St. Viator College Newspaper, 1936-10-19

Taste the joy that springs from labor.-Longfellow. " Masque of P andora".

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BOURBONNAIS ILLINOIS,

VOL. LIV.

Modern College Frowns· On Loafer-Dr. Cardinal

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1936

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Library Facilities Brought To Attention Of . Undergraduates As College Pres. Lecture\; Institutions of bighcr learning no longer have a place 1 for the id ler nor th e youth who comes to college merely to enjoy the cozy atmosphere and social life, th e Very Rev. E. V. Cardinal, C. S . V., Ph. D ., president of St. Viator, de. ned recently in an address to 'le first. general assembly of the College undergraduates. Striving to awaken the students t o a sen se of th eir scholastic · responsibiliti es, F athe r Cardinal presented fact s and fig ures JVe his a ssertion. The analys). from whi ch th e president drew b,is material was prepared by the Rev. Bernard Mulvaney, C. S. V., who was head of the Sociology department her e las t year and who is at present on leave of absence completing his studies for the doctorate of sociology at the University of Louvain, Belgium.

And yet without labor there were no ease, no rest, so much as conceivable .- Carlyle. " Essays".

Kansan Candidate Overhelmed As Students Give Roosevelt Strong Vote Of Confidence

Choral Club Director Waves Baton To All

MicroheH unters,Atoru 8mashers Form Club

Students and fac ulty m embe rs went t o the VIATORIAN s traw vote polls las t W ednesday to give President Franklin D. Roose ve lt a 5 to 1 margin over his closest opA new Science Club, composed of The Saint Viator Choral Club ponent, Governor A lfred M. Landon, students from the Biology, Physics with an ambitious season in pros - of Kansas. The president s tepped and Chemistry departments, was orpect launched its activities with an into the front a s t he first ballots ganized Friday afternoon under the initial meeting last Thursday night, were counted and continued to combined leadership of the various with Rev. M. P. Loughran, C. S. V., widen his lead a s the returns were department • h eads. Doctor William found er of the organization, in tabulated. The Democratic ticket VanDeventer, the R e v. Eugene Hoffcharge. This ye ar th e c lub, again drew 75 per cent of the campu s man and Doctor G. D. Kinzer , are under the lead ership of Father votes. the department heads who have deM. Loughran, is expected to prove While running a poor second to cided upon this new movemen t and one of th e outs tanding campus President Roost! ve lt, Governor LaowiJI ac t in conjunction as the modgroups. don lead Representa tive Wi1lia m erators of the • newly formed organThe meeting was h eld in the brill- Lemke, th e Union for Social Jus 1 Rev. J. J. Corbett, C. S. V. ization. iantly decorated quart ers provided tice candidate, by a 1 to l 'h count. According to a statement issued expressly for the volcalists . Las t Two votes went to Norman Thomas, by th e moderators of the Science year practi ces and meetings were while a lone ballot from the SophoClub the membe rs of the or ganiza~ held in various p la ces. This year more class named Browde r as the tion will have complete charge of th e club's new hom e, once used as preferred candidate. all activities. The speakers to be a "junk room", has been decorated Class by Class obtained will be men w ho are as m gay colors and is being tastefully S lig htl y more than 79 p er cent Average Set sociated with the three scien ces. furnished. A piano, radio and vi c- of the Senior class expressed conThe study represents a refinement They wi ll lecture on the latest distrola will be ins talled soon. Several fidence in the N ew Deal. Landon of the ordina ry s tudi es which con- coveries made by contemporary scie~sy chairs and davenports will! received all but one of the Anticern gra des only, and gives an op- 1 entists , with a view of better un - Noted n· . T D . gtve the club quarters a most pleas- ~ administration votes. portunity to compare a ccomplish- , d ers tandmg c urrent sc tenttftc proSace~~~~~~ry S 0 ehver ing a t mosphere. Besides being a President Roose ve lt ran 5 to 1 ments w1th a bthty B esides bemg ble ms . ermon place for rehearsa ls th e rooms will ahead of Govern or Landon among an analySIS of th e entlTe s tudent The old Biology Club, which was The R ev. John J. Corbett, C. S . .se rve as a club for t he m e mbers of the Juniors, who came n eares t to body enrolled durmg the second maugura ted las t year and is now v., an a lumnus of the College and .l th e choral g roup. approximating the political t emper 1936 semester of P-W organiza- now P as tor of S l. Via tor P a r ish , )<~pe r ... i:re of th e school. Among the third year • studies were also I the nucleus of th f made of classes and other g roups. ' tion, w ill pro vide a ~o~king model Chicag o , Illinois, will celebrite his l A s hort r ecita l will be g iven be- m en, the Kansan was preferred to Jn de te rminin g scholas tic av erag es for th e n ew or ganization. Regular Silver S ace rdotal Jubil ee in Chicago fore Christmas and at Cl1ris tmas Lemke by only a 3 to 2 margin. a 5-4-3-2-1-0 ratio was u sed . Under a this sys t e m a n A s tuden t has a mee tings wi~l be he_ld once a rr:onth. on Sunday, Oc tobe r 25. Fathe r J. major prog r a m will be presented. The s tron g eSt Republican ant.l Socia l Jus tice voting rating of 5., a B s tudent of 4., a C These m ee tmgs Will open wtth a J . Corbet t will be celebrant a t a S eve ral broadcas ts over r adio s t:a - Union for s t udent 3 ., a D s t ud ent 2., a n E r evi ew of current s ~ientific l~ter- Solemn Hi g h Mass, at twe lve noon, tion WCFL are a lso to be present- cS:me from the Sophomore class A s peak er, either a bwlo- before His Excellen cy, the Mos t 1R e v. ed whi le once a month at the r eg- where th e two parties combin ed d t d F d \ a t ure. s tu en L,_ a n an stu ent 0. g is t , cher:ni st, or physicist w ill lee· · ' · ' In calculatm g t h e ex pec t ed a verag e I 1 Btshop Be rnard J. Sheil, D . .D ., who 1 ular clu b m ee tm gs, th e re is to be a polled 50 p er ce nt of the votes. f rom th e intelligence quotie nts , a ture to the m embers. A f t er the Jec- will deliver th e se rmon. sp ec~al ente r t ainm en t. This will President Roose ve lt led Landon by s tud en t with a score of 120 h as a I' ~ b~qe ut in honor of th e Jubil - . c~ntmu e . throug hout the yea: wi t h 22 ba 1lots, whil e Le mk e was only rati ng of 5. , a s t uden t wit h 110 (Continued on page 6 ) a n a n wul be h eld in th e St. Viator w1d e va n et y of p rogr a ms be m g of- 4 votes behind th e Re publican. One 1 has a rating of 4.., et c. W hil e t h e Parish A uditorium a t 1:30 P . M. ! fc r ed to th e s tudent body. Sophomore na m ed Norman Thom as en t ire stud en t body las t yea r had I Fa t h er Corbe tt w ill hold his p a r- ~ Ri cha rd P owe r s, president of th e a s his prefer e nce. a.n expec ted average of 3.82, t he at ochial r ecep t ion in t he Al vernia Choral gro up , has wr it ten to a The F r eshm en , who polled t he tained ave rage of its sem ester grades H igh School Aud 1tonu m , Rid geway numbe r of colleges th rougho u t th e largest numb er of ballots m t he w as on ly 3.23, a defi ciency of .59. at By ron, at 8 30 P . M count ry m a n effor t to secure an school. gave t h e pr esent admt ms t ra Using a chart to illust rate his Forme1 T re.ts ure r app ropTJ a t e r epe r to1re M us1c w ht ch lion a 9 t o 1 vote over Landon a nd --] Durm g h1s ea r ly days as a p nest has bee n selected t odate m cludes a 10 to 1 vote over t h e entire fJe ld points, F a ther Cardinal cong ra tulated the va r ious g ro up s that had attain - [ The Be rgtn Dcbatm g Club wtll , F a th er Corbett ta u g ht a t t h e Hol y th e Soldie r s Chorus f rom 'Fa ust; All but 3 m embe rs of th e College ed, or exceeded, th e ir ex pected aver - inaug urate its ac t ivities on No vem - 1 Name School in Chi cago a nd at S t. i Marc h fro m Aida, a n d t he Bells of Faculty we r e placed in th e Dem oages. At th e sa me tim e he ad - be r 24 when it m ee ts P urdu e at Via t or Coll ege. W h ile h er e F a th er. · S a in t b.1arys by Adams. Viril e cr a ti c colum n , t he New Deal dis mo nished those who had fa iled to ~afayette, Indiana. F ollowing t h is Corbett occupied t he position of head J sea son gs a n d hum e rous nov elties senter s dividing a niong Land on, use their a bilities to t he u tmost. f irs t pl atfor m appearan ce the Vi a - of th e Jun ior De pa r t m ent a nd fr om wi ll also be lis t ed, a long w ith sev- L emk e an d T homas. S tude nts \·Va rn ed t orian.s will meet DeKa lb College in 191 1 until 1918 he was t r easure r of e ra l of th e c urren t popu la r so ngs Seventee n u nclassified ballots gave " A college does not only con sis t a radto debate t o be broadcast ove r t h e College. of t he na tion . 14 vo t es to President R oose velt a n d of a fac ulty", t he spea ker obse rved . WCF L on Dece m be r 5. The subI n 1918 Father Corbe tt was t ransDur ing t h e pas t weekend th e 3 to th e North Da k otan. "It a lso cons is ts of a library. We ject fo r t h e lat ter date is, " R esol ved : fe rred to St. Edward 's P a ri sh in Choral Cl ub direc tor Lested voi ces (Con ti nu ed on page 6) have done everythin g within our that the extension of con su me r co- Ch icago. For t h ir tee n years he was ?f a ll s t~dent s who we re interested pov.ter to make the library attr ac - ope ratives \VOuld co ntribu t e to· pu bli c pas tor of St. Edwa rd s pa r ish and m beco mm g members of the club. t ive, efficient a nd servica ble. \Ve we lfa re". then upon th e death of the Rev. T hose inte rested will kindly see wan t you to use it. We want you The club inte nds to enter teams J a s. F . Ryan, C. S. v. , was ap - Fat her Loug hran or Richard P owto know books. W e shou ld like to in the Illinois Stale Normal To urna- pointed pastor of St. Viator pa ri sh, 1 ers with in th e nex t few days. Ne_w have our students ··bookish". \-Ve mcnt on December 11 and 12, th e a post that he has h eld ever s ince. m ember s of the Choral Club w11l want you to know and read other Manchester Tournament on Febrube initiated this evenin g. A s light books .than you r t ext bool<s. Every a ry 26 and 27, and also t he Dlinois r epast will be se rved. The Sigma U psi lon Sigma Sorors tudent sho uld be read ing pe riodi - Inte rcollegiate De bate Conference 8 I ity wi ll s ponsor the f irs t social of I ca ls and books othe r t han those Tourname n t to be held in P eoria th e curren t scholastic year on Oc tos tri c tl y required. I am a t a loss on March 12 and 13. According to ber 20. Th e social w ill be an int o understand th e m enta lity of a the Rev. J. W. R. Magu ire, C. S. V., 1 formal affair and w ill be he ld in college s tu dent who does not know the Moderato r , open dates a r e b eing At a rece nt m ee ti ng of th e Day t he Commons Bui ld ing upon th e

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B I ·t d th nois Wesleyan. e Oi • an e Uni trips, why not catch up on your versi t y of Illi nois. reading? The man who has brains It has been a nnounce d th. a t Ed has n~ busines.s ge tting lonely" . 1 ward Buttgen . Debate Manager, bas Co ntmutng hiS r emarks Father 1 bee n selec ted to represent St. ViaCardinal warned both th e new and tor College at th e coUegc discussion th e old s tud ents that unless sati~ - de monstration to be he ld on No vfactory \~o·ork was done durin g the e mbe r 6 before the Illi nois AssociC' urre nt se mester th e delinquent s tu - ati on of Teachers of Speech. T he de nts would be requ ested t o leav e subjec t which Mr. Buttgen will pre= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ! se nt before the assembly \viii deal t Continued on page 6) with consumer's cooperatives.

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l .N d A eSSanC r1 arne Day Hop President /J. R. C. First JVJeeting Promised to be Soon

Student Org-anization, Alessandro AIessand n , '37, was e lec t ed to the 1 presidency for the cu rrent scholas ti c Plans for the first I nternational year The remalmng three offtces Rel atiOn s Club m eeting are s till in we r e secured by two men from the so- l th e em b ryomc s t age o f d eve 1opmen t phomore c lass, and a senior. Fran - ~ and the moderator, th e Rev. J as. E. cis :Marcott e was named vice-presi- "' 11liams, C. S. V., announces tha t dent; LeRoy Lee, secretary. and membe rs of t~e club w iJI receive a Joseph Rondy, treasurer. \Vith the ~ pleasant surp n se when these plans exception of LeRoy Lee, of Bonfield I are comple t ed. Father Williams will the offi cers for this ear are ali I hold a short business meeting bef r om Kankakee. y 1 fore the -fi r st lecture for t he purpose of electing officer s fo r th e cur(Continu ed on Page Seven) rent year . 1

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campus. The enter t a inm ent com mittee headed by Miss Clai r e Legris , presiden t of th e so rority, has prepared an A rna t eu r N! g ht P ro g ram . B es 1de:; the usua l amat eur entertainment, card playing, bunco, dancing and refreshments wi lJ be provided to a ll. These socials are p lan ned with the objective of providing entertalnment for the student body, and of cr eating more friendly and more sincere relations, accordi ng to Miss Legr is.

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Opportunity Offered to Rain Fails To , -iator Offers Free Course Budding Shakespeares Dampen Irish To Adults In Tl1e Eveuiuu Celebration

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I ri ht f A eric& B football game and everung dance p ayw gill •d o. t m vocate ev. drew several hundred alumni to arf> to bf> crysta 1...e m o a nap the cam us where an expectant stutwn-wlde r·ampaign during the comt· J E. Cardinal Pres. J dent bo~y awaited a victory over ing year, it was announced recen ~ Jordan College. Jy by Francis Bosworth, director 1 A Friday evening parade and pepof lht! WPA Federal Theatre Pro- I The Very Rev. E. V. Cardinal, C. meeting opened a week-end of celeji~ C tK PIA.y Bureau. S V' Ph 0, prestdent of the Col- brattOn durmg which present and Taklng ('Ognlzanc(' of the vast, un- 1 lege, In an radto address over sta- past Viator men shook hand~ in tapped lalf~nt in high schools and lion WCN on October 6. 1936 , em- the halls of the.r common college c~o ll cges , hrmmed In by the lack of pha.'iized the responsibilities educa- a nd compared stories of campus opportunity, the WPA Federal tiona! institutions have of teaching lift:. Thrn.lre is aHMuming the Jead in religion in the classroom. As flames of the bon-fire leaped ofl'ering students the oppo rtunity of "If th l'd't f R r . .5 not hi gh out of the pit in Bird Park's Ht•clng thPlr plays In production. e va. 1 1 Y 0 ~e tgton .: Plays 1\Ubmltted by college play- 1 recognized m the c l ass :~o~ ' de- abandoned rock quarry, J ohn Morcia red Father Cardinal 'tt 1s only ri s. '37, as master-of-ceremonies, and wrights, which are not produced by ' . WPA Federal Theatre Project units natural that the students w lll . ~ot Edwa rd Branand, ' 39 · as cheer leadthroughout the country, may re- go to church. As long as relt~1on er, drew cheers from the s tud~nt Studio Is left to the churches, very httle l body to the vau lts of the sky. Wtth cctvc production by the ~h l dl 1 . f th WP A religion will be min istered because 1 fine aptness, Morris introduced • ca rc, a v s1on o · e Theatre, where the playwright may of many youths who do not regul~ I speakers who knew o n~y one p~ss "· C" the flaws In ht's techn t'que or I arly atte nd church. They will go I word--Victory. The meetmg left Vta~ ,., ' play construction . to chu rch only after they ha ve be~n tor keyed with an enth usiasm th.at Aid Given firs t convi nced by some professor m any opponent would have found dtfThe WPA Studio Theatre, which a college_ or a univ~r~ity that G_od fic ult to down. wi ll present th e s tud ent's play, at has validtty, that r ehglOn has valtdAlunuLi Pleased no obligation to the aspiring play- lty, that ethical relationsh ip has Last minute withdrawals were rewrighl, will, in reality, serve as a validity". s ponsible fo r a smaller Saturday af labo ratory for the youn g writer. H e God Is Ignored ternoon parade t han the chairmen wi ll be ena bled lo see the fine points "The freshmen s tudents in a cer- had anticipated, but even rain could a nd lhe mistakes in his brain-child, tain college were asked a few days not keep students and a lu mni from whi ch arc more easily discernible ago to s ubmit written reasons fo r watching th e Green Wave sweep when the play is in manuscript form. their com ing to college. Ninety- g loriously down Alumni Field for J

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go- between for the s tudent play- a better li ving later on. Only one wright and th e Federal Theatre, an- s tudent answered that he came to noun ced this week that th e WPA college so that, ._Jle could learn how Theatre is placing extensive lis ts, to live, so that he co uld learn more bearing th e names of plays, publis h- about his duties to God and more cd or unpublished. a t the dis posal about his socia l r elationships". of a ll amateur dramatic organizaThe College President, con cluding tions and college thesp ian g roups. his rema rk s , insis ted that we must The lists include th e titles, a uth- Jearn to know God and that as long ors, reviews, and co mplete r esear ch as H e remains buried in the churchdala of intrinsic merit, rega r dless es His influence wHI be circumscribof their s ubject matter. These lists cd and the peoples of the world a re broken down into variou s classi- will fai l to improve sociall y. fkatio ns, s uch as dramas, satires, comedies, historical plays, mysteryoung Seminarians ies, et c. Ge nius Soug ht Enter Kendrick The principal WPA Play Bureaus are In New York, Chicago and Los Fourteen of the Clerics of St. A ngeles. but budding writeJ:S are Viator have been sent to Kendrick ash:ed to s ubmit th eir manuscripts Semil\.8.ry in St. Louis, .M issouri, to to :Mr. Terwilliger at New Yorl< co ntinue their studies for the Hol y headquarters, 303 W est 42nd Street, 1 Priesthood it was learned from th e N. Y. C., where more than 5,000 Very Rev. J . P. O'Mahoney, C. S. plays h ave been reviewed since last V., Provincial of the Clerics of St. April. Viator. This new policy is in line with the Brothers who have left St. Via~ position tal<en by Mallie Flanagan, tor and· will continue their studies national director of the WPA Fed- in theology at Kendrick for the next era\ Theatre Project, that "it is four years are absolutely essential that the Feder· Bro. Jos. L. Donahue, C. S. V. a! Theatre take a chance on the Bro. Ambrose R. Burke, C. S. V. new playwrights". B ro. Patrick X. Flaherty, C. S. V. At a recent conference, Mr. FlanaBro. Patrick X. Flaherty, C. S. V ga.n declared that " Plays cu rrently Bro. Edw. F. Hauns. C. S. V. submitted by professional play~ Bro. Owen J. :McCarthy, C. S. V wrigh ts clin g too closely to the Bro. L. A. Mcl\IIanamon, C. S. V skirts of well trodden tradition.'' Bro. Chas. c. Riedel, c. s. v. When the WPA ~'ederal Theatre B ro. Thos. J . Ryan, C. S. V. accepts a play for production by Bro. Eric. A. Schaff, c. s. V. any of its unils, it does not buy Bro. John ~I. Shipman, C. S. V. the play but merely rents it fo r Bro. Francis J. Tourand, c. s. v. 50 S weekly. Furthermore, the author Bro. Francis J. Williams, c. s. v. retains sole possession of the play. Bro. John J . \Vood. c. s. v. If the p lay is reproduced in other sections of the country by other WPA Theatre Project units, as were Rev. C. l\1arzano, Treas. "Chalk Dust". "Class of ' 29", and PI.llCh HI'ts For Pres. "Triple A Plowed Under", the author receives S50 weekly for every A meeting of the illinois College individual production. Presidents \vas held at Loyola Uni ~ versity Library at the invitation of the Rev. Knox Wilson, president of PATRONIZE the organization, on October 6. The 1 Rev. C. ltiarzano, C. S. V., repreOUR sented St. Viato r College in the ADV ERTISERS absence of the . Very Rev. E. V. ! !=,=============~ Cardinal. C. S. V., Pb.. D.

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:M embers of the St. John Bt:rchman Society met recently and elected John Foxen, '39, to the office of president; Edward Dilger, '39, to the vice-presidency; and Richard Powers, '39, to the combined office of secretary-treasurer. The meeting was conducted by the new moderator, Brother Michael Ranahan, C. S. V. Brother Ranahan succeeds the Rev. Wm. J . C rackn.ell, wb. osc increasing numbe r of duttes thts year caused him to leave his post. Brother Ranahan plans to con-

lege for several years to otrcr 11:,\le afternoon and evening courses, but heretofore a charge has been mad~. This year lhc Council of Administmtion inaugurated the policy of admitting free of charge persons who do not wish to ob tain course credit. Including among the subjects I which will be offered arc Science, Government, Languages. Literature, Public Speaking a nd Religion. The I only requirement is that per::;on.s be of mature age. It is not necessary to be a high school gradu a te to enroll in these co urses. \ 'ari ed Co urses

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H oly Mass and urges all students Mental Measurements-7:~0 P . M., to become members of the St. John Tuesdays, Thursdays, Rev. Richard Berchman Society. J. French, Ph. D. Elementary German- 7:30 P . .M.. t• Monday, W ednesday, R ev. Francis ew U IeS IVen ev. J. Harba uer. E. Belaire Advanced Public Speaklng-7:30 P. M., Tuesdays, Thursdays, Re\'. The Rev. J. E. Belaire, C. S. V., J. E. Surp rena n t. former treasurer of the College, has General Psychology- 7:30 P . M., r ece ntly returned from his post in ~Iondays , Wednesdays, Rev. WilJ e tte, Belgium, and is now stationed liam Bergin, LL. D.

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Father Belaire has been assistant to th e Superior General of the Cleri cs of St. Viatoi Father B elaire, one of the oldest members of th e Clerics of St. Viator, will serve as chaplain in th e Municipal Sanitarium of Chicago.

Ioney. Current Government Problems 4:15, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Rev. J . E. Williams. A meri can Government--4 :15,Mondays, W ednesdays, Rev. E. J. Williams. I E · B'ol -4 15 T e days 1 conomtc ogy : ' u s ' I Thursday, Dr. William c. Van DeI Venter. 1 In term ediate Ge rm a n-4: 15, MonI days, W ed nesdays, Rev. Francis B arbauer. i History of the Renaissance and th~ ! Reformation-4:15 P. M., Monday, W ednesday, and Friday, Very Rev. E v cardinal Ph D

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affa irs were marked by a systematic completeness and an inclusion of CleriCS Active In The traditio nal fanfare that did credit f Of R't to the College Club. The men in er Ormance I eS charge left nothing to be desired . Alumni and s tudents r espo nded with Numerous parishes in th e Kanthe enthus iasm of men well pleas~ kakee vicinity recently h~ve called upon members of the CleriCS of St. ed. I Viator to give spiri tual devotions. The Rev. J . E. Surprenant, c. s. V., Prexy Will Attend conducted a Forty H our Devotion I · · ' · · Regional Meeting at Clifton, Illinois, while the Re v. St d t C t' Wm. J. Bergin, C. S. V., LL. D., ' U en Ongrega IOn AI' des Sacri'fi'ce The Very R ev. E . V. Cardina 1, conducted services at St. Patrick':;; C. S. V., Ph. D., president of t he Ch urch. --College, will attend the Tenth RegiThe Very Rev. E. V, Cardinal, C. 1 Sunday, October 11, th e Rev. E . onal Conference of College Presi- s. v., Ph . D., preached a Forty 1V. Cardinal, C. S. V. , Ph. D., presidents, at St. Mary's College of Notre Hour Serv ice on October 18 at Man- l dent of the College, inaugurated a Dame, Holy Cross, Indiana, on Oc to- teno, and the Rev. P aul G. Hutton. [ direc_t. partic ipation in the H oly ber 21 and 22. The meeting will be C. S. V., conducted devotions m Sacnft ce of the Mass on the part held under the ausp ices of the As- th e Maternity Church her e. The Rev. ' of the entire student body. Pamsociation of American Colleges. Wm. Cracknell, C. S. V., condu cted : phlets, containing an E ngl ish t ransDr. James R. :McCain, president Forty Hour Service in Colfax, on i lation oi the prayers said during of Agnes Scott College and presi- October 16, 17 and 18. i the Mass by the priest and the altardent of the Association of American The Very Rev. J. P. O'Mahoney, boys, were dist ributed among th?se: Colleges, will preside at this con- C. S. V., preached a mission · at attending the College Mass. Du~g venttOn. Tinley Park. The Rev. Columbus the H oly Sacrifice, Father Cardmal The sesswn wtll have m tts mtdst Boyle, pastor of the parish is an and Edw. Buttgen led the congr esuch renowned educational leaders alumnus of the College. ' gation in an oral recitation of the as Stster T homas Aqumas, 0 S D ' prayers, thus the students entered R ·, nto the spt· r,· t of the sacrifice in president of Rosary College, IV~r Forest ,Illinois; the Very Rev. WtlISCanS I e p a direct way. liam F. Cunningham , c. s. c., pres!While-away Hours At the close of the Mass, Father dent of the U ni versi ty of Notre Cardinal urged th e s tudents to use Dame, South Bend.,. Indiana; Dr. St. Viator Cisca Chapter will col- this new method of assisting at Mass Robert M. Hutchinson, president of lect and distribute magazines, news- frequently. Phamphlets will be pro· the University of Chicago, and Dr. papers, phamplets and books to the vided every day by the college author Waller G. Clippinger, president of 1 patients !..n the local hospital it ities, and students a re requested to Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio. was decided on October 7 at the l~ave them in the Chapel. weekly meeting of that organization. Ciscans also decided to promote the sale of the New World and the ATTEND THE SUBSCRIBE Queen's Work after the student Mass on Sundays. Edward Buttgen, '37, chairman of COED PARTY TO THE the General Apostolic Committee, gave a brief review of the work he has been conducting in Chicago and VIA TORIAN TONIGHT urged members of the St. Viator

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Viator Swamps Jordan In Homecoming Bearcats ·wui Be Out to Win Their Home Game

V-Men Name Saia Irish Monogram Club President St. Viator's Monog ram Club h eld its f irs t meeti ng of t h e year on T uesday, Oc t ober 13, a t whi ch t ime t h e letter w inners e lec t ed th e ir clu b officer s fo r ~ n e 1936-37 sc hool year . The leade rs hip of t his exclus ive bu t acti ve club w as p la ced in th e h ands of a sen ior f ootba ll playe r , J oe Saia, of Greenville, Mississippi , who is a t pr esent pla y ing g uard for th e Green Wave. Joe s ucceeds

t eam The Green W ave f oo t ba ll has been ho nored by h aving been in vited t o oppose McKen dree College on th e dat e of th eir Homecoming gam e, Oc t ober 24, a t Lebanon, I llinois. Via tor vetera ns r emember the s he lla ckin g th e I rish took la s t year a t

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confer enc e games. ?o.•I c Kend r ee ha s f ini sh ed in t he r unn er-up position in the Illinois I nte rcollegiate Conf eren ce tw ice in t h e pas t three ye a rs . The B ea rca t' s li n e av erages a lmos t 200 pound s p e r ma n , while t h e backfield h it s a bout 165 po unds pe r man . I ris h Set The Viator squad cam e t hroug h t h e J ord an t ilt wit h fe w in juries a nd expects, unl ess accidents in t erve ne , to be in t o p shap e for :MeKe ndrec. T he Iris h line, w hi ch has been a powe r on def ense this season. has bee n r eceiv ing ple nt y of hard drilli ng from Coach Me Tamara, and a lthoug h t he I rish coach es ex pec t th e ir t eam to be ou twe ighed, the team has ove rcom e hand ica ps whi ch we re in evid ence p r eviously t his faJI a nd can be coun t ed on to g ive t h eir b e st. ·M ac. was pl " a sed ,,.,· tl1 th e pe r forma e '"' .. . nc of t he t eam a s a wh ole in t he J orUnn ga m e a nd es pecially with the wo rk of G i bbon ~. '..Valsh. Lenahan , Blaze vi ch, 0 ~on n o r, and i\lor enc. The St. Vi a to r squad a pprecia tes the hono r of th ei r selec tion as th e o ppone nt for t hi s im portant dav in ::\l c Kend ree foo tball. an d it is~ the 1m tial conference engage m ent fo r the Gree n ' Va\' e.

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Intra-mura l sports unde r t h e di N elson r ec t ion of B roth er Geor ge a n d Lou Za r za opened on Monday, Oc t ober 3, w h en t he fi rst round of elimina t ion was ina ug urated by t eams capta ined by Va l Melloni g and

H a rt. Due pe rh a ps to early season lack of form, t he gam e w ent six quarters w it h n eithe r t ea m s coring . Me llon ig's passing a nd th e s t erlin g defen sive wor){ on the part of Brodi e and Deback we r e t h e m a in fac tors i n t h e Fresh m a n cause, while H a rt's p ass ing to Vin ce Murph y , and B owe r's fin e ki cking w er e the best th e third floo r boys had t o offer . On T h ursday, Oc to ber l:S , Mi nnies' Midge t s showed that they had so me - ~ t hi ng u nd er cover w he n they pas sed and ran Sanhuber 's proteges out of t h e f ir s t roun d by a n 18 -0 score. Sand y was p laying w ithou t Foxen, Straub, Murphy a nd Burke , a n d h e thi nk s that with hi s e n ti r e t eam, he has a g ood ch a n ce to cop th e sec!- ond round and force a p la yoff. 1 • Mond a y , Octobe r 15, Har t a nd hi s St eamrollers fir ed up a nd b ia sted Me llonig 's Milwaukee Brewer s . out of th e race in a p layoff of t h eir previous t ie ga me, 12-0. T h is ti m e t he F r es hm en could n ot cope . w ith th e h igh -power ed atta ck. Again Bower' s JOE S AI A pun t in g was a featur e of th e g am e, t he H oosier lad keeping th e Fros h Tony Mari k as club p residen t . Dann y B lazevic h of DeKalb, one of up aga inst the wall a t a ll tim es. t h e most versati le a th let es on t h e On Tuesday, Oc tobe r. 13 , t he fincamp us, succeeds R ay Ro che as vice a l g am e of th e f ir s t rou n d wa s pr~siden t. HBlaz", a footb~ ll sta r played when George P epe r' s Pla y t his year, a lso r a t es ver y h igh ly a s boys clow ned t h eir way t o a wi n ove r a ver y bewilde red g roup of a baske t ball p la yer. Bill Sch umac he r of Chi ca go , wa s fo ur th floor boys un de r Pat Ryan un opposed fo r r e-e lec t ion to h is posi- T h e fin a l scor e was 18-2 . t ion as sec r etary. · · . .h c T ommy Gibbons, capta in of th e fi r~t. scor e cam e w en ~p t am P epe1 mte r cepted a pass dur mg foo tball t ea m a nd a forward on t he an a rg u me nt with th e r efe r ee, and baske t ball team su cceeds Alex trotted for the for ty ya r ds. In th e K ra u ldi s as t reas urer. t hi r d per iod Lyons picked a fl ~k e The Monog ra m Club, w hi ch has pu nt f rom a crow d of R vam t es J been on e of th e mos t ac ti ve or g a n - a nd scored. F ina ll y L yon s circ led hi s izatio ns on th e c a mp us in th e la st ow n left end behi nd n ice blockin g f ew y ea rs , expec t s to agai n pro- by Budke a nd Cr onin for a twenty mo te seve r a l socia l f un c t ions , includ- ya rd ru n a nd th e las t score. Ryan ing th e banque t s whi ch it "th row s '' scor ed hi s lone poin t s by t agging t o th e va ri ous t e a m s , a nd t he h uge Ga t es , who w a s atte mp ting to pass M-C lub Dance w hich r ates s econ d from behi n d hi s own goal line late onl y to tne Homecom ing affai r as in th e fo ur th q ua rter . t he la r g es t of the year .

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ucroat" Gallops c am e a few W a lsh faded 29 yard li ne Dan ny B laze vich on ~ h e Wo lves goal line. The ve r sa tile DeKa lb s t a r coun t ed a g ain al t er t en more p lays whe n he took th e p igs k in on a n end-around p lay a nd ran 8 yards for th e s core , th en drop -ki ck ed the extra point to end th e scoring for th e f irs t half. On t h e n inth play of th e th ird pe riod, Bob Le n a h a n, so phom or e

become a n a nnu a l eve nt as it h as m et with m uch fav orable com m ent by t he p laye rs , coaching sta ff, a nd s tu~ent body . \ Gtbbons was fo rm e rl y a cr ack a lla roun d ath l e ~e at Trinity Hi &h Sc hool in Blooming ton , wh ere he w a s a team mate of Fred Trenkl e, now at No r th•N es t er n U niv e rsity , a nd Chu ck Sween ey, a m e m ber of th is yea r 's va r sity s quad a t Notr e Dam e. P ra ise d B y Coa ch Conch J oh n J . McN amara wa s visibly plea sed at th e hono r a ccorded Gi bbons a nd decla red, ''Gibbon s is on e of th e fin es t Captain s St. Viator h a s had for t h e p ast se veral yea rs. H e is not th e t a lk ativ e Lypc but has th e inward fi re an d driv e whi ch a re esse ntia l qu a li ti es f or g ood leader s hip a nd are asse t s to any man on t he team . H e is a m a n who p ut s t h e t ea m a bove himse lf a nd although not a flas hy player , he can a lways be co unt ed on for a cons is t en tl y good p er fo rm anc e." G.bb ' f . th J I ons pe r ormance m c or dan game w ill ahva~·s be re~.c~ bered as on e of the fu~es t exmbJti ons of foo t ba ll t ha t has been s hown by any Green Wave player. Time alte r time he ripped throug h th e J ordan forwa rd wa11 fo r hugh gains and paved the way fo r his team mates by hi s superb bJ~ck i ng. On defense n e handled anyt hing a nd e ve rythin g that came his way.

f ull back , s m as hed t he cent er of t he J orda n li ne fo r the f irs t touchdow n of hi s shor t foo tba ll ca r eer . A ft e r a Jordan pun t, Vi a tor a dva n ced th e ba ll to th e Wol ves 20 a nd Bill Wa ls h tossed a pass to Bo b Bates in th e opponents e nd zone. Linem en Sta r Ou tstanding in th e ga m e were t h e perform a n ces of To m Gibbons , Bi ll W a lsh , fo r hi s brillian t passing, Da n ny B la zevi ch, fo r h is equall y brillia n t pass rece iving , J oe Saia, R ay O'Connor , and J oe J cnes k y for th e ir f ine def ens ive li ne p lay. Anothe r , who dese rves m ention , is Bo b H ickey, a f reshm a n, p la ying hi s firs t football game. H ic k ey broke thro ug h ti m e and a ga in t o .,m ear th e No r th e rner's p la ys . Ev idence of Via tor's s trong line p lay t hi s fa ll Js s hown by t he r eco rd of ' 11 fi r s t downs scored a g ains t it ~ in 3 games, on ly fo ur of w hi ch we re scored a g ai ns t th e r egula r linesm en . S t . Via tor (3 1) Bl azevich I. e. (C) B a bcoc k J enesky J.t. E k lund I , g. Cusac k D e B ru in Morenc c. H esyk Saia r .g. H a rvey O'Conn or r. t. H lenz Be tourn e r . e. Kell y Sacco q. b. Kaufma n W a lsh !. h . Hamme n Gi bbons I C) r .r. Ab ra ha m Lenah an f. b. Boots

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The soft light wh ich is so easy on the eyes in the reading room at night is due to the indirect lighting ., and the specially built shade which throws the light on the ceiling and diffuses it evenly over the page. We have to thank Mr. Wm. Cr owley of the Public Service, Kankakee, for his generous donation of the fix tures.

The scene is iu the r ear of Hoy IInll at an annnal Ilomecmning eelPhra tion of a few yeats ago. r\. hom rcom ing bonfire t hrows its dancing- Jigh t over a scant handf11ll or lul;:e,,·arm root ers. 'l'herc ;11· r har·dly enough students on han·d to s(•qd up a good healthy clt<•ct· and, with till' exception of the peJ·en nial two ot· tlll·ce dauntless Pnthnsiasts. nu one has any lnt l]ntion of taxing his lungs to that extent. .. \ s the flaming fence posts l:rash OV<'l' capsizing boxes, pairs of students st~·agg le (Uray from the sr·enc.

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town of Bourbon- , humble beginning. It is an achie\·e1 nais. It's the name. It has a gallic ment that will endure forever as a flavor spiced with a fine bravura. monument to the lofty character and It piques the imagination. It is I invincible ideals of the priests and evocative of romance. colo r :1nd high brothers who have participated in emprise. Indeed, it was that which : its up building, sent here the noble souls that were Today these represent an enormous tO found the institution which is the mvestment. The enrollment at the 1 basis for Bourbonnais' very existence, 1 college is approximately 300, and St. Viator College. · the pupils come from every part of The charm of other days still in- the state as well as from other states vests this little town by the Kan- of the union. Living alumni numkakee rtiver. It has a winsome way ber considerably more than 12,000. which even the advance of civilizaThe fame and prestige of St. Vialion has failed to completely de- tor's are world-wide, and no small stroy. Its people, mostly descend- measure of the glory of its story ants of the early French settlers, is that it dates back only seventyupho ld the trad itions of their race one years, to a September day in for hospitality and courtesy. 1865. On that date you might They delight the stranger with have seen all the loyal Catholic their welcome. They excell in k ind- people or Bourbonnais gathered on ness. They vindicate the golden their doorsteps gazing up and down rule. In Bourbonnais the latchstring the dusty road. Finally, as with one

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To the un.known friend of St. \ ' iator College, who~ e modesty has caused tum to a.sl< the Rev. K \. CardJn::ll, pre.-,ident, not to re,·ea l bis name, \\'e t h e stu<lents of the CoUt~gt' extend out appreciatJon and thanks. Beca u"e of yo u r esthe tt c no.tu r(' and generous contr i bution of trucks, mat eria l and labor, one of the great est of eye-sores upon our campus is a t pr~e n t bei ng removed. We refer to the wor l( of f illi ng in t h E' rema ins of w hat o nce co nstit ute d the fou ndatio ns o! OUI· gym n b.is um. Fo r many years t his debris fi lled cavity has greeted visi t ors to o ur campus. Now we are happy to say t hat it no longer exi sts, and a lJ because yo u in your gene rousity have seen f it to give St. Viator Co llege a worth w hile gift. O nce aga in we hail you a nd send yo u ou r h eartfel t w is h es in a u your un der tak ings.

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New wall cases h ave been built in the stack room and are of an olive green color to match the staCKS. Witll the combined efforts of t he Little Flower Circle of Chicago, (of which Father Munsch is Chaplain), and the Sorority of St. Viator 's College (of which he blushingly a dmits he is the moderator), the new tables and chairs for the Reading R oom become a proximate reali ty. A few arm chairs a nd some floor lamps

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I As The College Once Looked is always out as many of the stu- voice, they began crying: "The bradent body have already discovered. ~ thers! The brothers arc coming!" One need never long for home during Their coming had long been exthe scholastic year. pected. Father Cote, the village Still standing is the gray lime- priest, had gone to Canada to ask stone church of Maternity parish, the Viatorians for aid in combating built in 1856; and the mo'ther tongue tte influence of Father Chiniq uy, is still spok en there. It h as the the apostate priest of St. Anne. distinction of being the o ldest church I The Viatorians first took over the building in the State of I llinois. The village district school. It was in parish is even older. It was founded 1868 that they started the college. in 1847, although Abbe Crevier, the ! They acquired the site from that first Catholic priest to come to same Levasseur. In fact, he had Bourbonnais, arrived in 1830 from his trading post on the land now Vincennes. . occupied by one of the college buildHow did the city get its name 'l ings. They paid $3,000 for it, b ut From that int~epid_ advent~rer, Fran- n?t in money. They paid in sercis Bourbqnnats, fust wh1te man to , vtce, in teaching and manual labor.

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Hanging on the south v.rall is a very fine small etching of St. Nickolas Church, Belgium, and, framed, an oblong piece of the silk 'ehat mt·ant simply that, as time went hy, thf•ir fabric of the Stratosphere Balloon,

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W. Stevens, U. S. A., attained the 'With the beginning of last year the studen t body began to altitude of 72,395 feet, November pull itself out o[ the rut. A tipirited home comin g ce leb ration, for 11, 1935. Both of these prized whieh last_ )'ear's fr·eshman class \\"a~ hugely n•sponsihlc 1 did additions to the library come from tlluch to staet things moYing in t lt e l'ight direction. 'rhe St. Mrs. Julia Baldwin of Chicago.

l•'r·auc is Dance. th(.l Co-Pd parties, Physical Education Oay and the l{iology Clu b wen' a ll undertakings which contribut ed thei r share toward making the stucleut body a more homogeneous g roup. 'rhis .nar the VL\1'01{1.\l\' staff has been organized in su<:lt a way that it inc-ludes all who have journnlisti1· aspirations, <-lod tilt· facilities or the g,v m hav P lwen rnade availahl<• to all students. L"ndonhtedly tliesp forward steps ha vt' done muel1 to reYltalir.e L·a nrpu s lift\ but a grrat deal rcmains to he accompJi:shcd. Now t]u-tt

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impi'OVE'ment~ of thr pappr or ("Hm pus life in g<:' rwral. Tt is to ihc best interest of ea"h student to do his part. for in th e last analysb. c-oll( g(' lif{~ is like sav in g prnnif's in th(' <·opprr tPake ttlr -~· on ta lco out it just ahont what ~-on pnt in to it. for

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In order that we may start the year off co rrectly, we will give you a lesson to test the sharpness of your vision. Don't feel a la r med if you do not catch them a ll. Scrutinize carefully t he fo llowing sentence and state the number of ''F's", either large or small it co ntai ns:

the University of Minnesota's sloppiest chemistry student at t he "Molecular Whirl", better known as the chemistry student's annua l dance. So many st uden ts have com peted for the prize, accordi n g to the M innesota Daily, that runne rs-up w ill r eceive rubber sleeves designed fo r the protection of a r ms resti n g on (? ?)

"Th e Famous Valspar finish is the! tables. result of scien t ific study combined We have to include a joke about with the experience of years." an I rishman to mal<e this colu mn This same se ntence was submitted complete. to seventeen trained scientists ac A temperance speaker was lecturcustomed to hunting for minute ing on t he evils of drink. H e vi tuquan ti ties, out of this number six- perated until at length an old I rishteen failed. man in the back of the hall could The correct a nswer is five. s tand it no longer. Rising up he said, " Listen you! My grandfather F r esh men at t he Universi t y of had his whiskey eve r y morning and H olland are requ ired to have their his whiskey ever y n igh t ; and he heads shaved to a high polish, and was 99 when he died- h e wouldn't _ _ _ ---- - -~----

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onLi~h~~en~~!ct ~~ ~~~rsSo:~h~eas~~~~ seventy per cent of the Nassau unSou'wester: "Hug Revamps Physical dergraduates pick Landon. Dissenting with the local majority, the A man Is known, not only by the Ed." friends he keeps, but by th e enemies Princetonian, journal of campus opinhe makes. If you do anything at a ll The Vassar Miscellany came out ion, editorializes in favor of th e in t his world you are bound to meet for t he Giants in t he recent World New Deal. W abash also picks th e people who don?t approve of you; Series. It also favors Roosevelt. sunflower candidate sixty-one pera nd their antagonism, active or accent. But the southe~ colleges go quiescent, should sometimes be your The A. M. A. jou rnal cla ims the greates t encouragement to kee p on unanimously for the Democratic New England recriuts of 1940's doing things. Says an Armenian bouncing c lass are· the tall es t aggre - chieftan. Texas Christian by a deP r ove rb : "A man sh ould not be cas t gation ever put under the tape cisive majority and Catawba baldown when an ass kicks him". measure. The Yankee-Giants average ancing th e Wabash sixty-one pe r around five feet ten. ce nt with a like vote for Roosevelt. CAM P US CAVAL CA D E - John Morris, '37. The New Mexico Lobo no more w ill seek wrath by m is-taking its ( NFSA) - Campus polls prove that · tit led adminis t ration aristrocrats. section a l differences, long-time fac Editorializing on the woes of a tor in American politics, guide the REi\'lE~mER TOI\lJGHT r eporter taced with a h ierarchy of I choice of ca ndidates by undergradCO.t..LJ S PARTY A.L EIGHT docto rs, deans, professors, directors, 1 uates. as resul ts of local balloting presiden t s, associates, 8lld assistan ts, I show college disagreement on the COI\'IMONS BUILDING it declares it w ill "confer upon a ll 1 next pr esidential. ON THE CAI\-IPUS

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Death's Hand }Iisses Three Viator Couples

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Three St. Viator undergraduates, Walter McCormick. AI Connerton, lk================= = = = == = = == == = :!J an~ James Cullen, while returning Continued from page four) ened walls of what was a. noble J<anh:al<ee-''Petc" Laffey, re~ Recording Secretary Leslie J. their homecoming dance dates, the nowned basketball star of other days, Roche. 1 Mi.s~es :Mary K. McHugh, 1\-Iinola 1 erial is dedicated by the high class r institu.tion of learning, lhat the undc·rwent an emergency operation Historical Secretary-los. C. Deg~ Wtlhams, and Madeline Krueger, to of '21, 11ay 30, 1921". real mward St. Viateur's iS infor acute appendicitis 1ate Sunday nan. St. Francis College of Joliet, nar- 1 The first school, oldtime members I destructible. The wood and stone eventng, October 11. "Pete" is at Treasurer - Roger F. Stevens. rowly escaped death by electrocution of the faculty recal1, was two stor- and all the materials that went to prea<>nt confined to the St. Mary's The first social event to be span- Saturday, October 10. . . ies high, the second floor being used make up the structure arc chan ed Hospital here but expects to return sored by the club was a picnic . The three couples, who were ndmg for a dormitory. Today the stu- . . g 1. to his athletic director's office in which was held July 16 at Thatcher m Walter McCormick's car, were dents have for their comfort and m form by the actiOn the elethe Bonfield High School in the Woods in Chicago. Over 75 members approximately nine miles from Kao- convenience Roy Hall, a dormitory ments until they appear to man as near future. attended along with their wives, kakee on highway route number 44 of unusual beauty. They also have 1 nothing but a ruin. But the real St. sweethearts and family. ! when their car ran into a high ten- the refectory or dmmg hall and th e Viateur's is the spirit that moves The club recently honored Samuel s10n Wtre that was hangmg over commodious gymnasiUm, both bmlt the cause of education and religious Clarence J. Kennedy, for twentyadvancement in those who builded one consecutive years a member of McAlhster and his bride, the charm- the road The Wire was JUSt low of mode:-n fireproof matertals. the College Faculty, and now coun- mg MISS Evelyn Connerton on Aug- e nough to catch the wmdsh1eld of The gym contams a natatonum 75 _ the St. Viateur's of sentiment that ust 22, when they gave them two the car. The conerposts supportmg I f ot f1 t ' k str etches its influence from one end ty sup~rintendent of schools, undertraveling bags. Sam is now coach- the wmdsh1eld were grooved an mch boow mg n e !!ranges, Ia rudnnbmllg a eys, poo an 1 ard rae tab-' of our great coun try to the othe1·· · went a serious operation recently 1 aJ, the Mayo Brothers Clinic. Friends mg at the Umvers1ty of Georgia and and a half where the Wire made les and a handball court in addltiOil The St. Viateur's that fell before contact and the generator of th e to the large playing floor. Few edu- j th~ fla~es was . corporeal. of Mr. Kennedy will be glad to learn hvmg m Athens, Georpa On Monday evemng, September car was burnt out Fortunately none cational centers can equal St. Viator l In tim e the eJements would have

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that he is now at his home in KAnl<al<ee recuperating and well on the road to recovery.

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Joseph associated with the College Chemical and Mathematical departments after his grad uation, is now employed as a research chemist by the Mortell Paint Company of Kankakee. "Puff" Romary, another of Viator's ex-stars upon the basketball court, is also working for the Mortell Paint Con-:pany. "Puff" also is head coach of St. Patrick's High School.

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the college. By a continuation uf the studies inaugurated by Father Mulvaney, the administration will constantly be in a position to judge whether or not a student is realizing his intellectual potentialities, Father Cardinal explained~- The deficiency in the grades of certain

Bourbonnais--Simon N. Legris :s a clerk at the Kankakee State HoSpital. In his spare time "Si" is quite active in the local political circle, being president of the Roosevelt-Garner Club and Democratic Committeeman of Bourbonnais Precinct One. Marie T. L eg ris, another Viatorian grad who has gone in to politics, is listed as the Democratic precinct captain of :Bourbonnais' Precinct One.

students has become a problem which the administration hopes shortly to solve. The groups that not only attained but exceeded their expected averages were-the Class of '36, who were .34 above tlleir expected average; class of '37, .24 above expected average; Co-eds, .26 above expected aver age; and the Honor Roll students, who achieved an average .35 above what was expected of them.

, . 't I J W as I h , 88 . v•s• ed th e campusas. on October 11 and spent many happy hours in the company of Father Cardinal and other factuly members.

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Boy's Town, Corcoran '35, former editor of the VIATORIAN, and a star athlete, is now athle ti c director of Father Flanaga n's Home for Boys here. )

StraW V0 t e F oreCaS t 8, Democratic Landslide -(Continued from page one) Original plans of the VIATORIAN straw vote committee, of which John Morris, . 37 , and Robert Baechle, •40 , · charge, included placing th ~ were m names of Governor Henry Horner and C. Wayland Brooks on the ballots. But because of the unfamiliarity of out-of-state students with the local political situation, the nam es were withdrawn. From polling in the national election, how ever, it is believed that the Democratic ca ndidate is favored.

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__(C _ontinued_ from page one) po~ing structu~e of _Bedfor~ stone, j die. ~t i.s immortal". ture an open forum will be held. J buJ~t on classical hnes, wtth t en Edttor s Note: The foregoing arS imi lar to IRC lome columns supporting a finely ticle, with a few slight changes, In speaking of the newly formed wrought entableature in the porch [ was written and published in a daily club, the moderators compared its sch~me. Roy Hall is a plain, newspaper many years ago. The VIAstructure and function to that of straightforward structure, a tluilding TORIAN reprints it at this time in the International Relations Club. of service. order that the freshmen may know They pointed out that whereas the The spirit that is St. Viator was what others thinl{ of their college I. R. C. is a combination of the admirably expressed by Father Mar- and as a consequence so act that social science students founded for site at the celebration of his golden that impression may never be roarthe purpose of acquainting the mem- jubilee of priesthood on October 21. red. The author of the article to oers with international governmental 1925 · whom we are deeply in debt, 'was problems with the hope of breaking "I am here", he said, "upon the Fred D. Pasley, an intinerant newsdown international barriers by a theatre of former activities, not to paperman. more complete knowledge of these yield to pride nqr to blush. Wi:.h problems, the Science Club has been the help of devoted and competent created in order that the student teachers, there have gone forth from V E R O N A C OAL M I NIN G may realize the good that science here students who now honor every C OMPANY has done for modern civilization. station in life business, professVerona Coal A Deep 1\fine The club moderators hope that the ions, medicine, priesthood, prelature, 4 Miles West of Mazon new organization through its speak- episcopacy. Groups of bright minds, Verona, Illinois ers may be able to correct the er- noble -hearted pha)anxes, brilliant roneous impression that science ex- galaxies in Chicago, Peoria, St. ists merely to improve deadly iril- Louis, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, plements of warfare. Kansas City, Dallas, Denver- in fact, After the regular meeting a from Los Angeles to New York" . "coffee co~ loquim" was the usual And the very essence . that is this method of · the old Biology club's College was articulated by the Kanway of gentlely breaking away from kakee Republi can following the disasthe lecture room. The moderators trous fire here in February, 1906. have expressed a hope "' that the No finer eulogy was ever written of Kankakee, Illinois present organization will see fit to the aims and ideals of an educationretain this interesting little feature al institution. 1 quoteOFFERS STUDENTS which added so much to the SUC· "St Viateur's College, the famous OF ST. VIATOR COLLEGE cess of the Biology Club last year. old enducational institution at BourFULL LINE OF bonnais, fell be:ore the_ fire fiend CLOTIDNG AT THE W ednesday evemng. It •s consoling LOWEST PRICES to think, as one lopks at the black- /

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--Allentown, Pa. (NSFA)-Two hun dred undergraduate delegates representing the thirty-five college papers in the Inte r collegiate Newspaper I Association will meet at MublenSt. Paul, 1\-finn.-Word comes from berg on November 13 and 14 at the Twin Cities that Chas. R. Murtheir annual conference. Entertain- .., phy, '32, is now associated with th e ment instead of the customary copy Union Trust Company of St. Paulwill be provided by the Lehigh footj\finneapolis. ball game, speeches by nationally famous pundits, banquets and dances. Chicago -Samuel J. :McAllister, The conference will be held under th e auspices of the Muhlenberg former coach and alumnu s, called The polls were opened at 8 Weekly. the first meeting of the Viator Club o'clock on Wednesday morning on of Chicago on May 11, 1936, at th e the porch of Marsile Hall and were Maryland Hotel, which through the closed a t noon. During the morning, JORDA N P AC K ING 0. co urtesy of Jos. McGovern of th e over 90 p er cent of the campus Rose Brand Hams & Bacons Inter-State :M anagement L.ompany, cas t ballots. I n order to preve nt Best-taste Sausage Specialties and an alumnus, is now the perma- stuffing of the ba llot box, the name 814-832 W. 20th Street nent meeting place of the club. of each vo ter was recorded as he CHICAGO, ILL. The cl ub's executive committee j received his ballot. drew up a constitution which was duly ratifi ed at the May 25 meeting. Officers of the club are: I SUPERIOR SLEEPRITE SPEI CHER'S President-Samuel J . McAllister. CORP . First Vice-P resident-Frank J. )le ta! Beds _:. Bed Springs Je\\'elers - Optomertrists Carroll. ]\·f e tal Bedroom Furniture For Gifts That Last I! s d v· p 'd t w· 9303 2

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MONDAY, OOTOBER 19, 1936

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Gymnasium Open To Physical Eddie Bendix Brakes Name R. P. I. Students UplnAirAt Dawn A II Students; New '---- - - - - -- ----' DesLauriers Coach And Athletic Director System Introduced Troy, N. Y., (NSFA) - Ten or I more s tudents of the Rensselaer DesLauriers, first phys ical Gliding Club practice in their motoreducation director at St. Viator, less ship from 6:00 to 9:00 each former assistant coach of football morning at th e Troy Airport. Rising and basketball, and varsity swim- early in orde r lo avoid conflict w ith ming coach, was recently appointed motor aircrafts and escape uneasy head of the physical education de- mid-day air currents, the g lider enpartment of the Bendix Brake corn- thusiasts are swiftly becoming expany of South Bend, I ndiana. Des- perts in the new sport, and expect Lauriers will be head coach of bas - to acquire more advanced equipment i{etball and softball as well as be- at an early date. The c lub is under ing the athletic director of the Ben- the instructors hip of Alfred Sibila, dix organization. who has calibr ated an altimeter and _Des L~u~.i ers was coach of the St. I air speed indicate: for glider use, Vtator B basketball squad last sea- 1 and who has expenenced with aerial so~ and turned out a ~trong com bin- • photography from glider s. at1on that won two-thtrds of the its h~ddie

Organization of S t. Viator's manaMiss Claire Leg ris, with the Misses Louise Leg ri s and Yvonne Rivard gerial system into a more comas co-hotesses, held the firs t busi- pact, efficient unit ha.s bee n comness and social meeting of the school pleted by t he Athletic Board of year at her home Tuesday evening, Control and a lthough in its infancy October 13. It was voted that fur - at this sc hool, the new plan should

tber action be taken to obtain sor- be as much of a success here as ority pins. The president appoint- it has been at other schools where ed a committee to investigate and it has been operated. thereby · give a r eport r egarding this The new departure consists mainmatter at the next meeting. Definite ly in the posting of a student manarrangements were made for the ager in the gymnasium at a speciffirst annual Sorority Homecoming ied hour each day. Student mandinner which is to take place on agers are on duty throughou t the Sunday, November 8, at the Obe rlin entire day. Managers have been Hostess House. Reservations ca n given complete power in t he gymbe made any time between now and nasium during the ho ur each is in ~ November 4 . Reverend F. E. Mun- charge, and each manager is resch, C. S. V., presided at the meet- quired to report any rule infractions ing and expressed his deepest appr e- to the Athletic Board. ciation to the Sigma Upilson Sigma Equipment for hi s recent appointment of Mod Manager s will have a complete erator. The next meeting, the third stock of athletic equipment, including Tuesday of November, is to be in basketballs, footba lls, handballs, boxcharge of Miss Lucille Putz, '37. ing gloves, punching bags, etc., and The coeds have all condescended these w ill be checked ou t t o any to gather in Marsile Hall next of t he s tudents whenever requested. Sunday at three o'clock for the If, for some r eason, the manager purpose of making the acquaintance appointed for duty at a certain of ou r new Mother Superior. Afte r hour, is not in the gymnasium or the presentation of a cash purse fails to give you satisfact ory serthe stu dents intend to give our Rev- , vi~e.. students are asked t_o notify erend Mother tea will be served Wilham J. Schumacher, semor manterminating ~ delightful afternoon. , ager of athletics, immediately. Amongst the many who attended The Athletic Board hopes that the our College Homecomi ng we sight- revision of policy in this matter ed membe rs of our Alum nae-Mr s. will stimul ate s tud en t interest in J . P. McGovern, Mrs. Werner Slag, individual athletics and expec t s the Mrs. John :McNamar a, the Misses co-operation of th e entire student Margaret Watson, Margaret Reich- body. It has been stated that any ert, Marie Reynolds, Mary Taylor , athletic equipment which is found in Caroline Bally, Catherine Lampe, use in the gymnasium and wh ich (Continued from Page Six) Genevieve Adams, Marguerite Sen- is not t he property of the a thle tic esac, Eve lyn Lanoue, Mary MaHaney. department w ill be confiscated by the Fred Dundon, forme r athlete, is They were all, apparen tl y, enthus- manager on duty at the time of its now working for the Banker's Life iastis about their return to the use. of Iowa . Raymond Wenthe, ex-edcampus. Managers who have been harned bater, is connected with th e United Miss Rose Smoie of the class of for duty under the new schedule States Gypsum. William J. Costello '30, is now doing private secretarial a r e: LeRoy Lee of Bonfield; Mich- is in the law offices of Mcinerney, work for the Western E lec tric com- ael Sarich of DeKalb; Donald Dian- 1 Epstein and Arvey. pany in Chicago. She had been ne of Kankakee; Herbert Fields of Jim O'Meara '36 is now an acteaching in the Bradley Public Kankakee, and Deb Bendrick of Can- countant for ~ ·c~smetic c~mpany School during th e past f ive years. ton. A schedule of when the se in Chicago. "Doc" Meany, '33, is We fee l indeed proud of Miss managers are on duty may be found the ever-geni al football player who Mariette Mur phy's success in ob- on the gymnaisum bulletin board. was selected three consecutive years taining the r espons ible position of as the outstanding center in the Dean of Women and Instr uctor in Little 19, is now coaching fo r his English at Leyden High School, second year at the Austin High Franklin Park, Dlinois. There are (Continued from Page One) School. approximately five hundred young The R ev . August J. Tardif, C. S. women under Miss Murphy's supe rBefore opening the election, Fran!< V., is now one of the chaplains of, vision. Ticulka, '37, retiring president, ex- Municipal Sanitarium in Chicago. We Miss Oline Dandurand, one of last plained the main purpose of the Day i===~~~;:;:--;: -::;;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;=;:;:;:;:;:~ year's coeds, has just returned from Student Organization, as being one a month's stay in Montreal, Canada. to promote the welfare of the day Miss Dandurand now contemplates st udents. The new officers were Sidney H erbst, Manager enrolling at Gallagher Business also charged with the responsibility School n ext term. In the meantime, of attendi ng a ll College Club meets he is entertaining a cousin who ings by the outgoing president. DINING ROOM accompanied her home from the Mi\GNU'ICENT BALL ROOi\'1 "land of map le " .

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HUFF & WOLF JEWELRY CO. 172 E. Court Street

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A Good Place to Buy You r

Tel. 800 - Sporting Goods Dept.

Jewelry

Cafeteri'a Su t . IChicago P Host of College Treas.

ga m es.. In his capacity as head 1 sw tmmmg coac h , Edd1e developed an outfit which copped third place nonors in the Little 19 Conference meet of 1935. The Rev. C. Marzano, C. S. V., The South Bend plant is nationally treasurer of the College ,attended known for the high calibre of its' the National Restaurant Association ath le ti c t eams and Eddie DesL aur - meeting at the Furniture Mart iers w ill find his new position one Building in Chjcago on October 7 . of great responsibility. Father Marzano also attended the Symposium on high school and college cafeterias which WJlS held at the Steinmetz High School, under the auspices of Mr. 0. W. Washam, (Con tinued from Page Four) superintendent of cafete rias of ChiMay we wickedly suggest t hat cago high school sys tem. we a re not afraid of the floor being scra t ched by keeping your feet on it wh ile r eading in the Library? iif==============:n

LIBRARY LOG-

It is very desirable that students \ consult the filing cabinet and ask for the book wanted, by number as well as by title. Students should familiarize themselves with the card indexes.

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Librarian to buy books on Philoso- phy. extend a ll of our sym paty to Leslie Roche, a. member of our cl ub, upon the r ece nt death of his fath er.

CHAS. WERTZ CO. Lumber and Coal Ha rdware, P last e r, Cement .Ma-In 150

BradJey, I ll .

Hotel Kankakee

VANDERWATERS

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Young Men's Clothes F urnis hin gs and S h oes

A h earty Welcome awaits the students and friends of St. Viator College.

TRUMMEL'S Cleaners - Furriers

FRESH ROASTED DAILY AT .CHICAGO AND BROOKLYN

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ANDREWS INSURANCE AGENCY

Insurance of All Kinds

W. H.

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ILLINOIS PHONE 1933

CONRAD BAKERY Bakers for St. Viator College

LIBERTY LAUNDRY YOURS FOR SERVICE

73 Main Street Bourbonnais, Illinois

Phone Momence 173

Eugene Benoit, Prop.

Momence, illinois

Phone 247

THE \ 'lATORL-\c::\

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Ll•ttle 19 CampS Wheaton, IlL- Or. Jack Carcliff, former welterweight champion boxer of the world , is Coach Fre~ Walk er's assistant as trainer th1s year. · · . For many ca rdJff kept the late ''BJJiy" years Sunday In condition. - -DeKaJb, IlL- Northern Teachers boasts a new addition to the giantmidget combination of last year, composed of Charles. Couch, 265 pound tackle, and B11l Rezek, 130 pound quarterback. He Is Ari Kovacervich, 245 pound tackle, hai lin g from DeKalb, who stands 6 feet 7 Inches tall. Macomb, !11.-Paul Stewart, triple threat Western Teachers halfback had no prep footba11 experience. Colchester high wher e he attended did not in clude the gridiron sport in its cu rriculum . Stewart has developed into a fine kicker, excellent passer and good baH-carrier. The touchdown he scored against M ill ikin this year was the first of his

career. H arold

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kicked the field goa1 which beat attended does not offer the s port. Bourbonnais, Ill. St. Viator sufFrancis Romary, a freshman back j Mllllkin. 10-7, counted the first points fered one or the toughest losses in from Fort \Vayne, Ind., is one of the he has ever scored also. Naperville, I!I.-Lack of capable its history to 1\Io. Teachnew stars uncovered by Coach John Stewart, Henderson, Perry Bar- reserve strength is hampering Coach ers, 13-6, rolling up 25 fi rst downs McNamara this year. Tony Sacco Clift, right half, and Bill Hughes, Gordon Fisher at North Central col- 1 to the Missouri team's four and is another back that apparently has ~ end, were members of the .Weste~ lege this fall The center of the Une making 364 yards from scrimmige won a regular berth this fall. sendcage te~m. which finished. m a tie is r b bl the bl est problem. I to Maryville's 194. ing a letterman to the bencb. wHh l1hn01s College for first place 1 P 0 a Y gg . t . d' Bob Steinhebel handles the p1vo 'I m tmal . . . two the years ago.conference stan mgs I posttlon well on offensde fan d lSbuat tower of strength on e ense, - -the Cardinal squad lacks a capable Carbondale. IlL- For the second sub to back up the big proviso Alumni, you can keep in touch with your school, your ~ time in history Southern Teachers ' Dutchman. Guards also give North friends, and your past through the columns of the campus has the son of a former letterman I Central coaches a big headache. , j tryi~g out for i~s football team. P a ul H artman, 155, is a consistent publication by complying with and mailing this card: He IS Ralph HamJlton, Jr., of . Car- p erform e r but be lik e Paul Shoger boodale. His father •. Ralph Hamt lton, the other regu la r : 160 pounds, is Business Manager : Sr., was captaJ n m 1915. handicapped by lack of weight. 1 - -1-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;,j The Viator ian Charles ton. Ill .- Louis K. (Judy) r;: Voris, who has established himself Enc losed find two dollars ($ 2.00) to cover my year's s ubscription Phones Main 3123 - Maln 1826 as a permanent fixture in the Southfor the VIA TORIAN. All Work Guaranteed ern teacher s' line, is another lad who had no high school footbal l Name experience. Neoga high which he Street

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SHOE REPAIR SERVICE

EYE, EAR, NOSE & THROAT Kankakee, Ill. 602 City National Bank Bldg.

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