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I LLINO I S 'fiiU!tS DAY, FEBRUAJ{Y 15, JV 34
DEBATERS MEET DEKALB SATURDAY Nolan and Daily Represent Viator In Third Radio Debate Of Season W ith exami nati ons s u ccessfull y com.pleted, the Viator de bati ng teams h ave begu n a prog r am of intensive
Rev. Anthony Mainville Dies At Ohio, lllinois At Age of 87 After 70 Years As a R eligious
work i n preparation for t he h ardest
p art of t h eir sch edul e. Before facin g th eir first Confe r ence opponent on Mar s t 1 st, t h e de b a ting t eam s w ill
have h ad the exp e ri en ce of thirteen platform debates to aid th e m in their atternpt to capture f irs t place in the Confe ren ce debating race. Beginning with a dual deb a t e against Rosary College on th e 20th of F ebruary, then a trip to th e 1-.1id-W es t debate tour-
nament at Manch es t er , Indiana, on February 23-24, w h er e they will en-
'l'h e above pi ct ur ~ was snapped at th e Birt hday Ball a ntll3anq u(·t spon sored by th e Frankli n D. H.oosevelt club of \Yill County, at t he J•; ll< s ball room in .Joliet , Illinois sen•ral wr>e ks ago. F ather J . IV. R. ;\Iaguir e, C. S. V., Pres iden t of St. Viato r College was one of t he principal speaker s at th e anni ver say gathering wh ie h " ·as attended by mor e th an 600 peop lr. Th e celebra ti on was part of a n ation-wid e projec t in honor in g the P reside nt of t he L: nit ecl States on hi s fifty-seco nd bir thday, and th e proceeds we nt t oward th e fu nd for t he inva lid children th roughout Amer ica. Pi ctur ed obo ve with Fath er Magu ir e a rc, f r om left to r ight , ,\ ttorn cy Francis .J. T-'ou ghran , iVI r·s. J . V. i\fcVarthy, found er of t he Will Cou nty cl ub, Atto nll'.Y C:co r·gc N. B latt, a nd R ev. ·w alt er H. Macpherson, all of J oli cl.
gage in t en d eba t es within two days. and travelling back to Chicago to mee t the s trong DePaul University forensic t eam, the Viator disputants should have g ain ed enoug h knowledge of the debate ques tion to refute successfully any arg ument raised by their Conference opponents. Radio D e bating On Saturday, February 3rd. a team composed of Mr. Ellis and Mr. Daily met a team from Augustana College over Radio s tation WCFL. The question debated was, R esolved: "That the NRA b e continu ed as a p ermanent policy" .
ceived on th ese two radio engagements, it is impossible for the VIATORIAN to publis h the decisions. The third R a dio d ebate of t he month will invo lve debating teams t eams f rom D eK alb N ormal College and St. Viato r . The ques tion t o be deb a t ed is, R esolved: "Th a t Cong ress should en ac t legislation providing for the central ized control of indus try' '. Viator will be r epresen ted in this deb a t e b y Mr. Daily and Mr. Robe rt Nolan. Fololwing is th e De bate schedule for th e r e m aind e r of th e 1933-34 season: Feb. l?- DeK a lb Normal (radio) -
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SORORITY BAZAAR ATTRACTS MANY
The bazaar began on Saturday a f ternoon a t t hree o'clock and ran thro ugh to Mond ay e venin g a t midn i g ht. On Saturd ay ni g ht th e teature a ttrac tion was t he d an ce. The music, selec t ed by a comm ittee h eaded b y Miss Mar gar et Granger , w a s f urni s hed b y Cy Seibert. T he cr owd on this evening was by far the mos t sizable, being chiefl y composed of th~ younge r set in Kank ak ee attracted by the prosp ec t of dancing with the added g lamor of the carnival air, given th e hall by the booths and decorChicago. ations. Of th e booths, the R umFeb. 20- Ros ary College (dual de - mage counter seem ed to attract more bate)-Riv er F or est. attention than any of the others, alFe b. 23-24--Mi d -Wes t Tournamen t th~ugh the ever popula r Bing o booth Manch es t e r , Ind. and the no velty fishing pond also Chi- drew a g ood d eal of att e ntion. F e b. 27- De P aul U nive rs ity Gago. On Sun day and Monday eve nings 11ar .l - B r adley T ech- Peoria. t he cou,ples who craved d ancing we r~ :Mar. 3 Illi nois College (r a dio )- Bou r- £:.cco m odated with m us ic f r om a ra dio ioaned tile Bazaar t h ro ug h t h e cou rbonnais. The Mar . 7- Augustana Co llege (tenta- te:sy of t h e I. C. P har macy. Stmday cr owds were characterized by ti ve) - Bourbonnais. the older set having t he ir "fling" in 1-.1ar . 12- L ake Forest College- L ake the aft ernoon and evening, while MonForest. day proved generall y dis a ppoin ting as Mar. 15- Eureka Coll ege ( t en t a ti ve) to a t tendance. - Bourbonnais. Mar . 19- DeKal.b Normal- DeK alb. The booths were tended by memMar. 21- Dayton University- Bou r- bers of the student body direc t ly as bonnais. sociated with t he groups cooperating Mar. 27-Illinois Wesleyan- Bloom- in sponsorship of the affair. Debater s ington. wa."Xed enthusiastic, u sing all their subtle platfo rm technique to entice Harry Rutecki and James Hunt, pa trons to try their skill at the sevformer s tude nts were visitors at the t:r a l games or to buy some books and odd and ends on sale at the rummage Sorotity Bazaar las t Sunday !light. co unte r , wb tle members of the !':;orArthur Ambruster, former s tud en t onty catered to customers m the reThe members of is a candida t e for Police Magistr~te freshm ent room on the Democratic Ticke t at Blooming ton. Good luck, Art. (Contmued on Page S1x)
IVARSITY LETTERS GIVE N GRIDMEN
Saturday, February 3, marked the d ea th o! a loyal and d evou t son of St. Viator College, Father Anthony Mainvllle. It mi g ht eve n be sai d that this aged and sain tly pri es t was one of the joint founders of St. Viat or College, for in hi s earl y life he de vo ted m uch energy and time t o the fo rmati on of this institution along wi t h t he late Father M. J . Mar sile. His d ea t h, at Mercy Home in Ohio, Illi no is , marked the close of a very a c ti ve and ho ly life. Eighty-seven years of age, Father Mainville h ad sp ent seven t y years as a r eligio us, and fif t y · nine years of that number as a p ri est. H e was born in St. C let, Canada, October 18, 1850. In Jul y of th e year 1864 he enter ed the Viatorian Novi t iate, and he mad e his He fi r s t vows on A ugus t 1, 1866. w as orda ined a long with Fat her M arsile, C. S. V. , in t he Maternity Chur ch, Bour bonnais, Illino is , in Oct o ber of 1875 . B eloved Teach e r
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Th e body, which lay in state in th e College chapel :M onday evening, was removed to Ma t erni t y Church Tues-
ot hers which we r e more of t he sem iclass ical type. Du ring the cou rse of the evening, Fa t her 'M agu ire addressed the gathering and spoke of the ext r eme in t er es t wihch he h ad in both g r ou ps, an d thanked them for th e sac ri fices t hey h ad made during the year in a t tain ing th e goa ls of the ir respective org anization. H e also outli ned p lans for the second semester, and asked the coope ration of all concerned i.n m ak ing the Debate season a successful one and til e nex t dramatic prod uction a real ''hit" . F ollowing Fath er Maguire's brief aadress, there were several externpo raneous speeches (very much so) by ~fr Robert Nolan, manager of the D ebattng Society, and Mr John (Continued on Page S1x) 1
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Chester Newburg, Rockford, Ill. Howard Harding, Peoria, ill. THE HONOR ROLL Due to th e fact t hat a ll of the semester g rad es have not yet reach ed the hand es of th e Registrar, Fath er Crackne ll, w e wish to announce at this time that th e Honor Roll for the Semes t er endin g January, 1934 will appear in th e February 28th issue of the VIA T ORIA N.
Miss lone Anderson, outstanding soloist in the St. Viator Choral Society the past semester, left last Wednesday w ith her mother, lVIr s. A. E. Anderson for t he West Coast, where they will spend the rest of the win t er.
con, and Rev: L. Landere th of Chebanse, Illinois was sub-Deacon. Father W, J. Cracknell, C. S. V., was Master of Ceremonies. The acolytes at the Mass we re R e v. T. C. Barrison of Brimfi e ld, Illinois , and Rev. H . Savary of Manteno, Illinois. The thuri fers w e r e Rev. E. Sweeney, of Clifton, Illinoi s, and Rev. T. Demerais, of Momence, Illinois .. The Reverend Patrick C. Conway, pastor of Nativity Ch urch in Chi cugo, preached the funeral sermon in which he commended the deceased on a life of sacrifice and many accomplishments, both in the field of education and religion. His entire life might be swnmed up in a few short ( Coul.lnued on P a c-e S ix )