THE VIATORIAN PUBUSHED BI-WEEKLY BY THE STUDENTS OF ST. VIATOR COLLEGE,
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THURSDAY, MAY, 12, 1927.
VOL. 44
TORIAN HEAD ILLINOIS INTER-COLLEGIATE PRESS VIA HAS AUDIENCE DEBATING TEAM RETURNS FROM CONVENTION HELD AT BRADLEY WITH POPE PIUS SUCCESSFUL TRIP IN THE EAST ST. VIATOR STUDENTS RECEIVE PAPAL BLESSING. EIGHT COLLEGES OFFERED OPPOSITION TO LOCAL FORENSIC TALENT
TWENTY-FIVE COLLEGES WERE REPRESENTED AT FIFTH ANNUAL MEET
In a c lrcu lo.r lette r which Wll.B r c· cetvod by tho Chicago Province ot the Clerics or St. VIat or Crom th e Very
Cups Awarded to Augustana and Northern Illinois Normal.
Alumni at Catholic " U" Entertain Visitors at Banquet
The F'ifth Annual Convention or tho vention was a round -tab le discussion ~ °;lni;~dM.n. R~:~~~=d c~c~o~~t t~~ro h:: Tho most ambitious schedule ever or the editors ot the vario us co ll ege long aud_lonce with our Holy Father, undertaken by o. St. VIator CO ll ege; d•· i~bll~tlons.t Wen~~ Lund , cttor I~! Pope Plus X I w hi ch may be o! Interest ba.tlng team came to a MucccatrCul closo o ugus ana. s e rver, orma Y to Viatorlun readers . Speaking o! his with a victory ove r Union College on 1 1
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visit to the Vntlcan, Hobe r gc h as this to say: "On ent ring thi s vnst hal l on e tru ly ! ee ls that h e I ~J In th e po.lnc c ot a. Sov· ere lgn. An atmosph e re ot respe ct, dig· nlty, nnd g r andeur permeates the v\!:11· t or. The Swiss guards In g rand cos· tume and spc..•tr In ha nd s tand be!01·e eac h door. The sevc r·at w a iting rooms eucceed eac h othm· and littl e by little you come close r to the Vi car or J es us Christ. At lus t w o we r·e in lh c room next to the anle·chamber. Thr·ee g ua rds o! the nobility In gold trimm ed unlrorm and two c hambe rlains with cape and sword In brocaded dr ess and ha t to match are always statione d h e re a s special bodyguards of the Pope. "At th e moment wh e n I stood be tore the Holy F a the r tea rs w er e In m y e ye!; an Indefinable emollon produced by love and happin ess took h old ot m e and I t hrew myseLf at th e f eet or the f~::S~u~~Pinw~e ~~~o~sy A:~~ci;~~~~~:!:~: Sove rei g n Pontiff. 1 m a de the usual
Tho editors o! the publications the n dis· cussed t he ir various problems, which do not differ essentially tn any coll ege In the state. He was follow ed by '¥11llam Kostka, Editor ot tho K n ox Student, on "Make-up Styles". A large portion ot the afte rnoon mee ting W CLS absorbed in con sidering th e adv1snbi ll ty o! faculty supe r vision. It was t he opinion of all the literary co ll eges that a faculty advisor at times proved h e lp· fu l, but tha.t supe rvi s ion defeats tho purpose of the coll ege publication. Conve ntion Adjourns Following Banque t A banquet at the Univers ity Club early in the even in g closed the program o! the day. The k ey note s peech ot the convention was given by F. S. Siebert of ~he D e partme nt of Journal~sm of the ?mversity or Illinois. Mr. S1ebe rt was Judge o! college p.ubllcations competing
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Sta tes should adopt a uni!orm Marriage and Divorce Law." The decision In favor of the St. Viator College team was unanimous. Althou g h the st. VIator College de· ba.tlng tea m did not g n.ln the m a jority of the decis ions on the trip any unprejudiced observer mus t admit that the team gave a n unu s ua lly good a ccount or itself. It Is notori ous ly diffic ult to win decisions In deba tes away from hom e and it Is doubly so wh e n a team Is compe ll ed to take the dry s ide or th e Prohibition ques tion In states as noto r· lousl y w e t a s New York and Rhode I s · la nd . Furthermore It s hould be borne in mind that the St. Viator Colleg e team w on a greate r proporti on of Its de ba tes on th e r oad tha n a n y oth o team that was t 1·avelling this y ear, a larger proportion ev e n tha n the great Uni· ve rslty ot Sydne y, Australia. D ebaters \.YeU Rece ived
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did not g ive roe Um e; _he extended his hand whic h 1 kissed With r espec t , the n h e sat down and in v lled me to take my place at his right , <luite close to him. Making mys el f the Interpreter of the _'_~~::C~~~__:::~~:__::::___.:.:_:::__:::.:::..c..=-:..=c:..::::..:_...::..::==-------- sentimen t s of th e Clerics or St. VIator, I otrer ed to His H oliness the homage or ou r re•pect, or our filial a ffection, or our unswerving attachm e nt to his aug· ust p e rson , and o! our entire submis slon to hi s p ontifical teachings. I also quoted Articl e :>0\."V of our Stat utes ;;tnd JUade m e ntion ot .the Bl)ecl.aJ pTQJJl·
vis ited did everyth ing in their powe r to make the v ls lt as pl easant as pos· sible. The trip ope ned with a debate on Tues day, April 19th, agalns t St. John's Coll ege, Toledo. Although the St. John's Coll ege debaters put up a good argument they were not the eq ual or the Viator men in experience and r e· source!ulness and lost the debate by a 2 to 1 dec ision. The following evening St. xavier College, Cln cinattl, was met. A great -deal -0t In-te r est wa s- mani!ested
former editor of the Viatorian, now employed by the Peor ia Star, was one of the committeemen who escorted the assembly through the newspaper plant. B dliors Air V iews in Round T a ble An outstanding feature of the co n·
Observer or Rock Island, Northe rn I llinois State Teacher's College of De· kalb was awarde d the second cup. Honorable mention was s ec ured by the Decaturian of J ames Mllikin Un lv e r· slty and the Greenville Papyrus o! Greenville College.
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SPANISH CLUB To FOURTH ANNUAL RECITAL To BE ANNUAL HOLD "FIESTA" MAY 21 GIVEN MAY 13th
UTERARY AND MUSICAL CONTEST TO BE STAGED AT ~·t ;~ ~\~h r~~:P~~~~rs.F~~~ ~~b~~ss~~~ :~g!h~Je~:~~ :"nca~~~e~!~tx~_:: f~; EVENING NOTRE DAME and obedie nce to Our Mother the Holy year to St. Viator College and had
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The !ourth annual recital a nd musl· cal concer t wHl be given Friday evening, May 13th at eight o'clock by the s tudents of the Piano department of St. Viator College at Notre Dame Con vent Auditorium, Bourbonnais. Professor Leslie J. R och, who has been in charge of the music department at St. Viator !or the past i'ou r years , has worked earnestly and d1ligently to develop fn the s tud ents or this department a high a ppreciation for the best musical literature. During this time he has attempted to familiarize them with the mu sical compositions ot a ll t he foremost composers of pianoforte music from Bach down to the modern writers an d to give them a work! ng knowledge of the characteristics o! the music or each period. Among those posSess ing unusual talents as pianists were Ra lph Garsa, who Is now studying at Notre Dame University , Louis Val lely, now at Loyola Universi ty and J ames Corbett still a t Viator, a ll of whom have !orm erly won the Go ld medal which Mr. Roch presents each year to his best students. The Spanish Club Entertn.ined by Miss program was as follows: Bo urree (2nd Violin So n a ta) . Beaucle r c • . . . . . . Bach-Saint Sae n s On Sunday evening, April 24, the Club Chopin. Espanol Cervantes having accept ed t he F antaisie I mpromptu James A. Corbe tt. inYitation of Miss M. L. Beauclerc, one Dennee of its most promin en t m embers, enjoyed The H obby Horse Ride Lynes a very wonderful evening of music, Saltar ello Charles Byron cards and an elaborate lu nch eon. P r izes Pi erne were awa rded to the winners of the 600 Serenade Eggell n g games. Other features we r e Spanis h Rococco Minu e tte Vincent Morrissey music and songs. The m embers ot the Chopin Club appreciate the kind reception Valse (Opus 64 No. 2) Godowsky Alt-Wien (Triakontameron) given in their hon or. Scott Spanisb Club at 1\-lr. S. Legris ' Home Danse Negre Rodolto Garza T h e social ac tiv ities of the Spanish Bra hm s CluB have bee n q u ite numerous and Hungarian Dance No 5 Seybold successful du ring the past m ont h . F ol- Pi e rrot (Impromptu Valse) . Grleg lowing Miss Bea ucl erc's party the mem· Papillon (Butterfly} Werner G. Salg ber s of the Spanis h Cl ub were roya ll y entertain ed by Mr. S . Legris at h is Sonatina (Opu s 36· No. 6) . , Clemen ti Margls Valse Bleu e h ome. There was a display o! gayety Paul Loeb and color, not only in the elabo ra~e luncheon which was served, but also m Paraphase on Tcha nikovsky' s FIO\\'e r Arr. by Grainge r th e agreeable way In which the evening Waltz Louis Valle ly was spen t. The principal features of. Kreisler the evening were card games and prizes Caprice Vlennols Debussy awa.rded to the winners. The gu es t.s Golliwog-g's Cake·Walk Li sz t Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8 also enjoyed some selections of Spanish J ames A. Corbett music. The Spanish Club wishes to Those contes ting tor this year's medal thank their host !or th e kind welcome are : Vincent Morrissey , Rodol!o Ga rza, we h ave received. Werner Salg and Paul Loeb, who a r e Miss G. Roy E n tertains The kindness wi th which Miss Gene· playing selections s uitable to the ir vieve Roy entertalned the Club Espanol abilities and will be judged according Cervant es, was a striking !eature the t o the technique and interpretation with Sunday afternoo n or May 8. The time which they play th ei r individual selec· was spent singing Spanish songs, play- lions. Rev. Richard J. French, c. s . v ., ing cards a nd dancing. A splendid will preside as chairman of tho contest 1uncbeon was ser ved and toasts f or t he and th e j udges will be Mi ss H ele n !uture success of the Spanish Club Hogan a nd Miss Carolyn Wheeler, both were given by Pro!. Perez, Mr. Swe nie or St. Mary's o! the Woods Conserva· an d Miss L . Drole t. Miss Roy may be tory ot Music , Terre Haute I ndiana, a nd s ure that the Spanish Clu b will a.Iwaya Mr. L eonard A. Co he n, graduate of the remem ber the wonder!ul afternoon the American Conse r vatory of Music , Chi· cago, Illinois. members enjoyed at h e r home.
Saturday evening, May 21, t he "Club Eapanol Cervan t es·• will hold its annual "Fiesta." which will co nsist of a variety of musical numbers, recitations and songs. Prof. Perez, m oderato t· of the Club will open the program w1th a speech concerning •·Foreign languages as a means to understand another people". Mr. Swenle, president o! the Club will also speak abou t th e "Clu b Espanole Cervantes , its aims and ideal.e.' ' W e have been f ortunate in obtaining the ald ot: Luis Barroso, a ! orm e r stu den t of St. Viator , whose musical talent is well known to the f acul t y and students. He wlll entertain by r e ndering some selections ot Spanish music. Fol· lowin g t his, the members of the Club will r ecite co mpositions, stories anU poems in Spanish. There will also be a 5peech on "Cervantes, his li!e and place in S panish lite rature". The aw· ardin g o! the m edal tor excellence in Spanish w ill also be a feature ot the p 1·ogram. The facu l ty a nd st ude nts are cordia ll y invited to atte nd.
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Ch urch. Catholic , Apost oli c, and Ro· man, and t o the VIcar or J esus, our Holy Father the Pope.' Th e Sovereign Pontiff marked these two citatio ns by repeatin g , 'Ve ry good, ve ry good.' Atte r li s tening to m e with atte ntion His H oliness said, 'You have a beaut!· ! ul miss ion to t: ulfill, firs t or all In· still. then devel op and ros ter In the souls o! the boys o.nd young men. In that youth which is so dea r to u s , the principles or Christian Doctrine, the first seedli ngs o! those virtues which will mak e of th em men of robust and active faith, solid Christians, defenders of th e chu r ch, and saints Cor H e aven. T ell your religious how much we value th e work to which they are devoting th emselves and th e zeal which th ey are bringing to it.'" . Arter Fat h e r Roberge ha d disc ussed oth er matters with the Fope for- abou t a half an h our he made hi s departure bearing with him the Papa l Blessi ng, a copy o! which is given below.
THE HOLY FATHER'S BLESSI NG. IT I S W1TH ALL OUR HEART THAT WE BLESS THE I NSTITUTE OF T HE CLERICS OF ST. VIATOR, THE GENERAL D IRECTION, ITS 800 PROFESSORS, ITS 15,000 STUDENTS. AND ALL THE GREAT WORK OF CHR I STI AN EDUCAT ION THEy REPRESENT AND VVH ICH THEY HONOR BY THEIR GENEROUS ZEAL FOR THE MISSIONS. PIUS PP. XI.
galned a well-deserved 2 to 1 decision he re. This time the decision was re· versed, St. Viator College gaining the verdict 2 to 1 a!ter a very close and interesting debate. The next morning t he long jump to Washington, D. C., was begun and the Catholic University was engaged in forensi c combat on Friday, April 22nd. The visit to the Catholic U niversity was made very pleasant by the Alumni of St. Viator
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Rev. Charles A. Hart •17 , w ho was a member of the St. Via tor College team !rom 191 3 to 1 g17 arranged this lunch and was chair man of the debate in the evening. The Alumni who attended the lu nc h were, Rev. Charles A. Ha.rt '17, Rev. Fulton J. Shee n , Ph. D., '17, James L . D ou gherty '08, and Paul Cll!tord '24. A lt ho ugh St. Viator Co llege lost the de· cision to the Catholic University 2 to 1 many o! the audience, including many members o! t he !acuity of the U niver· :slty, disse nted from this decisio n and thoug ht the Viatorians had th e better or the debate. Th e following Monday the Viator team invaded Manhattan College, New York, and were royally received and entertained by Brother Thomas, F . S . C., President o! Manhat· tan College. Unfor t unately the quostlon: " Resolved, the Eighteent h Amen d· m ent s hou ld be r e pealed," is not a de·
batable qu estion in th e State ot New York and though mos t ot th e aud1ence were ot the opinion that St. VIator Colle g e had the better of the argument, eve n thou g h on the nega tive side, the j ud ges r endered an adve rse de cls lon . A c lose de ba te was los t to Providence Coll ege at Prov ide nce, Rhode Island, the next evening on the same subject a.nd on the same unfavor a ble s ide ot the qu estion. This ended the debates on Prohibition ques tion to the great relfet or th e debating tea m who f elt that they were aga in st insupe rable odds in dete nding thi s side ot the ques tion In the Easte rn states. The next evening tho ver y able and polished team ot B oston Coll ege w a s met on its home floor on Lhe qu es tion: "Resol ved, that the United States s hould adopt a unl!orrn Marriage and Divorce Law". The Viatorians de· ! e nded the af!1rmatl ve side of th is ques-tion and lost a close decision to the Bos tonia ns . In justice to the Boston Colleg e team It mu s t be sa id that o n the e vening's discussion they deserved the decisio n. Th is was th e first time th e Via tor team had debated this ques· lion a nd th ey w er e n ot quite as sure of themse lves as they had been in the pr e· v ious debates. Boston College entertain ed us royally and did everythinr; In their pow er to make our visit to The Hub pl easant a nd m e morable. Another close debate was lost the next evening, 2 to 1, to Holy Cross College , Worcester, Massachusetts. The Viatorians acquitt· ed the mselves very much better than they did the previous evening in Boston and R ev . John F. X. Murphy, S. J., Coach ot the Holy Cross debating team, was generous enough to say that he thought that we might, without any injustice, have won the decision. N o won13 can describd adeq-ua.-;t-ely -the generous hospitality with which Holy CrOss Col1ege entertained our debaters and the memory of the sumptuous supper served after the \debate tn the leading hotel of Worcester to both debating teams, will Hve long in the memory of our debaters. The last debate ended in a unanimous decision over Un ion College, Scbnec tady, New York, as already related. The members o! the team who made the somewhat trying trip, going through eight debates In t en days, were John W. Stafford '30, James Allen Nolan '29 and J ames T . Connor '27. The alte r · na te was Maurice L. Leclaire ' 28. St. Viator College has every reason to be proud of it s representative debating team thiS year. Every team that W 3.3 met knew tha t it was in a battle. Pleasant relations have been established with a ll these colleges in the East anU it is quite likely that in tuture years many ot them will send debating teams West. The entire intercollegiate debate schedule and results were as follows: Date Apr, 7 Apr. 12 Apr. 19 Apr. 20 Apr. 22 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 Apr. 27 Apr. 28 Apr. 28
Opponent Victor Northwestern U. No decision Boston College St. Viator St. J ohn's Co llege St. Viator St. Xavier College St. Viator Catholic U. Catholic U. Manh attan Co l. Manhattan Col. Providence CoL Providence Col. Boston Col. Boston Col. H oly Cross CoL Holy Cross Col. Union College St. Viator
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NOLAN TO LEAD . CLASS OF 1927 VIATOR STAFF ELECTS L. J. ROCH ANOTHER PRIZE - NEW DUTIES PERMANENT SEC. ESSAY OFFERED WILL ASSUME IN SEPTEMBER COLLEGE MEN The A lbert a nd Cha rl es Bon! com pany
ot New York are offeri n g a cas h prize of $150 t or the best essay on the la test book of Robert Wo lf entitled "S pringboard". Th e length ot the essay Is limited to three thousand words. The prize winne r w Ul be anno unced Se p· tem ber 15th, 1927, and the essay m u s t be s ubmitted be!or e Ju ly 1, 1927. Furthe r Information m ay be obtained from the notice whic h h as b een p laced upon the bulletin board in Marslle hall.
PROMINENT SENIOR CALLED HOME TO ATTEND FUNERAL
That the Viatorian w111 be directed by capable h ands n ext year is ass ured by the announcement t hat Mr. Nolan ot Rockford has been ass igned the posi tion of editor -i n-c hief. Mr. Nola n was chosen f rom a fi e ld of several eligible ca ndida tes aru.l those who k now h is many ta len ts are con!ide nt that he will be a most compete nt edi tor . Th e new edito r has already distin· g u ished himself in many other activl· ties since his registration a t Viator. Last y ea r M r . Nolan was awarded t he medal In Or atory. This year h e was elected preside nt or the Ita lian club whose activities have become so prominent . As ide from this Mr. Nolan was a member of the Debating team which jus t rece ntl y r e turn ed from an exten ded invasion o! many prominen t eastern co lleges.
Ed. Gallah u e, p romi n ent member o! the class of '27, was cal led h ome Tues day to attend the ! uneral of hJs cousin who died very s udde nly at her home in Piper City. The Facu lty, t he senior LEST YOU FORGET class, and t he student body extend to the family th eir h ear tfel t condolence. In just abou t two weeks the final Rev. J. P. O'Ma h oney , c. s. v. , accom· panied Mr. Gallahue and w Ul rep resen t exams. will b e in order. Now is the time t o begin thinking about them. the faculty at the fun e r al.
Leslie J. Roch, for the past tour years a. m e mber of the s tat! or the Viatorian, was unanimously elected Permanent Secretary ot th e Class ot'27 at their last r egul a r m eeting. The honor conferred upon Mr. Roch by his c lassmat es culminates fou r years of active service in executive duti es In h is c lass. Such an ottice entails ability to arrange r e· un ions and to keep the m embers of the c lass in t ormed concerning events ot inte r est occurring at the ir· AJma Mater. In m a k ing t he announceme nt the Via t or ian congratu lates Mr. Roch and trusts that h e may pursue this task as assi duous ly and successfully as he h as oth ers in h is collegiate career.
FRESHMAN RECEPTION WILL BE HELD MAY 18th Unique and elaborate preparations are being made by t h e Class of '30 for t h eir annual r eception which will be held in the gymnasium on Wednesday evening, May 18th. Artis tic drapes and multi~ colored Ughts will be u sed in order· t o produce an unu s ua ll y b r 11liant spectacle. Non e other tha n "Bill" D onahue'.g !amous syncopators will feature