St. Viator College Newspaper, 1929-04-13

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BEAT MILLIKIN

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No. 12

Saturday, April 13, 1929.

Volume XLVI

BEAT WESLEYAN

VIATORIANS ARE SIGNALLY HONORED SILVER JUBILEE OF NEGATIVE DEBATE i JUNIOR SOPHOMORE BERGIN DEBATERS ST. VIATOR ALUMNI FATHER O'MAHONEY TEAf~ HALVES TWO AFFAIR PROMISES ENJOY GOOD TRIP RECENT RECIPIENTS WILL BE OBSERVED Win And Lose In Two TO BE SUCCESSFUL Three Victories On Affirmative OF GREAT HONOURS 1

Encounters

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College Will Play Hos t to Many Alumni

Known And Popular Orchestra Hired

All Three Priests Form Rock-

. ford Diocese Intercollegiate debates have eviThe St. Viator debating team comdently come into vogue at schoo ls posed of Don Laenhat·dt, Lloyd Warne Undoubtedly one of the largest for you n g ladies this year. Not only At an enthusiastic meeting of the and Allen Nolan opened t he travelThe Most Rev. Pietro Fumaso nicelebr ations in the hi story of St. Via- did our affirmatlve team enterta in College Club before the Easter h.oli- ing sc hedu le by defeating Dayton Biondi, Apostolic Delegate to the tor College will be staged on~ the students of Rosary college by days a member of t he Seni or cla.ss University at Dayton, Ohio . The United States, has recently informed 'm.y, April 24, when hundreds of defeating L oyola in a popular deci- arose and proposed that the Fresh- Viatorian debaters were awarded a tne Rt. Rev. Edward F. Hoban, D. D., 'alumni and fr'ends will gather on the sion debate there but the negative man and Senior classes band together 2· 1 decision by the judges. Messers. Bishop of Rockford that His Holiness campus to honor the Very Rev. John team were invited t o display the ir and stage a dancing party before the Laenhardt, Warne and Nolan waxed Pope Pius XI has honored three P. O'Mahoney, c. s. v., who, on that abilities the sa rn e nig-ht before an end of the school year. Not to be eloquent and their cool log"ical attack alumni of St. Viator College, priests day, will cbserve the silver jubilee of interested and enthusiastic aud ience outdone the Jun iors asked the Soph- forced the Dayton speakers into of the Rockford Diocese, by designathis ordination to the priesthood. The at Notre Dame Convent. The sat s- omores to join them in sponsoring a several contradictions. The next ing them Domestic Prelates, with the program of the day is be ing spon- faction of a decisive victory gained dance. Both motions were well re- ~~~h~a~~:rVi;!~~:l t:~m ~~~i~~:t~r=~~ title of Monsignor. The three priests sored by the President, Faculty and by our affirmati ve team at Rosary ceived. Pla-n s for the first of the suffered defeat by a very small mar- are the Very Rev. A. J. Burns, V. G., Alumni Asso ciation of St. Viator College (the popular vote was 179 two dances, which will be t he Junior- gin . It seems that the critic judge pastor of St. Mary's Church , SterCollege and the St. Viator College to 21) was somewhat dampened by S h If . 'd l ling, Illinois; the Rev. John P. Mextension Club. the loss of a real hard-luck conte~t l·nogp coonm,op\eet~onan·, are rapi Y near- awarded the Xavierites the debate by Guire, pastor of St. Mary's Church, E · Th d b t · a very small margin and the Saints B b Program Announced at our onnats. fe 1 e a~ wa~ ~~ Caskey 's Orchestra returned home well satisfied with Aurora, Illinoi s; a nd t he Very , Rev. 1 0 g A ccor d'mg t o an o ffic'al a n nou n ce - t heir showing. Frederick F . Connor, Chancellor of Celebratl'on of Holy Mass, with the close that da t.oss d d h t e. com tmTh I Jubilar ian as celebrant, will take well have ect e t e wm~ers . . e ment of the orchestra committee Viator vs. Detroit the Rockford Diocese, and pastor of place at Maternitv Church at 10:30 debate was tho~·oughly mt~r~stmg "Lou" Caskey's Broadcasting and St. Peter's Church, Rockford . The · f o start to fimsh The pos1t10n of On March 20th the traveling team A. M. The sermon will be preached 1 r m · . . Record~ng Orchestra has been en dignity of Domestic Prelate to Hi s - tor team met the Univers ity of d 'Ma.honey's form- l each. team and th. e mguments .s.up ~ by One Of Father O t g t he questwns were explicttly gaged for th e entertaining . Caskey's 1Detroit team at Marygrove College Holiness is an honor conferre only er pupils, The Right Reverend Ber- por m . · Orchestra is coming direct from the in Detroit and this time the Viator- on those priests who have done oute deB a 11 room m . "K ansas C't . th e serVIce . nal·d J. Shl'el, D. D., Auxl.il'at·y Bl'shop set b t fo rthd mth the early part Jetofp th. tn the Playmore . t ;: I ians again took th e decision by 115 s t an d'mg wor k m of reo£ Chicago. A banquet will be heid 3 e, an ere was no u where they have been on locatiOn votes to 50 _ This decision showed ligion . The s ho r t sketches that fol in the College di n ing hall at 1 :00 P. rebuttal work throughout the con- d · th · t ths The low of our three new monsignors . . . test. Each s td e was repeatedly re- urmg e wm ~r mon ·. . 1 th e power of the Viator team as they ~· w tt~ a g-e~cral receptiOn . followmg duced to the defense of t heir solution dance will be ~eld m t~e St. Vtator were defending the unfavorable side make evident that in these cases the Immedtately m t~e gy~'lnasium. The for the jury system . The Loyola. College gymnasmm, Apnl 26. of the question before a foreign honor is unusually deserved . students' recepbon w 1ll be held at team went off to a flying start in the The chairmen of the va~·ious con:- I audience. Mr. Laenhardt, Mr. Warne Monsignor Burns 5:00 P. M. k constructive speeches by means of mittees announce that then· work lSIand Mr. Nolan again defended the Monsignor Burns, after his ordinaNotable Sbpea e r~ v· t ' some splendid argumentation and practically finished. Invitations will Viator standard s_ in this debate and tion ~n 189~ by His Emine nce, James Follo_wing . t he anq~e . ta o_r s su erior resentation. Mr. Stafford, be mailed out t his week. If one 1 accordi n g to reports they made a Carchnal Gtbbons, labored as an asmost 1llustnous .alumm wt ll gtve p ph a d com p 1e t e1y recupera t ec1 m ight judge from the size of the fine 1·111 p 1·ession with t he people of f s istant priest in several Chicago par. . . however, vmce the apprectahon and d ~vo:IO n frorn his off-night at the Xavier de- stack of invitations an immense Detroi t. ishes until his appointment as Pasto r that tS due the honored . . Jubtlanan . bate. Consequentl y, in closing the crowd wi ll throng the lobby and main St. Viator and Loyola U. at Oregon, Ill inois, a charge that inMn March 20th the traveling team va lved the care of three other Rev. J . V. La~a~T e, pre~tde~ t of the constr uctive speeches and again in hall of the gym on the evening of Alumm AssociatiOn, will mtroduce the rebuttals, he engaged in so per- t he dance. Every effort possible on met Loyola University in an inter- churt;hes in neig h boring tow ns. From the Rev. John J. Flanagan, Rockford, fe et an analys is of both sides and the part of the Juniors and Sopho- collegiate debate held before the 1909 until the present he has been Ill., as _Toastmaster. Very Rev_. W . such brilliant refutation of the prin- mores is being made to make the s tudent body of Rosary College at the permanent rector of St. Mary's J .. Bergm, c. s. ~·· former president cipal arguments, that he not only off- event a social and a finan cial sue- ~ River Forest, Ill.i nois. Once again Church at Sterling, Illinois, where of. th e college, w,1}l open. the .~rogram set the Loyola advantage but t urn ed cess. It is argued that, because no the audience responded to the elo- he has labored most assiduous ly in w1th a toast to My Fr!.end , follow- the contest into what appeared to be dan ce has been held at the. College quence an d logic of the Saints and building up the parish, and in ca.r ing ed by Very Rev. T. E. S hea (Peorta) , a conclusive victory for St. Via.tor. t his year since Homecomtng, the t hey were awarded a 179 to 21 deci- for the educational needs of th e Very Rev. Frederick F. Connor The last rebuttal however, was left students and their friends will be sion. ch ildren. The culmination of his (Rockford), Rev. Pa.trick C. Conway for the Loyola team to stage a come more anxious t han ever to attend the T hr ee Affirmative Victori es labors in t his direction is the fine (Chicago), ·Mr. Lowell A. Lawson back. And . the imperturable. Mr. I affair. . . . . . While defending the affi1·mative new high school he has r ecently built (Chicago) and the Very Rev. John Ray did so 111 fine fashwn. H 1s deThe JOint cha!Imen, Mt. Doyle and side of the proposition: Resolved, that ranks among the b~st in th e VV. R. Maguire, c. s. v., presid ent of fense of the affirmative plan, and his Mr . R. Nolan, prestdents of the That a substitute for Trial Jury be diocese. Monsignor Burns is t he St. Viator. (Continued on t hird page) .Junior and Sophomor e classes r e- adopte d, the Samts managed to wm founder of the numerous Benson Former President spectively, appear very optimistic. three of t he1r four debates. These I Clubs now found throughout the Father O'Mahoney joined th e To quote Mr. Doyle: "We are depend(Continued on fifth page) ' Rockfor d Diocese that have as theit• Clerics of St. Viator t hi rty-two years ing largely upon the s tudent body it- - - - -end the interests of con verts to the ago. Following the disastrous fire self, for s upport. Surel y a combinaFor many years h e 1 Catholi c faith. of 19os, en which practically the ention or two such hard working and did excellent work as .. member of tire college w:as destroyed, Father Th I. I. A. C. swimming capable classes as the Sophomores the Diocesan School Board, and has 1 O'Mahoney, then a very young 1 e ann ua and Juniors augers well for the out___ Ifor a long time been a member of the priest, was call ed upon to shoulder meet was held at St. Viator's gym the burden of reconstruction, having Saturday, March 1'7. Repeating their come." F. E. Munsch. c. s . v., who for the Board of Diocesan Consultors. He is · las t three months has been in Miami, ! a rural Dean, and has recently been been appointed by t h e Ge nera l Direc- performance of t h e prev10us year, lion as President of St. Viator. H e Illinois Wesleyan took high honors Florida, has returned to reassu me appointed Vicar General of the Diohad the distinction of being the with a total of 46 points, accumu· For 1929 charge of St. Bernard Hall. He went 1 cese. b f fi d d to Florida after an attack of the Monsignor Burns has a lways been youngest coll ege pres ident in the lated Y our rsts an seven ~eco_n h 1 " flu" and is now thoroughly restorerl l a devoted a lumnus of St. Viator ColUnited States at that time. places. Augustana was secon wLt . . j . l h h t d. d f 1889 un28 points; St. Viator third with 10 1\.pril 18, Millikm, there. to hea.lth. 'Vhile there he r emamed ege, w ere e s u te rom E du cationul Pres ident oints and Millikin fourth with 11. >\pril 19, Wesleyan, there. with a brother and sister-in-law who t il 1892. P the meet, the t ime for the 100 Father O'Mahoney served as presi- In 1\pril 26, IlEnois Coll ege, here. 1live in Miami, and was joined also Mo ns ig nor McGuire dent of the college for twelve years. ' by t\vo of hi s sisters who spend the · · t' of ·d breast stroke was lowered by 4..pril 29, Luther, here . Monsignor M c G mre lS a na tve During his administration, which Yal Ill' · · th D ' of Gordon of Augustana, who negotiaMay 2, Lake Forest, here. winter in Miami eve ry year. He Sterling, tnOI S, m e IOcese was characterized by progressiveness te<l l't in 1:33, beating the old r ecord ~lay -t, McKend r ee, here. likewise stayed some time in Ha vana , Rockford . H e made his Classical :md efficiency, he saw a new college bv three seconds. Although the meet .Hay 7, Illinois College, there. Cuba and ·made a trip into the in- 1Studies at St. Viator c o11 ege ·111 th e •wise on the ruins of his old Alma J interesting one, it did not -~lay 8. Concordia, there. terior of t he country which proved to Eighteen Nineties, and was ordained ~Inter. It was during this period ~:~~e a~p to expectations. Doubtles:; "-"lay 9, McKendree, there. be very enjoyable and agr~eable. H e ftom St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, thn t he became prominent in the worh this is due to the fact that this is the May 11. 1lillikin, here. has become a Miami booster, as far· by Archbishop Feehan of the Arch'. lfOnthaendCnhth,·solilcabEordsucational ACssocil~- second _vear t hat swimming has ).lay 15, Illinois Normal, here. as climate is concerned, but s.,y;::. the diocese of Chicago. He was an asin the a tho tc ~lay sistant at St. Mark's, Chicago, until •ducationul field were recognized by taken its place among the major 17, Bradley Tech., there. late boom was quite a~ destructive

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country. sports in the "Little 19", and interest n awak"'ned to a s uffi cient \Vhile the organization was vet has not bee "' :oung, Father O'l\!nhoncy was elect- degree to merit stiffer competition 'd president of the College Depart· Credit is due to all the teams for 1te-nt, 8 position today filled by th,.. their excellent display of sportsman(Continued 011 ~econd page) ship and courage in this meet.

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21. Northwestern, there. 22, Lake Forest, there. 24, Illinois ).l"ormal, there. 28, Wesleyan, here. 1, Bradley T ech., here.

as the hurricanes on real estate val w ues. Deep sea fishing in the Gulf Stream and off the Keys, and surf bathing were the principal forms of amusement of Father Munsch while in Florida.

the Diocese of Rockford was carved out of the Archdiocese. Monsignor M ld ' McGuire was one of Bishop u oon s first priests, and his f1rst post in the new diocese was the pastorate at (Continued on fifth page)


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