St. Viator College Newspaper, 1929-11-01

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Volume X L V II

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I , \ 929

Homecoming Attracts Many Alumni ,........

Homecoming Dance a Success

Peoria Diocese Loses S t . Viator to Have Dramatic Club To Be College Band :Beloved Bishop Formed At St . V iator The devot ees of music at Saint ViaThe Rt. Rev. Edm un d Dunn e, D. D., TiumOl'..i have i:r€1en ftcating n.roun d Bishop of Peoria. h as passed away. the campus fo1· th e past three weolcs tor College are about to realize their

Underneath a ceiling of russet leaves, This prelate known t h roughout Illinois r elat:ve to the forming of a d ramatic cherished ambition of making- use of n a gym decked out after the fashion roe his zealo u s worlz for the g·ood of Club fot· the CO-llege Students. In fact their tal ents for the b enefit of the

of an Indian Summer scene, the the Churc h and es pecially for the we iAnnual Homecoming Party toolc fore of the poor a nd unfortun ate, was :>lace. It had been a for egone conclu - 1 a lso a devoted friend of St. Viator Col:;ion that this party would be a s u ccess, lege. Many of the p ri ests of the Col~or who could resist the temptation to lege h ave labored at various times in ; !ide around such a pretty place, a nd the diocese of Peoria un der Bishop ~ :o dance to the &tra!ns of s uch en- Dunn e , a nd feel hi s loss k ee nl y. Sevr .,. ::banting musi c? B ut the above-men - era! of the priests here were also close ~ .ioned intoxication \vas not s uffi cient to personal f riends of t h e dead Bisho'}J. nake this affair so successful. The at- Bishop Dunn e always held St. Viator ~endance of from one hundred and fifty College in high esteem, and rec1·uited a .o two hundred co uples had on ly a la rge number of the priests of his clioIELY ninor s hare in co mpleting th~s s u ccess. cese from among the graduates of the \11 the credit goes to certain parties College. The Viartorian extends to all .vho labored hard in order to insu r e the ·Alumni of St. Viator College in the tgainst failure. Not that they had a ny Diocese of Peoria the d eep sym pathy ·ight to fear fa.:Iure~a,.ny undertaldng 011 · th e loss of their Spiritual leader , "!:reel Jlaced in t h eir hands~ is certain to ri se and joins with them in praying r01- the tbove expectations under their spon- r ep ose of his soul. :oring. \~le do n ot wish to embara£S The funera l, held at P eo ria, was at~ny party or parties by mentioning fended by the Provincial. Fathe r bei b t d . t d t . o gtve O'Mahoney, and by Fat hel' Maguire, r names, u we o m e n ·redit wher e cre(lit is due. For the past three y-ear-s there has •een one man who has d~oted muc h ~ught and labor to the decor at ing of b e gym, (and this :s no small j ob. ) He laS always taken pal·ticu lar care to The facu tly a nd students of St. ViarEate new ideas as to how this deco- tor College r ejoice in the honor co nferILL ating should be done. All o ur dances red upon one of their dearest friends. tave been he ld in a veritable " fairy- At the request of his Emin ence, Geo. and," thanks to hi s skill iJil this line. Cardinal Mun delein, His H oliness, Pope _~his year the s upply of ideas had not Pius XI, nam ed W illiam J . K in se lla, a •een exhausted, an d t he deco rations Private Chamberlain and conferred on him t h e title of Ver y R everend Monvere in accordance with the color· Monsi"nor Kinsella has bee n c heme of the fal l seaso n. The false signor. "" Iii~ -eili ng was composed of a utumnal eng:~.ged in Chlc<•~o parochLa . wor!~ ~aves , with subdued t:ghts peaking dm·:r •:; t!1e pa8t tbiety-f ~w· ye:us. As hrough here and the r e. The back- Past::: r of ~t . .Phli:l 1 ·!\"eri churc h -~ih ce ~oun d for the orchestra was entirely :i!nZ, h e l:: n.j be<~:\ ve l·y sUC('e ...;;..;ful. J.'he f lattices, coV'et"ecl with leaves a nd famous Boys' Choir of tha t parish, the ,owers. A new n ovelty was introduced n ew Aquinas Hig h School, and abo·Ye IJ:LX n the form of a fountaln in the cen ter a ll the new church, which is one of the ;...- f the dance hall, and the. gushing of finest in the country, are te&timonies he water was as musical as the or- of his pasto ral zeal. To St. Viator h estra itself. As to the rest of the Co llege and the Extension Club of the ecorating scheme, words fail u s; all Coll ege, Monsignor K insella has always ani 1e can do in return is to doru our hats been a loyal supporter and generous o St. Viator's s uweme inrerior deco- benefactor. a.tor, M r . I rvin Matthews, an d his om rmy ot good-natured workers. Not to be forgotten in our m:nature 0 all of fame on this p articu lar occasion 1 Mr. Loyde "Torchy'' Warne , able 'resident of thee Coll ege Club. Under Is dir~t s uperviSion, the business of Monday, October 21 was the Feast of

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a larwe number hav e- requested that the Co llege Club go a h ead and mal{e plans for such an organlzatl'Cin . The rumo rs have at last become a fact an d the College Club shall f ot'm this cl ub at onc e. for the purpose of int eres-ti ng students in th! SJ lin e of e ndeavor. Thi s will certainly be an opportunity for students to diSl)lay their talent. It is evide.nt that the ir is a sufficiEnt 111.1mber of studentf.l o n the campus \Vho a r e able to produce the best plays or oth e r sort of entertainment becaus\e for the la.st few years a numbe r of stu dents h ave been taki ng part !n mu sical an d dramatic plays in Kankakee. Thris form of acti vity can be helpful t o the College Club in more ways than one. The proceeds can be utiliZed very handily by the Club in sp{msori n g student activ!Ues. In former years , the co llege students produced some remarkable plays, which cau~ a g r eat deal of praise on t he p art of t h e audiences. Th eir is an attem pt to have Rev. J. A. \~'illiams take charge of the dramatic c lub a nd we are sure that the venture will be a s u ccess.

Debate Work to

Begin Soon

Coach Sam McAllister's eleven, out~ weighed man-for-man and outplayed in every department of the game except fighting spirit, \Vas flattened under a 51 to 0 score by the DePaul University grid ders at the game pl ayed here Friday, October 18 . T he game was played before a record throng of homecomers who sat gloomily through the long night. It might have been WOI'Se. DePaul hun~ up two ot!'·.er touc/.l(~cwns which "ere called back by the of~c!als and 1-en:..:lties slappe::l on the ''i~Ltors in ::;lt:·,.. ~ (~f additional scure ..:;. One of these came i•1 the I a~t quane!· \Yhen Bye::·s rau t! ilO yards a nd over the goal lin~ Negotiations have been opened with ..t.l1 •1 "a~ called b~··"- an.i J>•?:J:1li::Erl 25 several firms for the o utfitti ng of the 'anl~ or holdinr-;. members with uni forms , and a lthou g h ~<'01'" Ead y no defi nite style of uniform . has been Th Oh" "d bl 1 ked f (!greed upon as yet, it is safe to say 'vhene theiycagsotarnutstedoo O"to orrru a e "'' the fiel d that the band w ill pre:::en t a n attrac- to start the game, and it was not long tive appearance. Every studen t who before th ey gave the s pectators an inkIs musically inclined or who desires to ling of w hat was coming. Weber kickstudy music IS encou raged to try for a led off for Viator and theballwasdown pl ace in the ba.nd . eel on DePaul's 4- yard lin e. A play through th e lin e fail-ed and then Har rmgton passed to Bowler for thirty yards. Harrin gton ripped through for a first down and then Byers skiried right end on a long sweeping run that St. Viator College has falloen in line carried him over the line for the first

Description of

Gridiron Lights

Th e Debating Teams of St. V iator with the leading co ll eges and universities of the country, in adopting the n ew fashion of staging football games at nig h t. So far th e system h as proven a tremendous s u ccess., as was testified by the large crowds of people that have attended the games this year. A descript ion .o-f the St. Viator light illumi· nating device follows: Twe lve ~~xtyfoot poles, six on e ither side of the playing field, have 11e!en erected just outside the fence t hat b orders the gr~d:1·on. On top of t hese poles have been plared the twenty Gian t Duplex Ca hill Reflectors tha t throw a white flood of light all over the fifield. The eight lofty supports farthest from the fifty yard line each have two Df the huge reftectors on th ern, whereas the four poles near t h e center of th e field have one b eacon e..'lch on their tops. Eaoh. reflector contains two one thom:and

reparing f or moved along a t an in- ~,t~e V~a:~r, "~se :~~:::t:: ~~e :ol:~~~: The quemion for debate this year is: watt e lectric bulbs. An idea of t he recli table rate of s p eed. Thanl{S to the Christian manner with a Solemn High Resolved: That the nations should brilliance of t he li ghting arrangement

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Mass at th e Col lege Chapel. Th e Very adopt a pl8.n of complete :usi- Rev. President, Father Maguire was ment exceptin g such forces ess-llke way, and we are ~re that Celebrant of the Mass, l·'a,L hcr lYbr- needed f or police measures. 1.e faculty and stud en ts are unani- zano, the Vice-President, was Deacon, - - - - -- -lOUs in their praise, and are w illin g to and Father Landroche, Director of the Juniorate, was Sub-D eacon. The Ma.slace several more parties in the ha nd s ter of Ceremonies was Brothet· Crackr such competent leade r s. \Ve take this opportun ity to ex 'rh'e. music, furnished by Sammy nell, the Registrar. Th e choir of St. pr ess our si ncere appreciation of :urke and his Rhythm Kings, was ot Bernard Hall furnished the music, the a...<:>S~sta nce give n us on the ockind superior to bhat usually obtained choosing from thei r repertoire of Mascasion of ou1· Homecoming, by f we are t o believe the criticisms ses the traditional Mass of the Angels, the variou s indi viduals and oreard about th e cam pu s, and they and si n g in g as a n Offertory selection ganizat ions in th e city of Kankene-rally form the cr:terlon of the the hymn of St. Viator, 'Ecce Viator akee, among whom we can hole stude nt thought). It is n eedless Clericus'. name.: The American L egio n , S..'\y that everyone was S.:'l.tisfied, a.nd At noon a special dinner was ser ved Drum and Bugle Corps, United lis alone- is enough to warrant suc- in the r efectory- a mean s peculiarly Cigar Store, K.ankak~e Hotel, ~ss. \Ve sincerely hope that this will appropr iate to emphasize to boarding Daily Republican, Public Service ot be the "fin is'' for s u ch events, but sc hool students the pre-eminence of a Co., Morella and Casey, Daily lat many more of like kind will be feast day. Since Friday afternoon and News and other firms who helped eld during the ensuing year. Saturday were free days at the Col· make our Homecoming a !"uccess. lege, the usual holiday in honor of St. Don' t torget Ooll ege t:lub Ins urance Viator was not granted this year.

verythi~g co~d:~;~i~resu:h ee a

Thank You

nmtlalgn t'loses November 12.

Record Crowd A ttends

school. Thi s much expr essed desire of the studen t body for a band has bE7 come a 1-eallty. Through t h e efforts ot Father Maguire a directo r has be2 n sec ured and th e organizatio n of the band is progres~ng rapidly. About fifty students have enroll ed a." m embe-.rs of the band, and f rom the en thusiasm shown by the rest of the students the prospects of a goO<l band is assured. Th e band ls under the direction of Mr. VV. J . Br1.tton, who Is a musician of some r epute and is well qua1 ifted for the positio n. Th e musical instruments have bee n procu red and practice is h e ld r egularly.

Coll ege will soon begin active p repara· tion for the 'forensic work that i'S a l· ways a spring feature at St. Viator College. Father Lowney, the new D e-bate Coach i s looking for n ew men to r eplace the vacancies left by the graduation last Jun e of J. Allen Nolan, star d ebater of t hree seasons , Donald Laenh a rdt a nd John McMahon. He has, however, six men to fonn the nucl ei of this year's teams who have participated in intercollegiate deba t es: John Stafford, Raymond Boysen, Lloyd Warne, Charles Murphy, Bernard Mul~ van ey and Raymond No lan. W ith the eight debates scheduled in the Illinois Debate League, and with the nume rous debates th e proposed E astern •to ur wo uld include, it is necessary to have thl~€e OF four teams this year.

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St. Viator Loses Game to DePaul

of his three touchdowns.

The p lace-

kicl\: attempt failed and the score was 6 to 0 with the game not yet five minuftes old. Gorman receLved the next kick-off fo r St. Viator a nd was downed on his 32-yd lin e. Atter being he ld wit hout a ga in , Furlong was forced to punt to D ePaul 's 45 -yd line. The visitors dazzled the V iatorians with th eir shifty plays which were directed thro·ugh the line and all aro un d the field. Finally, Butcher dodged h is way through a braken field 50 yard·s to a tou chdown and Harrington kicked goal making .t he count 13 t o O. Ham ilton took the next kick-off for Viator on the 32 _yd line and the in vaclers were penalized 15 for unneces (Co·ntinued to Page 5). - - - - - - --

Alumnus Makes Gift To College The Rev. James M. Fitzgerald, pa:stor of St. D ominic's church at Wyoming, Illinois, a very loyal alumnus of

being util:zed when the e ntire hook-up is lighted. This same system, differ ing in nCJit t he slightest particular, is used at th€:! pres'ent time at West Point, at Annapolis. a t the Polo Grounds, an d at inum:erable other fields ancl stad ia

S t . Viator College, and one of the best

Disraeli and Gladstone.D. C. Somervell Th e Structure of Atoms ......... Dr. Alfred Stock. The Spirit of Catholicism ........... Dr Karl Adam. Chemistry in Med icine... .. ......... Julius Stieglitz. The Golden Day __ ........ Louis l\iumfo1·d

Father Fitzgerald's devotedness to his Alma Mater has always been gene.rous an d unselfi s h. The facu l ty a nd students of St. Vlatot· College are very grateful to him for this latest mark of his loyalty to his schoo l he fought for as a college athlete, and has dearly che1ished as an a lumnus.

Varsity at hletes that ever attended the College, has just made a gift to the College of a thousand dollars. In adthroughout the country. clition to this, Father Fitzgerald tens u s that he will contin u e to present this NE \V BOOHS IN THE L I BRARY. amoun t to the College every yea!". The :fund thus accum ulated will become a A King of Shadows ·········--Mar garet Yeo burse Jn honor of Father Fitzgerald's The \Vot·ks of Geber. father and mother.


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