Issuu

mh~

TIH'I I"'a ~ro two wol"''d1; th o world thnt wo cnn 111on•uro with lin t~ :1nd rul e, nnd th o world wa f ae l with our h e:~ rt • rmd lmnaln:~ t lon . - Leigh Hunl.

~~ ~."~~~~.:, . ~ 7·_ ~;-~~~~~"...., ,~,: .

Held

BOURBONNAIS. lLLlNOIS

VOL. LIL

Sixty

. . ntnrt·un tEtt

- Sixth

.!1

MONDAY, JU NE 3, :IU3{)

Graduation

•p:.r..e t:. I!!! IHII ttrt~ und man to nd le<JVtJJ: h i m r&c.rn rreed t)rn.

ae& h ow th e

:tnd

John

Ft'l•~r

NUMUEJt

Joseph Rondy Dr. O'Brien Addresses University Of Illinois Praises Progress Made Wins English Graduates; Bishop E. F. Essay Honors By St. Viator College Hoban Awards Degrees ThP So pho more Class wru; singul-

Recognition as a Senior College Comes After_ Several Years of Meeting Standards Set by U. of I .; Pnnc1pal ObJective of Administration is Realized

.,. ;=============== I IHonored By College

SL Viator College has r eceived .., recogn.itlon from the U niversi t y of illinois as a four year, or senior , . college. S everal weeks ago two examiners from the Accrediting Committees of the Un iver sity of Ill inois visi t ed Viator to determine whether r ecognitio n s h ould be gi. ven. Th eir report, announcing th e telvorable decision , was received last week by the Very R ev. President, E , V. Cardinal, C. S. V, It notes wi th pleasure the progress the co llege has been making and comments on improvements in the libraries and on the type of instruction g iven in the clcssroom. This recognition worked for and sought for by p r evious administrations has at las t been realized to the joy of every one inte res t ed in the progress of Viator. When Dr. Cardinal took office last June he advanced the work of his predecessors by making r tcognition by the University of illinois one of his prin cipal objectives. For that purpose a committee was appointed to handle Fr. J ohn O'Br:::en, Ph. D., LL. D. the details. This consis ted of the Very Rev. E . V. Cardinal, Dr. R. J . French, C . S. V ., vice-president, the Rev. L. T . Phillips, C. S. V., dean, and the R ev. J . W . Stafford, C . S. V. The Council of Adminis tra tion, fac ulty, alumni and stud ent body have likewise done much to assi st in the attainment of this valu ed recognition. Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving Marks 25 Years as Priest

a r ly honored t hi s week when two of Its members were awarded first a nd second p laces In the an nual Englis h Essay Co ntes t ,In which more than 1 25 essays wer e s ubmitted . Joseph Rondy. '37, a day s tud ent from K ankakee, was awarded flrs t place for hi s essay, "Whither Ame ri ca?" Accord ing to P rofessor Mic hael Malo n ey, head of the Departm ent of E n g lis h, Rondy's work: was give n the un ani m ous vote of t h e three judges , who co mme nted upon it as a maste r f ul and o ri ginal treatm ent of th e subject. William S chumach er, '37, was named seco nd in honor. Dolph Guy, '38, and Brother Leo Nolan, C. S. V. , were tid ed fo r third place. "Whither America?" was the s ubjec t chosen by all of the winners . Th e VIA TORIAN ex tend s congr a tul ations to these fou r men, a nd t t:kes pride in the fact that al l of them have served on the s t a,ff of th e paper during the year. Tbe winning essay is printed e lsew he r e In th e VIATORIAN.

College Bestows Twenty -one Bachelor Degrees; Guest Honored With Doctor of Laws Degree; Mary Cruise, A. B., Valedictorian

-;==============="' Juhilarian

Norbert Ellis, '36, r etiring debate manager, was elected to succeed Edward Buttgen, '37, as president of the Bergin Debating Society at the society's annual banque t on May 22. Stephen Gould, ' 36, was chosen to manage the team fo r the ensuing year, and Miss Claire Legris, '36, was select ed for the secretarysh ip . The Rev. John W ..· Stafford., C. S. V., debate coach , was the evening's host, and entertained the society in a royal and elaborate manner. Edward . Buttgen, '37, filled the role of to astmaster. D e bate Featured A mock debate ,held between tile cour ses of the banquet, opened the evening's entertr:.inment. Edwar d O'Brien, '37, upheld the Affirmative and Mlss Mary Cruise, '35, defended th e Negative of t he proposition, ''Resolved : That an indiVldual's I . Q . is high e r before dinner than after" . Francis Larki:n, ' 38, was employed by both debaters as c pl;'actical example of the proof offered. Tht.s point of s trategy gave (Continued on page two)

Fr. J . F. Molsant, C. S. V.

The Dramatic C lu b s t aged a uni -

que sce n e on May 20 after its an- Springfie ld C hildren Tak e Part In nual banqeut w hen the c lub elected H o norin g Fr. l\1oisant t hree of its four officer s for next year by a unanimous vote. Edwar d Th e Rev. J . F . Moisant, C. S. V ., Buttgen , '37, was nom inat ed and un- pastor of S t. J osep h Church in Tuesday, May 21, mark ed t h e cele- opposed for the pr esidency. Miss Springfi eld, Illinois, celebrated the bration of the sil ver s a c r edotal jubi- Claire Legris, '36, was nam ed vice- silver jubilee of hi s o rdination , Tueslee of His Exce llency, the Most presiden t , and WilUam Schumacher , d ay, May 21 . Rev . Bishop Bernard J . Shiel, D. D ., '37, secre t ary. The only contested The ce remoni es began with a solV. G., Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago. office was that of treasurer, fo r emn Hi gh Mass, celebrated by FathThe affair was celebrated with ap- which there were four nominees er .Moisant. The Rev. John T. Topropriate c~ remonies at the Cath- Ralph Celetto, '38, was the s uccess- bin, c. s. V., ac t ed as deacon and edral of the Holy Name in Chicago. ful candidate . the Rev. Jam es F . Meara, C. S . V, , T he princ ipal eve nt was a Solemn The D ram a t ic Club banquet, whi ch as subdeacon . During the mass, fifty Pontifical Mass of Thanksgi ving cele- 1 was gi v en in co njun c tion with the children received their First Combrated by His Excellency, the Jubli- staff of the VIATORIAN, was held munion. arian, with His Eminence George in th e Gol d Room of the Hote l KanFather Moisan t is known about th e Cardinal Mundelein, . Archbishop of k akee. Martin McLaughlin, '38, campus as a true and loyal ViatorChicago, pres idin g a t th e thron e. was toas tm as t er for the occasion, ian. His h eart is filled with t ender The Rev. William J . Bergin, C. S . and pleased the s tud ents with his m emor ies of h is s tud ent days at St. keen wit and m agne ti c personality Viator, and at eve r y o ppor t unity he V., who preached at Bis hop Sheil's ••v a rieties'' Successful I does his utm ost to fu rther the defirst mass agai n h8.d the sam e h6no r Brother F r ancis T. Williams, C. S velop m en t of hi s Alma Mater. at the Jubilee Mass. The assistants From St. Viator w e send hearty at Bis hop Sheil's fi r st Mass, as near V., who has managed and direc ted Moisant as co uld be recalled, acted in the the c lub thi s year ,ann ounced that cong r atu lat ions to Father same capacity at the Silver Jubilee th e "Varieties of 1935", presented with a h eartfelt wish that h e may early in May, was a social and fin- for many years serve so well his Mass. ancial success to a much g reater ex- God and man. The R ev . Clarence P . Conway of t ent than was a nticipated. It was Storm Lak e , Ia., a class mate of Eissuggested at th e banquet that th e hop Sheil who assisted a t Bishop public's r esponse to this year's ofSheil' s firs t Mass a nd at his con- fering. warrants the produc tion of secration was deacon of the Mass two plays n ext year . and the R ev. John J . Corbett, C. S. Throug h th e Viatorian th e Leaders S peak V., pasto r of St. Viator Church , stude nt body and faculty exThe Very R ev. E . V. Cardinal, C Chicago, a f riend of Bish op Sheil S . V., Ph. D ., in an interes ting adpress their d eepest sympathy since his college days h ere at St. dress ex pressed his inter est in drato Robert Van Natta, '38, W a tViator, assisted as subdeacon. The matics and pledged his support of seka., UlJnois, upon t he loss R ev. J . W . Barret wa~ the master all the club's undertakin gs. of cerem o ni es. of his g randfathe r who died Professo r Mi chael Maloney, moder-

IN SYMPATHY

H ere at St. VIator College, Bishop ator of the cl ub, discussed informally Sheil is famous both as a student the c lub's work during the past

(Continu ed on page two)

(Co ntinu ed on page two)

Twenty-one graduates r eceived bachelor degree s from the hands of the Most Rev. E . F . Hoban, D. D., Bishop of Rockfor d, this afternoon amidst the pomp and beauty of church and academic ce remony. A s the graduates walked slowly up t he steps of Mars ile Alumni Hall fo r the las t time as Viator s tudents, the sun s hone brightly and a warm June breeze blew their black gowns toward tbe east. Th e ceremonies were opened with a Bachelor oratton, "Free Competition and Economic Stability," by Richard H. Doyle, B. S. C., of Chicago, which was f ollowed by a second oration, "The Working Man and the Future" , by Leonard McManamon, Ph. B., of Bourbonnais.

Dramatic Club And Viatorian Lil!T • t rr ldS r.I.OlSan Lt.O Hold Banquet Sl.1ver JU T b. Nation Honors lee 1 Bishop Sheil

Ellis Is Named To Head Bergin Debating Club

Speaker

on Saturday, June 1. May his soul rest in peace.

Dr. O'Brien H o nored The Rev. Leo T . Phillips, C . S. V., A. M .. Dean, read the citation for an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws bestowed upon the Rev. John O'Brien, Ph. D. The Very Rev. E. V. Cardtnal, C. S. V., P h. D ., President. conferred the degree u pon Doctor O'Brien as a recognition of his wo r k at the University of il1inois and his achievements m the field of letters.

Having been honor ed at the hands

~:li~rc~r ~:rd=~ip~c~~dr~~ri:~ the day. No greater tribute could have been paid to the speaker th an the silence and keen a ttention which the audience gave him. Th e address was a combination of beautiful English, sound philosophy and deep since r ity, and will go down in the annals of school his tory as a treasure of oratory. H onor Student Alter the grad uates bad received their diplomas, Miss Mary Cruise. A. B. , of K ankakee, delivered thovaledictory. Miss C ruise takes ner place in that limited rank of Via· t or students who have finished their collegiate car ee rs with an A average, and her valedi ctor y was a chall enge to those men who claim that there are no new worlds for youth to conquer. After a short s peech of praise and advice to the g r adu ates, Bishop Hoban blessed them and th e audien ce with his benedic t io n . 1-Iu sic fo r the occasion was played by th e Kankakee Hig h Schoo! Band under th e diret: tion of Mr. George E. Piersol. Gradu ate Banquet Before the grad ua tion cere monies, the class banquet w as ser ved in th e beautifully decorated College R efectory to hundreds of r elatives and friends of the grad uates. William J . Gibbons fi lled the role of toas t master. The follow1 ng toasts were offered during the co urse of th e bauquet. "The Day Stu de nt by James .• . Crowley: "The Athle t e" by Tho m as (Continued on Page Eleven)

<l:f!r Uiatorian Yu•

OR ROLL

:ttL<

econd IV1 t<,r

R.EQUIR.EME..'ITS

t.:tfHhr A

)t'

f:.tlJtfJT

A ttl\I!U,.tt :fAJtc.. r

Cf.rJrr,rflJ

f_..IJ!t.I'J"T

( 1)

Be rn good disc1plmary s

(2 )

Cllrry a

Aclueve at le •

(3) HIJ.. A

.n~

&rUn

MJL.ru:l(" T

lttan

F:Su

4. average

HONOR ROLL FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER- 1

Me L&tUfhUn ,

S eph•n C<:>uld, &rn.ard Benm t.

Jda.n.a.g-r

ding

le&St 15 emester houn

f r u ..

M~..,.

O r eulaU.r.~n

Doclor Elli

Appointed To C. U.A. Faculty

Word W0..8 receiv ed he re today Lhat Dr .John T . F.llla, a Viator alumnus, h£L.R been n,ppolntcd to the faculty or lhe CR.lho ll c University or Am-

(C<l ntlnu ed from page one)

the new Soul..hrm Branch Summer Session or Lh o University, which is to op<.'n In So..n Antonio, Texas. this lllO rl lh .

luntnu Writes of Social Work Mr. Ja.mes Allen Nolan, 30, now worltlng in th e fl ld of socla1 work tn tlnd about \V a.shington hM writ-

1 session

Fllis

£uned-

lh~ dtscus~lon t\ prncllcally seldom \J.SM on th~ rorcn.sk platform. :Ut1rUn Al cLnushlln, '33, rendered a untque d.edsion wb~n be named a.s hb ~hot~ th \" \' t.' rY Re\' , E . V . C:\1'\Jinal . Md pres~n-tcd thL' colle-ge P"'sldont u taken of recognition for hi!:i W\)rk ln th~ fi~h.ts of education. Th~ $p1.'t\.k~rs (or th~ e ' renin.g m~.~tude th~ , . ~ ry Re-,·. E.. \ ' . ardinal, \' ., h. D. th~ R.-· J . \\'. R. A\~~1"' . (', S. \' ., the Re,·. John StatroN. S \' ., :"\orbre:rt Ellis.. ·so, AAd ~ 1~ s Mary :-rutse. ' 35..

Haullntf U•tw en K NKAK~~E HICAOO And \U lnt('rm('o(ll t\t~ l "'otu t. Kanko.kcc. ( hlc&Jo, Jollot

4..ti

Sophnmort> FTt•shmao St>nior Sophomore .Jnmor Sophomort• Nophomort• Sophomort•

-1 .4. Ll

Henior

-!A

Sophomore Prt\shman ,Junior

4 .~

-Li

4.4 L-1 -lA -l.-1

H . E . Coye r TELEPHONE

E . A. _C:IL."'n ~lAIN

De Luxe

101

leaners

Pr<"Mlng & R<po.lr~ Work Co.lled For and D llvontd 161 N . Sclluylcr. Kn.nko.ke<>, ru.

Okanlnlf,

4.-l

-! .:l

-t.:l -l.:J 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 ~.1

-!.1

4.1 4.1 4. ~-

For Better Butter Aak J'or

Deliciou Brand KANKAK.EE 8tiTTE'R I,hono 410

Huff & Wolf Jewelry o. l 12

E. C<l u.rt

tT.,.,t

Buy School Pens Now Name l>ut. on Free!

Amedee T. Betourne Pharmacy CUT RATE DRUGS 119 C<l urt St., Kankl\.kee, Ill.

D . J . 0 'LOUGHLIN.

M. D. to shorten the period or their undergraduate course. 3. Mature students who wish to

August 9. the

follow course~ along the lines of th e ir special wterests. A beautiful campus, athletic fields and courts and a w ell-equipped gymnasium affo rd !acUities tor rec reation. The u se or the swimmlng pool Is available to s ummer school s tud ents at c urrent rates.

Dramatic-

Thirteen summer

bulletin and attention is call-

EYE, EAR. NOS E & TlDtO T 602 City National 8Wlk 81dg. K.ANK.AKEE, ILL.

Philip T. Lambert Hardware H ar dware Spo r·unr Goods 12~ E . C<lu.rt St. Pbone 950 PracUced Limited to

V ANDERW ATERS Younr Men '•

01otbN

ll'urn.l8blnp and Sh.,.,.

(Co ntinued from page one)

other than those listed will be giv-

and offered s uggestions for rants. There are !our morning future productions. He stated that periods of cla.s es and one evening be was pleased wtth the "Varieties

F'ou r members of the College Facut t y heard the Very Rev. Fulton J . heen. one of Viator's most distingwshed alumni, deliver an address to the Monda y Evening Club of St. Philip Nerl parish In Chicago last wee-k. Those in attendance !rom here we~ the ~ev. J. P . O'Mahone_y , C. \ .. Provmcal, the Rev. Wil~~ J;W::a~~ell. C. S. v .. and the taJrord. C. S. V. The liUe of the address vo-a..s ·~hrist.a.nity i.n the W o rld Crisis''. It is reported to have been a po~-err ~cult.•." mtt.mbt:-r.s s.t Colum uni- ful treatment of a ·well-chosen sub,.~rs.l ,. ~~nU.y \Y'I!.re subje;::ted t o je<:t. and :llsgr. Sheen Is nationally an mtt"l~"eDI...~ test by tht! S-p«ta to.r. known f r his brilliance of oratory. stuJ~nt ps.JX>r. Th~ ~sul t indicated The OC'C&SlO.O of the speech was a an !\\'t!'nip" ~ y-ears . .• s.nd tribute to the R L &>\·. Kinsella. a.st r of L Philip X eri church..

\ LOH TR \;\ Sf' n ( 0 .. lnc. lMu.rNl FTt'lgbt t ""'Of1.\ N'd~.n!l

en if the number of applicants war- ~ year,

Speak ' In Chicago

(Continued from pagl! one)

Lh 4 ti

Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Frrshman Senior Sophomorr Rophomorc Sophomore Fnshman Juni or Freshman Freshman Fr eshman Fres hman Junior Senio r Sophomo r e

ed. to the announcement that cou rses

Ms o-r. F. ]. Sheen

~. h

~rnior

~· H

,Juu •or

This article was pub- with marvelous su ccess. 1 lls h<'d ln The Alumnus, published by In selecting his Coat of Arm s The AamlDl Stratlon has announc UH.' nlhollc niverslty of Ameri ca. Bishop Sh ell did no t forget his Alma ed the schedule of the summer In this llrltc lc whi ch gives an in- .Mate r for he choose the star of school sessio n which will begin in sl~ bt Into the ren.lness o f society'~ Sl. Viato r to adorn ti'le rig ht hand the n ear future. Registration will need for tra.lned work ers. Mr. Nolan s ide of Lbe sheild. May we wish begin o n June 15 and end on June ~lvos ' vocallo ml.l ~uldiUlce' ad,~ce Bishop Shell many more happy years 16. Classes s tart on June 17 and listed

Fn·~hman Frt'~hman

work rtcld.

are

~ophnmnrt•

T 0 0 pen June 17 Summer Session

until

Sophnmort'

~[alone, ~[i c h ae l

co urses

Fn•"'hman Frt•<lunan .Jnn•or

Arter Bisho p Shell had com pleted Nolan , Leo bJ s co llege work h e entered St. Via- ~ l d' arthy, Owen lor Se minary he re al BourOOnnais ( 'ra nn ell , Willi am and at the co nclus ion of a very Wa lsh , \Yilli am s uccc.ssfu I cou rs ln Theology he was Oould, StPplwn ordal ned pries t by th e Most Rev. ~f c Or ppvy, Thomas James E. Quig ley, Archbishop of Neudecker, Anthony hl c ago In the Cathedral of the [,ark in , BugPne Holy Name on May 21, 1910. His (luy, Dolph flrst Mass was sung In St. Columb- :'lnow. J IPrman (lihhons, William kllle c hurc h on May 22, 1910. Bishop Sheil Is well known for his SrhumarhPI', William work In promoting CatboUc Youth Organizations throughout the country a.od ln recognitio n of this activity he was award ed the Order of the C rown with rank of Commande r from the King of Italy. Under the auspices of lhe H o ly Name Society

as one of the outstanding leaders extend

&! PAINT COMPANY

.JuniOr .Juotnr

1KParney. Eu~ •· u e

of the Catholic Chu r ch.

KANKAKEE

.Tun1or

Fr -hm

ten u Intelligent u.rll 1 on u1 e social this g-reat work has been carried on

nboul lbis fleld.

1n 01- and Pau1t

y\lu

Fr 'hm.•n ·, phomo r

- - -- -- - - - - - - - - Bull{l:en, Edward and an athle te. He pitched the base· ~liro ve t t., Louis ba.ll t c.a.m to victory many Urnes S<'hosser. ~I ilo and was w e ll known and respected ~~ e:\ 1unnm on, Leo nard In th co ll egiate circ les of the mid· <'hurr hill, William die wesl. Th e Bis hop is equally Spnesar, l': ld er well re membered for his outstanding Dio nn e. JJ nze l success ln amateur dramatics, d e- Kinhi(r's"nt'T, .Julius

.Juru r

ation Honors-

erica for n xt September as a mem- bating and public speaklng. be r of th e Dcpllrtmcnl ot History. Or ~; lil a, l\ Co nn e r ins tru cto r of I fls tory h<'rt', 111 u. s tud nt of tb eoIOKY o.l lhc , U . A . H e Is now OC· «.·upylng the poelllon of Direc tor of

Ill

P&tr1ck Hayes, ·~~

Man..a.('_.r

'· n

B '~'""U f)r 1lle Wilham. ~ran h E. Tommt v l'n r1 k am Leflte r Soucte, · 36 lfa1 ut(,~, vay J!r,pJilng lDVru,~JJ~gitLlP Haro ld SeUers. '36 \\' ilharn, , ( harl< l.a mort . lar .. hll!l ~lnlorwy, \\'ilhnm Richard Doyle. '35 p, (" khm n u , ~ · ~ ril IAttry AnUv.my, '37 Joseph Prokopp, 36 Hannhiln , ~r,ciw.,J f~lph Cel~tto. ' 3~ Bill<·k. , \II !lUSt S PORT ltEPORTP.:R.S Abe Hohln 8ky, '38 Dolph Guy, '38 \\'•!ham,, Frnnl'N T. HrnHly, .}llwph .John. on. IJ omPr Subo<:r1pUon Rate S2.00 per annum. n .. ar!y, .J ohn Addrua e.! I eorr upondenc.e reterrtng eithe r to advertising or a:ubscrl.ptloa t.o l'rokr;pp .Joseph Tbe Vlatort.u, Bourbonnab, llllnola Drazy, Ellwrt cond cla.sa matter atlbe Post or.nce of Bourbonna.l.&, Illlnol'J LanouP, Evelyn under the Act ot M.arcb 3rd. 1879 \\' islllewskl. FrRncis Bimmerle, J ohn A CM!i: PIUNTINO CO. 121 SOUTH W ASHINOTON A VE 0 'Brien. ].;dward F . Hynn. Thornn" Lunl'. Shirlel Tir·nlkn. Fra.nk :"\ani(htin , .Jam''"

Cl r ,ul•t~<>n

Me BROOMS

pe riod .

of 1935''. Courses Counted Toward Degrees Kenn eth Corcoran, '3:>, editor of All courses bear thr ee hours ot the VIATORIAN, spoke on behal! KANKAKEE 'S credit each anc are counted to- or the paper, and expressed the BEST KNOWN ward college o r university degrees. hope that the Dramatic Club and I RESTAURANT The college ls recognized as a four- VIATORIA..'i would continue to coyear college by the University ot o perate 1n their undertakings. He Schuyler A... - North at Court Dlinois, the Catholic Educational As - 1 lauded the work ot this year's sta.tr. 1 sociation. and the Department of Following the banque t. the stu- I !...-------------~ Public Instruction of the State oC dents danced to the mu.sJc of Ken llllnols. Welser's Syncopators.

Hotel Kankakee

Pu.rpoose..

The courses ofterea ln the summer session are designed to serve the needs of: 1. A ctual or prospect! \~e teac.hen In elemen tary or secondary school.3 whether with or without relation to an a cademic degree. 2. :llatriculated student.s who wish

Every

tudent

Get A Student

Sidney

Hel'bst.

lof.a.nqOT.

DCfl:SO ROO:H BALL ROOH

MAG~CA...'"i'T

A h.earty weleo= a'lr&! t.o tM .-tudent.o azul l'l"Wl<U at St. V!Atm Collec'o.

THE

MONDAY, .TUNE 3, 1935

Commencement Day Address " FAR HORIZONS" By t he Rev . John O'Brien , Ph. D., L. L. D. We live ln a world of matbomless mystery. Everything we see and hear and touch, if pursued. far enough terminates in the unknown. The vital action in a blade of grass or a leaf on the tree, the structure of a grain of s and are staggering myst e ris. How I can move th e finger of my band, in spi t e of all the progress in neurology and psychology, r emains a snarled perplexity. True, we can trace the ne u.ral path from the brain to the musc ulature of th e finger. But how an immaterial peychic mandate of the will, a spi ritual fac ulty, can grip a material body, and w h at is the point of contact, are qu estions which scientist s and phllosophe rs f rom the days of Plato and Ari s totle have sought in vain to answer . Indeed, th e progress· of science has served but to multiply our mys-

teries, to pile our cosmic riddles mountcin high, and t.o e nlarge enormously the boundary line of th e unknown. Our ancient for•~f atber:; looked out from a flat and stationary

In pushing back the frontie r s of th e

unknown, it re veals extensive t e rritory still uncharted and hitrerto undreamed of. Thus the astronomers tell us that with new and more powerful telescopes they have r ecen tly located galaxies and supergalaxies, " island universes of stars", far beyond th e rim of the p r eviously c harted unive rse. They contain stars so far distant tbat light traveling at th e rate of 186,000 miles per second r eq uired over s. thousand million years to reach our earth. Is that the utmost limit? w e ask. For all we know, the a stronomers answer ,that may be only the beginDing, the vestible of the immeasurable universe. We are enisled in an

VIATQRIAN

of it were incomprehensible to me, as I suspect they were to mos t of the others. The more I study the atom", he · added, "the more mys t erious it becomes". I s it clear even to Sir J eans? Listen to his answe r in his new book, The Invisible Universe: "The ulti mate r ealities of the universe", h e concludes, "are at present quite b eyond the reach of s c ience, and ma y be-and probably are-forever beyond the comprehension of a human mind''. Why there are a thousand million worlds, with th eir suns and moons, and s tars and planets, coursing through the immeasurable r eaches o~ space, whether there are inhabitants on some of the other p lanets, and what is their nature, we frankly do not know, and p er haps never shall know. To these qu e ri es science answe rs : "Ignoramus et ignorabimls". W e do not know and we probabl y s hall never know. Its Bearin g on Faith ?

unfathomabl e ocean of universe mys-

What is the effect of the impact

tery whose farther sho re no bark has reached: "And though thy so ul sail leagues and leagues beyond, Still, leagues beyond those leagues, there is more sea".

of this new knowl edge upon r elig ious faith? Does the Christian r e lig ion, born two tho usand years ago in Palestine in s.. prescientific age, when p eople entertained chil d ish notions of the uni ver se w hich

T h e Atom-A

Wo rld

of l\1yster y

earth upon a unive r se infinitely less The physics I studied, thought th e compli cated than th e cosmos which molecule was co mpos ed of hard iner t now bewilde r s u s. Our earth, they pellets of matte r called a t oms. The believed ,was th e center of the un.i- new physics of Einstein, Jeans and verse, th e sun was made to ri se ea ch Millikan finds th e atoms t o be miniday to give them light, the s tars ature solar systems with J?roton s , we r e candles " lit about th e days e lec trons, photons, n eutrons revolvdead sanctiti es" to mitigate th e ing abou t in their tiny pr isons with darkn ess of th ei r night. Creation a speed greater than that of an had occurred a few thousand years airplane or a bullet from a rifl e. 0 f Thus before Chris t . Canon Lightfoot the e lectron revo lves abou t the Oxfor d bas computed on th e basis proton ,in an a tomi c cell less than of th e Biblical ch ronology the exac t a millionth of an inch in diameter, time of man's appearance. "Man"' over a million million times per sech e said, "was c reated by the Trinity and. It is a vertiable volcano of on October 23 · 4004 B. C., at nine en er gy quivering to be released. o'clock in th e mornin g". Thus t he pebble upon which we walk Now modern science speaks of th ~ with s u ch indifference co n tains a unive r se ln t erm s of trillions and s torehouse of energy which, if it qu a drillions of years, and f rankly could be released, would be sufficient acknow led ges that its beginning is to propel th e Mauretania, one of s hroud ed in the im p entrable mists of the Iarges,t s hips af loat , across th e an incalculab le p as t. Our solar sys- Atlantic and back \ again. t e rn is of comparatively re cent oriIn flying from Paris to London, gin, yet g oes back into the billion s th e pilot lower ed to me the ear of years. In co mparison wi th th e phones of his radio. There, seven s tupendous magni tud e of the cos- thousand feet above the Engli sh mos. our li t tl e planet is smaller than c hann el, flying throu g h space at the a grain of sand or a particle of rate of 126 miles an hour, I heard dust- a f ranul e los t in th e infinite an address being delivered in A Inight. Life h as been evolving on t hi s bert Hall, London ,jus t as clea rl y earth for a th ou sand million year s ; as if I were seated on the sp eaker 's humanity h as been stru ggling on its p la tform . Think of the marvelous upward climb for more than a hun- performance of that little radio tube, dred thousand years. The p eri od of hurtlin g through space with g r eat record human history s.tretches ~ver veloc ity, battling h ead winds. that len thousand years while th e SCl~n- s hook th e c r aft , ye t picking out tific ear spans but a few centun es. with un e rring p r ecision from all Astronome rs te ll us that they know the ra dio waves impi ng ing upon it, of nothing lik ely to interfere with th e one carryin g to me the speaker's th e h a bitabi li ty of our ea r t h for vo ice from Albert H a ll , as dis tin c tl y more than a thou sand mi llion years. and smoothly as if h e wer e seated W h at new .worl ds will science open beside me n in the plane. Trul y a up for man in the n ext hundred speck of dust, a g r ain of sand, & lh0usand years, worlds of which at radio wave, t ee ms with mo r e marprescut we can scarcely even dream ? fo r m e to do is to go the r e and be \Vh c th e r we try to peer through vels than A laddin's Magic Lantern lh C' mists of Lhc remo t e past or pene-- a nd more wonde r s than A lice ever trat e Into the uncha rted future, we dreamt of in her W onde rlan d. F r om flnd ourse lves , in spite of a ll th e dande lion to fa rth es t s t ar, the uni lig-ht science throws upon the scene, VPrse Is replete with marve ls and in a wo rld of falhomless mystery. with mystery. lt staggers us wilh its duralion and When Robert Andre ws Milli kan, baffles us with ltJ:J immeasurable ex- one of the greatest physical scientt cn l. tsts in Ame rica and perhaps th e ch· nc{'! Expnnd<;; U niverse equal of any in the world, was h er e Sclence has not sh ri veled our uni- a few months ago to receive the verse. It has expanded it a mil- ~ Cardinal N ewman Awa rd fo r 1934, lion!old. 1t has not lesse ned th e I told him of the dil'fic ulty I exmyst~:ries s urrounding us on eve ry perienced in g r asping some of th e slde, but has multiplied them mE!Ily n ew con cepts in astrophysics. " Fathtimes. A huge bonfire shoots ton- e r", he said, "I have been studying ~ue~ or !ire high into the sky. But th e subject fo r almost half a centhe higher they reach, th e more tury. I have just re turned from the r l arly do th ey disclose the ever International Congress of Ph ysicists lncre 9-l ng boundary line of the all- at London. As I sat listening to Sir {'Ocompa.sstng darkness. The tiny James Jeans deltver the Presidential flamt:> of a match discloses a few Address, interpreting space and time tnches f ~ urrounding darkness, but as properties ot matte r end see king hu_gc OOnftre reveals its much vas- to link them together In a spacet eo r e tent. It IS \'\;th ~clence . t me conUnuum, I confess that parts

PAGE THREJf

have

long

sinc e

be en

Presides June 3

outmooded.

possess validity in th e age of science in whi ch we now live ? To the student whose knowledge of religion does not extend mu c h beyond t h e cat echism or the lessons of the Sunday school, the new know ledge is apt to be so m ewhat disturbing. Coming with the idea of the world erea ted in six days of twenty-four f hours each, and th e co ncept o Adam s uddenly springing fu ll-biossomed from the sli m e of the ear th about six thousand years ago, science's new picture of the world existing for thousands of trillion years, of the slow evolution of life f r om lower to high er forms ove r many millions of years, of man having his }:'hysical anteced ents in lower orgl!nisms, of humanity's long climb from his lowly habitation among ~he caves of the ea rth to the mountain peak of his present c ivilization, and his probable duration upon this planet for million s of years- these t.r e lik e ly, at fi rs t sigh t , to be som ewhat unse ttling. ''Father ''' said a yo un g Pro tesan t s tud ent to me r ecentl y, "In my hom e we r ead the Bible afte r th e evening m eal. My parents a re Fundam e ntalis ts and inter pret it all liter a lly. I was taug ht to believ e in th e direct c r ea tion of man by God. Now in my course in geo logy, biology a nd compar a t ive anatomy, th e evoIutionary viewpoint is present ed. Whi ch should I believe-my Ch ri stia n faith or evolution ?" "Both", I a ns wered, "for th e re is no r eal cont r ad iction wh e n both o. re properl y unde r stood ". What is u sually mos t n eeded is a deepe r knowledge of th e Ch ristian religion a nd a ' more schola rl y inte r pretation of the Bible. For th er e can n eve r be a co ntradi c tion between any truth r evealed by God in the Bible and any finding of science, properly tes t ed and verified. The Bible is not a text- book of science. Its purpose is to incul cate moral, spi ritual and religious truths. The s ubject-ma tte r of scien ce is th e physical unive r se, its purpose to disco ve r the laws of nature. This important truth was c lea rl y str:. ted by Galilee in a letter written to Father B ened e tto Cas t elli in 1613. " Holy Scripture and n ature'', he wrot e, "are both emanations from t he Di vi n e Word : the forme r dieta t ed by the H oly Spirit; the latter the execu trix of God's co mmands I believe that t he intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths n ecessary to salvation; su ch as neither science nor other means could rende r c redible, but only the voice of the Holy Spirit. But I do not think it necessary to believe that the same God who gave u.s ou.r

The 1\l os t Rex. E. F .

H ~ han,

D. D., Bishop of &ckfo r d.

senses, ou r speech, our in te llec t . se nse lhe r e is some thing pries tl y wo uld have us put as ide th e use of in th e labor s of the scientist in his these, to teach us instead such things laboratory, and of U1e ast ronome r in ns with their help w e could find fo l' his observatory. Fo r they too are ourselves, partic uJarly in th e case o: seeking to di sclose th e mind of the Divine Author of n ature and the those sc ienc es of whi ch the r e is no ~ the smalle t mention in Scripture" . Architect of th e univer se. It was God does not contradict that which in this sense that Millikan de sc ribed He has revealed in the Bible by an y his inves t igations into the nature of law which H e has w ri tten in t h •' the cosmis ray as "the finger printhi e roglyphics of th e r ocks, in t he ing of the hand of God". About a stam e ns of the flowers or in t he century before, Tennyson voi ced a orbits of th e s tars. Since God is similar though t, wh en walking the ultim ~ te Author of all t ruth, throu g h an English f07·est, h e beheld .it foJ.tows that ther e can be no dis - a flowe r growi ng in th e c r evice of agreem ent between th e truths of a wall and .a pos trophized it in the divin e re velation properly und er-~ m e m or able hn es: stood and th e t ruth s of n ature a:::i Flowe r in th e c rannied wall. deciphe r ed by th e human mi nd. F rr I p luck you out of the c ranni es, th e lig ht o f r eason is an emanation I ho ld yo u he r e, root and a ll, in from th e Divine Lig h t. To se t up my hand, an oppos ition be tween t h e truths of Lit tle flower- but if I co u ld unde r n at ure and the truths of div ine re- s t a nd. ve lation wo uld be to assert a conWh at yo u are, root and a ll , and a ll tradi c tion tn God Him self, whi ch in all, would be blas phe m y. Th er e is ~ I sho uld kno w what God a nd m an fu n damental unity t o a ll truth. T he is. Christian n eed n eve r try t o carr y h is Scientis t s are searching for truth r eligio n in one poc k e t and hi s science in the fie ld of nature just as priests in another fo r feE.r that both wi"l a r e seeking to clarify the appli ca tion not mix. of ethical and ete rn a l truth to th e Re lig ion and Scie n ce move in e: - changing social and eco nomi c conse n t ia ll y diffe r ent orbits. Religion clitions of mod e rn life. Just as all is con ce rned primarily wi t h spirit str eam s f rom the tiny mo untain to ual realities , with values, with t he th e majes tic riv e r and t he mi gh ty intangibles which e lude both tlh~ lal<e, lead afte r many wi ndin gs and scales a nd th e t est tu be. H er s is t urnings to th e vas t ocean, so a ll th e r ealm of philosophy. Scien ce tru ths , from t hose un ea rth ed by th e deals w ith matter and e n ergy, which paleontologist from th e s t rata of th e can be seen , wieghed and m easured. r ocks to tbosc deciph e red by th e It does not co n cern itself with spirit- as tronom er from th e tang led s k ein uaJ realities, with values . nor wi t '1 of th e s tars, lead ultimate ly to the the intangibles w h ich transcend co m - ocer:.n of truth, God Him self. We ple t ely its methods of observation must not rejec t know ledge s impl y and expe rim e n ta tion . The appear- because it Is new. This truth was an ce of conflic t occ urs wh e n the utte red back In th e s ixteent h cc ntheologia n, leaving hi s own domam, tury by th e greates t sc ho lar of hi t:~ enters the fie ld of science to treat age, Desld erius ·E rasmus, who sa id of the phenomea of nature or th e wi th s u ch terse pregnancy: "To s tructure of the ma t e rial univ e rse. iden tify th e new know ledge with Not less frequently do es it occur heresy is to mak e orthodoxy syno nywhen the scientist e nters th e a l!en mous w ith Ignorance" . domain of philosophy a nd th cologv The mo ra l relation ship be tween to s pec ul ate on the p roble m of u lti - theologians and scientis ts Is not one mate causes and spiritual values. of warfare, bu t of friendly reapproaR.ell g-lo n \Ve lco mro New Fl ndi n~s cbement. Bo th are ministers In the Religion welcomes with eage r hos- cnuo:;e of truth ,both seek Its cmpitallty every n ew finding which bodiF-t ent in human lite. Neithe r co.n scien ce can tease from the tangled hope to r reward ei th er here or In skein of nature. She knows in ad- th e life to come ,if he depart rrom vance that if it is r eally true, It loyalty to the truth , which m can·t wi11 not only harmonize with spirit- loyalty to the Divine Author of all ual truth, but will aid us In aecu r truth, Cod Hi mse lf. Ind rcd the Hcllng a better vision of Cod and r.. enlis t a ids the cause of re ligion by deepe r insight into the Divine Ad _ _ __ ministration of lhe universe. In thi 3 (Continued on Page Nine)

Bach elor Oration Free CompetitiOn On Economic Stability ' By Richard H. Doyle, B S . C. ~U"J"rv1 m r

~fh•· ptJIItiral and tount}Ati£1n up.-.1n whlt·h Am~;rlr-a r~ta ht a. matter r1 ( rr1mmon kOtJ'OII~>dg,. Th~> ~ttr"1JKK11•Pf r1 t tllt J>4:•0ple Ainu• H.s tlr~t rolrml7.atir,n, through It& htot11ry, t.rJ our Pnt d11y arr_, to ~

Ba h lor Oration

pe..5. w-ee - "A"e ha e the • •. R . A . broc=h:. to ~ before- the Supreme Court and ha'\:e 3een 1t co emned to obHVlOO by

aeell

The B

being decla.red unconst.ltuuon.a.l. The one import.ant !act tha must be

alarht. d....,.rease in profJt.a was aJ- kept before the minds of e"·e.ry true B I.Ronard J. Mc.."\ a..naJl10n. Ph. B.. and .., ~t VIE;.ys consud'!red to be an increase American l8 that it was oat the Today we hear much dLS · ~1on on earned ou in production The fallacy of thb pnncjples behind the ideals of the the relation of captial to labor adnu..~Jon.

but 1t h~ llll.'t the pn.n ·1pte b..'hmd Uli..-t It k..n w~ no\\ thlt , Pf.Jiicy d1d not ber.ome eVident until ad.rninistration that were shattered, \<Vbere i c pitahsm gomg .. \\"'here man ha$ hum.;.Ul rtght~ ~(' u . .P b~ the market had been saturated and but the application of these pnnc•- i.s labor gomg• Wbat policies ar.. "' a man . Full w II d ·~ t.h< em· th~ wh,..e!JJ ot Lndu!'l.try had to cease pies. The heads or some or the the American nauon and the Am~r- ployer now r ~a..H-e that the \abort'r polnt"'J to with ''""~ fl..' the 11tep~ h~ir constant whirling. Wages were most profitable business enterprises ican people going to adopt for the d ~ not literally bel n~ lo bull and tha-t havP umfiNJ J)(opiP. t/.1 dHI'erent slashed Lo derrease the cost of pro- in the country, through the new 3- future as regards the laborer: the that he mwtt ce s • to domln· te hts rw·t·A und~>r th,. etnglf~ bann~r of aur:Uon Ln !ace ot the fact that it possible answers to this last ques- workmen trr·r·drJrn. (Jur fon·father fought laborer Who was the con- ptoapedrsec.lahreavetbbaatd thtbee dfealstrseuccotiounragoef lion are ma.nlfo1d T?ndcr '-' ~Od tly and e~,"QnOnth.".\1\y .,,ith thr·lr ha.nda and htoartA during The disastrous resuJts of the N. 1. R. A. was the most beneIn order to look fof'V¥·ard and see wund ~ystem the laborer ~houh.1 lhr..: F'tf!vofutlonary War lt:> win the thilt wJid competition for the sale of flcial decision industry had received where the laborer ls going. tt ts bo-• a partn "r ot a.nd. n CQ-W'\"'~ rker frN•tJom whlr.h hOJJ ~f:Om~ an Am- goods followed natura.lly The pop- since the new administration; it was necessary to examine briefly the ""ith h1s employer The labon.'r n,t f•r1r·u.n btrthrlJ(ht. Thr·y fought With ulace found their purchasing power the same leaders who desparately past history and present status of the cmpl yer should coopt:'ra.t(' gcnthf• IJf.Lmf· toll worn hands and cour- vanishing (rom their hands and the evaded the provisions of the Recov- the laboring man a.nd thus make it erously and whole~heartcdly, so that rlgNJUA hNlrtA to mnke the ftOil gtve producer found himself burdended ery act, They were too high and possible to forecast his future des- Lbey may attain together what ls lhf·m 1L fnJilful and rertllf' livelihood. with. huge mventones that could not m1ghty to give way to just princt- trny and the Amertcan policy to- best for each n.nU what co n~l'quentty 'rhf· rarly westrrn Mf!ttlcrs ha.d to be disposed of. This was the sit- pies wards the workmg man m the ru- is best for tbe well bet~ of oodcty. ro.ce rnany hardRhlpa and dlfficulti~~ uatlon that had to be co rrected. Public authority must bnng under ture years. The spiritual side of tbe laboring unknown o.l lhc prer-wnl time and il l The ultimate end of government ! eftect1ve con trol free competition and In days gone by the laboring man man must be admitted. Provt~ton rr·qulrC'd at rong llmbft, robust con~ Intervention was to place mcreased America cannot and wtll not go back was a mere chattel, he wa.s the must be made to satisfy the lawful HtlluUo na and hH.Iomllablc courage to p~rcha.slng power al the comm~d to the old industrial standard of degraded creature of soc1ety. He cravings of oou1 his body nnd soul. slarl life In those days or frontiers. or each and every man by decreasmg free competition. The future may see was a victim exploited by the greed that is, to give hlm th~ lcgiUmnte The accds or the Industrial Revol- lhe amount of proportionate profit the N. I. R. A. completely forgotten. of industrial lords and kwgs of comforts of life. He must be given uti on bural from lbr soi l during the to be made by each industry and but the principles, because they are fmance. His was the lost of mis-~ increa.sed purchasing power. He mu~t curly part of the twentieth Century ralsmg Lhe wage scale by that a- based on Christiaity, wi.ll always re- ery and suffering. H e was denied be educated, 50 that he may live and the laborer round machinery do- mount To allain this end codes main as the dominant characteristic the beauty and c ulture which his life in all its fullnc~s. lng his to...'t k . Th e Machine Age had were established for each industry of th e future econo mic order. soul blindly and instinctively cravToday America has como to n dawn ed, and th e time soon carne and the National Labor Board With ed. H13 brow was furrowed with 1 lines wrought by weariness and dull realization of its debt to the labonng when throughout lhc land the pro- ils Regional units was created to du els of machine ry replaced th e carry out In a concrete manner the toil. His s houlders bowed beneath man and with UliS realization hlUI ho.nd mud necessllles and luxu ri es spiri t of the Recove ry A c t. the weight of care. His broken arisen the desire to pay It~ debt to or life . These inventions broke ll was not only lhe Industrialis t voice mingled with the voices of hlm, by defending his just rights. down the natural barriers which ex- who looked to the government for his suffering children in pleading by educating him socially and acsiatcd betwee n cilles, towns and even aid but men and groups of men Two T housand Schoo ls Take P a rt not for me rcy, but for justice. theticaJly, by giving him Increased communllles. Business enterprise in every walk of life . The ag r iln D iscussion The master of gold looked upon purchasing power, by treating him o.s hnd unlimited possl bi1\lies and no culturist turned his broken spi rit the laboring man as a human rna- a respectable member of society toft ld wa::~ I •Ct un xplolted for the towards the governmen t pleading for It was an enthusiastic delegation chine to be driven until be dropped day. sake of large profits. Free com- the bare ne cessi ties of life. His c ry of the Viator Cisca group that at- in his tracks. They forgot that \Ve do not maintain lhat labo r P lillon followed as a. re s ult and was answered and many farm homes tended the general meeting at Mt. he was a social h u man being. They has attained its righlf ul positio n as government co ntro l or r egu lation was were s heltered f rom mortgage fore- Carmel High School 00 Ascension forgot that he was a man of flesh yet nor that the working man is considered disastrous lo th e well - closure; crops were regulated to pre- Thursday. The fo llowing r ep r esent- and blood endowed with a sou l and content with his present position. b lng or the nation even though vent over-prod uction and gove rn men- ed the College: Father Cracknell, the God-given faculties of mind and There are still present unsatisfactory su ccssivc periods of depression and tal service was placed · within reach Steve Gould, p resident of the In- \Vill. They forgot, that the wea.lth working conditiOns. The wages pros p rlty beca me more sharply deof each end every agriculturist. ternational Relations Club, John t h ey amassed, the clothes they wor e, which a man receives, lhe hours be rtncd at each occurcncc. The comFo r a com.plete economic recon- Deady, president of the St. John the food they ate and the mansions spends in toll are still far rrom pJclc collapse of busi ness enterprise struction every field of human· ac- Bercbman's Society, Mary Anthony, they dwelt in, wer e made a rea.lity satisfac tory. The remedies applied In 1929 shoolt lho faith In f r ee tivity had t o be di r ec ted towards p resident of the E ucharistic Commi t- on ly th rough the dull, har d and moo- to seasonal unemployment have not competition, and the government as 1 the common good. Rail roads, the tee, Raymond Cavanaugh, Mary otonous toil of this c r eatu r e they cured the disease. • The freedom t he ugcnl of tls people then ass umed backbone of our natio n wer e suf- Cr uise ,Patrick H ayes, Weeger despised. Th ese titans of a fln- to bargain collectively and lhc u ro le of lrnporlancc. The govern- Cering from the wastes ~f free com- Kra use r , Martin Mc Laugh li n, and ancial wo rl d fo rgot the debt they right of the working c lass to organmont did nol orne Lo lhe rcaliz~ petition and they eage rl y accepted J osep h P rokopp. The morning and owed to t h is the humb lest of God's ize is being cha11e ngcd. The Ideal To s u m u~ the condition sol u t ion fo r t h ese p roblems is the u Uon of Its im,po r ta.nce until t h e t he supervis ion of Lhe Feder a.l Coor - afte rnoo n sessions we r e a t t en ded by children. campaign which was to see F. D. dinato r of Transportation. The about 2000 college and h ig h sc hool of the labore r in the past, may I fo r mation of vocational groups; but H.oosev It elect d a.s tile leader vf right of the poo r and destitu t e to the students of the Chicago a r ea. quote t he words of the Father of this ideal has not as yet been fu ll y n ational affairs. s urp lus productions of industry was The Catholic student mind and Economic W isdom, Leo the x:rn, attained. ldcc..ls w re placed before a de- recognized when the ad_m_inlstr ation heart was brought to the fo r e in " A small numbe r of very rich men Now these are grave disabilities spaJring public a.nd lhe new ad- established the Feder a.l Surplus discussions of Communism, mixed have been able to lay upon the under which the laboring man still mi n istration undertook, not on ly to Relief Corporation to justly dis- marriages, personal holiness, parish teeming masses of the laboring poor suffe rs. But the encou r aging tact remedy U1 e eco nomic evlls of the day tribute the necessities of Life to r eligious activities, indecency of a yoke that is litUe bett e r than is that the demands of labor are bu t also to p lnn legislation that the unfortunate. The gove r nment stage and beach, p ress vigilance and slave ry". being r ecognized and that the wo r kwould prevent future periods of eco- took one step further in this direction the League of Nations. Time did Almost hall a century has pass- ing man ls enjoying some recognlzanomic distr ess. The government and aided in providing shelter fo r not permit the discussion of all ed since · these wor ds we r e utte red Uon of his pe rsonal dignity. The was looked to by each one of its UlC' homeless by creating the Fede ral topics; one of these, the Mexican by the be loved Pontiff- a half ceo- laboring man is today recognized a.s mil lions of itizens to relieve poverty, Subsistence Home Corporation. This situation and the Bor ah r esolution tu ry which has brought undeniable a social being rather than a mere to stimulate employment and to p rocedure was essentially char itable was to be proposed by Stephen I progress in the alleviation of the chatte l. we do not think the sorats . . wage s tnndarcls for those al- but the true American does not en- Gould. I plight of t he working man. Both Iution fo r his present difficulties lies ready employed - an ideal objective joy living very long under these Bishop Sheil addressed the gath- t h e Chu r ch and t he State have con- in Communism or the multi t udinous nevl'r before attcmpled by any Demo~ circumstances, he must, for his own ering in his usual inspiring manne r . tribu ted g r eatly in up llfti.ng the lab- "isms" of this age. we have sufflc ralic gover nment on such an ex- personal satisfaction be financiall y Personal holiness, union with Ch rist or e r from h.is enfo r ced serfdom. cien t faith in t r aditional American lc.nslve basts. The who le economic independent, so the National Reem - a nd good exa.m,ple at all times, es- Consequently, we flnd today, that ideals and in the Amer}can people orde r had to be changed and man's ployment Service was originated to pecially during Lbe summer month, through the wide diffusion of the to belleve that the solution tor these inhumanity to man for the sake of bring jobs and the jobless together. we re the characteristics he pointed teachings of the Encyclicals of Leo difficulties can be worked out ln an ac um ul aUon of power had to be The laborer in a ll fields was given out fo r every true Ciscan. The the xm and Pius the XI, together or de r ly and constitutional fashion. stripped of its ciic ts by legislation. the right to organize, unmolested by Bishop's appeal to suppo r t the Le- with the formulation of governmental We are then headed in the right To quote from the Encyclical of His the employer, under section 7 (a) gioo of Decency was answered with measures, the condition of the Ia- direction. We have seen the InHoliness Pope Pius XI relates to the of the Recovery Act. a unanimous acclaim of approval. borer has been somewhat impr oved. sup~macy of power. "This accumu- 1 Much to their cred1t the American Cisca has e..xtended St. Viato r a These sound economic and social auguration of a de!inite program to lalion _o r power, U1e c har~c teristic peopl.e have taken an intense inter- ~ most co rdial welcome. It r emains doctrines emanating ( rom the P apacy do justice to lhe working man. We note ot U1e ruodcrn econonuc order. est m ever y move that has been for us to accept in r eal earnest. together with the prudence and for e- aim to use our talents, limited and b a natural result of limitless free made by t.he gove r nment. They sight of a humanitarian president, lowly though lhey may be, to aid ,-ompetilion whi b permits the sur· have viewed each issue as one con· Some definitions of college f rom have made the Ame rican nation con· in bringing this p rogram to lull \'ivn.l of U1os~ only who are lbe ce rning each and every individual various papers: 'A social and cui- scious of the debt it owes to the fruition. The future success ot slrongt.'st, which often means those of the nation. Constructive and tural institution that puts off wor k laboring man. The American nat- America lies in seeing the principles who fight most relentlessly, who pay destructive c r iticism has made the for another four years" . "A place tion is being taught to look upon of truth and justice uphed. America lea. sl heed to the dictates of consci- new administration its target. With where we learn to sleep in awkward the workman of today, not as an effi- by its present att1tude has decreed cnct:!". such feverish interest there is no positions". "It's Uke an insane as- cient machine useful to mass p ro- that the principles of social and Tht:- gov~ rnment recognized the doubt that the defects ·wiU be de- ylum except that you have to show duction, but as a responsible mem- economic justice shall be upheld ln We condition of the country as demand- slroyed and the advantages greatly improvement or get out of one of ber of society. It has come to a defense of the working man. ing uot only emergency action but improved upon. The aver age Amer- those". realization of the fact that the la- pledge ourselves to carry on the action whicl1 w ould ha\'e permanent ican who in the period of industrial· The Unh·ersity of Arkansas states I bore r is a man composed of body torch of liberty. In tbls direction ct'fects upon tl1e future status of ism. ne,·er concerned himself intelli- that the average student spends a- and soul, a man worthy of his hire, Hes peace ,order and natlonaJ wellAmerica. gently "ith these matte rs bas now bout four hours a week reading neWS- a man entitled to a just living, and being. The first st~p in thi~ dire<:tion was made the problem his own. The papers. magazines and 'tx>oks. How family wage, a man for whom eeocthe :'\s.tional Industrial Recovery nation has tUrned its eyes toward do they work those books in? omic security must be guaranteed. The Daily Dlini. ln commenting Act which wa.s promul,g-ated to bring such prominent men as Father Hamilton College offers a unique The nation has interested itself in on the rece nt attempt ot the Sing und~r control Am l?rtca.n industry; in~ Coughlin, Huey Long and General scholarship of S500 open to men by the Laboring man and has interven- Sing prison football team to schedule dU$lry that had become lost and was Hugh Johnson because, whate'\·er the name of Leavenworth. _-\.ll men ed in industry in his behali. a game with West Point. suggests g-roping about in the jungl!? of ma...«s else, they ha,·e had the typical Amer- in .'\.merica by that name are eligiSociety has admitted that the that perhaps the Pen Is mightier production. The ren1edy for s. ican spirit of a forceful COn\"'iction ble.. working man is entitled to economic than the sword.

"'#

Viator Repre en ted at CISCA Convention

J~ll" ,

THE

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1935 DUMAS L. McCLEARY 1 'Mac" " August" The A . A. A ., N. R. A ., and I. R. A. lost a valuable and capable leader when Brother McCleary joined

VIATOIUA.N

Banquet Toast

JOHN

TO FUTURE VIATOR

I. R.

P . QUINN "PiCus"

Chicago, ' Illinois

sends forth young m en prepared to face the social and economic difficulties which b esiege the world to day. The motto for God and Society is the one and only reason fo r her existence. Certainly , then, St. Viator bas a rig ht to be proud of her past and we the graduating c lass of today look forw ard to an eYeD more shining future. But what will con stitute that brilDoes St. Viator des ire have student nwnbering in th e thousands? Does she desire to h ave a campus dotted with magnificent and cos tly structures, so that the world may g aze v.pon her in wonder a:nd amazement

P. E. Program Is Offered By Alumnus The R eve rend Francis J. Harbaue r , c. s. v., d ireCtor of Ath le tics , has rece ived a co{Jy of a thesis that deals with th e proposed program fo r St. Viator phys ic al education department. The thes is was writte n and s ubm itted in pa rtial fulfillm ent of th e requ ire m ents fo r th e degre e of M as t e r o f Arts by Matt McBride, a graduate of th e Univ e rsity of Illinols in 1934. M a tt M cBride \vill r eceive hi s "M as t ers d egree fro m the ew Yo rk U ni versity thi s year. T he thesis which contain s a hi s to r ical r eview of t he his to r y of St. Via to r ath letics and ph ysical ed ucation prog ra m u p to th e present da t e was \vrl t ten •· w ith the ho pe t hat it wi ll be es t a blis h ed at St. Vi a t o r College". A com ple t e two yea r prog ram of physical edu cation is o u tlined and adcti t.Io na.J. a d vanced su bjec ts are s ugges t ed .

Banquet Toast

1, 2, 3, 4

St. J o hn Berchman Society 1, 2, 3, 4 Glee Club 3 Football 1, 2, 3, 4 An eager, s m iling c harac t er whose Iris h perso nal it y won h im a host of friends about th e cam,pus. A fighting son of Erin whose s pirit kept him fighting eve ry year for a place

the C. S. V., three years ago. The By Dumas McCleary, B. S. C. name of McCleary wo uld have s hone On this occasion we cele brate the brightly in the same firmam ent of 67th commencement of St. Viator such stars as Wallace, Tugwell J ohn- College. For 67 y ears Viator h as son and other indus trial 'r ecoverists', im.Parted to h er graduates a relibut Mac c:t;tose another firmament in gious training calculated to carry which to s hine when he answered tbem triumphantly throught the batthe call of th e Grea t Master and tles of life ; at th e same time s h e in th e varsity lineup. A lthough Pi cTeacher. realized, he has stimulated and enrich ed tbeir us's ambition was not

Mac has exemplified himself as a religious , a scholar, and artist and a bus iness man. Fidelity to the basic principles of the r e ligious life has singled him out among his fellows and application to study has m erited fo r him h igh honors in " Excellence" and Philosophy. Taking the t e rm broadly, A u g us t was an artis t at ping po ng, t ennis, handball, checker s , and bridge; t ak ing the term s in its restricted sense, he was par excelent as a camerman or moving pic ture operato r . During his se nior year thi s diminuti ve man with ideas could be seen about the campus taking pictures of build ings , fac ul ty a nd s tuden t activities. These pic tures have s ince been shown many high sch oo ls in Illinois as an advertising medium. Finally, as a business man Dumas McClear y bids fare t o b e a g r eat leade r in the adminis tration of hi s A lma Mate r . A lready this Viatorian has .d eve loped a system of student adverti sing that met wi th wholesal e res ults th e firs t year it was put into practi ce. H is lates t idea of moving St. VIator Coll ege Into the hig h school s through t h e medium of th e movie m ac hine has d emonstra t ed that 'if you c an't come to St. Viator Coll ege, St. Viator College w ill come to you" .

PAGE FTVJI:

THE ATHLETE

By Thomas Kelly, B. S. C. This afternoo n I am honored with the oppo rtunity to express my sincer e and best wishes to the pr ospect ive athletes of St. Viato r College. May they e mbrace the fighting s pirit th at Viator men are noted and resp ec t ed for, may tbey place tbe g lorious name of thi s college in the s potlig h t of the athle tic wo rld wher e it dese rv es to be.

p ionsbips in various s ports, but are also deep ly con cerned in th e developm ent of yo ung men, to prepare them for the g am e of life, with a healthy body and a clean mind, to s trengthen their character, and to in s til in their minds the spirit and will to to stand on

lege in Amarillo, and to quote Bc..rnie himself " th e most importan t thing he learned there was the location of St. Via tor College" . A s a consequ ence, he packed his poke here and h as been s ticking around ( and ever ybody )

A great figure, we ll liked and res pect e d, Ficus did not attem pt po litical offices; whil e there is no doubt that he wo uld have bee n s uccess f ul, he much ·preferred to see his fellow studen t s elec t ed to posts h e

" R ip" Kankak ee, I ll ino is Intra-mural B aske tball 1 , 2, 3, Intra-mural Maseball 1 , 2 , 3, 4 Chemistry Labra tory Monitor 4 John came to St. Viator in 1931 from Grand Rapid s , Michigan, aft er g r a duating from G rand Rapids Central High SchooL During Rip 's four years at Viator, he made many f riends, and is r ega rded as possessing a true Viator s pirit, i. e., the d esire for knowl edge. Rip is awarded a Bachelor of Scien ce degree, and everyone here f eels that h e is capable of gaining s u ccess in the f ie ld of c hemi s try. His good di sposition a long with hi s m ental c apability reassures us that Rip will have no t rouble in winning those a ims whi ch he has se t out in life to achieve. Rip was always an eager and interested ffiembe r in eve ry ac tivity of his class, a nd we a r e proud t o h ave him in the 1935 broth erh ood of Sen iors. We wtsh him luck in his chosen fie ld and we know that he v.'ill be as devoted an a.Jumnus as he was a s tudent.

Two

thousand

wad s

chewing

;:s~n;e~la::~en~~e~akl~~r!~m ~~~~~

at th e U. of Florida.- It at least proves that someone uses the library. R e v. Paul D . Sullivan of Detroi t o wns a Bible o ver y ears old . 450 Fathe r F . J . Harbauer s tated th at s u ch a program as is o utlin ed in thi s th esis is pro bably jus t the type t ha t will be inaugur a ted next y ear in th e newly c re ated D epartment of Ph ysical Edu cation. No departm en t head has been sec ured by the College as ye t.

BERNARD l\1. RUSSELL, "Bar ni ~ ' ' 1\V. T." International R elations Club It w as a m emorable day in S eptember 1932 whe n Brother Ru ssell arrived on the campus from the Viatorian Novitiate at Lemont. Th e time Barnie arrived w as exactly thre e minutes after tw elve and at exactly s ix minutes after twelve he had endeared himself to all. Barnie got Ills " Iarnin' " a t the Senlor High School in Amarillo, Texas . H e then matricula t ed at Price M e morial Co l-

Football 1 , 2, 3, 4 Monogram Club 1, 2, 3, Vi ce-Pres. Monogram Club 3 President College C lub 4 I. R. c. 2, 3 Basketball 2, 3 Baseball 2, 3 L eade rship was certainly th e out-

Short-changing the custome r s, Barnie b as put the book s tore on a paying basis. Of many hobbies h is chi efes t a r e s ending chain lett ers (Uncl e Sam, please note), t elling stories and r eading the fac ulty mail. Since Barnie's arrival at St. V iator, be h as earned for him sell a n enviabl e r ep u tatio n as a m athematic ian, th e ti tie of his the s is being "History of the Development of the Imag inary into the Fie ld of Reality." "\¥hen sked what it w as a ll about, Barnie said, '-.vhen I wrote it, two people kne w what it was all about- God and myself. Now o nly one knows what it is al l abou t God." Graduation doesn' t lose Barnj.e for St. Viator and his classmat es are happy in th e thought tba t when they r eturn from time to t ime t o vi sit th e ir Alma Ma t e r they Mll have th e pleasure of meeting a g ain t he genial and witty Fatber Russell. God speed your day, Barnie. W e a ll lik e you lots.

s tanding charac t eristic of T om . This trait brought to him one of lhe pos itions in st udent ac ti vity, President of the College C lub. JOHN BIMMERLE On th e fi eld, a vicious, s mashing "Biro" tackle; off th e field , a smiling w ellChicag o, Il linois liked p er sonality, and in th e class I. R. c; . 2, 3, 4 room an eager searche r t"o r knowS t . J o hn Berchmans Socie ty 1, 2, 3, 4 ledge. Cisca 4 T om's ability fo r org anizati on, hiS Class P residen t 4 leade r s hip, his vari ety of cons tru c Ni n eteen candidates w ere rece ive d To show their apprecia tion of tive ideas, soon es tablished him as into the St. J ohn Ber chmans' Socan influential figu r e abo u t the cam iety on May 23 in th e College Chapthe fai th the S enior c lass of this e l, and on them will fa ll the d ut ies year had in John, th ey e lected him pus. pres id ent of the class. This was a A s Tom leaves the campus, a big of th e sanc tu a ry next year. A Plenreal proof of th e trust h is classmat- gap w ill be left in t he ranks of t hose ary Indluge n ce was gained by those es had in him. eager fo r Viator's success. A ll of hi s who received Holy Communion on Active in all student affair s, J ohn f r iends of the student body and that day and who prayed in th e th e made a name for himself a s a p r o- facu lty alike wish him ev e ry s ue- chapel for the intentions of Holy F a tb er . mater of th e variou s ac ti vities·. cess. The following w e re admitted to Sc ho lastically, thi s bashf ul young man attained high honors in th e . Th e lates t fad at Mars hall Col- th e socie ty : Stephen Gould, J o hn fi e ld of chemis try and Mathemati cs. lege, Huntington, W . Va., is rai s ing B immerl e , A ugus t B lack, John Cronin , J ohn D eady , Clark Dilge r , John M c. th ematics and chemi s try were a- chick ens in dormi tory rooms . Geo r ge m ong the subj ec t s J o hn would and U yo u are late to a c lass at the Foxen, Ray mond Golden, co uld d isc uss at leng th. Many of the Unive r sity of Arkon, (Ohio ) you are Roge rs , William Sc humac he r, Ri c hunde rgrad uates came t o him for aid , fin ed fi ve ce nts , the m o n ey to be ard Doyle , P a tri c k H a y es, E uge ne David and thi s help always gi ve n ch ee rful- used to purchase ben ch es fo r t h e Larkin, Wal te r Minnehan, ly and w ell. s tudents to s p end th e ir leisure ti me McGrath, T homas McGreevy, Edward J ose ph M ay John g o on in h is chose n f ields sitt ing upon. U thi s rul e w e r e to go O' B ri en , Roman P t£y bs z , to highe r t:. ttain ments. H e has eve ry into effec t h e re, in no ti me we wo uld P ro kopp. quality that mak es for s u ccess. W e have m or e bench es th a n we have Me mbers of the society we r e pr es ented wtth a leath e r -bo und co py or believe tha t h e will be entire ly s ue- studen t s. Rev. cessful in all o f hi s f uture e n te rI n t he Tatter w e see t hat Jose ph th e S unday M issal by the pr ises and w ish h im t he best of Trou t gi ves voice to t he song "A W illiam J . Cr ackne ll , C. S. V. , moden:.to r . luck. Brown Bird S inging".

I highes t

Berchmans' Society Holds Installation

Jn th,.

t~l of

H,33 Bro 11!'1 DalJey Vl&toT College after

,. Banquet Toa t

Banquet Toa t

0..

ting •

Sociology < &t st. TO TRE \ L \ TOJUA.'i Brother .Ma.cld.anamon &nived !rom nK bl' .nt.)v1U3U!. a.t L-!mon By K~nneth Corcor&n, Pb.. B. {::n_,tt;,.r Oall~y U, M atn.mgt.T In During tbe course of Lhe put (ew the Via.torlan .. -ovitiate at Lemont, lheJO'J P3 )lfl.vlng llved for many year every Catholic ba.s had brougb '"::hno!S, ln Sep "!mter. 1033 Most o~ ycanJ to the Ol!a.rby me:tropoJ,....a of to hls attention ln some way or an~ hU; prevl<>us education ha 'ing been ~nroll~

u.~mpl~

K.o.nko.k•• wbore he alt.en<le<l S . f'n.lrl,k '• Hll(h S<.hool. Aller hlo ~rnvJuatJon he en e r e<! Quil(ley Prepara.thry ijP;miru..ry In Chlrago from which ln•UtYllon he WM gra<luat.ed 1931. After spending one year Mary of the l.Alke Major

obl&tned ln Chicago a.s a sluden other the va.rlous activ1tlea !lpon.sored for the promotion of Catholic e.t St. Cecilia Grammar school. S t. Igna ws Aca<lemy. and Quigley a.c Jon. As Ca. hollc co1Iege men Preparatory Seminary. Brother 'M.:c' wr are quJle naturally expected lO also spent one year ln pbllosophlcal take part ln thls great movement. By jolnlng local orga.nlzallons form - studies at Kenri ck Seminary. Webster Grove3. ..Io. During the past ed f o r this purpose we !ulliU In part ou r obllga.Uon to Church and Society. But at the same Ume we must not forget a most Important phaae of Catholic action. I speak

o! the intimate contact an alumnus ought to have w1th the Alma Mater

hi s youlhiul days. You ask me, how can this be done? I a.HF"".\·er sln•ply tbet matter whe re we Uve or wbere may c han ce to be we ought to j kC<'P in tOU('h W1lh I he aCt.i\;t:il".'l of St. Viator College through our sc hool pa pe r. the VIA TORIAN. By / kee ping an eye on affairs h ere at t11 e school which hav e a bearing on lhe tre nd of Catho li c ed u cation we are kept In touch wl tb one of the I mos t important phases of our lives.

Club 1 ec~tary

Vke·.P'r-(o~~

Jo.hn

S~n.1or

Gl Club BerchrunM

(Continued

(Co ntinu ed on

B y - lepben G<>u.ld. '56 It Is lndeed with heary but boP<>ful hearts that we o1 the Junior Clt:.ss o - er this Ou.r hearts are he.a ..~y because ji'Our graduatio n mea.n.-s &n end to those happy days that we spent together. We have lived &.Dd dwe.lt together tor three years a.od we tren..sure as St a precious jewel that friendshl p that has. grown up between us \Ve have shared each others joys and sorrows, e.xuJted in each others triumphs and sympathized with OOt' anothe r in our trials. Ours has tndeed been a happy lot. and I know that every one of my classmates shares with me my respec t of the Senior Class t'trst because they a re t r ue men and secondly, because they have proven their wo r th cs t r usted f ri e nds. We are hopeful because we feel that you have reached a long sought afte r goal- the jou rn ey has been long and bu r densome, but you have r eached that goal fo r which all men of Viato r seek-that of having the

on Page

Eight)

Page Seven)

Acmlno.ry In Munde lein he fe ll an lrrcHlflblc rlcs lre to beco me a Vlutorlo.n, And, being a man of d clsion , h e CO.H L aald c nll el se and en te red th e Vlalorlan Novitiate. S in ce hla u.rr ivc l c t St. Bern ard H a ll h has proved himself an In valuab le asse t by hi s ene rgy and wi ll ingn ess lo h e lp anyo ne o r everyo ne Jn doi ng a di!Ttcult or dl s agrccnb le Lash: H e ha, had the distinction of bein g o rgo.nl at o.nd c hoi r d ir ector o. t St. Bern ard H a ll si nce his a rrl val and hi.\..8 deve lo ped a.n excell en t g roup o f cho ri ste rs.

Kenneth has been ooc of th e most active students on the campus In the fou r yea rs he has been at VIato r . A p:::.rtlcipant ln e very spo r t or athletics which th e school affo rds, h e t-as achieved distinction in them all. But he has In no sense confined hts in t er ests to things ath letic. H e has been Inte r es t ed and a valuable m em~ be r of the Dramatic clu b, th e St. John Berchmans Society and lh e H o ly Name Society.

two years as a student of St. Viato r, B rothe r "Mac'' h as done fi ne wo r k . H e b::.:s been ap pointed assistant sac ristan and was also employed in the office of the Registe r . B ro t he r McManamon expects to leave fo r the Cath o lic U nive r s ity a t W ash ingto n , D . C., nex t Septem be r whe r e h e wtU pu rsue h is The lo logical s t ud ies. We, the Class o f "3 5

Mo r eove r, be h as made a nam e fo r him self In th e fi eld of co llege jo urn a lis m ,having se r ved on t he s t aff of the VI AT ORIAN each year, and fin a lly in h is Sen io r yct:.r receiving t h e coveted h ono r of Editor of the VI A T ORIAN. an office w hi ch h e has d ischarged wi th cr ecli t.

Al w a.ys qui et r.na un assumin g , " Mau r ie' ' ca..'ill y an d q uick ly won hi s wuy i!\to t he hear ts of hi s classm u t es an d fac ulty alike. Never 1-t now ln g ly g ivi ng offence to anyo ne, h e leaves SL VIato r w t U1 t he s t ump of a tru e ge ntl eman and on e wh o \vl ll be r em e mber ed by all.

"Ken 's" hearty good n a ture and readin ess to help w ith an ything and everything whfch h1s fe ll ow-s tud ents m ay u nde rtake b as brou g ht him m uch well-deserve d pop u lar it y. H is class h as s hown its confid ence In him by cll oos in g him fo r on o f t hei r officer s in hi s fr eshman and sophomore years and fo r th eir vlcepres id ent in hi s se nior year. The whole-hearted good wis h es of hi s f e llo w -s tudents will fo llow him wb en h e leaves S t. Vi a to r . May be a s q u ickly fi nd an hono r ed p lac e In th e world as h e h as in h is co ll ege career .

"Or v"

":rtUke" Kankak ee, Illinois Debatin g cam e to S t. VIa to r from Interna tio na l R e lati on s Club Chica go Unive rs ity wh e r e b e took Bro th er Malone ente red St. Viaan a c tive part in man y s cholasti c t o r Coll ege in Se p tem hc: r , 1934 aft er and athl e ti c affairs of the s chool. having comple t ed Pis Although h e has been a s tudent h e re L em o nt, Dlino ie. H e received h is f o r on.Jy t en m onths, h e has take n h igh schoo l edu cation at Quigley as mu ch inte res t in th e activities of Prep arato r y Se minary and hi s philSt. Viato r Co1lege as tho se who hav e oso phk al s tudi es at St. Mary of the sp ent th eir entire college course bere. Lake Seminary, M unde lein , Illinois. H e is an excell ent st ud ent, and Durin g h is a ttendan ce a t th e Co lholds forth with mu ch eloquen ce on lege, Bro th e r 11J! alone , af t e r selec ti ng th e in t ricacies of chemis t ry and E ng lis h fo r hi s m a jo r , h a s don e ve r y physi cs. It w as unfortunate that s ple ndid w o rk . he was unabl e to tak e part in th e THOMAS RYAN Bro t h er Malone expec ts to le a ve for J AJ\-IES CROWLEY school track a c tivities, in which h e the Catholic Uni ve rsity at Washln g Kankakee, Illinois excelled at Chi cag o u. Ass uredl y. "Tommy" ton w he re he will purs u e his th eoGolf Team 4 howe ve r , Chicago's los s w as St. ViaKins man, Illino is logical s t uclles. ' ''e the Class of '35 T ennis T eam 3, 4 tor' s g ain. Tomm y is a m e mbe r of the las t wish yo u eve ry s u ccess B ro th er an d College Tenn is Champion 3 grad uatin g c lass of th e old S t . Vlaal so an a bundance of the blessing s Intra- m ural Bask e tball 1. 2, 3, In a group of 150 sch oo ls co n- tor A cad emy. H e worked in a rew ll!a t g o with it. CRptai n Day H op B asketball 3 side r ed as leading, athl e ti cally s p e ak- colleg e hours during h is last semesW ith t h e g ra d ua tion of J ames ing, 62 have nam es of anim al s f o r t e r 1n high schoo J, and ther efor e had C rowley, one of th e most colo rful th eir ni Cknam es. litt l e wo rk to do th is year. H e ia figures in student life at Viato r wtU Al tho ugh they paid o n e do llar the youn ges t of the class, having be gone. Duri n g his co llege career , each fo r ad van ce copies of a his - so-journ ed only twenty year s on this Jim has repr esen ted the day stu- to r y exam, the s tu dents a t West earth. H e has been active In Ind en ts in mos t of the mo r e impo r tant Virginia Universi t y ar e ou t of luck tra- m ural ath letics; advanced to the a c tivities of the College, having fo r the p rofesso r found out and de- semi-finals ln the Viator Open S lngbeen one of the mos t vociferous as cla red the exams woul dn't coun t. les Te.nnis Tourney last year. Announcement came from th e well as successful champions of the Any plumbe r w ho has fo r go t ton ' S ince be became an off-campus Very Rev . E. V. Cardinal. C. S . V .. cause of the d:.:y student. Jim was at the annual VIATORIAN banquet a member of the various teams in any of the t ri cks of his trade may student some three years ago, h e on May 20 that Edward Buttgen. the intra-mural leB.,;.oues , playing take a co rrespondence course through has been a leader among the non"3 7. hnd been chosen unanimous ly basketbail exceptionally well. T enni s the North Carolina State College ex- residents. holding the office of Presiby the College Council to edit the occupied much of his time, and h ~ tension division. den t of tbz;.t group last year. B=nington College Extract: - 1935-36 \"lATORLo\.N. According t o was one of t.!le b<>...st golfe rs in L>i . I As alr ea<ly intimated; To=y's ·· U1e~-and th~ "isest perhaps-- Father Canhnal. Buttgen w cs seLittle Nineteen Confer ence this year . activities were not confined to things :.tre di2'Ug·htM lhat their children are 1 Iected upon the recomendation. of the' VIATORLI\..l'l. He h as served this Jtm w as one of the most popu l:: r j outside the class room , for he wa3 thinking s.t all. Its c new Am erican R~ ..·. Emmett 'Valsb, C. S . '\ ·· who year as co-edi tor "'i. th K enne th Co r- , students, for his VIVId and charm - a familiar figure on the Hono r Roll tra ition''. has sen:ed as moderato r and faculty co ran. '35. a..'"ld he occupied th e mg personality won h1m a host of H e strove always to gJVe his best, I n the nited. States there is one advisor for the paper this year. position of Spo r ts Edito r during h i£ friends who, upon his graduation.. made innumerable friends. z.:.nd was l'Olle:t;e graduat e for e ..·ery fourt)·Buttgen becomes Edito r-in-Chief fre ~hma..:t year, when the paper was wish him every success ln wha tever clways r eady with a helping hand four persons. after t wo years of work on the edited by Robe r t Sp rei tzer , ' 34field be may chance to enter. a Hmlle. and the J>TOper an.-<JWer_

EUGENE KEARNEY "Go ne '' Bo urbonnais , Illino is Bro th e r K earn ey en te red th e No vltt a t in Lemont, Illinois, in 1932, n.nd a ye ar late r e m-oil ed a t St. Vi at.o r oil ge. "Gene ' ', M hi s ample brogue ind lcates, Is from th e "Auld Sod". Born ln Trnlec (Co unty K e rry). be luter attended t h e C hris tlan Br oLhc r·s schoo l t he r e. At t h e close of h is hi g h schoo l years, h e ente red St. Brenden 's Se n1ina.ry in Killarn ey, and olso St. J ose ph's Coll ege, Wil ton, ounly Co rk . A fe w y ears a g o he a rri ved in lll e U nited S t a t es and co nt inu cd his ed ucatio n at Ro utt College, J ackson vi ll e and Quincy Collq;e, Quincy, Illinois. T'wlnkllng bl ue eyes, genial s mil e , Md his d lightfu l brogue have made Ge ne n gene ra l favo r ite amongst h is fullow s tudents. w hlle his innate rcsource:fuln~ss an d constan t applicntion hav< brought him to the fore In schola.stJc nchievements. His fellow students unite tn \\ishiug him every success in his t\'Ublimc- undertaking. May the balm of the roses banish the sting of any U\Onls w hich you may encount er G~ ~. in the g lory of the y ears to ocmo.

Buttgen Named ' JI•atOri·an Chief

THE VIATORIAN

1\IONDAY, J UNE 3, 1035 B YRON B URKE (Streaky) Basl<etba.ll 3, 4 Baseba.ll 3, 4 Secr etary of the Senlor Class Coming to St. Viator at t he beginning of his J unlor year, Byron early distinguished himself as an ath lete. His speed and abillty on the basl<etba.ll floor earned him th e des criptive nickname of "Streaky", and those who have seen him play can testify to its appropriateness. In addition to his athletic ta.lents Byron is a very accomp1ished musi-

Banqu et T oast TO THE FACULTY

By Jolm P. Quinn, A. B. Today it is my happy privilege to do honor to th e faculty of St. Viator College. Somehow I am unab le to conquer a. growing conviction that I am unequal to the task "Great Souls " ,says Archbishop

PAOli: ll:&V:SN

FRANCIS SMJTH "SmJtty" Man l cno, I llinois College Cl ub 1. 2, 3, I . R. C. 1, 2, 3, 4 Basi<etbo.ll 2, 3 Vice-Pres. Junior Class Baseball 3 Despite the fac t that it was lmpossi ble for Smitty to engage in a ll the sc holus tl c activities, neverlheless be was very active a bout the

Spaulding, "are above t he praise and ca mpus.

His unassuming

RICllARD ff . DOYLE

Banquet rroast

"Di ck''

CbJcugo,

TO THE UNDEIWRADUATES

By Jolm Blmmerlc, Il. S. Today w e leave S t. Vlutor witb the fond est of memo ri es and wi th hearts of r eg rets th a t we must se rv er those ti es which have bound us so closely together. The inttmate friend ships and associations

m anner which w e have made w ill n ever b e

dis praise of m en." The excellen ce and good nature have made him ever forgotten. These past four years of the priestly life would be a suit- welco me amongst all s t udents and have been th e happies t of our li ves. ab le theme fo r a panegyric; but I In th u t short s pan of time w e have possess neither t he language nor Alma the eloquence to do jus ti ce to it. We have learn ed her r: is with a sense of deficien cy, sacred traditions and we hope al then, that I undertal{e the praise of ways to be ins pired by th em . In a ppreciation for what St. Viaa part of that great brotherhood of tor h o..s given us, it is onJy fittin g wonder that we pay some s mall tribute to civilized peoples. With this idea in mind we h er . During our all-to-brief career a s a small bequ es t In th e students c t St. Viator our teachers Th is bond canhave won a lasting dbrine in th e not amply repay our g r eat debt hearts of every one of th e class but i.f it establishes a preced eD..t for of 1935. In their dual capaci t y as future graduating classes we shall tutors and friends, they have laborfeel that we have accomplished our ed patien tly and dilibently towa rd making us worthy children of Mpthtbe undergraduates we Church and useful citizens of offer a farewell and a bit of a dvi ce. Learn now in you r college days tc appreciate in its true sense. th e

IUlnots 3, 4 College Cl ub Treaaurcr Clans Treasurer -t St. J ohn Berchman Society 2, 3, Gl oo Club 3 Vtatorian 3, 4 Baehelor Or ation 4 S t . VIator loses a loyal and fa.lthful son in tbe g raduation of Dick, but we a r e ass ured that his loyallty ~r1ll be as k een as eve r in the days a h ead. I. R.

Dick was gr eatly inter ested ing hand in playing a ccompaniments many an occasion when his aid was indispensable. He was ac tive in the formation of an orchestra, and did his utmos t to keep t he enterprise alive, m spite of discouraging obstacles. Byron is not ony a musician, he is also a pher . H e majored under Lowney, and throughout his phy courses here has been an intelligent and inter ested s tudent, particularly when the problem arose of interpreting modern questions in the ligllt of scholastic prinsiples. St. Viator will indeed miss Byron when he leaves her after two year s of determined achievements in athletics and in the classroom.

To T he. Viatorian.<Continued

froni Page Six )

a.n everlasting effect on everythin g t h at we do in the f u t ure no matter in w hat business we may be engaged. We have learned to honor and respec t our God, to deal honestly wi th our fellow-man and to appr eciate the better things of life. W e say farewell to this school. What does this parting signify? Does i t mean t hat we are to lose all our inter est in the activities and progr ess of our college? St. Viator has done much fo r us during these past four years and will not forget us when we are go ne. Future progress of SL Viator will depend greatly on th e support of her a.lumn.i. W e are now part of that a lumni and must take our places in the rank of the graduates. But we must end eavo r to give every co nsideration to th e affairs of our college and to offer our co-operation when ever it is n ecessary fo r the good and betterment of St. Viato r College. Our treasure chest of m emory, wher ein is contained th e priceless things that have come to us, is one of our greatest gifts of God. After we have left th ese campus g rouids let us delve often into this t reas ure chest and be renewed in our loyalty and respect fo r the school which gave us our Chri s tian he r itage. The VIATORIAN bas r eco rd ed our deeds in the field of athletics, in dramatics and in extra-curricular activities. The Viatorian is a

It will have

ever y activity of tbe Col1ege , and it was his unfai ling cooperation that

ing smile and re~dy wit have made of th e most popular students in th e senior class. During his four years at Viator he has been a most hospitable fri end to his

turn ed many conclusions.

affairs

to s uccessful

His inter est in student activity was r ewar ded when he was elected treasurer of the College Club, of the Senior Class and of th e SL John B erchman Society.

his studies, but we will sincerely regret his leaving us. H andicaps will be- mere stepping s ton es for this individual , whose determination an d courage will overcom e a ll obstacles which might conf ront him in th e new life which he is beginning. -

V i a to r progress means much to Dick and he spent mu ch of h is time canvassing for new s tud en ts. May you r vision of a future Viator bt r ealized and our best wishes go to you, a Ch ristian Gentleman and Scholar.

To The Athlete" Loui e" Bradley, Tilinois I.

2, 3, Baske tball 路 2, 3

Intr a -mural Baseball :l, With t he gradua tion of Dr ass ler , Viato r is losing, true sense of the phrase, "one of her boys", as Louis r epresents th e last class to have been graduated fr om old St. Viator Academy. It was d uring his high school days that he began to display that great athletic ability which has him since. Durin g the four years of lege career, Louie has been known not only as a fine student, but ha'3 engaged in a.l l the athletics of the campus as w ell, and was a familiar figure in all the social function s. WILLIAM J . GIBBONS The basltetball squad will greatly Minonk, I llinois miss a supertor player in Drassler, International Relations Club 1, 2, 3, 4 when he departs from the College La tin E ssay Medalist 1. on Mon day. St. John Berchman Society 1, 2, 3, It is with hardy and sincere wishMonogram Club 1, 2, 3, 4, eo that t he VIATORIAN, his instructors an1 friends send Louis Class Banquet Toastmas ter 4 forth t o conquer new fields on th e Boxing 1, 2, 3, 4 same high plain that he has ColFootball 1, 2, 3 lowed in .the past. Returning to college a!ter a year's s ymbol of our school. For oved abs ence Bill co ntinued his scholastic f ifty years it has existed as the and athletic endeavors with all th e voice of St. Viator College. vi mand vigor t hat charaterizes the Future Viator prog r ess will be loyal boos ters of the Iris h. Ha ving r ecorded by this paper as th e years been active in boxing during his pass bringing added attainments and first three year s a t the college he glory to the priceless r ecords of aided Brother DesLauri ers materialpas t achievem ents. We have in ly in reviving th e man ly spo rt durthe past four year s added much ing the past scholastic year. A to the annals of th e VI A TORIAN. s t udent of no mean abili t y as is These will exist and co ntinue as ~ evidenced by his outstanding achievema rk of our progress. Let us earn- ments in scholasti c fi elds and an es tly wish th e VIATORIAN a long athlete of great ab ility, it is end successful life a s we tum over with a g r eat d eal of reg r et that we th e last pages of ou r college caree r . of Viato r wish him a fon d fa r ewell.

(Continued from Page Five) "Jaek" Chicago, illinois Dramatic Clu b 2, 3, President of Dramatic Club Glee Club 3, 4 I. R. c. 3, 4 Viatorian 3, 4 J ohn Ber chmao Society 3, 4 The greatest bit of fortune to befall the Dramatics Club of th e Colthe appearance on the campus of John Cronin in the fall of 1932. In the spring of the following year, the club decided to produce th e "Mikado", and in searching for an adept gentleman to fill the role of "KoKo", it chan ced upon Ja ck, who created the character with all the vividness, humor and talent of a professional. In the pas t three years on th e campus, he has become known to every student, and is looked upon a s one of the fi nest dramati c talent ~ found here in many yea rs . During those three years he h as also se rv ed on the VIA TORIAN s taff a s editorialis t and feature writer, and has a lso been an active member of th e Glee Club and t he I. R . C. In his las t two years he w as also a member of the St. John Ber chman's Society. His winning personality has made a by-word on the campus, and in years to come he will long be rem ember ed as one of the most popular members cr the Class of '35. YVishes for the su ccess 路of this young and tc.lented ge ntl eman in hi s n ew adventures in life. come from all who had t he good fortune to know him- and who did not.

ly, to train the young man to have a beau tiful body and a beautiful mind. so h e will be equipped to defend his s tate in time of war, and be a credit to himself and his s tate in time of peace. In a modified form that is just what th e coaches are accomplish ing her e at St Viator. To be sportsmen at all times, to be a cr edi t to themselves and th eir family. Football and other sports are impcrtant in coUege life, but they should

onl y

secondary

im-

portance to the young man in college. The most important f acto r to consider is your education, for within lies the key to success and ha,ppiness after your school days. H e r e at St. Viato r this point is stressed by teacher and coach alike, they are just as interested in the grades a player turns in as they are in his athletic ability.

The ath leti c department feels its job is not in vain, if it s ucceeds in d eveloping th e character of young men through the various ath)etic engagements in which the school participates. To th e remaining ath letes, may you carry on the good name of St. V1ato r and Inspire the n ew students to p lay the game clean, hard and fair, to conduct yourself like men, a s those befo re you, to bear in mind that you are part of St. Viato r , that she is placing in your hands an athletic record that she is proud of, and a name that is r espec ted and hcnored in th e field of athleti cs. May you live up to this reco rd and the name of St. Vic tor.

THE VIATORIAN

r A GE EIGHT

l\IARY

Valedictory B Y MA R Y C R UI S E, A . B. Today the class of '35 joins th e num e rous co mpany of gradu a tes w ho h&. ve gon e fo rth from school into th e world sin ce th e f irs t univer sity was found ed in m edi eval Eur ope. Wlth t he p assin g centuri es hundreds of th ese m en a nd women have ach ie ved Immortality ; thousands mor t) have dep arted into obli vion. In

CR17ISE

To Future Viator-

Kankakee, Tilinois

eager minds ana hearts m a y not be

consecr ated to its se rvi ce? What of the co un tl ess mill ions taught by t he mat e ria lis t to li ve by bread alo ne, who s udd enl y find, when th ey have learned t h eir lesso n well, that t her e is no m or e bread? It is fo r us t o save th em f rom th e consequ ence of th ei r foll y , to vindi cate th e e t erna l

Viatorian 1, 2, 3, 4 Associate Edito r 3, 4 English Essay hledal 3 Debating 3, 4 Sec'y. Be rgin Debatin g Socie ty 4 Dra m a tic and Glee Clubs 1, 2, 3, Sec'y Colleg e Club 2 , 3, 4 Pres id ent S orority 3 , 4 Sec r e tary I. R. C. 3 Cl ass S ec r et a r y Va ledicto ry 4

Iand

exclai m "T he r e is the

f r om

chaos, that

ceon tinuect from Page Seven)

mos t our

communi t y. In performing th eir divine mission th ey have mad e

beaut iful and mos t costly colleg e campus in tb e Middle W es t" . Does a thle ti c teams sh e d esir e to have Does she deof national r enown? s ir e t o amass gr eat wealth ? The answe r t o aU these qu estions is a decided negative. No ! sh e do es not aspir e to have an enrollm ent

W o r ds are inadequate an d space numbering

t he ideal

the

thousands. 50

She

much in the n um-

he r of grad u ates as in th eir calib re. She wi ll be satisfied with a suffi c ient nu mbe r to en a ble her to ca rry on he r wor k mos t effi cacious ly. Our Alma Mate r does not desir e to h ave o rnam ental struc tur es doting h er cf! mpus; s he desires no magnificent palaces in wh ich h er ch arges m ay live as pa.nipe r ed princes. She will be satisfi ed m er ely with halls adequat ely equipp ed t o provide tb e ,p roper envirenm en t for he r s tud en ts. S h e does no t aspire to m aintain a t hl e ti c t eams w hose fam e will travel t o th e fou r corne r s of the ear t h. Rath er s he w ill be happy t o be r epresented on th e playing f ield by clean-li ving boys who carry into t he game th e sam e intellig e n ce and fighting spiri t with wh ich t hey face th e m oral and intellectual proble m s of life. S he does no t desire wealth for wealth's sake but only a n amount sufficient to ena ble her to maintain an ins titution of hi g her learning to whic h th e laboring man as w ell as th e w ealth y man may send his SO?-In brief, knowing h er p as t as we do, may w e no t mod es tly see for her in th e not d is t a nt f uture a n enrollm e nt of a pproximate ly fi ve hundred ; a new mode rnly equipped reside nce ball to a ccom odate this inc r ease enrollm ent ; a new ch a pe l- long a neeessity ; and lastl y a f a culty building. Undoubtedly, th e m a jority of thos e present are we ll a cquaint ed with the progress whi ch th e Coll ege h as made within the last f ew y ear s. In 1931 the high school was discontinued that all energies mi g ht be con centrated on th e collegiate depa rtm ents. Since that tim e th e enrollment of the college s tudents has continuall y increased. Last year th e enroll-

the a lo ne kn ows how t o conse r ve m a t e r ial for prope r use. The r e a r e no bo unds t o our ambi lio us foll y . W e would feed t he world, yes, its stat-ved soul as w ell '9 its hun g ry bod y, but tha t is nol Is wa r so re mo t e t hat nc lll. Jtrong man arms a r e n eeded t o hold .t bac k ? A re t her e no canke r s ol J.a tion a l h a tred to be cu t ou t, nc fes t ering prejudi ces to be h eald ? iV hy , th a t vaunted wisdo m of th e wo rldlin gs is m adn ess of the wi ldes t ki nd, which wou ld asse r t that yo u th can not f ind e mployment. Withou t loo king beyond our im m ediat e s urroun dings we can see more wo r k awaiting u s t han w e can eve r hope t o do. Our rash words g ive the prophets pause. The y blink their dull eyes and mutter that s u ch work as ~ e pr a t e of is a ll very w e ll, but th e r e is nothin g in it. Our c hall eng e has no t bee n m e t our antagonists h a ve not even seen it. We ha ve no r e ply for th em sa ve a pi t ying s mil e. Fo r we, th e produc ts of a Catholi c co lleg e, know th a t fo r ra tional m e n mat eria l ad vantage canno t be a rna jor motive. W e long to spend and be s pent, but only in the servi ce of what is g reat e r t han w e. Let our object b e foreve r j us t beyond our r ea ch, foreve r only p a rtiall y attainabl e, like th ese g r eat ideals of truth and peace and social jus ti ce, and w e will follow them to th e end . Here is romance as hi gh and true as eve r blade fresh out of Salamanca found whe n he sailed fo rth to th e Crusades. We ffi ay not w ear the armor of c hiva lry or th e ermine of

19!16

To The Faculty-

(Con t inu ed f r om Page Five)

truth tha t th e ideal al one se pa r a tes docs not permit us to give a de - not inte r ested

c1th er case an aura of r om a nce sur- m atte r

rounds th e m . Th ey belong t o er as long since d ead wh en kin gship wa s invested with t he di vini ty, and was accordin g dee m ed wo rthy of un~ s wervi n g d evotion ; wb en th er e we r e tryan ts wh om it was diver ting spo rt to r esis t , w he n s wo rd s leaped from th eir sca bbards at a hint of di s bonor; - in a wo r d, when th e wo rld was so f u ll of urge nt and e n t hral lin g a d ventures that une mpl oym e nt was inconceivab le, and no one had ye t coined t h a t d iscou ra g ing phras e, ''The fi eld is a lready over c rowed" . At th e present t im e th e picture is ve ry di.fferent. Ma n has no longer sou g ht to m as t er t he mat er ial un iver se th a t it in turn h as m ast er ed him . F or m any years now the not ion h as pre vail ed t hat noth in g is of conse qu ence s av e mate ri a l suecess. Th e only positions worth holding are those whi ch bring large pecuniary r eturn s. The only batti es worth fig htin g are those whose objec t is tan g ible gain. The m easure of all things is t h eir vendability - if they can n ot be sold on the mark e t at a profi t, t hey are h eld ~o be valueles s . B ut ve ry rece ntl y n.ute riaJ goods lik e a wo m a n wooed too importuna t ely, have become myst e riously elus ive. The se r vers of lbe golden god b r ing th eir g ilts in vain- his o r acles are dumb, his s brines are d eserted. Immediately th e cry goes up th at a ll is lost th er e is no hope fo r youth because it has nothing to achi eve. The college whi ch send young men and women forth h ave equipped th em vainly for a journey without a destina tion ; their ideals a r e chima e ras, their hopes a dece ption . P er haps occasionally colleges like ours

MONDAY, ro.NE S,

t ailed account of Mary 's car ee r a t St. Vi a tor. H e r e ve ry a tte mpt h as bee n crowned with s uccess, h e r eve ry ac hi e vem ent has been a s t ep toward making Viator a bi gge r and better school. Miss Cruise g radua t ed f r om st. P a trick High School, of K an kakee, with hi g h honor s, and comple t ed he r collegia t e s tudi es with an A average, t h e hi g h es t sc ho las t ic hono r a s tudent can receive. In th e field of let t e rs, Mar y is un exc elled. In he r Juni or ye~r s he wo n the E ssay Co ntes t, and during he r four y ears he r e sh e has bee n a n invaluable contributor to th e VIATORIAN. The Drama ti c and Gl ee clubs invariably center ed th eir undertakings around her, and she has been an active m e mbe r of the debating socie ty. The s tude nts r ecog nized Miss Cruis e's ability f rom th e firs t, and begin to wond e r if th ey have a king; our weapons a r e pe n and h ave re turned h er to offi ces in the m ent of r eside nt students alm os t sharpened tb e ,·ntellec ts of th eir s tu ink, and our blows f all, not upon doubled. This year, S t . Viator h as dents to r azo r k eenness only tha~ t h e casqued bead of th e iniidel, but campus organi za ti ons r ep eatedly. One r eceived r ecognition a s a fo ur year

use of but two instrumen ts _ t wo instruments that. in his tory's pages. have defied and withstood the migh t of barbarian armies- wisdom and pie t y. What ha ve the y a ccomplish ed? T hey have, by word and by example engr ain ed in us the manly Christian virtues, they have s t or ed in us the t reasures of know ledge, and awaken ed in our hearts an ardent desire fo r the things of th e mind ; they have i.mp lan t ed in us the principles of r igh t r easo n ; Uley have impar t ed to us an abiding res pec t for law and a u tho ri ty, both human and di vine ; they h ave urged upon us that g r eat t ruth , whi c h so few men belie ve today, th at educalion should be so ug ht fo r its own sak e; th ey have, in brief , mad e us seek ers af te r truth, no m a tte r wh e re it may r eside. For a U thes e preciou s gifts whi ch they h ave lavish ed upon us , w e are dee ply and humbl y t h ankf ul. We realize wit h keen regr et t haf we can n ever d ischarge ou r de bt to them. S piritua l goods h ave no equi val e nt in m ater ial t Wng s . W e mus t con fine our expression of g r a ti t ud e, th en , to this fo nd w is h of o ur h earts - th a t our teach e rs m a y be blessed with m any m or e f rui tful year s of service t o God and to Ca tholi c youth, and th a t S t. Via t or ColJege, to w hi ch we a r e abo ut to make an affec tionate a di eu, may soon enter upon a millenium of great and eve r inc r easi ng prosp erity. And now on this m em orable occasion, it is onl y fitting tha t we pay some s mall tribu te t o a m ember of th e fac ulty, w ho bas t erruinated his car ee r t his year. I h ave r efer ence t o Professor Cla r ence K en nedy. Mr. Kennedy h as been a ffiliated with St. Via tor College for th e p as t twen t y y ea r s and during th a t ti me he has act ed in th e capacity of Dean of th e Biology department, r egistra r , and man y ot h e r positions with th e College. In behalf of th e s tud ents, I am taking this opportunity of presentin g Mr. Kennedy with this sc roll , in order to show o ur humble appreciation for his loyalt y to St. Viator Colleg e.

T I

Th Se ·o e lll r --

(Continu ed f rom P age Six )

th ey may rus t in id le ness or be t h e w ell-high impe rvi ous s elf-s at1s - ~\g~~nst:~·di~\~~~u~h~~arM~ys~~ce~~ college by th e State Uni ver sity. In I distinction of being an alwnnus of broken in inevita ble defeat. It is fac tion of money ed m en an d legis - ac me of lead er ship and a ccomplish- addition, this yea r, St. Viat or is SL Vi a t or College. You l:la ve s trivwh en graduates a r e go ing forth that lators. Y e t our und ertaking is m e nt. making every possible effort through en long and earn es tly for four 55

:i:dsbi~~e~o~~u~ho a::~~h it~ em ~oe :~~:.,:~:0 ~:. f;;ea~a~one I~eisles: · Today as w e stand on th e threshold of d eparture, th er e lies behind us the college whi ch has nurtured our intellects for fo ur swift years, and b efore u.s th e wo rld w e are about to enter . B ut be t ween u s and it s tand the prophet s of disill usion, th eir ey es with the ce r tain t y of our failure, their s lack mou t h s dep loring endl essly th e t ragedy of })eing born. \>V e look at th em, an d at h e r who m we are about to leave, and s udd enl y we realize as neve r before th at beside h e r and th e s ple ndid r eal iti es fo r whi ch she stands , these p ale d efeatis ts are smok e and s ha dows, artic ulate b ut unsubs tan ti a l. With a ring ing c r ash w e f li ng down our chall enge t o t h e cobwe bbed priests of mate r ialism . Le t t h e cowara ly ex ponents of f utili ty , anc ient and needless ly wise, make way for us who are young and s ublim ely igno ran t of fail ure. Le t the m say, if U1ey dare, that th er e is no wo rk fo r u s to do--on eve ry s ide is irrefuta ble e viden ce that th ey lie in their t eeth. The re h as n eve r been so mu ch t o do as now. nor so few to do it. Ther e are causes worthy of n hundred rou sing b a t tl es, tasks that need unnu m be r ed hands fo r th eir accomplishm en t. Is j ustice m e t ed ou t so ine vi t ably today th at

tru e s aying that all the drag ons are not dead ,as s cie ntis ts would have us believe, nor n eatly labelled in museums. From the moldering bones of th e monste r whom youthful St. George so bravely vanquished hav e sprung a num e rous progeny a thousand Urnes ug lier than their parent, who feed upon the lives of m en , women and Liny children c rushed on th e r elentless wheel of ind ustr y or m angled and snuffed out by unjus tifiable conflict. Let o ur college h a ve no fear for us. Our li ves a nd our talen ts shall no t be thrown away save to buy t r eas ures of greate r price. In the pride of th e s treng th whi ch in such g r ea t m eas ure we owe to her, we g o out, to conque r, it ma y be, but a t leas t t o ba t t le so nobly ,with such fo rgetrulness of self , that sh e may say we snat ch ed a tardy ·victo r y even from d efeat. W e wi ll p ay no h eed to t h e t imo rous whis pe r ings of weak m en and uncomprehending, who wou ld have us save ou r selves a littl e, h ave us pause together som e of th e s poils of conqu es t. W e bu rn t o fling ourselves withou t rese r ve into th e f lig ht, k ee ping nothing back , salvaging nothin g , seeking no o ther g lory than pe rfec t se rv ice of t ruth, j usti ce and peace.

In th e mids t of h er a c ti ve career, above all her su ccesses, Mary' s personality has always shone forth in beauty and attrac tiv eness. To know h er was to like he r, and no one can laude her more than he r friend s , who w e r e num e rous. With her gra duation, Viator h as lost a c hampion of th e rig ht, a n executiv e of the hig hest ability, and a s tudent who was bound t o m a k e e ve ry undertaking a s u ccess. LEO , !\1. \VEILAND, C. S. V. <~Leo" Inte rnati onal R elation s Club Brot h er W eiland entered St. Via tor College in Sep t ember 1933. Re received his hig h sc hool edu cation at Qui g ley Pre pa r a tory Seminary in Chica go. H e r eceived a y ear of philosophy s tudi es a t St. Ma ry of th e Lake S emin a ry, Mund elein. Aiter do ing excelle nt work during his course at S t. Vi a tor, es pecia lly in the fie ld of phi loso ph y, he finished his pilosop hy s t u dies her e a t t his ins titu tion las t F ebruary h e left imm ediately fo r the Ca t holic U ni ve rsit y at W ashin g ton wh er e he is p urs uing h is Theological studies. We, t he m e mbers of the Graduating class send to yo u , B rot he r , our sin cere wishes fo r a s uccessful an d blessed ca ree r in th e r anks of St. Vi a t or .

~~;·:~;:,~~d ~~~~:~gc~~a:i~;g ~~arf~~~0 ':n~s Certainly then, our vision of St. Viator's future is not fa r-fetched or based upon t oo optimis ti c ideal is m. This dream of th e future seems to hove r clos e to re ~lity. Only a few shorts s t eps will lead our Alma Mate r to the fulfillme nt of that vis ion. With th e loyalty and cooperation of e ver y m e mb er of this g raduating class and form e r c l asse~ that vision can soon be real ized. May our m o tto f rom this day forw ard always b e " Viator y est erdayViator todayand Greater Viator tomorrow" .

Undergraduates-(Continued from Pag e S even ) value of your college edu cation. You a re h e r e t o learn no t onl y what is t o be found in boo k s but also w hat is far more im po rtan t , to lea rn how to live. A life we ll lived is th e nobles t of a chieve m ents. You , as s tude nts, a r e t he eli t e of society. o occupa tion is higher, h appier or mo r e f r ee from car e. To you is given a n oppOrtunity deni ed to many. Sow carefully th e seeds of wisdo m and vir t ue, and wh en the time com es fo r yo u to dep a rt from S t . Viator, yo u will h ave r eaped a ri ch harves t.

ti;:: ~~:eii~~ ~~

:::., your work and training . You as Seniors have passed on to u~ a sacred tra dition. W e as the Senior Class of 1936, promise to uphold those s ac r ed traditions and that h eritage whi ch js commonly guarded by all Senior Cra:.·ses of the various colleges and uni ve rs ities of th e coun t ry. W e have cau g ht that flamin g tor ch and promise to k eep it ever burning. Ours is a burdenso m e t ask , but yo u have h eld that heri tage f ar above r eproacb , and s ince th a t will be our duty to protect it, w e w ill a ccept it cheerfully , promis ing to do our bes t. May a ll s u ccess be yours in th e days t o come. It· is our s incer e hope th a t you treas ure the days you sp en t he r e a t St. Via tor College as th e happ iest in yo ur life. May you n eve r fo rge t the r eal and tru e m eaning of your Viator educa t ion and las t of all may you fo r ever r em embe r th e f ri ends that you leave her e--and r e m ember th at yo u are always welcome to r et urn and ren ew your ac quain tiasbip. Be loyal to your s chool and above all be loyal to your friends. H old all these things in your heart and wi th a prayer on yo ur li ps go forth to wage yo ur ba ttl e fo r s uecess.

~IONDAY,

THE VIATOIUA..N

JUNE S, 1935

l'AOJJ: NINJJ:

h arac t e rissctiho c lar. of theA scientist and lb mlnd of the Lord? Or who hath been cthe ripe lac lc of that t he ~od emil s~ 1en ce o.( OJ:Jlronomy is tern to lhe size of u g ralo of sand. e re ore a olderol und that every Let him contom plale th" power ""'' His Co w1 sellor "?" £"sa vln g tou ch of reverence befo r e a t e x tbo o 1< on th e sub j ect s hould be the in tell igence ·of that '"'S"p"'•m" ............. "You Ou n't Do T h u.t." unive rse that s tagge rs us not only burnt''. If tb a t II n e o..~.P reasoning wer e Lng wbo hurl ed a mJJ/lon ""'worlds ~ . . "" l"lo ....There co mes to mind the incident by Its Immensity but a lso by th e to I p r ev a II • t th en no f arm of mod ern apace and who keeps every ato-m u in related In the life of St. Augustine. infinite co mpl exity of the networh: sc e nce, a.r or c uJture would be left th e universe obedient to the r ei One day the Saint was walking aof laws which gove rn the movemen t t dl th gn (Conti nued from Page Three) e world today". of His universal law. long the shore of U1e sea, trying of e ve ry atom, causes a loss of per- s an ng m s.Pectlve, and begets e ither the smart"I b~gin to see" , suld th e young If that does not help such an into comprehend in their entirety s u ch freeing it from the branches of that my conclusion is too dividual lo r ealize at least dlmJ h the alecl<ism of an H. L. Mencke n , or l a~y, supe r stition which t end at tim es' to myste ri es as the Trinity and I wide for the premises''. lnconsequential and hy ow He noticed a t 1e so phis tica t ed conceit of a B erencutnber its progress , while the e t ernity of God. "Yes h t _ "d , . puny e fs trand Russe ll or worse yet th e ' ,mu c oo WI e • I r eplied. in comparison with th e infinJte power little child digging a few holes in Divine serves the cause of sc ience narrow dogmatism of a Harry ElCarcinoma of InteU e.c t of the Great A r chitect o-f the unithe sand. H e stopped to observe by keeping the mind and the heart Alter filling a little bucket mcr Barnes. Even the imma ture s tuThere are few disease m6re mali- verse, lhen I know of nothin g that unsullied by the passions and ran- him. and will h elp him. It wlll oe sufficient to co rs which tend to mis lead men in with water from the sea, the child dent with the feeblest smatt ering of gant in their consequences then poured it into the holes. "What knowledge in any line is sometimes more difficult to eradicate than in- promp t the normal individual to cry th eir search for truth. are you trying to do, my c hild ?" found st riking one of these poses, t ellec tual pride and conceit. It is out in the words of St. Paul : " 0 "No Fear of Science" inquired the Saint. ''Wby I'm tryin g and m ak ing himself look ridiculou s th e ca rc lnoma in the world of in- the d ep th of the riches of the wisThe Catholic Church We lcomes tcllect. Tlie p enitent sinner, the dam and of the knowledge of God". to empty the ocean into these holes" , if he were not so pathetic. truth wherever it may be fo u nd, replied the chud. "You can't do "Father'', wrote a pastor to m e . humble scholar searchin g for light, And to exclaim with the P salmist: in history, in Biblical research, in tbat", said th e Saint, "for the ocean some yea.Iis ago, ''will you please can be ministered to, but r are ly the "The heaven s show forth the glory psyc hologoy, in natural science, in is far too big to be put Into such look up Tom Smith a n d s traighten sclollst, the sophi s t, the Inte ll ec tually of God and the firmament dec lareth social scie nce, in every field of hulittle holes. "Neither can you with him out. After fini s hin g bogh school, proud. True indeed a re the words the work of His hands". Well inman inquiry. As the custodean of a finite mind comprehe nd ed the in- h e r ead a copy of Fraser's The Gol- of Pope : deed might the Creator ask him: the religious truths r evealed by fini te", r eplied the child who was den Bough, and learning of soms supA little knowldege is a dangerous "Wbere wert thou when I laid the Christ, she knows that all v e rities then r evealed as an ange l sent by e rstitio u s practices in the religion of thing. foundations of the earth? Tell me will harmonize, because they all proGod to t each St. Augustine this primitive tribes, has discontinued the Drink deep, or else taste not of if thou hast understanding'' . ceed from the same ultimate founfundamental truth, which lies at the practice of his own r e lig ion". How the Pieran s pring". "Truth Shall i\lake You Free" tian of truth, God himself. "Reheart of al l relig ion and all science. ridiculous, how pathetic, how tragic! P e rh aps the best presc ription to The Church encourages her childligion," declared Popt Pius X, "has Wheth e r the incident be lege ndary He little knew that the greatest def late the bumptious ness of s u ch ren to go fearlessly into all the no fear of science. Christianity doe s not tremb le before discussion, but or not, the lesson it t eaches is auth- authori ty in the world on compara- an individual would be for him to fie lds of knowledge, to investigate en tic and a ll-im,portant. It is the tive religion, Father Wilhelm Schmidt walk out a lone at night under the every science and explore every art, before ignorance". Pope Leo XITI and silent s tars. Let him the n reflect to push farther back the veil which emphasized the wisdom of "welcom- lesson taught by the Book of Pro- of the University of Vienna, (Continued on Page Ten ) ing every wise thought and every verbs -when the inspired writer pro- ed itor of Anthr-opos, who b as spent that he is on a little ball of matter useful discovery, whatever its origin claims : "The fear of God is the be- a lifetime in the s tudy of the re- f lying through space at the rate of 1 8 1- 2 miles per second, that the ginning of wisdam". Fear of God ligio n of primitive tribes finds be may have been". No one has stated Ha.ve your Clothes Made-to-Order better the proper attitude of the in the sense of a reverential awe in neath all their errors and sup ersti- neares t star is t wenty-five thousand Let him remember by true historian than tbis same schol- the presence of the mighty works of tition the unmistakable evidence of miles away. M. BORN & COMPANY arly Pontiff: "It is the firs> law the infinite God is indeed the be- a universal belief in a Supreme Be- that the r e are a thousand millio n It shows that such a belief worlds co urs ing through a cosmos of Chicago's Great Merchant Tailor of history that it dare say nothing ginning of wisdom" . Fear of God ing. Fit and Satisfaction Guaranteed which is false, nor fear to utter any- standing. Humili ty in the presence is not dependent on geographical or such stupendousness as to shrivel thing that is true, In order that of a universe of fathomless mystery, social environment, nor degree of giving to us ever and anon glimthere be no sus,picion either of parc ulture, but is the universal reaction tiality or of hostility in the w r iter''. merings of a Supreme Intelligence, of the human m ind, tutored or unis the unfailing mark of the true Not only did His Holiness enuncitutored, to the phenomena of nascholar. He is grateful indeed that ate this principle, but h e translated ture. the universe is replete with marvels it into action. A young layman, Similar to the r eaction of the and mysteries which transced the L udwig von Pastor ,• applied to th e INSURANCE AGENCY capacity of his puny mind to un- young student mentioned above, was P ope for permission to use the Secret derstand. How tame and dull and that of a young non-C a tholic lady, Archives of the Vatican. This priva graduate of a large university and circumscribed woul d the world be if ilege has been accorded only to it were dependen t upon his tiny a teac her in a college for g irls in Churchmen and but to a few of brain to conceive and his feeble arms the South. "I have just f inished them. TO the surprise of all, the to fabricate. The universe fills him Mencken's Treatise on the Gods" 10 7 EAST COURT STREET venerable Pontiff granted the perILLINOIS with ceaseless awe and wonderment she said, "and I conside r it a de~ KANKAKEE mission to the young man. He It P hone 1 933 because it c arri es to him the evi- vasting attack on oll religion. was free to delve into the secret letdence of an infinite Mind binding undermines faith in all of them". ters and private documents which "How?" I inquired. the discrete phe nomena of nature had been buried in the archives for "It shows that the religious pracinto the unity of law, and merging centuries. Proceeding to the litheir dissonance into a symph ony of tices of primitive peoples contained brary, the young scholar found his error divine melody- the music of the a large admLxture of magic, pathway b locked by the Custodian and supe rstition, and co nsequ ently celestial . spher es. of the Archives who could not bethat all r eligion is buncombe''. It was this spirit of r everence and lieve th at he had r eally obtained "Your conclusion", I obse rv ed, ·•asucp. an extraordinary permission. humility which was manifeSted by mazes me. If th at line of reasoning A second time he asked the Pontiff the great scientist, Sir Issac New- be valid, then you would have to for p ermission and a second time ton, as h e lay u,pon his deathbed. consign every form of modern science it was granted, only to have the "What a comfort it must be" ob- art and c ul true to the sc rap .heap. Custodian still bar him from the served a frie n d of his, "to be' a ble ''Thus medicine in the early days storehouse of antiquity. -when he to look back over a life of such contained certain e rrors. Doctors Emnlsilled Perfect epochal achievements. In discovering app ealed to the Pope a third time, Asphalt were in the habit of bleeding people Preservation the law of gravitation, you have laid Leo Xlli took the young man by Uqul d Protection to r elieve fevor and cu r e other physics the arm and going with him to the the foundations for both a ilments for which it was no rem a r chives, h e addressed to the aston - and astronomy. You have pushed edy at all. Would you say that ished Custodian these m emorable back the boundary line of the un- the modem science of medicine is words: "O,pen up the truth! Let it known and have brought new worlds therefor e all buncombe ? Chemists be published to the whole world . under the reign of law. You have m the early days often u sed erroneThere is nothing to fear from the every season t o be proud". "On the ous methods and sought among othA _perfect. protective coating for brushing, spraying or trowelltruth". Today scholars of every faith contrary," repli ed Newton. "1 must er things to change the baser metals ing, bemg a high grade Mexican asphalt dispersed as minute particome from all parts of the world confess to a t:eeling of profound hu- into s ilver and go ld. Would yo u say cles in water for convenient handling. It is applied cold. As the to do r esearch work in this great mility in the presence of a universe that the modem scie n ce of chemis which transcends us at almost every moisture evaporates, a black, flexible rubberlike film rema.ins which treasure-trove of history. try is thP.rP.fore all nonsense? Astro1a water-proof, acid, alkaline and fire resistant, and shuts out inEven wi th the hospitable reception point. I feel like a chihl who while nomers in the early days often en! il rations ot air. of all the findings of science and playing by th e seashore has found gaged in astrologica.l practices, seekthe unearthing of th e buried past. a few bright-colored sheels and a ing to foretell events by th e position Mortex 5 does not crack or peel in coldest weather nor blis t er human life on th~s planet r emains few pebbles whi le the whole vast of the stars. Would you say that sag nor nm on hottest days and always remains elastl~. It is odor~ set in a sea of limitless mystery ocean of truth stretches out unless, tasteless and noninflammable and can be safely used 1n contouched and unexplore d before my Judging from the past, we have tined, places. It readily bonds to all clean s urfaces, and also to damp eve ry r eason to believe that the eage r fingers". surfaces, but should never be applied over rusty, dirty, grea,y or ' 'Lack of Rever ence Begets . . ." discoveries in the fu ture will but oily surfaces or an imperfect bond will result. Use only on clean Such an attitude of r everence and incr ease tbis sense of mystery ensurfaces t o obtain perfect satisfaction. veloping u s on every s ide. Facing humility before the marvels and the stupendour problems which baffle mysteries of nature has been th e Used tor DAMPPROOFING WALLS and FLOORS, PAINTING his powers of ~ olving, the true scholGALVANIZED IRON, PROTECTING CLEAN IRON AND STEEL, ar displays th e humility of one who ROOF REPAIRING and as an ADHESIVE. It can be mixed wlth r ealizes that a finite mind is seekPortland Cement and dries out a sof t g ray color for patching deing to grapp le with the infinite, teriorating concrete. BRAND that the mind of the Creator transcends the mind of the cr eature. H e recalls the words of the g reat AposHIGHEST QUALITY tle St. Paul which display s uch We carry complete line for penetrating insight into the unfathThe Institution omable depths of Divine Omniscience Yottt Grocer oan"' supply You FRESH ROASTED DAILY AT For Sale at Local Deale1"'8 "0 the depth of the r iches of the

Commencement Day Address

b~y=c:o:m:::p:a:ri:s:on=o=u=r=w~~h~ol=e~s~o~lar~~s~y~s-~~=============~

ANDREWS In surance of All K inds

WHAT IS MORTEX ?

NONE-SUCH

F ood Products

wisdom and of the knowldege of God! How incomprehensible are His judgments, and bow unsearchable His ways! For who hath known the

DURAND, McNEIL HORNER COMPANY

251 E. Grand Ave. - Chicago

J. W. Mortell Co.

.CHICAGO AND BROOKLYN

~HN

SEXTON vco. o..

CoffH Me-rchonll (tw

ef'"

50 y eor.J

Kankakee, Ill.

THE VI ATORIAN

PAGE TEN

COLLEGE DEGRE ES AN D HO NORS

Th e E:-\'GLI H ESSAY HONORSis Merited by:

.J U:\'E 3, Wi5

JOSEPH J. RONDY, Kankakee, illinois Nex t

Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, "honoris Causa'' , conierred on:

THE REV . DOCTOR JO HN A. O'BRIEN

Th e

Rector of Newman Foundation, University of Ilinois

Merit:

WILLIAM J. SCHUMACHER, Chicago, illin ois HONOR li\ LATIN Is Merited b y:

ELDE R A. SENESAC, Bourbonnais, illinois Next

BACH ELOR DEGREES

Merit:

Francis E . WILLIAMS, Bourbonnais, TI!inois Th e IIO:-<ORS I N DEBATli\'G-

B ach elor of Arts, 'Summa cum laude', to

wer e Merited by :

MAR Y P . CRUISE, Kankakee, illinois Thesis: "Browning: Apologist fo r

EDWARD W WILLIAM F. NORBERT STEPHEN W . E DWARD F .

the Decade".

Bachelor of Arts to

MAURICE A. DAILEY, Bourbonnais, Illinois Thesis: "The Role of A rt in Evo luti on". Bachelor of Arts to

BUTTGEN, W arsaw, illinois CRANNE LL, Chicago, Illinois E. E LLIS, Seneca, illinois GOULD, Bloomington, lllinois O'BRIEN, Rockford, lllinois

- - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - -- -- - - - - - -- - - - comes eage rly every new discovery Th esis: "Catholic V i ew of Birth Control". of nature l science, knowing in ad Bachelor of Arts to vance th a t it will serve to disclose BERNARD M. RUSSELL, Bourbonnais, Illinois more c lear ly a segment of the obThesis: "The Hi stor y of the D evelopment of the Imaginary into tbP j ec tified thought of God. field of Reality''. After every secre t which the race, Bachelor of Philosophy to if it lives on this planet for a thous (Continued f r om Page Nine) BYR ON K. BURKE, F armerville, Illinois and mil lion year s, shall have torn Thes is: "Catholic Vi ew on Sterilization". f r om nature's bosom, th e uni ver se still hid es many of th e laws wh ich wi ll still be an abode of fathom Bac h elor of Ph ll osophy to the Almighty has written in the less mys tery, replete with insoluble KE NNETH W . CORC ORAN, St. P aul Minn. She encou r ages ridd les and Thesis: ' 'A Comparative Study of E n g li sh Rural L ife as depi c t ed in mos ai c of nature. snarled pe r plexities. them to find r unning th r ough th e There wi ll be not less but more room The Novels of T homas H a rdy and Shelia Kate -Smith. tangled s k ein of nature the go lden for r everence and awe and humi li ty. Bach elor of Ph ilosophy to

. J OH N, P . QUINN, Chicago, Illinois

Com mencement Day Address

thread of p u rposiven ess wh ich cons t itu t es the un ive r sal esp eran to by wh ich mind di scern s t he wo rk of Bache lor of Phi loso p h y to mind and loses t he sen se of it s WILLIAM J. GIBBONS, Minonk, lllinois cosmic loneli ness in the r ealization Th esis : " T he Influ en ce of Cice r o fro m the F irst to the Seventeen th of t h e abiding o mniprese n ce o f inCentury". telli gen ce th r oughou t t h e en ti r e u ni Bachelor of Philosophy to ver se. W hile s h e asks t h at t hey dis MICHAEL J . MALONE, Bourbonnais, Illin ois t in g u is h car efulJ.y be t ween th eo r y Thesis: T h e I nfluence of J ohn L y ly on th e W o rks of S h akesp ea r e' '. an d estab lis hed f act , s h e k nows th a t Bach e lo r of Ph ilosoph y t o a p r ofound g r asp of any sc ien ce will LEONARD J . McMANAMON, Bourbonnais, illinois not weaken f aith but s tren gth en it. Thesis: "Anti-Semitism: I ts Meaning, Scope, and H is t o ri cal Develo p- She w ishes t o r emove f r om t he men t ". m ind s of people f or al l time the fa lse notion t hat the r e can ever b~ Bach elor of P hilosophy to any r eal confli ct or antagonism be-

J OHN P . CR ONIN, Chicago, Illinois

Thesi s:

" Th e Life nnd Works of Loui s Veui llot".

F RANCIS W . SMITH, Manteno, Illin ois

Thes is:

" U n e mp loyme n t

Ins urance" .

Bach elor of P hiloso,phy t o

LEO M. WEILAND, Bourbonnais, Illinois T h esis: "Cr iticism of 'De A n ima'." Bach elo r of Science,

St.

Th omas'

Amp lif ication

'Sum m a Cum Laude',

Aristot le's

ORVILLE P . BERNS, Kankak ee, Illinois Thes is: "A Comparative Study of t h e Sen s it ivity of Seve r a l T ests fo r Chromates and D IChromates." Bach elo r of S cien ce, 'C u m L aude ', to

JOHN F . BIMMERLE, Chicago, lllinois Thes is : "A Comparative S tu dy of Some Q u a n t i tative Methods of Determining The Fe rric and Sulp h ate I ons". Bachelor of Science to

JO H N J . RIPSTRA, Kankak ee, lllinois Thes is: "The Effec t of Cer tain Catalysts on Yield of an Isoamy l Halide". Bachelor of Science in Commerce t o

JAMES J . CR OWLEY, Kankakee, Illinois Thes is: "Collective Barg ain ing and the N. R. A.'' Bachelo r of Science in Commerce to

RIC HARD H. DOYLE, Chicago, Illinois Thes is: "Accounting for Depreciation and Obsolescence under the 1934 I ncom e Tax Law". Bachelor of Science in Commerr.e, 'Cu m

Laude', to

LO UIS M. DRASSLE R, Bradley, Illinois Thesis : "Old A ge Pensions". B ac h e lor of Science in Commerce to

THOMAS J . KELLY, Chicag o, lllinois Thesis: "A Critical Study of the Proble m of S easonal Unemp loyment". Bachelor of Science in Comme r ce, 'S u mma Cum Laude', to

DUMAS L. McCLE ARY, Bourb onnais, Illinois Thesis: "An Accounting System for Co ll egiate Institution (Enroll ment und er 2000) ." Bachelor of Science in Commerce to

THOMAS J . RYAN, Kinsman, lllinois Th esis: "A Critical Study of the Gold Standard and a Managed Currency''.

COLLEGE

HONORS

Class Honors of the College Department are awar ded as fo ll ows Tht' HO NORS FOR ll1GHES1' SCHOLARSHIP l :J COLLEGE OF LlBgRAL AR1'S!IIARY P . CRUI SE, Kankak ee, TI!inois Next

:Merit:

DUMAS L. McCLEAR:Y. Bourbonnais, Illinois 'l'hr ll O:JORS 11\' Pill LOSOPHY is

Merited by:

MARY P . CRUISE, Kankakee, TI!in ois Ne.."<t

Merit:

DUMAS L. McCLE ARY, Bourbonnais, TI!inois

M O l'o'DAY, JU X E

1935

By which alone the mortal heart is led . Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

Seniors Hold B accalaureate Services May 25 Fath e r Charl es VU.ffo r d ' 30. Celebr ant At ~~

ICity,Rev.a

Charles Clifford, of Farmer Viator g raduate of 1930, was th e celebrant of the Baccalaureate services he ld In the College Chapel Sunday, May 25. The ce r emonies began with th e academic procession of th e faculty and senio r s in cap and gown. Following the processian Sole mn High Mass was ce le brated by Fathe r Cl iffi rd who was late ly ordained in Rome after fo ur years of study at the Am e ri can College there. After the Mass Father Clifford gave hi s blessin g to the asse mbl ed g raduates. Th e baccala u r eate sermon was deli vered by the Rev. F r ancis E. M unch , C. S. V., lib r arian at the Co ll ege and fo r many years d irecto r of St. Bernar d scholas t icate in Bou r bo n nais. Fat he r M u nch gave a very practical address en t itled "The Cath o li c G r aduate In L ife". M u s ic for the Mass was sung by the choi r of St. Bern ard Hall wi th Brother Maurice D ail ey at the o rgan.

The n as now the f ear of God in the sense of r everence and awe w ill be t h e beg innin g o f wisdom and of understanding. T he garment of h umility w ill never become outmoded w h ile man is on t his planet. Ete r nally true are t he w ords of Ho ly Writ: " Th e greate r tho u a r t, the m o r e h u mble thyse lf in a ll th ings , an d t hou s h a lt find grace befor e God. For great is t h e power of Go d alone , and H e is h on o r ed by t h e h u mb le' '. Th ere wi ll always be an a b undan t Afte r the service~a~~e:he C~~::re~ need fo r fa ith to lig ht the way out t he senior class, of the tangled maze of our be- Fathe r Munch and Fat he r M ul vaney were th e b r eakfas t guests of the w il de r ment, ac r oss a sea of li mi tl ess Very Rev. Edward v. Cardinal, C. t ween so li d ly es t a blished facts of mys t ery to t h e harbo r or ete m a l S . V., Pb. D., president of th e Co lscien ce and th e e t ern a l truth s of Truth w her e the lig ht wi ll d ispel at lege. r elig ion. last our many darknesses. It was Pictures of th e Senio r s wer e taken "You shall k now t he t r u t h and this t ru th which Geo r ge San t ayana, af t e r t h e break fas t in t h eir t r adithe truth s h a ll make y ou fr ee", is r egar de d b y m any as one of the tio nal caps and gowns. the gospe l which th e Ch urc h , fo l- 1 p r ofo undest thinker s Ameri c a has lowi n g in the foots t eps of he r Di- ( p r od u ced , expressed toward the close vin e Found er, h as p r eached t o m an - [ of a long 1if e of t ho ught and study, kind. Na tu re, in the eyes of t he ( in lines of s imple beauty: Chr isti ~n , is a vast book wh er ein Our k n owled ge is a t o r ch of smok y are w n t t en t h e t ho ughts of God. Th e more clearl y th e t ruth s of pi ne natu re a r e deciph er ed, t h e deeper That li g hts t h e pathway b u t one becomes the admi r a tions for t h e pow- step f.:.head An a lumnus cou ld hardly pay himer and the wisdom of the Most Acr oss a void of myste ry and self or his Coll ege a great er com· High . For natu re, in the words of dread. of pliment than to promote, among Ch <:!.u ce r, is bu t "the Vicar of the B id then, the tender light the eligible young men of h is acA lmighty Lord" . Th e Ch urch we i- Faith t o s hin e qu ain t an ce, an interest in his Al m a Mater. These students, , who have gradua t ed from secondary n ow BANQUET P ROGRAM schools are looking about for colleges " T he Day St udent " J ames J. Crowl ey,B. S. C. in which to further th ei r Catholic education. You r co ll ege has done " Th e Ath let e ., ......... . Thomas J. K elly, B. S. C. much to shape your life and lay th e " Th e Viato r ian ·· K enn eth \\~. Cor coran , Ph. B. foundation for your fut u r e vocation, 11 'l'h e Und ergraduate ' ' John F. Bimmerl e, B. S. r e pay he r ! '''rh e Ren iors ., Stephen W. Gould, '3G Many of yo u are established in 1 bus iness and other activities. Yo:.z '' Th e Paculty ' John P. Quinn, B. A. have met many young m e n interest' '~Ph e Future Viator" Dum as L. McClea•·y, B. S. C. ed in co llege work. Have y ou tri ed Closing R emark s Very Rev. E. V. Ca rdinal, President to inte r es t them in St. Viato r ? Toastma st er \Yilli am J. Gibbons, Ph . B. Other co lleges are asking their al· umni to act as field representatives. CO MMENCEMENT P R OGRAM The s tud en t s too, in other sch ools, o,· erture Holm es have f os tered projects to a id in the Procession a I De Bussy furthering of enrollment. This idea , is an excellent one. Why ~houldn't " F•·ee Comp etition and Economic Stab ility", St. Viator pro fit by such a campaign? Richard H . Doy le, B. S. C. W e, both students and alumni, "The \Yo rking i\fan and the Future ' · are in a pos it ion to r epay our col...... Leona rd Mc~[anamon, Ph. B. lege. VVe can talk to friends, In A Night Tn Tripoli Rich ar ds. terested in furthering education, and Rr a·l ing of the Ciation fo r Honorary Degr ee convin ce them that th e education R ev. Leo 'r. Phillips, C. S. v., A. :If. s tandard s at St. Viator rank with Co n frr ring of Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws Upon th ~ cou ntry's bes t co lleges. We are The R e,·erend John A. O'Brien. Ph. D. proud of St. Viator. Let us s how our pride by advancing h er interests. C:ra 'luation Address Rei'. John A. O'Bri en, Ph. D .. LL. D. St. Viator students and alumni Couf:crring of Honors and Awarding of Deg rees to t he can rende r h er a great servi ce if g1·acluating Class Very R ev. E. F. Hoban , D. D. they will tak e upon th emselves this · Bishop of RorHorcl. task. Viator wants m en who have Valedicto · y Mary P. Cruise. B. A. made a good record in h igh school, Brn rrli ctin'l )[ost ReY . E. F. Hoban, D. D., Bishop of w ho are the kind of chaps that will Hock fo rd. maintain a high scho lastic aver age :l[ us ir hv th e Ka nkal·re Ti igh School Band Under the and have a personal character of a degr ee e qual to that of a Christif.:..:l d irec tion of :lfr. Georg e Piersol. co llege gentleman.

An Open Letter

P AGE E LE VEN

THE VIATORIAN

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1935

St. Viator Closes Boxing Season; Dion Tops Card

Viator Downs Remillards Win State Hospital Fr om Irish 8-5 Noo~ Pitch es 2-hit

Game

"Streaky" Bmke

mts

2 Ho me Run s

On M ay 25 behind the master f ul pitching of Noonan , St. Vi a tor varsity baseb a ll t eam de feated t h e Kankakee State Ho s pital nine b y a 7 to 2 count. Noonan allo w ed but 2 hits and t he runs scored b y the H osp ital nine wer e o f the unearned v ariey. This was t h e second time

. The R emlllards d e f eat ed t h e ViaBoxing ac tivity came to a clos e t or vars ity nine on May 26 at ValMa y 28 th wh en a la r g e cr owd witen cia p a rk, 8 t o 5. T h e g ame w as n essed the final card of the c ur homeruns by " Streaky" Burke. Each reo t season a t S t. Viator College of these blows came w hil e a teamWith th e close of the . pres ent \ G radu a.tion has cos t St. Vi a tor gym. This show and other s of the mate was r esting on the keys t on e sch olas tic year we are informed the se rvtces of some of the bes t past y ear we r e s tag ed by Brother sack . The f irst w hich was de- th a t tbe Intra -mura l Softba ll title athle t es that hav e r ep r esented tbe E d die D esLauri er , assist ed b y Red li ver ed in third inning w hile t h e was won by J oe Barzantn y's Naz- Colleg e in years. Captain Dex t e r , Vi c k e ry, unde r the auspi ces of the this season tha t th e Irish h ad tri- Irish wer e trailing 1-0 c leared the is. It seems that th e sport r ep ort s s t a r football cen t er , Ches t e r N ew- College and the s anc tion of th e A . A. umph ed o ver tbe State t eam. The centerfield f ence. The second came h a ve been s leeping on t he job dur - b urg, tack le, K enneth Co r cor an, en d u. Gr een Wave w as defeat ed in t he in th e fifth inning wh en th e I r ish in t h e pas t few week s s lnce they or f ul lback, Tom Kelly , t ack le, Ficu s The la s t s ho w produced about every w ere los ing 5-2 and w as lofted ove r h a ve made no r eports on the prog r ess Quinn, tac k le, and " Streaky" Burke, varie ty of figh t ing a boxing fan ot h er g a me of th e series. tbe s hort leftfield f en ce. Box Score of th e lea g u e. Res ult is t h a t it diminutive baske t ball and baseball cou ld exp ect t o wi tness. There Noon an started fo r tbe I ris h and now becomes necessary t o give a star , have all comp le ted th eir col- we r e s lam bang affairs ,sever a l t echSt. Viato r (7 ) AB R H E 4 1 1 2 only y e ilded three r uns in tbe tbr e e brief summary of t h e season . Th e lege carer s. ni cal knoc kouts and a c lean cut Palladino, 3b 5 1 2 innings th a.t he p it ched. H e was bes t and the shortest w a y of doin g B . Burke , 2b knock out by Dian over his oppon ent 5 0 1 yanked in tbe fo urtb with th e bags that is to give yo u the scor es. Brother E ddi e D esLaurie rs, throug h Char les Pe r cisti. B lazevi ch, ss 5 1 0 1 loaded. Noon an , w h o h a d pitch e d a H er e they a r e: w hose effo rts boxin g inte r est was Floyd A nd er son an d E mile RayMarik, lf 0 2-hit game the d ay before, was r e3 0 r evi ved Ln St. Viator and the m ond mixed it in th e open er at Sala ,cf Noonan 1 2, Quinn 7. 4 0 1 leaved b y D ave McGratb. M cGratb s urrounding v icinity ,h as enrolled in 160 pounds , wi th n either f ig hter di sJ . Bu r k e, 1b Day Dog s, 2; D ext er 1. 4 1 2 0 was nicked for one run in t h e the coaching co ur se a t the Unive r- playing m u ch more th an a lot ot Rohins k y , c Betou rn e, 10 ; Krauklis, 1. 0 1 0 fou r tb and tben in the f if th h e lost sity of Dlinois. H e will take in- w ild sw ings. Ander son con t inually Dexte r, rf B lazevich , 5 ; Ro ch e, 4 . 2 0 0 0 con trol and w alked the fi r s t four s truc ti on in footb all , bask e tball, bel t ed Raymond's s t omacb, and by Stevens, rf 0 m e n to face him and bit th e next. 4 sw imming and boxing. Brothe r Ed- the aid of his long r each kep t an Noonan , p B a rzantny, 9 ; Quinn, 2. Don B e tourne was rus hed in and die is a lso lis t ed in th e new college a safe di stance. Ande rson won th e Barzantny, 7; D a y Dogs, 5. 37 7 9 6 temmed the rising tide, a llowin g cat alogue as a t each er in t h e pbys i- decison. Total Blazevi cb , 8; D exter, 2. AB R H E b ut 2hits in tbe three innings tbat ( 2 ) cal edu cation dep artment. Harold H endri ck s faced An t hony S tate Hospital Barzantn y, 8; Krauklis , 7 . 4 1 0 0 he wor ked. Cannick a t 135 pounds, but th e P ri ctbard , rf AB R H E Chicate lli 1 9; Noonan, 8. 3 0 0 0 S t . Viator (5) M cCarty, 2b Geor ge Fle ming, s tudent m anager bo u t was s topped by the r efe ree 5 2 4 0 0 0 P alladino , 3b . of a thle ti cs during the p as t sc hol3.s- · w he n Cannick showed too m uch B lazevich , 9 ; B etourne, 1 . Mino, cf 4 2 0 4 1 2 1 B . Burke , 2b Moli t or, 1b tic year will not re turn to college c lass for his less experi en ced foe. Q uinn, 15; Dext er , 5 . 3 1 1' 0 4 0 0 0 Straub, 1b Pombert, lf Domnick Wider of Danville, a n ext y ear . He stat ed only r ece ntl y Ro ch e, 9; Noonan, 5. 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 Marik, lf Menard ,ss tha t h e wlll be a m embe r of t h e sk inny la d s h o w e d surprising s lamBarzantny, 4; Blazevic h , 3. 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 Sala, cf Kuplln ski, 3b Chicago Police dep artm ent. in a by taking everything tbat GllRoch e, 10; Quinn, 1. 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 R ohinsky, c . bert Long t on co ul d hand o u t, beK u sinski, c Bar zant ny, 1 2; N oon an. 4 . 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 B la zevic h, ss ba rd Bower , p " Play Ball", a 1600-foot fi lm , presides belting Longton with D ex t er , 1 ; Noon an, 0. 4 0 1 0 Dexter , rf p a r ed and s upervised by "Lew" ri g h ts t o the h e ad. Both scr a ppers Kra uklis , 5 ; Dexter, 1. 1 0 0 0 31 6 Steven s, rf Totals Fonesca with the official sanction of we r e wear y t oward the finish . Wide r Chic atelli, 3; Blazevich , 0 . 2 0 0 0 Summary - Doubles : P alla dino, B . Noo nan , p t h e Ameri can Leagul! ,was s hown at won . B e tourne , 2; D ay Dogs, 1 . 0 0 0 0 Burke, Noon an and Molito r . McGrath, p Lawr ence DeMarah wo n a t echnThe other games .that wer e sched- th e St. Via tor College clubrooms 2 0 1 0 uled w er e e ither forfeit ed or p os t - r ecently . " L ew " Fonesca was p e r - ical knockout over Willi e J on es of Strike out by Bowe r s - 7, b y N oon- B et ou rne, p - -- - - pan ed. Barzantny's Nazis w e r e nam- s uaded to bring h is fil m t o St. J olie t wh en Jones was unable to an- 3. 37 5 9 D o u ble p lays: B urke to P all adino. T o t als a solar ed champ ions b y B r other Des- Vi a to r by Broth er Lest e r Donahue. contin ue after receiving AB R H E M cCarty to M enard t o M o li to r. R e millard ( 8) L aurie r s , I -M directer , since t hey A m a jori t y of the s t ud ents a ttended plex.is blow midway in th e second 5 0 0 h a d the highest ave r a ge of wins. Cassidy, lf the s how. r o und. The co lo red la d go t DeMarah 4 0 0 Drassler, cf p r e tty m ad w ith his tieing t ac tics. 3 Ande r son, 2b B uddy Gru ve r and J ames Norton , 3 Bor g elli, ss color ed of D anville, gave a n eat o 4 1 1 Tic ulka, 3b exhibi t ion with Gru ver doin g th e Chouinard, rf grea t es t damage and winning the Lock, 1b j udg es nod. Ver le Davis beat For Handicap ed by tbe loss of thr ee of Bogaski, c 4 0 1 1 m entin i of A urora on points. it s s t a r s and p la ying wi t h a pick- L e m ast e r s, p St. Viato r Co llege, tbroug h 4 0 0 0 Cann ick , CYO sec tiona l champ of The Board of Ath le tic Contr ol up lineup , St. V ia t o r Coll ege nin e the VIATORIAN, w is h es to Chicago He igh t s, k n ock ed o ut J oe a w a r d ed minor m on ogr a m s t o 26 lost its las t game of the season a ck n owledge th e gif t of a num31 8 6 2 T o tal s K alkowski in t h e t hir d r ound vihen a tble t es during tbe pas t week . This to St. Rose C . Y. 0. t eam a t Alber of decorative p illa r s from K alkowski's he cr acked t hree of was th e fi r s t time in over a decade p in et pa rk o n May 30. Th e final Mr . J oh n E dgewort h , Preside nt ri bs with a co uple of h ard blows. that s u ch a war ds h ave been made of the Leh igh S ton e company. scor e was 6 to 3. Stanley WiellGeorg e Dian showed Ch arles P erand the R ev. Father F rancis J. c.zk o, S t . Rose t hi r d b ase m an, was Mr . E dgeworth , a m e mber of sis ti of Jolie t that the fo rm er 's H a r bauer , C. S. V ., direc tor of t h e leading t h orn in th e s id e of t h e A ssociat e Board of L ay T rus previo us vic tory at t he armo ry se vl ri sh pitche r, since be c ras hed out Among th e many g u ests w ho vis it - athle ti cs s tat ed that in the f uture t ees. is deeply in t eres t ed and e ral we ek s ago wos no flu k e, by m ino r let t er s wi ll be awar ded t o ac tiv e in p romot ing th e profou r fo r four . eli S t . Viator for th e gradu a tion exgiving th e Italian a decis ive trimme mb er s of the golf, tennis, swim g r ess of St. Viato r . We th ank St. Viato r was for ced to play er cis es we r e : R ev. C. P. Conway, ming via t h e knoc kou t ro u t e. P e r m ing, t r a ck and boxing t eams as a M r . Ed geworth fo r h is g ift witbout the ser vi ces of Abe Ro- LL. D ., C hicago, lll. ; Ver y Rev. J as. cis iti was on t he receiving end of and fo r h is tru e hea r ted Viah ins k y, Danny B laze vi ch , and A l S h annon , LL. D. , Chica g o, Ill . ; R e v. r eg ul ar policy. n u m e ro us b lows wh ich h a d th e specMonog rams w ere prese nted t o: to r s pi ri t. Pall adino , all of whom had finis h ed W . H . Con way, C . S. V ., LL.D. , ta t ors on the edge of th eir respecGo lf team -Captain Geor ge F leming, the ir s chool y e a r and lef t fo r hom e. C h am p aign , Ill.; R ev. J a s . Fi tzge r a ld, ti ve seats time and time a gain. Sever al s witch es w er e m ade in th e Wyoming, Ill.; Mr . Lowell A . Law- J am es Cr owley, Edwa rd O'Brien , and Jimmy S heehan a c t ed as r efer ee, T ennis -Ca.ptian line up and ·•s trea k y" B urke .regular son , Ch icago, ill., m em ber of the W illiam Crannell. S idn ey H e rbs t and J immy Lam b second baseman was fo r ced t o handle L a y Board of Tru,stees ; D r . Vincent J ames Cr owley, Harold Selle rs, Ray we re th e j udges, a nd Bi ll Gouse t t t h e catchin g assignmen t, wh ile a Mar zano, Chi cago, Ill., L ay membe r Cavanaugh, Louis W u chn er . Swimwas t.'h e annou ncer. -rookie t ook his position. of t h e Board of T rustees ; Very R ev . ming- Cap tain Don B etourn e, Basil St. Viator ( 3 ) AB R H J ohn P . O'Mahoney, C. S . V ., Pres i- Ni cho ls on, S t ephen W enthe, Ralph 1 9 07- Kanka k e e Gaze tte-"Fr . M. G u y, CblcatdH , 3 b 5 0 1 d ent of th e Boa1·d of Tru s tees; R ev. C e llotto , J ohn Morri s, Dolp h J. Mars ile r esigned tod ay as p resiTrack - CapB . Burke , c 3 0 0 J . V. Rhe ams, C. S . V., L emo nt , and Geor ge Roge r s. W e have had r eques ts se ve r:". I ' ' -- de nt of S t. Via t or Coll ege. H e was Str a u b , ss. 5 0 · 2 Il l. ; R e v. F. C lear y, Watseka, ll .l ; tain Ch es t er Newburg , Edward Dil- es t o prin t the Little Nin e t een Outs u cceed ed by R ev. F r. P . J . O'MaMar ik , lf 1 2 and R e v. F . X . H azen, C. S . V .. ge r , and W illi am Wals h. Boxin g doo r track and field r ecords. The honey". " F a th er O'Mahoney is one of J ames 0 0 B e a ve rville, Ill. S ev er a l of las t Ca ptai n J oseph Kalkows ki , D ex t e r , rf following r eco rds have been es tab- th e yo unges t college preside n ts in Saia, cf 1 ye ar' s gradua tes we r e on band to see H as t er son ,William Churchill, R obt. lish ed in th e m eets s ince 1925 and the co un t ry". Gan non , 1b 4 0 1 th eir fri ends r eceive degrees. Among N eudeck er, J oseph Sprafka, T hom as a r e acc ura t e up until th e 1935 seaLizek , 2b 4 0 0 tbese we r e Jost~ph D egnan , Robe r t G ibbons . and H arry H odgin s. (Reed, Bradl ey, 1932). so n. Noonan, p Spie tz er , James Dug an and J ohn Reco rd Running Broa d jump, Eve nt Burns . 7-8 in. 24 ft. 9.6 sec. 100 ya r d dash 34 9 T o tals (Reed, Bra dley , 1932) . (J oh nson, Normal U ., 1 932 ) . AB R H St. R ose ( 6) 1-8 in . 21. 2 sec . Runn ing hi g h j ump , 6 f t. 2 20 yard dash 5 1 1 M a rtell , s s (Field er , Bra dl ey, 1926 ). (Johnson, Normal , 1932) . (Continued from page o ne) 3 0 0 R . M o is ant. rf 12 rt. 10 3-8 in . 440 y a rd run 48.9 sec. Po le Va ult 0 Bo ui e, 2b ( Le wi s, Knox and Seibert, No rtb ( H ense l, Ill. W es leyan, 1932). J . Ke ll v ; " The Viatorian" by K en 1 W . Mois ant, 1b 1 min, 57 .3 sec. Ce ntra l, 1934). ne th W. Cor coran ; "T he U nde r grad- 880 yard dash 3 4 W ie li cz.ko 3b 134 ft. 7 ln . D isc us th row ( Hu t t on , N ormal U ., 1933). u a t es" b y J o hn F. Bimme rl e, Se n io r 1 Yonke. li (Fiel d er , B r a dl ey, 1926). O n e mil e run 4 min. 20.6 sec. Cl ass P r esident; "The Seniors" b y 0 1 E. Moisant c 4 5 f t . 61n . S ho t p u t (Hu tto n , Nor mal U. , 1933). Stephen W . Go uld, Junio r C lass 0 3 Supren a nt cf (C arter, B r adley, 1935) . Two mile run 9 min. 45 sec. President; " Th e F aculty" by John 4 0 0 Hu be r t p Javelin t h r ow 199 ft . 4 3-4 in. (Kl n g, Mommou th, 1931 ). P . Quinn; "Tbe Future VIato r" by ( Harpst r it e, Milllkln, 1929). 120 high hurd les 15.3 sec. Dumas L. McCleary. 36 6 1 2 Triples: E . Moisant. To t als 3 min. 23 sec. One mile relay I Reed. B r adley, 1932). A few closing remarks we r e given Sunuuary Doubles: Chicat elli, Str a ub. M arik. (Normal U .. 1932) . 23.9 sec. 220 yard tow hu r dles, by Doctor Cardinal. Str uck by N oonan 10, b y H ube rt 5. G anno n and Wi ellcz.ko.

Viator Looses T o St. Rose By 6 to 3

~ ~ ~ ~

Minor Awards Given To 26

IN APPRECIATION

Guests at Viator

In Little 19 Camps

Dr. o~Brien-

Every Student Get A

Student

THE YIATORLL"

PAOE l:WE'L VE

New Student Rates

"Whither America?'' E GLISH ESSAY CONTEST WINNER B y J oseph

l l is preaumptous in any era to be a prophet, but It could n ever have been more te mptin g than now when eve n the thorough going conservatl vca fee l th e country undergoi ng a transformatton under th ei r very eyes. One is n ot r eall y t e mpted to predi e t what w iiJ happen a hundred yea rs f rom now, that e r a w!l neeessar! ly be too unimaginably d iffe rent from th e present to m_a k e s u ch s pecu latlons profitable or convin clog. If one is to imagine tha t far a h ead one might f rank ly build a Utopia. Fifty years is about the proper range fo r proph ecy if one is to indul ge in that pastime at all. Barring unforseen catastrophles or even foreseen ones ,s uch as warfa r e, th e co untry fif t y years from now Is li k ely to exhibit t enden cies al ready afoot. It is onl y logical to belie ve that m ove ments now domina.nt in fn d us try, ed ucation , scicn ce and socia l cu s t oms wil l not be a ltogeth er di sco nnec t ed f rom t hose to co m e within h a lf a centu ry. It may, of course, be possibl e, eve n p roba ble, that one a ltogeth er

MONDAY

FROM PAPERS

Offered by St. Viator College

GENERAL INFORMATION

Rond y, '37

external: l l will seem asburd to hear old men t ell of the days when men traveled on private railways, telephoned f rom commer cially profitable te lephones, brought coal and iron from private ope r ato rs or deposited mo ney in private banks. Fifty ye ars f rom now ther e will have been so complete a socialization of indus try, so thorough a r estriction of individual profit and pri vate pro duc ti on that th e pic ture of our he!te r -s k elte r , devil-take-the-hindmost economy will be almost unreco vera ble . I do not for a mom ent th ink that in fifty years the e lemen ts of indivldual happiness--<>r unhappiness - will have disappeared. The r e are certain e lements of human n a ture that may be e xpected to r e main r ecognizabl y the same. The s ubtle a lch emy of love and hate wi ll operate as hitherto ; lus t and ambition will not have disappeared; s ympath y and t e nd e rn ess, pugnac ity and jealousy, sens itiveness to pra ise ~d blame wil l r e m ain, broa dly speaking, th e sam e , th e eleme nts in it most frequ e•Jtly

14-y ear

Pre-Dental Pre-Journalism P re-Medical P re-Legal Pre-Engi neering

Our economic individualism h as not provided provoc ations to the more genial and co-o pe rative virtues. The socia l scene has not been engagin g 01. a bsorbing enough to prevent individuals from conceiving their own hap piness in a prima rily selfish fash-

present; one is bound to be influenced by hi s w is hes and acc identa l point of obse rvation but as far as possib le thi s wi ll be an impartial a nd unbi ased predi ction. Withou t furth e r apology, th en, to

ion. The fam ily ci r cle has been a re t r eat of mutual h elp from the outrageo us indiffe r ence or mali g nity of st range rs . W ealth has been conceived in terms of per sonal agg r andizement and personal security. But

turn t o prophecy. There seem to be three tendencies or sets of sym ptons on whi ch any prognosis of Am eri c an life fif ty years f r om now wi ll have to be based. The firs t is an increasing t enden cy toward socia lization in indus try, education and personal relations. The second is the dominance of machin e t echniqu e and of scientifi c m ethod. The third is th e breakdown of th e traditional capi talist eco nomy. Wh ether t h ese tenden cies b e well or ill is o pen to ques tion but I think th a t o ut of th ese roots th e future will g row. I sh al l omit to say I expect such and sucl:i MAY happen and simply, for the most part throughout th is pa per , say su ch and such will happen . Asse rtions are not t o be taken too cat egoricall y and brevity mu s t not be mistaken for dogma. My first prediction is a negative

in ha lf a century econo mi c motiv es will have disap,p eared as th e chi ef incentive to ac ti vity. I do not set this down out of my expectation of so m e mirac ul ous "improve m e nt" in human nature. The self w ill as se r t and exp r ess itself in other ways than economi c, first becau se it wi ll hav e to, and second because wealth w ill have ceased to be the ba dge of dis tinction. The graduate inco m e tax will prac t ically have abo lis hed major differences in wealth , a nd heavy inheritance tax es w ill h ave mc.d e motiv es of massing riches to hand down to one's children inoperative. Distinc tion will, of course, still be sought and be possibl e, but not in th e way of financial display. As I have said befo re, I don't think that personal owne r ship will be done away with. The e njoym ent of owner sh ip of private be -

on e. I c annot share that belief in an absolute Co mmunism n ow so popular in this country. I cann ot see that th er e is a ve ry likely pros,pec t of an Ameri can c ivilization fifty years f rom now th at w ill be mod e led on RuSsian li nes or be th e philoso phy of Karl Marx and Leni n realized on American soil. Long befo re that and mu c h more likel y , fo r be tte r or worse, we shall have so m e form of highly concentrated indus tri a l dic tato r ship. I think even t l:c.t \VOuld be t empo rary and and ove r before the fifty-year pe riod I canno t speak with au s pecified. tho rity on this point and I do not see how even the authorities can. But it requ ir es, I think, only r easo nably alert prece ption of what is go ing on to foresee an inc reasing soci alization first and basically of ind ustr y and no t less of education, human r e lations, and art. The days of rugged individualism are num bered, if indeed they are no t al ready over. First as t o matters obvious and

longi ngs w ill still be present a nd th e pride in individual c raft or er e a tion will be s tron ger than ever. Along with eco nomic ambition I Sl..!Spect econo mic f ear will have been r emoved, fo r gove rnm ent unernployment , sickn ess and old age ins uran ce wi ll then be as co mmonplase a pu blie m a tter as is th e post office to day. Wi th the re moval of pecunia.r y ambition and fear, th e society of fif ty year s from now wi ll have r emoved man y sou r ces of public unr est and private n eurosis. Th e fantas tic lu xu r y of the w ealthie r classes Will be gone a long wi t h the s lums an d th e poverty of th e indust rial and mining areas. The noisy co nges tion of vast metropolitan cities will have given way to r egio nal planning and gar dened cities. In that par tly t!e-urbanized world, health wUl be conside rably better. The llfe span will have len gthened, partl y because the strain and pressu r e of a co mpe titi ve society and th e w ild su ccession of booms and

2-Year C ourses

Offered

P e r S emester

Tutition Board Residence

New Reduced RafeS

Effec tive Sept. 1935

$75.00 87.50 35.00 $197.50

P e r Year

$150.00 175.00 70.00 $395.00

NOTE-These c harges were forme rl y $600.00 pe r year .

ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES

mis r ead s eve n th e present. Causes, and easil y a roused will be different. Football move m ents, and g rowth s that r ead The way in whi ch human nature Track 1n big le tte r s at the mom ent may ex presses it self is largely dependent seem unimportant eventu a ll y in on social occasions and inci t emen ts. co mparsion with tho se at present neg lec t ed and obsc ure. We are but the immedi ate children of our tim e a nd our judgem ent is c louded by childish passion s. Bu t one mu s t t a.l{e one's chan ces. One can only P redic t th e f uture in li ght of tb e

Liberal Ar ts Commerce Science Education

Co urs es

Offe r ed

Base ball

rrenoi s

S wimmin g

Bow ling

H andb all

l{itten Ball

In t r a mur a l T ourn a m e n ts in A ll Sport s

.JUNE 3, 1936

OTHER DAYS

•

1893-Kankakee Sun- "The insUtutlon was founded in 1 60. The peopie of Bourbonnais Grove, fee1 ing their need of better educational facilities fo r th ei r children, made app lication throu gh th ei r pasto r , R ev. Mr. Co t e, to the Very R ev. c. M. Champaneur, C. s. v., of Joli e tte, Canada, who was a t that time pro vincal of th e Community. The n ecessity of th e case appeared so ur gent th c.t th e Very Rev. P . B eaudion , C. S. V., R . D ., Rev. A . Ma.rlel, C S. V., nod Rev. J . B. Bernard, C. S . V., were sen t to lay the foundation and safely guide through infan cy an ins titution des tined at no distant day to become famed throughout the land In 1867 a commer cia l co urse was inaguurated 1oo8 new buildings we re e r ected In 1874 a unive rs ity charter was obtain ed from the legislatu r e." 9 2Chicago J ou rnal _ "All 1 0 things come t o those who wait. The M aroons are to have a t acklin g dumm y. It is to be hoped th at some of them will wo rk overtime on it"

Basketb a ll t oo". 'Iowa is u si n g a tackling bag , "Ha r vard is in sor e need of som e of the beef that is piling onto the wes t ern g ridirons" "We

Boxing

SCHOLASTIC ACTIVITIES

will w in some games and mak e it inte res tin g fo r those elevens w e do G l ee Clu b Inte rnational R e lation C lub no t defeat". (Coach Stagg) Debating Dramati c Club "Minnesota w ill play a high school t eam today. The game was pos tWould yo u like to continue you r edu cation in a small paned from last Satur day because Advantages: college? If so, St. Viator bas parti c ular advantages of rain" . " Ya le bas th e beef to offe r yo u ! A c lose r co ntact be t ween ins tructor a n d stud ent by r easo n of th e s mall classes; a be tter und er s tanding of the s tud ent problem s th at H arvard lac k s ". "You're anon the p a rt of th e ins tru cto r and the con sequ ent advantage of more in- oth er," says Michlgan to Chicago. dividualized attention to the need of the s tudents; in short there is more thi s is getting lovely. By Nov. 15 of th e famil y spirit and less of being just one in the c rowd. a good hot fi gh t o ught to be exLocation: St. Viato r College is situated in Bourbonnais, Illinois, . fif t y - pected". "The Ca rli sle Ind ians one mil es sou th of Chicago, and three miles no rth of Kan - are heavier this year'' . kak ee. It is easy of access via Kankakee on the mail li n e of t he Illinois " . Ce ntral, The Big Four and the New York Centr a L It can also be r eached 1 1916- Commencem ent a ddress glVby Illinois Routes 113, 44, 49, and 25 and U. S. Route 45. to the 1916 graduates by the Most The College is r ecogniz.ed as a four-year college by the Univ er sity R ev. ?eorge W .. Mun~.elein, D. D., of Illinois, Th e Catholi c Educational A ssociation, and the De partment of Arch bishop of Chicago. Public Instru c tion of the State of Illinois. 1915-"The Bacculaurate Se rmon Director of Admissions, St. ViatQr College, was delivered by th e Very R ev. F. Bourbonnais, DJinois. A. Purcell, D . D., Rec tor of Cathedral College, Chi ca go. Rt. R ev. G. M. Legris, D. D., addressed the depressions will have been r ed u ced motion in both the elementary and graduating class briefly while the or a ltogethe r obviat ed. Even c au - hi gh school. The fi r st years of th e Hon. F. G. Blair, Superintendent or tiou s resear ch ex,perts think it not uni ve r sity wi ll much less rese mbl e Public Instru c tion , gave th e main beyond th e bounds of credibility an advanced high sc hool than it address". that th e ravages of cance r may be does a t prese nt. There will be - - - - - - - - - - - - - - as rare as those of leprosy, and t hat a lmost no thing left of present "col- secure a licen se w ell in advance of old age will co me later and be less lege life" and & college education th e cer emony will abolish too hasty un com fortabl e than it is today. Men- w ill nol be a badge of social di s- marriages and re s tri c tion of th e numtal well- be ing will a lso be enormou s - tin ction. Un iver s ity training will be r of di vo r ces that can be secured ly improved. Bu t be tter g e ne ral be more t echni cal and professional will help st em the tid e of thi s dephysical health wi ll not be th e only than it is today. A s higher ed uca - m o ralizinz influence. r easo n. Both preventative and c ur- tion will be la rgely at public exContr ary to the belief of many, ative psychiatry will p lay their part pe nse, incompetents will _ sys t emati- r e ligion is not doomed to death in and social conditions will be more cally be excl ud ed and there will be th e future. The belief in God condu cive to sound m ental h ealth. as ca reful a sear ch for candidates and im morta lity is innate in man The mental diseases born out of with distin g uis hed abi liti es a s in kind and ath ies ts who preach and e mpty wealthy leisur e and out of · t · te spe nt 00 predict uni ve r sal a cceptance fo r fi~ancial difficu lti es will be impos- ~i~:in~n tl~=r a~~~et;~~~y t he " socthei r "Glory to man in the highest, sible any longer. ia lly" desirable. for man is the m aste r of thin gs" To t urn now to education: on the In the lower sc hools and in gen- doc trin e are losing sight of somepro bable cha rac t er of wh ich thi s er a l pop ular ed u ca tion (in c luding th e thing basicall y fundamental in huP r otestant sects wiJJ picture of the soc iety of fifty years press n.nd radio) c u ltural interests, man nature. from now ultimately de pends. Edu- both contempo rary and traditional , unite into a single wo rld wid"e, o r cation will hr:.ve changed, but a long w ill be mu c h more widesp r ead than at least nation - wide, church wil l Adult educa ti on, discard many of the t e achings ,r lines a lready fa miliar to us. The they a re today. total panorama of formal schoolin g now a nov elty, will be commonpla ce. their various founders. As oppos~ d will look ver y differ ent, howeve r , All this is not by way of saying to thi s ch ur ch th e re will be th e and parts of th e Am eri c an education - that the whol e nation will be com - Roman Catholi c Church a nd th e H eBut brew Church. al scene as we now know it wi ll pos ed of E.:.rtists and scientists. have vanis hed entirely. The r e wi ll musi c, fo r example, will have becom e I have sketched, briefly, a pic ture be the elementary schools, the high much more a familia r part of t h e of a different America than that in schools, and th e universities. Mos t life of th e average man, and with which we r.ow li ve but, I think , it of th e hi gh sc hools will be largel y drama, es peciall y through p erfected is the America that may be expec t ed technical in chara c t e r and not bas- television, made more widely avail - f:ifty year s from now. It is n ot ed on th e present lingering assum- able for all, so will dramati c liter- in every ~;Ietail what I wou ld wish ption that they are for most stu- ature. for but I think it is safe to say dents a preparation fo r college In fifty years di vo r ce will not be that it is an imp rovement ove r the I have no doubt made mis( where mos t stud ents of high school non-existent in Ameri c a but stat e present. neve r go). The elementary s chool legislation will aid in preserving th e takes in prophecy but whether or not wi ll be shortened to six years and sacredness of matrimony. Laws for e- I have entirely missM the truth the r e will be a good dee.I less waste ing those contemplating marriage to only time will tell.

r:r