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DEPAUL DEMONS AND DEBATERS iVIATOR DEBATERS iUNUSUALLYSTRONG TEAMS BLUE DEMONS LOSE IN LAST FEW SECONDS OF PLAY SCORE DEPAUL COMPETE IN ANNUAL MEET DEF.EAT
Romary Is Hero of the Hour As He Makes Decisive MOl).ahan. .F.erris. Middleton Sixteen Representative Tea!ms of Central Catholic Prep Points; Hayes Is High for Viator; Playing Marked WI.n DecI~lon at DePaul: Association Will Vie for Honors ; Tournament to By Large Number of Fouls. MISS SlaVICk, Coed. Adds Open Friday and Close Sunday Night. -I Zest to Debate.
IlECTU RES TO INTERNATIONAL :::tc~~:ethefl~~~rel~:f ~::;ry ~r~~ UOF I. STUDENTS :~;t~~:n :~!:g~eW~~p:Ult~r:at~:e~ RELATIONS CLUB Rev. E. V. Cardinal DisHOLDS MEETING cusses "The Religious U ph I f th S' t th se::~d~iat~t:;O~os~n:,,:e ~:p:~:e~~
a superb crew of fighting Demons on a fO\ol.1 by a DePaul g u a rd. S路) far as th e Saints are conce rned this victory is the most decisive of th e contest played with DePaul since it
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W ith a minute to go and the score 17-16, in favor of DePaul, it looked like the I rish cause was hopeles3. But desperation gave strength to the efforts of the team that had lead throughout the contest unW the last minutes of the final quarter. "Red" Hayes secured the ball on a bad pass by DePaul. He passed to Romary who 'immediately drlbbled for the basket. In attempting his shot for the bask et "Puff" was fouled and made the t wo freethrow~ good to sew up the struggle for St. Viator. The battle from the beginning was a close affair. The Saints led off wlth a basket by Laffey but Dc路路 Paul evened the count with two free~ throws by O'Connor. Viator did most of the scoring from the floor holding the Blue Demobs to no field goals in the first fifteen minutes of play. On baskets by Hayes, Baker. and Karr the Saints held the lead
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The fifth annual Illinois State Catholic High School basketball tournament will open Friday evening at 7 :30 when St. Mary's of Moline wi ll oppose St. Peter and Paul of I The Irish team was composed of Nauvoo. The cr eam of th e downTpomas Ferris, and those t wo vetstate Catholic hi gh schools are en erans. J . Burke Monahan and T. tered in this year's meet. A1l of the Gill Mlddieton. DePaul was r epreteams entered possess enviable rece IX een sented by Miss Slavick and Messrs. Dean and Public;t\' Mana- ')rds and a mad sc r amble fo r honeava 0 Century." Abraham and Cotton. The skillfu l Irer Speak To lVlembCl's. or s is certaln to en sue. Three new .,.york of both t eams won the approteams will make their appearance The Rev. Edward V. Cardinal, C. I val of the la rge crowd;' p articularly On Monday evenin g, February in this year's tourney. St. Peter and S. V., Dean of Newman Hall at the winning was the prese ntation of her University of Illinois, and Assistant case by Miss Slavick. twenty~ninth, the In ternation a l Re- P aul of Nauvoo, Cathedral high of Belleville and St. Mary's of Mount to R ev. Dr. John A. O'Brien at St. Formal De bate. lations Club met and electEd officers Sterling. These teams will replace John's Church, Champaign is giving The formal debat e was opened by or the cl'rrent y~ar. 'Ib~ r esultJ St. Thomas of Rockford, St. Mary's a series of Sunday evenin g Lenten the Very Reverend F. V. Corcoran, lec tur es on the subject , " The Re- president of DePaul. Thomas Gill were exceedlngly close, ha" i \l ~ ~l)j - I of Woodstock and ~q~in hi~h of ligious Upheaval of the Sixtee nth Middleton was the prlnclple in the lowed some of the most spirit ed Freeport . The remrumng thirteen Century." to the s tUdents of the Uni- attack which the Viatortans unl eash- elec tioneering the school bas seen in teams are all veterans of state tourversity Chapel. Fatiler Cardinal is ed in th eir r ebuttal. Supported by a ood many years. Rube rt NOiRn nament play and well known for g ability displaye1 in forme r years. St. likewise condu ctin g a Ques tion Box Ferris and Monahan, h e destroyed a Sophomore. and member of the I Mary's of Mo line. Visi tation of Ke~ on the Sunday evenings of Lent In the speeches made in behalf of ~ n which he answers all questions sub- industrial board to co ntrol industry. Debate Squad. Wlll h eart the Club. wanee. Trinity of Bloomington, St. William Riley wlll act dS sec retary Patrlcks of Kankakee, St. Josephs of mitted by the students on subjects DIne At Bism a rck. for the forthcoming year. Rock I sland. Spalding, of Peoria. pertaining to the Church's doctrines F ollowing the debate. th e vi s it;,., ~ D ea n T a lks T o l\lembers. St. J oseph of Cair o. St. Bede or 0!1 present day religionus, economic, team were guests of DePaul at the After the election was closed, the P~ru. St. T~eresa of Decatur, Routt and social problems. Bismarck Hotel. The hospitality of Rev. Thomas J . Lynch opened a dis- of JacksonVllle. St. Marys of ChamThe Dean of Newman Hall is par- the DeP auiltes was genuinely apprerussion: on disarmame nt, and when paign, Corpus Chris ti of Galesburg ticulariy fitted to deliver the Lenten ciated by the Saints ' de baters and we say discussion, we' re putting it and Fox Valley of Auror a are t1"!c lectUres on the Protestant Revolt. ti\ey await the oppor tunity of r eUghtly ! It was one of the most other contestants. fo r he has spent t he past three year s ciprocating the kindliness of thei r spirt ted forums ever held on th e L ast Years Vlctol'. in inten sive study and resear ch in hosts. Viator campus. Father Lynch , in Spalding Institute of Peorla wlll the history of that perlod. Father his introductory talk said it was tn- be ou t to make it four in a row. The Cardinal travel ed abroad last year spiring to see so large a number boys from the river city have lost and did much work in the more fainterested in the Club. Speaking of but five games throughout thei r long disarmament, h e sald: " I am not op- schedul e t his year and most of these posed t o war, I believe in National defeats t ook place during the abself-preservation ." During the course sence of Peters their Slar cen ter. of h is speech he ou tlined a plan Spalding has won the tournament for Alumnus Presents Second whereby disarmament might be the past three year s, and as a reac hieved. "It is quit e an abortive suit of that unusual feat were e::J.Cup For Catholic Com - attempt to discuss disarmament from titled to permanent possession I)f oetition. the standpOint of one nation." he the Bishop Sheil trophy . Their team said in advocating some sort 011 of this year compares ve ry favorUpsetting the dopsters of last world court, before which a ll inter- ably with those of years gone by year's tournament. Spalding walked national disputes would be thrashed and no doubt w ill come to the touraway with the cup emblematic ot out. In the closing words of his ney with high hopes of repeating. three years continuous championshi p introduction Father Lynch said : I Those In Charge. in the co mpe tition between the Cath. " With disarm amen t there goes hand The Reverend E. M. Kelley, C. Solie Hi gh schools of Illinois. The in hand a question of national Integ- V., director of ath letics at St. Viacup had been presen ted 1.0 St. Via- rity." H e intimated that traditions I tor College is the general director of tor College, sponsor of the con tes ts, must be broken and n ationalism SUP- I the tournament. Mr. James Carney by His Eminence, Bishop Sheil. pressed in order to successfully i of Chicago, Illinois is executive secThis year agarn bears witness t o achieve disarmament. ,retary of the meet. succeeding :Mr. the generosi ty of the noted alumnu~ Hoover Talks On Question. I James M. Flynn, a lso of Chicago. of St. Viator College. Bishop Sheil I These t wo able leaders have been has once more presented the school Of course the insuppressible Ralph working for some time arranging the with the emblem which stands for I Hoover entered the discussion and de tails of tile tournament. Everya thletic prowess. The cup, presented I b.attled with Dr. E llis a good por- thing has been' completed to insure NATIONAL ESSi\ V CONTEST hv His Eminence. represents the I tlon ,of the h~ur during which tile tilat tile t ournament will be run off OPENS spirit of Catholic you th personified meetmg was _n session . Tom Fer- as smoo thly as th e former ones. Amby the figure of an athlete in the rjs dis~layed . a lot of good common pIe provision has been made for the The subjec t for the annual essay act of receiving the ball after the sense 10 his objections to Father care of visiting teams and coaches. Lynch's plan as did Ed Hunt. They wlll be again houses in Roy contest has been announced for pub- tip-off. lication. The topi c this year is Bl-Weekly Meetings. Hall and will take their meals in th e Bishop Shell. one of th e most be"]:>'sarmament." Coming, as it does, loved of Viator's alumni, is amon g In two weeks. tUlother meeting college r efector y. almost simultaneous ly wi th the as- the most noted athletes produced by wUl be held. The club is looking for These arrangements v.i ll enable sembly of the League of Nations and the college. In his days at St. Via- new members, and any students the players to be in c lose proximity the Sino-Japanese conflict th ese en- tor, he was active in baseball, foot- wishing t o join are r eferred to the of the gym for practice and for the t erln g this field of endeavor have a ball. and played on the first of tho secretary Mr. Riley. It Is ra pidly be- playing of games. most interesting and time ly article mighty basketball teams to repre- coming one of the most highly recogFinals Sunday. fo r discull1on. Entr ance in this con- se nt the Saints. His activities in nized organizations on th e Viator The first two rounds of th e meet t e~ t is compulsor y fo r all studen ts ___ Campus and it behooves a ll thinktaking English at St. Viator College Continued on page four. ing students to "jlne up!" Continued on page four. In th e debate held at the DePaul Little Theater on February 25th St.
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