St. Viator College Newspaper, 1928-04-06

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THE VIA TORIAN F riday, April 6, 1928.

Volume XLV

Msgr. Sheil Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago to

VIATOR DEBATERS sor~~c:Ii:::cih:"b Cardinal Announces Pre-Holiday Smoker , WIN FROM OREGON UNIVERSITY .TEAM Appointment After Split Hqn9ts With Loyola; Lose lo McMurry a nd Dayton On March 22nd, t he St. Viator College· debaters met a nd defeated th e world-tour deba tin g team of Oregon Uni vers it y, Eugene, Ore. The question debated by the two teams wa s: "Resolved, Tha,t the Prohi bition of Intoxicating- Liquor s is Impractica bl e." The debate w as h eld at the Kni g hts of Columbus aud itoriu m in Kankak ee. The decision r endered by th ree com petent judges was two to one in fa.vor of St. Viator Colelge. Messrs. J. Allen No lan, Maurie~ L. LeClaire, and J ohn W. Stafford aefended t h e affi rm a tive s id e of th e question for S t . Viator College. T hese three debaters are veterans of the long Eastern trip whi ch the Viator debaters took last year, and, since the qu estion debate d aga inst Oregon was pra cti call y the same as that whic h was debated on last yea r 's tTip, the Viator debaters had lit tle difficulty in presenting an a lmost impregnable argument. .Oregon University was rep resented by Mr. Benoit McCroskey , Mr. W. E. Hemtstead, Jr. and Mr. Avery W. Thom pson, all of whom are just completing an "around the world" deb ating tour whi ch started last October. During their tra-vels , they debated every English speaking college or univers ity in Europe and As ia, besides visiting all points of interest in

Th e members of t he Col lege Club were feted to a very p leasa n t s moker a nd card party, give n u nd er t he dir ection of t he Sophomores a nd Jun ior s, in th P College Club r oo m las t Tuesda y evening. The eve nt pa r too k of t he nature of a farewe ll gathering befo r e the Ea ster holiday s. The princi pal diversion of th e evening was the us ua l num ber of round s of "500." Five games of four han ds each were played. The firs t pri ze wa s meri ted by Mr. Ernes t Mil ler , wh o a ma ssed a score of thirty-one hun d red R·nd se vent y to win a bea uti ful pa ir of book end s. Another F ort \ ¥ ayne " H oosier /' in the person of Byron "Boob'' E va rd proved that his only acco mpli shm ent ·was not basket ball by garnering a sco r e suffi cient to ea rn the second prize. Con solation p1·izes were g iven to Mr. Jus tin McCarth y and Mr. Gerard L egri s. A lthou g h the card games we1·e lhe principal diversions , in length of tim e, they were, neve r theless, not t he onl y featu r es of the even ing. The del ectab le r efreshments were und oubt edl y t he mos t pleasant feature s of t he event. Sa ndwiches, coffee, ice cream and cake co mpri sed t he menu, in s ufficie nt quantity to sa tisfy all of those prese nt. Serving was of t he mode 'a Ia cafeteria' with th e line fo rming to the right, left and center. First come, first se rved, unl ess so meone bigger than the first corners crashed th e lin e. The entertainment corn m ittee, of which Mr. J . Allen Nolan , Mr. Ja r la th Watson, a nd Mr. Edward Campbell, were th e direc tors, m erit the co mmendation and t hanks of the Coljege Clu b for their generous hosp ital-

the Old World and taking m otion pic' tures at every stop . Mr. McCro skey, is a deba ter of extraordinary abilit y ity a nd delightfu l entertai nm ent. with a quality of r esourcefu lness that has never been surpassed or eq ualled by an~ d~bater who has visited St. Viator College during the w~i ter's sojourn here.

tory in the eleven debates th a t th ey tory in the eleven debates th at t hey have had thus f ar on t heir ex tens ive tour. The t eam represe nting S t. Viator College in thi s· debate wa.s a new com bination to th e followers of ou r forensic endeavors; and it p roved to McMurry College Victorious be a very powerful, effective com bina On FridaY,, Ma.r ch 23rd, a debate tion as we ll. Of co urse, Mr . S tafford with M M C ll f A bilene is ·familiar to all wh~ have bee n folc urry o ege o ' l . th d b f f T f •1 T exas was held in the Kn ights of owmg e e a mg ac tvt tes 0 . .. 1.e Colum bus Auditorium . A lthough the! College. Mr. Boysen , h ~wever, IS a decision of t he judges was two to· newcom er m t he field th1s year, an d one in fa.v or of the Texans, both teams a s th e sports writ er would express it, presented s ubs tantial, well-developed he has proven to be quite a "find." argum epts w hi ch merited the praise Honors Divided With Loyola and commendation of ·all present. Loyola University and St. Viator St. Viator College was r epresented in this debate by Mr. J ohn W. Staf- College split honors last Thurs day in ford and Mr. Ra ymond Boysen. Mes- a dual debate held between two resrs. Earl j\L Npwl)n and Marvin L. presentative teamS of each sch ool. Boyd represented M"Murry College . The negative team of St. Viator ColThe judges of th e debate were: The lege, composed of Mr. J ohn W. StafHon. W . R. Hunter, Attorney a t L aw, f ord, Mr. Raymond Boysen, a nd Mr. Kankakee; H on. T. R . Johnston, At- Armand Lottin ville was scheduled to torney at L aw, Kankakee, and Miss mee t a t hree man affirma ti ve team Eva Minor, Attorney at L aw, Kanka- from Loyol a Univers ity but w hen the kee. Mr. George R. Sprag ue ac t ed as Loyola debaters arrived t hey regretf ully announ.c ed that one of th eir chai rman of the de bate. The question debated by t he two men ha d become s uddenly indisposed, teams was the popular P i K appa Delta so the debate, wa s changed to a two National Debating Fraternity qu es- man affa ir in whi ch Mess rs. Stafford tion: ~ ~~,es,o l ve d., Tha t the pnited and Boysen represented St. V~at or. Stat es sh ould cease to protect, by The de bate was s taged at the Kank a armed f~rce, capial invested in fore ig n kee Am erican Legio n Armory aft er a lands, excep t a fter formal declara- m emorial banquet hel d jointly by the members of the American L egion and tion of war." The gentlemen f rom McMurry Col, th e Spanis h Wa r Veterans. Prof. lege proved to be clever debaters. The Wi llard Hayes Yeager, Coach of DeContinued on page three S t . Viato r debate was . t h eir ninth vic-

UNUSUALLY FINE ANNUAL PLANNED BY ACADEMY STAFF

Return From Rome

The most arden t wis hes a nd t he prayerful expectations of the facult y and student body of St. Viator College were fulfi lled most pleasa.ntly when Cardinal Mundel ein officially announ ced that th e Rt . Rev. Msgr. B. J . Sheil, '07 , h ~d been appoint ed au xiliary Bi shop of Chicago b y P ope P ius XI. Monsig-nor Sheil will succeed th e Rt. Rev. Edwa.rd F. Hoban w ho was r ece ntl y named Ord lnary of the ~o c k­ ford Diocese. Cardina l Mund elein anno unced t he appo in tment immediatel y after his return fr om Rome last Satur day. The announcement was the occasion of mu ch joy through ou t th e Chicago di oc~se where Mons ignor Sh'eil is held in h ig h es teem and where he has la bored lon g a nd faithf ull y in important posi tjons. The selection of MonRignor Sheil a s Auxiliary Bishop is the merited cul mination of w holehea rted endeavor a nd wi lli ng sacrifi ce in th e vineya r d of the Master. Consecr ation May First Monsignor S heil wi ll be co nsecrated by Cardinal Mundelein in th e Holy Name Cathedral on May 1st. T he Cardinal will preside at t he ins tallati on of Bis hop Hoban a fortnig ht later, May 15th. Monsignor S heil is one of thre~ . phi c~ go priests to be elevated to t he prelatesh ip wit hin a few years, bei ng proceeded by Bish 9p H oban in 1921 and Bi shop Dunn e, of Peoria, in 1910. Mon ~ ignor S heil will be ·t he. T it ula r Bishop of Pege. W hen Mon sig nor S heil acompanied Cardi nal Mundelein t o Rome smne weeks a go, it was g enerall y believed througho ut th e Arch diocese that he

wou ld r eturn with the mitre. This pop ular a nd pers istent r umor has been confirm ed, and St. Viator is proud that one more of h er alumni w.ill be consecra ted a bish op. The date of the consecrat ion ha.s been set for May fi rst. The Bishop-elect was born in the ci t y of Chicago fort y one years ago. H e attended St. Columbki lk o school whic h w as taught a t that time by the Holy Cross Brothers. The graduates of lus cl a ~ s who continued their st udies, fe ll into three group s. Some w ent to Notre Da me, some to St. Ig nat ius, and some to St. \ iator College. 11 Benny'' Sheil was numbered in th e last group. On arriving at St. Viator College, th e future Bis hop easily won hi s w ay in to th e hea rts of both fac ulty and s tu dents. H e m.ade rapid progress in his st udies and succeeded in carr ying off s everal medals for hi s proficiency in classwork. H e di sp r oved th e ra ther popu}a.r notion that a good stu dent cannot be a good a thl ete, or vice versa . Monsignor Sheil was an athlete of marked a bility and his record on the field of sports is pointed to with pride by every Viator man. Many a time he was responsible fo r tht laurel of victory being pl aced on th e brow of Via tor. His philooophical and theological s tudies we r~ likewise contin ued at S t . Viator's a nd he was ordained from t he Coll ege in 1910. His first appo intment was to S t . Mel's parish. F~th er Sheil was possessed of remarkabl0 zea l and he did DOt spare himself in workin!J for th e spirit ual good o! this 7

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1928 Voyageur Will Be E ntered In The Stale Press Association Contes t The fact that t he Voyageur Staff is se r iously considerin g the proposition of entering the Annual in one or more year-book contests ought to be of interest to every Academy student. T here are two reaso ns w hy this matter should concern the high school pupils : th e firs t, that, if th e 1928 Voyageur s hould be fort unate to carry oft' honors ln such a contest, the victory woul d earn State-wide r ecognition fo r St. Via tor Academy; and the second, that, even in the event that the Annual merited no awards in the competition , the zest with wh ich the staff wou ld wo rk that it might win a place w~:m l d be producti ve of an unusuall y good annual. The contest in which the book ap pea rs cer tain to be entered is that one which is sponsored by the Illinois State High School Press Associa tion . T hi s con test is not com petiti ve, but each school which is ad judged to ha ve published a book of unus ual merit, in view of the opportunities presen ted t hem for so publishing, is awarded a dis tinguis hed rating diploma. It is entirely probabl e th at thi s w ill not be the only competition in which th e book will be placed, but, since no other ones ha ve been fina ll y decided upon, it is a bit too ea,rly to publish an ythin g definite a bout the specification ~ and awards of an y particular one. The staff members h ave of la te been q uestioned quite frequently abo ut th e make up of this ye a r 's Voyage ur. Since th e dummy is not yet f ull y completed, th e follo,Ying general outline is the best information th ey can supply on the subject. According to present plans, the th eme of boo k wi ll be Greek. This will not be very strongly stressed, howeve r , for the simple reason that the staff does not wish to spoil th e book by too vigo rou s ly appl y ing their limi ted knowledge of such a difficult subject . The cover is to be of_ a medium green sha de w it h an embossed title paneL Some sort of decorative emblem, possibly a small fi gure of St. Vi ator wi ll be placed in the l ower rig ht-hand corner of the cover, but it will not be bronzed. T o match the colo_r of the cover, a g reen border will probably be used in the body of the book. The sh ade of paper in the book pro per wi ll be ivor y instead of white. A very beautiful ope ning section has been planned but th e detai ls of th e plan are not yet f ull y ready for p u blicati on. H owever, one thing tha t has been definitely decided upon is that t he ca m p us pictures wi ll cover eight pages in s tead of th e usua.J four. T he Sta ff ha s already begun to make cop y for th e book. The 1n em ber s are attempting to ha.ve all t heir copy in a few weeks bef ore t he end of the school yea r in order th at th e book may be in the mails by Jul y 1st-two weeks ah ead of the usual date of pub· licat ion. The engr aver s w ill begin wo r k on the cuts for the Voyageur a s soo n as the photographers snap the rema.i nder of th e group pictures.


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