r ound the co rner from ::loned. especially a t St. Viator Col Viator." lege. If it must continue, let it be CONFECTIONERY held within the boundary of the cam Hydraulic Lift Greasing pus, both in action and repo rt. and EmU Boudreau & Son, Props. not have it plastered on the front page of the local paper.

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The American Gover nment class of Millikin University visited the Slate COLLEGE CLUB PLANS PLAY Capitol on November 30th, in order to secure a closer insight of the Under th e direction of Martin Too proceedings of the legislative bodies hill, PreSident of the College Club on the question of taxes.

Augustana has just complct(;;(j a the r egular mon th ly meeting was successful inter-class basketball tour- r..eld Monday evenin g, December Fourteenth. P lans were made for nament.

The Wheaton Record recently caL'- the nex t dance, to be held at the ried a feature article on the number HGt.c! Kankakee under the a uspices and contents of college papers tbat of the Sophomore Class, on January come to its editorial desk during Thirtieth.

To avoid the necessity of levying a the course of a single month.

Southern Illinois State Normal's f€.e on each m ~ mbe r of the orga.li<t.E'.

(Carbondale) stunt show for Home- tion to pay its insurance, the Club coming was entitled. "The Deprcs- decided to give a play. The revue will be written by students of S'. 1 sions of 1931."

Each year the staff of TIlinois 'i!ator College.

-------State Normal's year book. the Index. sponsors a contest for the most rep· After much dIscussion Monmouth resentatlve students and faculty College bas voted to retain its old members. t college loyalty song.

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The members ot the Junior Cla.u carry away from St. Viator as one of their most pleasant memones the recollection ot the evening spent at the charming pav1Uon tnBlcd'~ Park I n Kankakee. As they camr up the wtndjng drive to the sct.ne of the party. a stone cotta)'{c in the atyle or the French Provincial, their anticipation of a happy experience WaJIJ forecast by the welcoming lights shining trom the long windows upon the terrace.

The night was chili, nut a welcoming flre burned on the hearth, and the spirit of festlvity was present on every counwHl

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The mos t congenial, aftable, and capable of chaperone~ were In attendance. In the g roup gathered a.bout the flre we re Mr. Edward OalJahue, and Miss Margaret O'Connell, w1th Prof. Harold Craw·· ford a nd Miss Fern Whittlngton, chape rones of the affair, There Is the eve r jovial Mon t y Weave r and Miss Hutchjns who have just e ntered. That Is John McGrath. the tull , du,rk, ha ndsome fell ow with Ml.. Mary Quigley, peti te and Cha rmIn g. Ah! there is Mary's slsler, M1ss Anna Mae Quigley, Mr. Jam es Hunt 18 th e fo r tunate youtb In her company. At t ha.t table near th o wuH Iii' lUI88 R achel Roach, and th e gentl e m a n In attendance Is none othor than R alph Edson H oover. A gam e of bridge is a lready in progrcss at thi s t a bl e. The other coup ie is Miss Genevieve Adams and Ken Bushman.

The lady in rust P e rsian silk seated on the right Is M iss Yvonne Lambert. The a r dent youth sitting next to her and dtviding hl s attention be tween bridge ann co nve rsation is Gill Midd le ton. Both are noted fo r their conversational powers, arid a re always gree t ed with pleasure in any group.

Ray 'Wenthe and Miss Jeanette Segouin a r e a lso h er e. Ray is demons trating so m e intricate card trick, and Miss Segouln lends her smiling a pproval to his c leve rness.

Mr. l\fnrtln T oo hlll, preside nt of th e CoUege Club. has arrived with

served. The care of the menu had been Intrusted to the Misses Rosanna G<>nnan, EvangelJne Legris, and Mr. James La1fey. No one regretted the trust. U ever another similar affair L" given, they may rest assured of an opportunl ty to again mak,

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McLaren's Sandwich The event was celebrated by a solemn high mass sung by Father DuShop fault. \"\;th Rev. B. J. MOmbleau and REAL HO~IE-l\1ADE PIES Rev. T. U. Demarais as deacon and AND CAKES suh-deacon.

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ten on any conceivable subject. not thi s poem co m e u p to the r e- I The card party given und e r the qu1rements above? Granted, there is direction of Miss Mary T aylor on De- no s uperlati ve degree of assonan ce cem ber fifth in the refec tory of th e he r e, nor skill in euphony; but in college was socially and financially place of these, there is the more huve r y successful.

Bridge and Five man, sensuous bu t direc t s t y le of a Hundred we re the diversions of the g r eat mind.

(But now I am beevening. coming guilty of flattery.) Fourteen Miss Catberin e Adams and Mr . lines in which to creat e a p erfect Gendron L egri s won first prizes at poem, constitutes q uite an asstgn- I Bridge, wh ile Miss L uci ll e Fritz and ment.

Yet, Mi llay has done this Mr. F rank Atkins carri ed off the again and again , so far as the de - I honors in Five Hundred. velopment of h e r thought is concern\Vhil e r efreshments were being er, but, while she re nders us cri Userved, ente rtai nm ent was pro vided ca11y satisfied. the m elancholia presby a s hort p rog ram a rra n ged by ent in the sonn e t leaves us emotionMiss Marie Smole.

Misses "Pat" a lly disturbed. Disillusionment lurks Se ttl ernoir and Mervyn Gale Fister about even th e ink with which they age four and fi ve years respectively. are written. held the at t ention of the spec tators T o quote a C ritic in the Chicago with c leve r imper sonations and with Times: "Her poems play with the acrobatics. Miss Mar y C rUise. a griefs that come as the obi tua ri es of very talen t ed musician, en t e rtained love . And they con tain an ironical th e audience w ith Vogrich's "Stacca- sad n ess. Th . ey a r e tb ~ h a If - h umorto Caprice." Mr. Jam es Foohey then ous apologtes fo r the faIlUres of emoindu lged his hobby of tap dancing. In tions; and t hey are a mo re promis this art Mr. Foohey is very skillful. , ing, if unfortunat e, symp t om of the Mr. Willi a m Riley, president of the femini ne emancipation f rom illusiou Sophomor e Class, consen ted to r eo- than twelve birth clinics and a score der se veral vocal solos. Mr. Riley of s uffrage r allies." is ve r y gifted and his offerings were Yes, she has done that ; and in the immen sely appreciated by the s tu- doing, has left us some beautiful, if dents who insis t ed on "en cores." puzzling, poems. Many claim that

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use of their powers. Some one suggested dancing! The orchestra was too goo~ to resist, and so, on wi tb tho dance, until the final good night of Mr. Gorman.

A mad scramble for wraps, once more 1n the clear, starlit night, and home to rest. Ev. eryone joins In the chorus of "n splendid time was had by all, and we hope that this will not be the last of Its kind."

The s uccess of th ese events has she is a r ank sentimentalist, and Miss Dorothy Dyer .

Wha.t smiles captivated the interest o'f the stu- perhaps that may be true. But is t hose two have!' There is Paul HJURt dents w ho eage rl y anticipate those t o no t th at prefer able to cynicis m , the A Glgolo"LaR-oeque. Whe r e is M iss be held at futu r e dates.

D estru ctive Force on hum an nature?

Rose Mari e Legris? There she is!

A nd we watch a happy smile light We a r e tutored these days, in the up U,. features of Paul. The lady in FATHER D UF A ULT prett y art of su bjec tive c rltlcsm. Imblacl, with th e Elizabethan ru ching CELEBRATES 25TH pression Ism is heralded as the main o n he r collar Is Miss Evangeline Le. ANNIVERSARY attribute of an ed u cated man. But grls. She is engaged in co nversation we must conform with Good Taste with he r esco rt, Mr. Clarence R o · The Rev . P. B. Dufaul t, pastor of (or Objec~ive cri ti cism) in our critimary. How happy he is ! :M lss R()8- St Rose Parish Kankak III d cal aSSOCIation of ideas, or we shall .

• ee, ., an b b d d . t n un a Gorma n and James Ca rney arf" former studen t of St. Viator College e ran e as Ignoran fabrica t ors. slttlng ut a t a ble quite content to cele brated th e t wenty-fifth anniverwalt untU bridge Is officially begun . sary of his ordination t o t he priest- !

KUPPENHEIMER Mr. Edward Hunt and Miss Ger- hood o n Sunday, December the tmr- I Qualit)' Clothes For trude P atrowski are at the long win- tee nth.

Every Man dow to the left of the en tran ce with Father Dufault received both his M r , Janl es O'Donnell and Miss Ma tt- h1gh school and college training at ~ow thi~ famo us clothing IS with m reach of all. . hews. James L affey (aren' t th er e a Sf. Viator College during the years SUITS AND OVERCOATS number of James'?) and Miss Rita 1894-1902, \vhen he graduated with $35, .M urphy. who was a member of th e high honors. As a s tudent Father c lass until U1ts year. have just ar- I Dufault could always be found PLANT-KERGER Co. rived. Ever yone is happy to see her among those receiving the highest 'Nationally known M en's Wear again. Carl Lampe and Miss Wil- averages a nd grades. Afte r having he1mine C~n. two editors . l en~g I graduated from St. Viator he ~nter­ a touch of Jou rnalism to the affaIr. ed the Grand Seminary at Montreal "ROSWITE" AND "ROSE" T he tull young man who Ls about to for his theological studies.

Aiter BRAND HAMS AND BACON speal;: Is the c lass presldent, i\lr. completing his studies Father Duward Gorman. T h e youn g lady a 1 fa' Jlt returned to Chicago whe r e he Jourdan Packing Co, hIs side is l\Ilss Lucllie Putz. was ordain ed in 1906. He served as I 814-836 W. 20th Street Everyone is introduced. then he assistan t pastor of St. Anne's Church C hicago, lllInols announces that bridge is the order of in Brighton Par k for ten years. H ~ the moment. Tbe floor is in e..x cellent condition. tonight. No wonder everyon e Is hesitating between bridge and danclng, But now it is time to count up scores. Miss Rose Marie Legris is the lucky one. She shows us the prize-a little old-fashioned lamp of hammered brass, electrified, but still retaining its quaint glass chimney. Someone has won a consolation prize. W'by! it is Mr. H oover. \ Ve will not tell you what it was that he received. If you as!{ him. he may tell you.

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