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VOL. LII.
BOURBONNAIS. ILLINOIS
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Affirmative Voted Stronger By Popular Vote
debate. A decision in favor of the Affirmative was mad e by the a udien ce. The Rev. J ohn Stafford, debate coach, announced afte r the debate that he was hi g h ly satisfied with th e p erforman ce. The prospec ts of a su ccessf ul fo rensic season were not brig ht when the firs t call for debaters was made this fall, but since th e rec rui ts have begun work and demonstrated their abi li ty in class room di sc ussions, Fathe r Stafford has bee n lead to ex pec t many victories.
President To s pea k At C.A.I.P. Meeting The Reverend E. V. Cardinal, C. S. V., Ph. D. , wi ll attend th e r egional conference of the Catholic Association for International Peace, D
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The six year "Pennsylvania Study" by the Carnegie Foundation coneludes that seniors measu re lower in iotelUgence afte r four year s of college than they did as freshmen . Or Else-. All kinds o! stat is ti cs recenUy compiled show that blondes are no longer preferred. A ccording to some Wli.te.r. ei th er the tastes of men have changed, or th ey are not genUemen any more.
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W on F avor With Students Last Year
MANY NOTABLES ATTEND FUNERAL Hundreds Pay Last Hespects Be loved T each e r
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Clergy from a ll parts of the middie west and many alumni of the College attended th e funeral rates of Monsignor Legris on November 8. Hundreds of men r e turn ed to St. Viator to pay homage to the g r eatness of t hat inspired teacher from whose li ps they had learned th e principles of th eology and history. The Most Rev. B e rnard J. Sheil, senior atLxiliary bishop of the Chicago a r chdiocese, an alumnus of St. Viator, offici a t ed at a pontificial requiem mass in the College Chape l on the mornin g before th e funeral in honor of his former teacher.
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th e Rev. P. B. Dufault of St. Rose Church. Kankak ee, th e R e v. J. LaMarr_e of Chicago, the R e v. W. J. Bergm of th e Uni versity of Illi~ois, at nd th e Rev. S. Moore of B loommgon. The Very R ev. Ja mes J. Shannon of Chicago de livered th e ::;ermon in the blac k draped chur ch, and musi c was by th e choir of St. Bernard Hall. Sen-ices consisting of th e chanting of the office of th e dead were conduc t ed in the College Chap e l on the nig ht before the fun e ra l by memhe r s of the College Faculty, and an all nig ht vigil was maintained by th e s tud ents who had been s tud ying under MonsigRor Legris.
GRID PROGRAMS WELL RECEIVED
The Annual Monogram Dance which was scheduled for lhe night of November 10 was postponed early in the week in which it was to have been held, because of the death of Monsignor Legris. However, Clarence Noonan, President of the Monogram Club, assured inquirers yesterday that, regardless of the delay, plans for the affair were not being abandoned. The exact date for the dan ce is tentative, but It Is lhougbt lhat It will be held sometime in January.
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Following the cus tom of previous ~ years, after th e evening's s peec n th e re will be an open fo rum to c lea r any qu es tions that may ex.ist in th e minds of the lis tene r s.
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Philosophers Plan Catholic Convention The R evere nd John Stafford, C. S.
v., who was appointed to th e Committee on Arrangements of the American Catholi c Philoso phica l Association last summer, attended a meeting of th at co mmittee in Chicago las t Saturd ay. Th e commi ttee, wh ich m e t a t De Paul Un ive r sity , made p lan s for th e annual Association convention to be he ld on December 27 and 28 at D e Paul University. and fo r the convention banqu et al Drak e Hote l on U1e eve nin g of th e twenty-seve nth. The m ee tin g is of s pecial interest to S t. Viato r s tud ents and a lumn.i this yea r as the Reverend Charles A. H art, Ph. D., of th e Catholi c U ni ve rs ity , a g r adu a t e of S t. Viator w ith U1 e Class of 1917, will delive r one of th e principal add resses over a national r ad io hookup. Father H art has been one of th e most ardent worl<ers in th e Association a nd is nationally recognized as an outstanding authority 'Jf
One of those minor features which do so much to make any even t a s uccess was the attrac tive so uvenir program book lets arranged by J oh n Harg rove and William Schum ac he r for the Viator-Kalamazoo game . The booklet contained within its purple and go ld cove r pi ctures of the pres ident, th e coll ege athletic direc tors, th e s quad as a group and individual p layers in action, a r es um e of the Viato r footba ll season, matter pertinent to th e Western State T eache rs ' squad, and many r~ hilosophy. other interesting items. Every st ud ent anc.l professor of a Cop ies may be secured by writing C tl 1. . . •t d d d to th e spor ts editor and sendi ng a 10 1c co 11 ege •s 1nv1 e an urge Viator on that date in a contest stamps or coins amounting to 20 to attend the meetings of Lhc co nwith DeKalb Teachers' College. Fedvention. eral aid for education has been chos- cents. en as the topic for discussion. Sc' What? Norbert Ellis, '36, manager of deA si lk handkerchief many centur bate, has scheduled one more radio ies old, which was recently present· debate before the Christmas holied to a museum proves that c ribdays. On December 15, St. Viator bing in examinations is nothin g new. wi ll meet Olivet, when they will deMiss Mary Cruise, '35, and Edbate the question of trial of jury. ward Buttgen, '37, were selected The handke rchief bears tho us ands of by th e Department of Speech to microscopic characters, which a re THANKS r epresent St. Viator College at the the answers to exam questions g lvThrough th e columns o r th e Via- meeting of the TI!inois Association en during the Kang Hi period of torian, St. Viator College \Yls hes to o:' Public Speaking at the University Chinese government. th a nk i\1rs. Philip Lauth or Chi cago of Illinois on Friday, November 23. for he r r ecent co ntribution to th e They will participate in an Af~er Vo te's th e J ok~ Department or Germon. H er dona- Dinner Speaking contest Friday At a r ecent student elec tion at th e tlon conslsts o r two splendJd vol- morning, both ctlscussing the s ub- University of Misso uri there were umes written ln German of Robert ject, "The Depr ession and Youth". 200 more votes than there we r e Tom es "War wltb th e Soulh" pub- The Rev. John Statrord w1ll ac - s tudent.. registered. Maybe lhey were Ushed during th e Civil War. company them to the convention. votlng on the hono r system question_
Crannell, Cavanaugh Begin Radio Debates
MONOGRAM DANCE IS POSTPONED
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the speaker a t the second meeting F i tti ng Cer em oni es Close Rc rn a rl{ a ble of the Inte rnational Relations C lub. Car eer Th e meeting is sc hedul ed fo r WedMonsignor Ge rasime M. Legris, 75. n esday, Nove mbe r 21, at 8 p . m . Professo r Aron's subject for his professor of moral theo logy and E uropean history at St. Viator for address is to be "The Present day the past 53 ye ars, died on th e Trend of German Literature". Proeve ning of November 4 , afte r a fessor Aron is one of the foremost authorities on this subject in the w eek"s illness with pneumonia. H e became afflic ted with his fatal country. H e has written seve ra l i!lness when he returned to Bour- books on th e topic. bonnais from the dedication of Sac red Pop ula r \.Vith S tude n ts Hea rt Church at Abe rdeen, S. D. By many of last' year's s tud ents, It was though t for a time that h e Professo r Aron is regard ed as the would re cove r, but ph ysicians gave ou ts t a nding speaker of th e 1933-34 up hope for his life several days season. His di scu ssion last year d ealt before death came. with "The Collapse of lhe Midd le The :M ost R ev. \Villiam D. O'Brien. Class of P eople Over A ll Europe". junior auxiliar y bishop of Chicago, Professo r Aron's discourse on thjs sang th e solemn pontifical mass on year's topic s hould be equa.lly inNove mber 8 in Maternity Church at t e r es ting, beca use of his ex t en s ive Fo r ove r fif ty years you stood th e fun er a l of Monsi gnor Legris. 1 knowl edge of Ge rman y and his exbe lor e us, Pries t , Teach e r, Example. The bishop was assis ted by the perience as a teacher of th e langInspira ti on, a nd n ow~ we, th e stu- R ev. Patri ck Conway of Chi cago, uage.
vices on the following mo rning be- d en ts of S t . Via t or College pay an sides Bishop O'Brien were the Most il:a deq uate tribu te t o yo u of ve nerRev. Joseph Schlarrnan., bishop of atio n for yo ur learnin g, of resp ect P eo ria and the followi n g Monsignori: f~r yo ~-~ ·~sp~ttedtha n~· t~•~selfish hlife, 0 g ra 1 1 e or e tg 1 yo u ave W. E. Frauwley of Champaign, W. g ive n us, of I O \ "C for th e pri celess J . Kinsella, J ames H orsbu rg and g if t o f yo urself. John Ryan of Chicago, W illi am Yu u glalll.)' a nU co mpletely dedlKeefe of Ind ianapo lis, F . F. Connors ca t ed yu ur noble li f o to ou r. Colof Aurora, T. Maguire of Rock - lege wzth out mon ey a nd without ford. A. Burns of Sterling, Michael price. a nd yo u moulde d a nd form ed De rmody of Abe rd een , S. D., Francis th e h earts and minds of two genO'Brien and Wi lliam Griffin of Chi- e r ations of Viator s tud e n ts. Toda:v cago. we t h ank yo u fo r w h a.t you gave u s in s uch ins tinted m eas ure, the e xa mple of a holy pri es thood, th e • I learni ng o f humble bu t profound sch olarship, the inspiration of nobl~ a nd un self is h living. Viato ri ans s alut e Mr. Clarence J . th e grea test Via torian o f the m all. Kennedy, instrucWith th e h ope t ha,t it w ill, at tor in the science l e.~:t.st in so m e ttmall m easttre, re pay at St. Viator was you Mons ig nor Leg-ris, [or yo ur wo rk elec ted Superina m ong us, we, yo ur stud en ts, offer tenden t of Public yo u thh spiritua l bo uqu e t : 778 1\lassc hools in Kanes; 777 Vis its t o th \! B lessed Sacrakakee ~unty on me nt, 591 \ Vays of th e Cross; 591 the Democrati c Rosari es, a nd 467 Holy Co mmunions. ~ · cke t. Mr. K enn ey had the endorsement of the Young Men's Democratic . Club of Kankak ee, was a candidate The first of the season's intercolfo r the same office in 1926 a nd 1930. legiate . radio debates over Station but was uns uccessful in both con· W. C. F. L . wi ll be he ld on th e tests. H e is well acquainted with afte rn oon of December 1. school organizations and administraThe Rev. John Stafford, debate tion, for he has been an instructor coach, announced last week that Wilhe re fo r th e past twenty-one years. li am Crannell, '37, and RaymonJ and has d evo ted conside rable tim e Cavanaugh , '38, will represent St.
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-Cardinal Newman.
NOVEMBER 19, 1934
PROF KENNEDY :ehris~~y,wi~il~:~ke:~ ~~~ue!~e Su~:~ WINS ELECTION
day, Novembe r 25 _ Marquette University is sponsoring th e conferen ce, which will open at 9 a. m . wi t h a pontical high mass celebrated by Archbishop Samuel A. Strich of Milwaukee. There wi11 be morning and afternoon sessions at th e University and a dinner m eeting that ni g ht in th e Wisconsin Club, a t whi ch Fathe r Cardin a l will deliver an address on "Internationa l Ethics and t h e Catholic Mind" . Other speakers on th e occasion will be Archbishop Stri ch, Or. Emanu el Chapman, C. S. C., of No tre Dam e University, a nd Dr. Samuel Knox Wilson , S. J ., presid£:nl of Loyo la University. Father Cardinal bas done much research work on his s ubj ect, antl la widely known as an ardent proponent of friend ly international un-
that it shal l
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College Mourns Death of PROF. A. W. ARON Monsi nor G. M. Le is RETURNS TO I. R_C. g gr
DEBATERS MAKE 1ST APPEARANCE Six m embers of the Bergin Debating Society made tlleir forensi c debut fo r th e cu rrent season last Monday evening before a meeting of the Holy Name Society of St. Rose chur ch, Kankakee. The Affirmative oi the proposition, "Resolved: tllat ail collective bargaining be negotiated through noncompany unions, safeguarded by law", was uph eld by Joseph Pro · koop. ·38, Edward O'Brien, '37, and Edward Buttgen, '37. This was Prokoop's and O'Brien's frist appear ance on a debating platform. The Negative was defended by Wiger Krau ser , '38, William Schumacher, '37, and Norbert Ellis, '36. This was likew ise Krauser's first
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S. V. C. Representatives Attend Convention