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Fr. Maguire in AlumnusNamed Attendance At Nat. Chaplain of Social Parlies AmericanLemoiJ ~~
The R ev. J . W. R. Maguire, C. The Rev. Francis J. Lawler, formS. V., has r ecently r esumed his dut- er student here at the College, was ies as Head of the Department of elected National Chaplain of the
Commerce h ere, after spending a busy and profitable summer giving Institutes on Labor and Social Relations, Missions and retreats. He toured the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, and south through Texas to the Gulf of Mexico. Fr. Maguire is admirably qualified for the type of work in which he
Was engaged this sum-
mer, being one of the real authorities in the fields of Sociology and Economics. When he left u s 1n June , Fr. Maguire proceeded to Washington, D. C., where he conducted an Institute on Labor Problems from ·June 20 to 26 inclusive. The I nstitute was co nducted for the benefit of both the priests and laypeople of that diocese. Preaches .Nun's Retreat On his way to the West Coast, Fr. Magui r e stopped in Sturgis, South Dakota; w he re he preached a retreat to the . nuns of the Benedictine Convent of St. Martin. H e was also the celebrant of the Solemi;l High Mass a t which six novices were received into the Benedictine Convent. Froni Sturgis he proceeded to California where he eonducted an Institute on Labor Problems for the benefit of the clergy in the Diocese of Los Angeles, California, during the week of August 16 to 21 in· elusive. Fr. Maguire was also the principle speaker at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, when the college Conduc ted an Institute on Public Relations from August 30 to September 4. On his return to Bourbonnais, Fr. Maguire delayed long enough, In Ashville, Penn., to preach a retreat for his f riend and former classmate, the Rev. Stephen McGarvey, who is the pastor of a parish there. St. Viator College is indeed fortunate in having a t the helm of her Department of Commerce, a man of the caliber and p erspacacity of Fr. Maguire. H e is one of the few men in our modern industrial world who has both the courage and the ability to crusad e fo r · th e cause of justice and righteou sness for the poor est and most abandoned class of mankind, the laboring class. He is one of the few men who i::; able to hold a loft the g lowing torch of the gospel of Christ in a world filled with the blackness of pagan principles; h e has render ed more distinct th e eternal tru ths of Christianity, so that th ey may guide the tottering foosteps of our present industrial world. Apology There is no apology for printing parts of a speech he gave on hi s recent tour, but an apology is necessary because we cannot do justice, in our small publication, to the speech which one of the greatest n ewspapers in New York City saw fit to devo te two entire columns. And we apologize because we cannoc be the ins trum ent of acquainting more peopl e w ith these Christian principles. (Continued on Page Five)
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ALUMNI '!.= T h=e=n=am=e=o=f=s=t.=v=ia=tor=co=lle:::dl ge was brought before millions of people during the two weeks preceeding the All-Star football game, played on September 1 and on the night of September •1, over 85,000 people saw the name of St. Viator as it basked In the white glare of All-American fame. A total of 150 newspapers and radio stations united to publicize that All-Star game. And because St. Viator was able to place two men on that All-Star
New ' York City on September 23. He is the third graduate of St. Viator College to attain this high honor, the posi tion having been previously held by the late Father Darche and Father Lonergan. squad, her fame spread to every corner of the u. s. Fr. Lawler attenaed the College Before we proceed any farther from '20-'22, and was graduated with this discussion, let us strip with an A . B. degree in '22. He it of the royal robes of sentimentalthen went to St. Paul Seminary in St. PaUl, Minnesota, where he stud- ism,. Let u s also forget the Insipid platitudes that usually enmesh themied Theology. He was ordained to selves in this type' of discussion; the Holy Priesthood on May 29, view it only from the rational point 1926. of view; why was St. Viator able Fr. Lawler was a very remark- to put Joe Saia and Tommy Gibable student, and also participated bons on that All-Star squad? When in all activities. He displayed many every school in the country was fine qualities as a leader, as well exerting every possible effort to get as displaying a genius for 9rganiza- one man on that AU-Star squad, we tion. He attained con.qiderable placed two men on it. Wby did all fame as an orator, - but was noted of the smaller schools fail, EX.! particularly for his gz:-eat zeal in CEPT VIAT OR? fostering everything pertaining to How can we attempt an asnwer the welfare of the college and the to this enigma; th1s seemingly unstudent body. answerable question; th1s mysterious Among the important Positions he success of ours? ~eld while attending college ~~ere are Was it due to a fortuitous cointhe following: Atisoclate A.w tor . 01 ,.. cfdenee of a -serifs of . unknown the VIATORIAN; Head of the Staff cause? Such an explanation is hardof the Viatome; Secretary-Treas.ur- ly plausible to any one who is able er of the Senior class; President of to think clearly and consistently, the Colleg~ Club, and Chairman of ard needs no farther consideration. the Student Advisory Committee. He also delivered the Valedictory for the 22 class of ' · Fr. Lawler was born in Quincy, Illinois, where he received h is early training. He was a sophomore a t Quincy college when war was declared, but quit immediately to serve his country. He enlisted and was assigned for duty with Battery D, third battalion, tr~nch artillery in France. Upon his disch:arge he entered college here to complete his studies in Philosophy before enterlng St. PaUl Seminary.
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Perhaps it was because Saia and Gibbons were usch outstanding ballplayers in themselves. Perhaps they, on their own merit alone, plus stu-
NUMBER 2.
College Club In Fr.PaulFarley Initial Meeting AttendsSolemn of Current Year MassatCollege The College Club held its initia l meeting of the year on Friday, October 1, In the Commons Bu ilding. The meeting was attended by a large majority, if not th e entire student body. Francis Sanhuber, '38, president of the College Club, opened the meeting by extending hi s heartiest weicome to the members of the club of 1 t d 1 ti th as year, an a so g ree ng e new members. He stated that the purpose of the College Club is to "stimulate and create religious, athletic, social and intellectual activities." The Rev. Eugene Hoffman, C . S. V., welcomed both the new and the old members of the College Club He then gave the financial report of the "club, wished the organization all the s uccess in the world, and then turned the meeting over to the stUdents. The College Club was founded in 1921 for the purpose of unifying the student body. Its council consists only of student members, and it is the court of a ppeals for the entire student body. Sanbuber then proceeded to introduce the other officers of the club. Dan Ward, Viator's forensic artist w->'.ul lak.... vi-b.. the p..;.S ,.;.s: vicepresiden t. Miss Mary . Anthony is secretary, but Dick Powers took the minutes of this meeting because Miss Anthony is co.n fined to her room in the Kankakee HoteL Vince Murphy, Director of Publicity h e re at the college very ably fills the post of treasurer. Since it has been the custom to th F h appoint moderators of e r es man class until they knew each other well enough to elect officers, Sanhuber appointed Edward 'O'Connor and John Morenc moderators of the Freshman cJass of "41. Sanhuber also continues the tradition of having the Freshmen wear green caps. H e pointed out that the slight profit which would be r ealized from the sale of these caps woUld b e utilized to pay for the cigarettes, refreshments, a nd other activities which the College Club would sponsor throughout the coming year.
The Very Rev. Paul E. Farley, C. S. V., Superior General of the Cleri cs of St. Viator honored the College by his presence aL the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass which formally opened the school year on Sept~ ember 23. The Very Rev. E. V. Cardinal, C. S . v., president of the College, was the celebrant of the Solemn Mass in honor of the Holy Ghost held in Maternity church, Bourbonnais. Father Cardinal a lso preached the sermon in which he h eartily welcomed Fr. Farley, Brothe·r Gleyzes, C. S. V., Procturator General of the Viatorian order, and the studen t body. A banquet was held In the refectory In honor of our distinguished visitors, at which Fr. Cardinal once again extended his heartiest weicome to his guests. He also warmly welcomed the Senior class, the first to come under his guidance and supervision. The Rev. J . P. O' Maboney, C. S. V., Provincial of the U . S. province of the Clerics of St. Viator, also delivered his welcome to the Superior General and to Brother Gleyzes, and told of the sterling qualities possessed by Father Farley. He told. how those qualities were also r ecognized immediately by the other delegates at the recent General Chapter meting in Brussels, B elgium, when he was unanimously elected Superior General of the Or-
de~. Farley expressed his thanks and appreciation to Fr. O'Maboney and to Fr. Cardinal for their efforts in making his visit so pleasant and
dent support, rated a .place on that All-Star squad. Perhaps they received the votes because they were constantly in the public eye BEBORE they made the All-Star squad. J ust one g lance at any one of the several Chicago newspapers during their year of competition here would relegate such illusions into the proverbial scrap heap. Certainly, Viator was conspicuous by its absence from the sport columns. They were fortunate in getting the scores of the games printed in any but the local newspapers. So the preponderance of the available objective evidence seems to point to the conclusion that we could not expla.m our mystery a ll unless we bring our faithful alumni into the picture. Those men who have left the college, but who are still intimately connected with it; those men who appreciate and are grateful for the wonderful education they have re ceived from the Viatorian fathers, and still think enough of their school to back it in its activities. Oh, our a lumni didn't get their names in any headlines; th ey didn't get the pats on th e back, nor the fleeting fame that goes with AllAmerican honors. Even the VIA TOH.IAN over-looked them in its last issue , and the editor wishes to take this opportunity of acknowledging his grevious e rror, and of expressing his gratitude to the alumni for their' unfaltering preservance in supporting the activities of th e school. In expressing this g r ati - ~
With two varsity men beck, but weakened by the loss of Ed B uttgen, last year's great wrangler, the Bergin Debating Society is laying plans to duplicate last year's suecessful r ecord. The R ev. J . W. R. Maguire, debate coach, recently called a meeting of last year's debaters and prospective members to discu ss plans for this season, which calls for tilts with many of the ou t standing c~lleges in the Midd le West. From the material on hand th e keen -eyed mentor is expected to draw s~itable forensic talent to fill the gaps created by the loss of Buttgen and Maurice Robinson.
profitable. He also state~ that it was very encouraging to find the U. S. Province of Viatorians doing such wonderful work on behalf of our American Youth, and he hoped that they w~uld be able to continue this splendid work in the future. Student Welcome Dan Ward, Viator's forensic artist, was chosen to express th e welcome of the stud ent body. He accomplished his task so well that we tak e the liberty of printing hi o speech as expressing the sentiment of the entire student body. Dan's speech: "Unfortunately, it is seldom that we s tudents take opportunity to acknowldege our deep indebtedness to th e e ducators under whom we study. Today it is our pleasure to express this r ecogni tion by weicoming Fr. Farley, who, as an educator and an administrator, has ever exemplified the ideals of the Viatorian Order- an order dedicated to the education of youth. The history of the church has been illuminated by the brilliant chapters of the Benedictines, Dominicans, and J esuits- but for sh eer magnificence of ideals, none have surpassed the Clerics of St. Viator. In an age of apparently impending chaos, they have refused to abandon the heritage of moral and intellectual values that a changin g world has condemned as obsolett and futile. This order has done its part to preserve religion's place in edu cation, r efu sing to believe th a t it, religion, is but a nebulous form of
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The Student-Faculty Tennis • Tour nament sponsored by Brother Peck• ham, C. S . V., is now in full blast. Although th e facUlty may be stars in the classroom, it looks as though the students will catch up with them on the tennis courts. However the great playing displayed by Brother Peckham, and F;.. E. V. (Elsworth Vines) Cardinal is keep ing the faculty "in the running" as it were. However, it is too early to make any predictions as yet. The following have already entered in the tournament: Fr. Cardinal, Fr. Williams, Fr. Hoffman, Trenkle, Kelly, Deane, Zigerell, Brother Peckham, Fr. Sylvester, Nelon, Cashman, Murphy, Perona, Mr. Wilkinson, Nelson, Foley, O'Connor, Maguire and Dovorany. As we go to press the odds are 10-1 that Fr. Cardinal wi ll not pass the second round of the tournament.
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Holy arne is Scientist Hold Fr. Williams 1CiscaMapsPlan Debat r To Active Again tnitial Meeting Heads I.R. C. for Coming Year Get' TheAir" The Rev. Paul Hutton, C. S. V., Dean ot Men has been re-appointed Moderator of the Holy NllJDe Society, accordJI>g to an announcement made recently by the Very Rev. E. V. Cardinal, C. S. V., president of the College. It was largely due to the untirIng effo r ts of F r . Hutton t hat the H oly Name Society of last year wo.a the splendid organization that 1t was. He is now busily engaged In securing noted speakers and lecturers who w!U prese nt tbe Catholic viewpoint oo the important topics of the day. AI Monahan, "38, who was elected vice-president las t year wil l take ove r tb e m ee ting in the absence of John Foxen, president elec t, who Is not r eturning to the college this y ear. Jim Wills, who was elec ted treasurer, has also absented hJm-
self from the college, so there will be an election to flU this vacancy. B ill Walsh, '38, capta in of th e football squad takes over th e post of
secretary.
Fr. Harris Is Named Viatorian Moderator
Dr. VanDeventer, Head of the Department of Biology, bas announced that the science club, o! which he l8 the faculty moderator, will have a meeting of the members of last year and also any new members who might be Interested in tbe club. For the benefit of those wbo are not acquainted with the c lub, Dr. VanDeventer tells us, ''Membership Is open to any students taking science courses; that m eans, anyone taking any kind of Chemistry, Physics, or Biology, Is eligible fo r membership." No Dues No dues are required for membership In the club. A nominal sum is required of those, and only those, who wish to partake of the r efreshments after the meetings. The meetings consist chiefl y in add resses by m en who are experts in their particular field of science. After th e meeting there is us ually an open fo rum for the benefit of the listener s . They may bring their difficulties before the lec turer, who will c larify the various problems. Frequently movies are presented by Industrial Organizations ; admis sion to the movies is also free.
Father of Bro. Shiels Killed In Auto Crash
The first meeting of the Viatorlan Staff was held on Friday evenlng , September 24. As we went to press last issue, Harris, C. S. word reac hed us that James C. Tbe Rev. Wm. V., has been named Faculty Advisor Shiels, father of Brother Shiels, C. of th e Vlatorian, according to an S. V., bad su ccumbed to Injuries reannouncement made recently by the ceived in an auto accident SeptemRev. Cardinal, C. S . V., president of ber 14. t he College. Fr. Harris succeeded Mr. Shiels, late of Bethany, IlliMr. Michae l Maloney, H ead of the nois, was g raduated from St. Viator Department of Englis h here, who has College .....iil '06t with an A. B. deresigned his post a.q Faculty Advis or g ree. H e was a very active member because his new duties as Head of of his c lass, and a very good stut he Department w ill take up too dent. much of his time. The R ev. J. P. O'Mahoney, C. S. Roemer, wbo succeeds William J. v., Provincial of the Clerics of st. Schumacher, Jr., as editor of th e Viator was the celebrant of a Solpaper has announced that Francis emn Mass of Requiem at St. Isidore Sanbuber and Daniel W a rd, both m embe rs of the stall las t year , will parish, Bethany. The Rev. Manuel assist him as Associate Editors. H e P . Loughran, C. S. V., was the Deaas has a lso announced that he has con, and Brother Shiels acted Fr. O'Mahoney also been a ble to secu re the services of Sub-Deacon. Bill Cahill as Sports Editor. Bill preached the sermon. Interment was has followed sports si n ce he's been at Bethany cemetery. able to talk, so he knows more about U1em than the average college Sports Editor, and should be able to turn out a good sports page. With th e Editorial Staff made up In order to unite the pre-legal of men of the perspacity and ingenuity of Ward, Sanbuber, and Callill, students in a common bond, plans the Editor of th e Viatorian hopes are being laid for the establishment to turn out a paper as good as the of a pre-legal fraternity. Michael one put out by last year 's s taff. Serritella, '41, is the gentleman who is fostering the idea of such an FR. ~IUNSCH IS ILL organization. He has already ob· The R ev. Franc is Munsch, C. S. talned the approval of tbe Very R ev. V., Professor of Latin and History E . V. Cardinal, C. S. V., president of h e re at the college is at his home t he College, wbo bas appointed the in Chicago suffering from a ner- R ev. Paul Hutton, C. S. V., Dean of vous break-down, and will be una ble Discipline, as moderator of the new to resume his duties as a n instruc- fraternity. Although the idea is still tor h er e for quite some time. The in its embryonic stage, " Mike" i.s s tudents join with the m embers of already out canvassing for prominthe facul ty in e..xtending sympathies ent speaker s , and is really bent on to Fr. Munsch , and wish him a making the organization as successs peedy recovery. f ul as the other f raterni ties on the camp us. ALUMNUS VISITS CAM:PUS Mr. Fred Hall former honor stuCompliments of dent here a t the college visited D. J. O'LOUGHLIN, the campus Saturday afternoon, SepM.D. ten>ber 25. Mr. Hall, a member of EYE, EAR, NOSE & THROAT the class of '05, was very . active Kankakee, illinois partticipatlng in all sports and ac602 City Natloaal Bank Bldg. tivities.
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The Rev. William E. Cracknell C. S. V., Professor of Religion Reg1.strar of the College has announced that there Will be a meet· ing of Cisca in the very near future. the exact date of the meeting t o be posted on the buUetin hoard.!! lD various parts of the college. F r. Cracknell intends to make the organization of this year even more active than las t year, and needs only the cooper ation of the s tudent body to carry out his well-laid plans. The organization of last year was a tremendous influence fo r good on the camp us, and was successf ul largely because of tbe effor ts of its officers. Fr. Cracknell wishes to thank tbe officer s of last year who served him so fai thfully, and wish es to we lcome the n ew officers with the hope that they will do as well. Larry Roemer, '39, bas been appointed Chairman of the Apostolic Committee, a position filled so ably by Ed Buttgen last year. Other office r s of Cisca a re as follows; Miss Mary Anthony, president; Larry Roeme r, '39, vice-presiden t; and Richard P ower s, secretary-treasurer. Miss Anthony is now in an airconditioned room in th e Kankakee H otel, suffering from a s evere attac k of as thma. Miss Anthony has been the pro verbial ''Ray of sunshin e", and displays h e r fine qualities of hope and enthusias m wheneve r the organization runs into any kind of difficulties. We hope Miss Anthony will be with us soon. Fr. Cracknell intends to get some worth -wh ile project for the Ciscans FR. J. E. WILLIAMS to work on, so that the organization would be more profitable to its I.R.C. was no longe r the potent lump m embe rs. He also intends to deof spice that peppered the students velope t<h ~ nucleus of a speakers cognizance of International affairs. c lub, whic h would train its members The clubs' failing popularity may to present the Catholic view-point be due to lack of co-operation beon current controversial topics. Dan tween officers and m e mbers ; nonWar d and Bill McCue, under the support in arranging monthly pro- direction of the Rev. L. P . Senesac, grams, and a general propensity to' did some work along these lines last let the rest of the world solve its year. With the backing of the enown economic and social ills. However, a spark of enthusiasm tire Cisca group, Fr. Cracknell hopignited last year when a call "for es to accomplish a g rea t deal along anyone interested in attending the t hese lines . I.R.C. conference at B eloit College" was posted. Three students, nonGifts Greeting Cards members, responded and were treatSchool S upplies ed lavishly by the club's moderator, Father Williams. This year St. Viator will r eceive an invitation to attend the conference to be held at a Mid-West ern College. When the announcement is made let the responce be great, and the eagern ess to know your neighE verything in Sporting Goods bor, wholehearted. Until then, watch School Supplies the buUetin board for the date of Kankakee, TIL the first m eeting.
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The Very Rev. E. V. Cardinal, C. V., has announced recently that the Rev. J. E. Williams, C. S. V., will resume his post as Moderator of the International Relations club, a post which Fr. Williams fllled so admirably last yea r . Fr. Williams will call a meeting of the club in the ve ry near futur e, when be will discuss the plans f or th e coming year . Seven yea rs ago, the I .R.C. was organized under th e direction of Dr. John Ellis. It's chief aim was to c r eate an interest amon g the students concerning In ternational affairs and problems. During its early growth strong enthusiasm and attention was given it by the s tudent body. But as years passed this sudden inte r es t dissolved, a nd t he
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Sorry to dl.sappolnt you, but the Viator debaters wlll not get the kind of air you ......, thinking of. However, Dan \Y!U'd, ·~o, th e Wua· trlous manager o! the Bergin Debating Society, bas announced recently that our " Silver tongued" orators will again be bea..rd over station WCFL, as soon as a few minor detai ls are taken care of. Ward announ ces also that the topics of debate have not been sele cted as yet, but they will Include curr ent topics of vital tnterest. Moreover, they wUl not debate every time they are on the a.lr, but will frequently have round table dlscussions on these toplcs. The B e rgin debaters soUclt the inter est of tbe student body, and r equest them to Inform th eir paren ts a nd friends of these broadcasts. Ward also informs us that practically every member of the debate society will have the valuable experience of speaking over the air.
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THE VIATORIAN
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V IATOR· SPORTS
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It is a lmost a certainty that Biter Our medal of bravery for the week goes to Captain Bill Walsh, the St. Ambrose game, the Green The Green Wave ,.yHl face one of the toughest little man on the Green Wave will be at full strength and the toughest teams in this part of Wave. After r eceivi ng a conc ussion in perfect running orde r- and then the cou ntry when it meets the of the brain in the Jordan gam e , look out opponents ! strong Carbondale e le ven on OctoBill is back as strong as ever, and ber 9. Carbondale h as a fast l ooking for bigger and tougher Turk Cashman has shown great charging line coupled w ith a hardthings ahead. durability by his 50 minutes of driving backfield th at is slated to hard playing in the victory over g ive our boys plenty of worry. Coach Johnny Morenc is already our Jordan. choice foi- the center post · in the
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Red Zelencik, Fred Kuntz, and John Stevens have competennly takGood news to fans and players a - en over t h e t ackle p osts, left vaclike is the announcement that Bob ant by last year's regulars, J oe Jenesky and Ray O'Connor.
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ant style with some nice ball carrying. W e doff hats to Da.JVlY Blazevich. Dan got off some of the longest punts we've seen around here in a long time. Viator was against th e wind in the first quarter. The initial period was a kicking dual with Danny averaging 10 yards p er kick better than the efforts of the Jordan hooters.
We wonder if Father Hoffman hasn't a tougher schedule this year also. Compared to his quie t job on the third floor, the dorm must seem a bedlam to him. Switching to basketball, we f ind
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by the way, this column wishes to ext end its congratulations to "Jumpin" Joe Jenesky, last year's tackle, for his venture out into the sea of matrimony. The boys see m un able to conquer Old Man Injury. His ·latest victims are: Bob Bates, end, who is suffering from a · sprained ankle as well as a sore shoulder; Babe Claeys, also an end 1 who is out with some torn ligaments in his ankle; and Dick Tibbe tts, freshman quai-terback, who has a sho ulder injury. The li ne bas been greatly blostered by the return to school of Bob Schumacher. Bob, a fo rmer center on the Green Wave, is now playing left guard.
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their eyes for the coming campaign. ; McAndrew's men also have plenty of rese rve s trength, the secand team Also working out in the gym is being almost as good as the r egulDon B e tourne, last year's star for- ars. ward, who has shifted to GallaghRober t Brooks, flas hy freshman, er, and later in the season may see is Carbondale's triple threat man. some action against his Alma Mater H e functions at left halfback, calls the signals, and does most oC the Basketball Coacl1 Wilkinw n and passing and punting as welL Ire Professor Cannon have placed Fathis t h e boy we' ll have to stop in er Cardinal's tennis crown in a preorder to beat Carbondale. cariou s position- Remember Father Howeve r, Brooks is the only ''Uneasy lies t he head that wears freshman in the starting lineup, so the crown," everybody else on the squad will r emember the 7-2 defeat we hand~ A I Hayworth, freshman half back ed them last' year, and will be out from St. Ignatius, made a good showing in his first taste of col- fo r r~venge. Gene Hickey of Marion, Wisconlegiate competition by r eeling off a gain of fo u r yards in his initial 3in, is another returning veteran, of whom Carbondale exp ec ts big appearance as a ball-carrier. things. H e is supposed t o snare the With 'the return ' of five of last bullet passes of Brooks and Wolfinyear's veterans the chances for a barger. The mainstay of the line successful swimming team appear to is Bil'l Brindle, of Benton, Illinois, be very bright. The men who com- who tips the scales at 210 pounds. peted last year were: v . Murphy, I Other r eturning veterans are North, v. Mellonig, S. DeBack, D. Faber defensive backfield man; and H a rlan diver, and w . Dixon. Dixon, Viator's "Battler" Cade of Hoopes ton, Dlistar backstroker, won t h ird place nois; and Carl Henson, aggressive last yfiar in t h e Little N ineteen lineman. meet R ex F lack, the piano-playing fool is not satisfied with winning the Most Improved Player Trophy in spring practice. Rex has his eye set on a regular position in the backf ield, and the way h e has been playing lately it is g-oing to be hard to keep him out of the starting lineup.
pack the ball much last year , but ·h e certainly knows wl;lat to call and when to call it, and smart quarter-backing is what wins ball games.
Lou Zarza certainly made a s mart move by shifting Danny Blazevich, the "Fighting Croatian" from end to h a lfback. Dan is as adept at flinging passes this year as he was Another man who showed up well at catching them last year. in spring practice was Tony Doheny A star tackle at St. Mel, Tony did not report last fall, but came out REMEMBER strong this spring and now is givJ OHN 'S BARBER SHOP ing the other tackle aspirants some181 Main Street--Bourbonnais thing to think about. 8 a. m.-6 p. m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8 a. m. - 9 p. m. After a bard practice session, the Wednesday, Friday, Saturday boys are always cheered. up by
"Bolting Buck" Weaver was a se nsation in the J ordan game with "Big" Steve's singi ng in th e showhis hard blocking and fierce tack- ers. Steve's efforts to sing are real ling. ly amusing. Roy Dusenbury, shifty fullback from Kankakee, is proving to be a serious threat for the fullback berth. Roy scored one of the two winning touchdowns against Jordan.
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Blazevich at left half. Dusenbury replac ed Don Faber in the power position and Ray W eaver went in at quarte rback. Man for man we have a real squad and just as soon as they start to click.- Watch them go!!!
Now Talent The '37 squad boasts of quite a few potential stars. Kunz looks coaching s taff is burning up. g r eat at tack le. He made his debut Ragged Play tn the Jordan game and is a pretty Not much of a contest from the good be t for a r egular berth. Red sp ectator 's point of view. Viator Zelinsik is a powerhouse. He's big, did not show much of the "stuff" be's h eavy, he's tough. That should we expected. However, Captain Bill Wals h cam e through in his consist- ~
The "Hamburgers" have made such a good stand against the varsity that forthcoming games may see some of them in the starting lineup.
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Viator's . battling eleven slugged th eir way to n victory ove r Jordan College of Menominee, M ichigan, las t Sunday. The Li ttle Nine t een champs of , 36 turn ed in a performance which looked like anything but championship caliber. Plays were ragged, the boys were dead and the
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Referee Looks Bad The first game of the season was more of a disappointment than anything else. We won 13 to 7 but it was a sloppy game. Even the ' refs' loolted bad. They acted like they learned their rules from a co rrespondence school for the blind. It seems they were just out for t h e exercise. They were not very interested in the game itself, at least they didn't pay much atteution to what was going on. If they accidentaly caught one of the player s doing a little slugging, or somebody kicked somebody in the face, perhaps a well directed thumb in another boy's orb, an innocent kick in the vital zone ,or any of these kindred "accidents", they either overlooked them or gave a bum decision. Vis. On one play Viator was called on "rou g hing the kicker". Spaulding's Official Rule Book defines this as a 15 yard penalty. Viator was p enalized only 5 yards. To top that BOB LENAHAN off, the head linesman forgot where mean a football player. However, th e marker belonged. Long story we are waiting for him to r ep r oshort- Jordan lost gro und instead of duce in a game so~ of the exhibicollecting 15 yards of charity. tions he has put on during the Laci< of Team-Play practice sessions. Rodosevitch tips Don't give up ·hope yet because the scales at 162. Not too big but we should have a good team. As he has proven that he has what it soon as the ball playe rs start work- takes. J erry McLaughlin, is another ing th e way Coach Lou Zarza wants, boy to keep your eyes on. He is the Green Wave will be an outfit coming along nicely at guard. It will worth watching. We don't want to be a tough job for him to break give the idea that the '37 Varsity into the starting lineup but if the belongs in the "also ran" class. Not rugged Irishman keeps up the pace at all. The Jordan game gave in- he s tarted out with, he will see a dications that we · have th e re- lot of action. A I Haworth also broke quisits for another record brealdng into college compe tition against aggregation. There was a lack of Jordan. What we saw of him was a ll right. Dusenbury, a local boy, team-play. The line was strong and played good bali. The backfield made good in his first appearance. went 0. K. at t imes. B ut- There TaJ<ing a pass from Dan Blazevich, wasn't the zip and drive of a year he chalked up one of the counters in the J ordan game. H e is fast and ago. plays hard. Li ne Looks Good The line did a good day' s work Big J ohn Stevens played real footbail at the tackle position. J ohn Morenc is still as tough as they come. The watch charm g ua rd s, Photographer For L essard and Cusac were right in ther e. Babe Clayes, th e boy we St. Viator College have our eyes on this y ear, due to an injured ankle, was relieved after five minutes of play by Lashman 143 N. Schuyler Ave. ~'Cash" was in there battling the rest of the way. The backfield Kankakee, TIL worked ni ce for the mos t part. Faber starting at fullback, Sacco at Phone 407 quarter , Walsh at right half and
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H ere are a few post morte.ms on I write these f ew lines far in adA copy of C. Julii Caesaries, pub- the All-American camp of which vance of graduation for t h e simple li h d Tommy Gibbons and Joe Saia were ···· ····················- ...... Lawrence Roemer, '39 reason that the ancient adage exs e in 1829, illustrated by Jomembers: ...... Francis Sanhuber, '38 plains so w e ll, so truthfully and hannes Godvinus with notes . by Toughes t man o.n squad: Di ck ........Dan Ward, ~4 0 so adeq uate ly: "A s titch in time ~r~=~~la:~d w:-r:.ec~~~n re~;~:er~ Bassi, Santa Clara . .... William Cahil, saves nine." It is my s incere hope man Lancas t er of Rock Hall, Rock
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Lancaster are the uncle and aunt Ohio State and Monk Meyer, Army. of the distinguished American Calliolic novelis t Mr. Frank H amilton Outstanding passers: Sammy Spearman. Mr. Spearman was a- Bough, Tex., Christian and Ray follow. And if we must, that we warded the Laetre Medal by the Buvid, Ma rque tte. w ill be ab le t o si t back, relax and No tre Dame University in 1935 in conscientiously say to ourselves, recognition of his dis tinction as a Outstanding pass receiver s: WERE "Certainly this does not pertain to I Catholic laymen and of his service NONE! Ther e wasn't a man up there way me.'' . . J to the country in the volumes of who could snare passes the Our eroment orator pr,oceeds with interesting, wholesome fiction he has Danny Blazevich did last year a-
..... Mary Anthony, .38 his speech. provided to a large reading public. gainst McKendree. Paddy Corbett "My dear College Graduates. You It is with pleasure that we place could look good if Sammy Bough William McCue, .40 are being gradu ated with a label this fine, old volume on our shelves were tossing the hall.
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of inclusion in a personal library. They are enjoyable to read and are Most sincere: Honors again go to worth knowing. Ray Buvid. (Been going "steady" The DICTWNARY OF NATION- for three years and absolutely reAL BIOGRAPHY has been order- fused to "date.") ed. It is the most important r eference work for English biography. Most handsome: Sam Francis, Ray It contains sign ed articles by spec- Buvid. ialists and excellent bibliogrrphies. The work includes all noteworthy Best Injuries: Our own, Thomas in habitants of the British Isles and Gibbons. the Colonies , exclu sive of living persons, and also includes note20 per cent of them were mar-worthy Americans of the Colonial ried-some of them acted like it, Period. and some of them acted.
sulfide. The chances are strongly against your ever opening a ser,ious book · again if it makes any 'taxing demand upon attention and memory. Your recreations will infallibly come down to four: the movies, bridge, golf and driving your car along congested highways on Sunday afte rnoons." Writers note-(This Idea cribbed from an article written by Bruce Bliven in the "Public Speakers 1 Scrapbook.'') Francis Sanhuber.
Father Eugene Suprenant for the volumes of French books which be so generously donated. The collection includes Fren ch poetry, Prose selections, and Histories of French literature. The library a lso extends thanks to Father John Williams for a recent donation of several volumes on American government. Studen ts are r equest ed not to take Periodicals out of the library at any
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MUSIC APPREbiATION Give a top-notch advertiser te~/nJ.inutes to think up a slogan and h e '11 sell any article you ask him. to . This p eculiar American aptitude for putting things over ·b y means of slogans and highpowered advertising seems to be pal't and parcel of the .American temperament. Au insignificant n'ovelty plus a tricky slogan and presto ! a money-making business. Knick-knacks of all sorts catch th e public fancy, sell like wild-fire, and hriu g a substantial profit to the manufacturers. "Yo-Yo tops", " Hi-Li paddles", these are onl>· a few examples fro m an almost numb erless array of facts. Yet Grand Opera in America very narrowly escaped a premature demise. The success fo rmula of t he mercbandise plus the slogan did not work in the case of opera becau se no one bothered about drumming up t he slogan. Oper a and profit were r egarded as contradictory terms, one coulcln 't exist at the same time as the other. I n fact a deficit of only $25,000 at the end of a season was so exc eptional that such a season was consider ed rather successful. But the old order changeth and ·so did grand opera as an ' art of art's sake' business. Th e Metropolitan company of New York City offers an outstanding exampl e. The ' Met ' limped along year after year on a badly gangren ed budget. Only the generosity of a few sincere patrons kept alive a faint spark of finan cial life. Frequent changes in managers only made matters worse. D eficits mounted annually, accountant s used up bottle after bottle of red ink. Finally, so desp erat e d id conditions become that serious thought was given to t hrowin g up the whole lll ess-for a mess it certainly was. '!'his situation was not confined to N ew York a lone, th e Civic in Chicago was three-fourth 's submerged and sink in g r apidly ; companies in St. Louis, D etroit, an d San Fraueisco '~'ere on th e ver y ver ge of extinction. Grand Opel'a was a colossal fail ure-but came the change. A n ew manage!' was installed at th e ' Met'. This man was Ml'. Johnson, a veteran of the troupe. Although an excellent artist and sincel'e lover of the music, Mr. Johuson was also an American, an American who had a clear understanding of t he American mind . Like a skillful physician he immediately placed his finger on t he source of the trouble. Opera was a failure because it was misunderstood. He insisted that the op era was for the g ublic as a whole not merely for th e elite. Th er efor e the slogan, Brmg op era back to the people 1' ' Opera began to h e sold and arrangements w er e 1nade to bring , it within the rneans of t he average man. Prices w er e cu t, Am erican artisty was intermingled witl1 t he European talent already on hand, and ela borate adv ertising mec hanisms were set in motion. l~esult s wer e soon apparent an d a gradual climb from discouraging d ebts b egan. L ast year t he Metropolita n f inished on the right side of the led ger f or the f irst tim e in many a dismal season. 'l' he radio and th e movies have made magnificent contributions in produ cing au upward trend in American muscat cultm·e. Strauss Verdi , 1:chaikiwsky, Beethoven and a host of oth er f amous com: posers have gained a high place in the hearts of th e radio audienl·C. .An en couraging in crease in th e attendan ce at concerts and
with grateful appreciation to the Play boys: Sam Francis, Neb., generous friends who so thoughtSteve Toth N. Y., Ed Jankowski, fully presented i,t to the library.
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recitals clearly mark this upward trend. 125,000 people gathered to hear Lily Pons sing at one of the recent Grant P ark concerts"; the sweetness of Rubinoff's violin and the richness of Tito Schipa's tenor voice attracted an equally large number at these same concerts. H er e are facts which clearly indi cat_e t hat America is at last emer ging fro m its " mad jazz-age" into the p eace and tranquility of great musi c. But what does a ll this mean to the college student ? to the St. Viator stud ent j We as college men are, in th eory at least , beyond the average, apar t from t he common herd. Because of our educational opportunities our appreciation of literature, history, ph ilosophy and the r est of the lib eral art s is more keenly developeel. But does this hold true in the case of music 1 Is om appr eciat ion of good music mediocre or below p ar j 'l'h e ent ire responsibility cannot be placed on the student, for music holds no place in the curriculum at St. Viator College. Candidates for the different degrees offered here are r equired to have 12 homs of this, 6 hours of that, and perhaps 15 of something else -no mention is made of music. Even the A. B . degr ee, which is supposed to be a liberal arts degree, requires no knowledge of music whatsoever. It seems rather farcial to confer a degre e of this kind wh en one of the oldest and most important of all the lib eral arts is ignored. Why give a m an an A. B. when in reality t he degree n eglects on e whole phase of the arts 1-not a bach elor of arts but rather a bachelor of some of the arts ! \Ve r ealize that it is n ecessar y to study Economics, History, English, Philosophy and the rest of the comses. I t is not our purpose to belittle any of these, on the contrary we appreciat e our instructors in th ese fields and reali"e their w orth . But we do feel that, in all justice, music should be given at least some consideration in the curri culum of a liber al arts college. We do not ask for hours of: c1·edit but ]nerely hours of opportunity. -J. D.
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one game with an "ace", ($1), in his hand and ran it up to $35. Jo e Saia- We are che cking up on his bank deposits and will report at the next r egUlar meeting of the College Club. Upon questioning Joe
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on whether it is democr a ti c to force one love, and t ruth, and beauty, and tbe man to provide a job for another union of God a nd man and forg et man, Father Maguire declared emmat er ia! thin gs, we w UI be bet ter phatical!y that indus try "has the off." obligation to funi sh work fo r everyIn anqwer to a ques tion as to one, directly or indirectly." Later
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he explained that no one Is allowed to s tarve and that In the long run, industry pays the bill for relief ; therefore It would be better to supply jobs and thus secure an economic return.
F R . J . W. R. MAGUI RE
Maguire(Continued f rom Page One) Parts of his / address on 路"Labor in a Democracy' ' given a t Williams College on September 1 : " Democracy is an ideal and not an actuality. Tbe spitit u a l part of democracy is far .inor e important than the political, fo r back of it lies the fundamental conception of Chtiat!anity-and of J udaism tooof the dignity of man who is cr eated in the likeness of God. Labor has an essential dignity in itself. Labor is a m eans to livelihood. If it is the business of g overnment to secure the right ~f life, then It is also the business of the government to see tha t people h ave a m eans of life. Industry's F irat Aim "It Is a fundamental tig ht, first of all, for all m en to get a job. Tbe indust tial syst em m ust be made to serve this aim. Tbe ptimary aim of in dustry is not t he making of p rofits. It always has been and s hould be the furnishing of a means of livelihood to everybody. And yet .we have these r ecurrhig periods of depression in which larger and la rger number s of people are thrown out of work. "But unemploymen t is no t a phen omenon of depressions. F r om the end of the W orld W a r to 1929 there was a steadily ascen din g scale of unemployment. That is on e of the things that has to be r ect ified in our modern society. The first f u ndamental tight of la bor should be to a job. Labor is not an a tttibute of life. It Is not a commodity. W e have reg a rded labor in the past as property and as a commodity. When so looked upon the la borer is a slave. ~~ we have to consider that la bor Is free, but is petisha ble. Tbe m an out of work today cannot s tore up that labor he does n ot use and use It when he gets a job. Labor should not only have a righ t to a job, but secutity In that job. Our present society b y no means guar antees those tig hts, and yet, it should. "With the industrial r evolution work w as t aken ou t of the home and put into the factory. Tbe labor er lost his ownership of the tools of his trade. Tbe determination of wages w as left to the forces of competition. A labor er should have de-
cen t wages and decent conditions so tha t he can live t he life of a man endowed wi th in telligen ce and fr ee
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will and m ade in the Image and likeness of God. "To secure these things la bor should have t he r ight t o organize., Industry is or ganized. T herefore I a pproved very hear tily of section 7a of t he n a tion al labor r elations act. Ther e a r e two kinds of unions: Outside and company unJons. I believe the only k ind of effec tive union is the outside union . Compan y unions, as a gener al rule are a s ha m , fraud, and delusion. Deplores VIolence "Or g anized labor h as the moral tig ht, and in r ecent year s t he legal righ t to str ik e under certa in conditions. When a ll peaceful m eans of settlement have brok en down, then men have a right to go out on strike. St r ikes are the last r esor t of labor t o obtain i ts jus t demands. Strikes a r e r eally a fo r m of m odified warfa r e, but violen ce is always t o be deplor ed by ail tight t hinking people. "Injunct ions against violen ce in sttikes should not be a llowed. W e should pass in a ll st ates, as h as been done in illinois, injunction lim~tation laws fo r bidding the issuance of s t tike impartiali ty to the tights of men and of the employer . The g r eat trouble bet ween 路labor and capital today is the resul t of human greed. We profess to be a Chr istian nation, and as such believe in t he Sermon on the Mount. The very first wor ds of that say, "Blessed are the poor". When we r eally begin to believe in the blessedness of
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Viator Puts Emphasis On Clean Living By Ph!Up Kinsley Two miles from this city, amon g the co rnfi elds and t h e old forests by the win ding Kankakee river one comes to the village bf Bourbonnais, which has been described as "a bit of old world Franoe thriving in a newer soiJ, a m edieval page inserted in a modern book.'' 11 H ere", the s tory continues, "are homes of a provincial design scat t ered along quiet streets whose stillness is seldom diturbed except b y
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THE VIATORIAN them a degree. Or the 287 stude nts in the college, 90 per cent are Catholic. They come from Chicago and neighboring Illinois, but also from such far places as Albany, Boston, Brooklyn, Detroit, Dublin, Ireland; Port N atch ez, Texas; Seattle, Vi rginia, Mississippi and Kansas. Out of th is quiet garden have gon e such graduates as Dr. Fulton Sheen, professor of philosophy at t he Catholic University of America, one of the f irs t wri t ers on philosophy today; Dr. Charles A. Hart, a lso a teacher of philosophy at the Catholic university; Dr. John A. O'Brien, professor of philosophy at the Newman Fo undation at the Uni ver sity of Illinois and au thor of "Evolution and Relig·ion", one of the fines t books on that complicated s ubject, and the Rev. Timothy Rowan, editor of the New World. B ishops are A luJnill
tants. In the center of the village is a massive weather-stained s tone church whose towering silvered s t eeple casts soft shadows upon the ancient cemetery far beneath. Among t h e laymen graduates ~e "Here also are a college and an Jam es J . Condo n, Chicago lawyer, academy, true sanctuaries of learn- and Judge George A. Rooney, asing, with building and campu ses sis tant probate judge in Chicago. Ablending and h armonizing in such a mong the church leaders who came manner that one wondei-s if p er- f rom St. Viator's are t he Most Rev. B J . Shiel, senior auxiliary bishop haps th ere has been accomplished · here, as the alchemists once be- of Chicago; Bishop A. J . McGavick of LaCrosse ; Bishop Joseph P. Ueve d possible, the turning back of Lynch of Dallas, and Bishop Gerald the pages of time to a medieval day Bergan of DesMoines. in a French cathedral. Atmosphere l\lisleading The college is strong in debating, Yet the m edieval or piovincial finishing second in the Little 19 Quebec atmosphere of this place may league last year. The Rev. J. W. be misleading, for the world has R. Maguire, former president, now beaten a path to its door. has charge of sociology and deSt. Viator college, established here bating on the fac ulty H e was presiin 1868 by the clerics of St. Viator, , dent of the Federation of Illinois an order founded during the chaos Colleges i't 1933 and of the Chicago of the Napoleonic wars for the regional labor board in 1934. higher education of Catholic youth, The non-Catholic members of the has its roots deep in the t hought of faculty, the only on es who receive the world's finest philosophers, and salaries, a re Dr. William C. Van Dein the American p ioneering period, venter in zoollogy and botany, Charbut its old ston e walls and drooping les A. McDonald in accountancy, campus willows and pleasant class and Dr. Gilbert D. Kinzer in matheroom shelter a lso · the spirit of new matics, physics and preengineering. world r esearch open-mindedness, Lil<e a Big Family with a sp ecial emphasis of saintly The students live in commons and living. have a 4~ acr e campus for recrea"We mu st live not oniy in the tion, also a wooded tract on the old world but we must also live rive r. The discipline enforced is in the new world,'' says the Very described as "no more sever e than Rev. Edward V. Cardinal, president that which exists in very well of the college. The learning of the regulated f a milies,'' and this is a past must be a dded to, as St. Augus- large family, wi th close relatiQns tine added to Pla to and Thomas between s tud ents and faculty. Aquinas went beyond Aristotle. Like t he colleges unde r other Liberal Arts College church leade r ship, St. Viator " beFather Cardinal is an A. B . of St. lieves that a system of edu cation Viator of 1920. He t ook his mas- that alms solely at the development ter' s degree at the Catholic Univ- of the mental fac ulties of a stuersity of America and his doctor of dent and n eglects his moral charphilosophy ac the Univeersity of acter is f utile and pernicious. All Illinois in 1932. The University Ac- moral conduc t is b ased upon obed.icrediting bureau ha.s r ecognized St. ence to law, which cannot be taught Viator as a four year liberal arts solely by t h e theory of textbooks, college. but also must be inc ul cated by pracThere is more of the athletic tice." leader of youth than the contemplati ve monk a bout this young presiThe college received its charter dent. His sp ecial contribution to from the state in 1874. Its b eginnings go back to the I ndi an days r esearch h as been a life of Car- and the fur traders and the f irst dina! Campeggio, papal legate to French-Canadian se ttlers who came the divorce tria l of H enry VIII. There is on e distinctive feature this way wht:n the land was openabout this coll ege, w hich g ives de- ed in 1832. Francois Bourbonnais, g r ees in arts, philosophy and sci- trader for the American Fur comence. All the t eachers expect three pany , established a post and marare brothers of the order who ser ve ried an Indian m aiden . The canawithout p ay. They have given their dian migration came in 1837 and lives to this cause of education. All 1838. The church fo llowed and educafunds g o into the college treasury. twn came when Father James Cote "If I want a pair of socks I go pers uaded th e clerics of St. Viator to the treasurer/' said Father Car- in Canada t o come here to take ch arge of a schooL Three Via torians dinal. left Canada in 1865 to take up this Rebuilt After Fire The college h as had i ts struggles pioneer task, which now opens to new horizons. and t roubles, including a fire in (Reprinted by permission of Chi1906 w hi ch destroyed all the main buildings, but it is n ow on a budget cago Tribune.) balancing basis, and is housed in six buildings erected since the fire. And then about the woman who Its gymnasium is one of the best. complained that her maid handled A n ew tennis co urt is one of the china like Japan. president's latest interests. He tells Lots of peo ple go down in hishis s tud en t s they wi ll have to beat tory-every semester. him a t tennls before he will give Keep your pores open- D. W.
.l \IONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 198'1
FOO Judicious consideration, coupled with an inaptitude for introduction , has prompted me to abandon the fomality of a g r eeting and instead to gargle som e fo o f rom near and far. Wasn't it Hugo w ho said women keep a man young? A g uy I know agrees with him. He ought t o know; h e's b een a Freshman for four years.
Sorority Notes
Engineers Lay Plans
Miss Rose Ann Gorman, '33, and J ames Carney, '32, were recently united in Holy Matrimony. The sorority tak es this opportunity of extending its best wishes to th e newly-weds, and hopes that their venture w ill be successful.
Dr. Kinzer w ill resum e his posl as faculty moderator of the Sigma
Mu Fraternity, according to an announcem ent made recently by the Very Rev. Cardinal, C. S. V., prcsiden t of the College. Dr. Kinzer is now en gaged in securing noted lecL ucille H artman, the petite blond turers t o speak at ,the meetings of will geniu s of las t year, is now employ - the organization, so that it Yea, when your cell companion ed in t he offices of the Easy W ay probably be even more active than last year. mopes a bout, Ch erchez la femme. Corporation. I see t hat t he U. of Cal. offers
Carolyn Voight, the b l'illiant Math. correspondence courses to prisoners s tudent of las t year, has left us, at Alcatraz. Sign up fellas!! Much and will now puruse h e l ' Mathematiof truth spoken is jest. cal studies at Beloit cc,llege, Beloit, Wisconsin. According to the Valparaiso Torch a senior from Butte, Mont., was taking his last crack at a language proficiency exam, and, doing no better than he had don e his four previous stabs, w r ote in desperation: "Please g ive me a p assing mark. If you don't I'll h ave to go back to th h · M tana" Wiseacre e - r anc m on · prof, scribbled, "Your g rade is 'F '. Ride 'em cowboy."
Mary Anthony, President of the · Sorority, has been in the Kankakee Hotel for the past f ew months recuperating from h er illness. She will be back with us in the very near futur e. T he vice-president will probably conduct the meetings in her absence. wishes the best IluckThetosorority Ruth Boyd, w ho is now
--R ememb er the g lam that thought the University of Illinois. Talleyrand was a fan dancer. _ __
At the first m eeting of the year. Charlie Gilbert appointed a committee to investigate the standi ng of the n ew pledges. For t he benefit of the Freshmen who are interested in the organization, Charlie states that it was origin8.ted las t year when both the engineering and chemical students united th emselves under a common fraternal bond, and called their organization Sigma Mu. Its pur:pose is to be of assistance to those students w ho \Vish to dis cuss the la t est developments in their p a rticul a r f ield of science.
The officers are as follows : Charles Gilbert, '39, presiden t ; at James Carlin, '40, vice-president ; Richard Fotre, '40, secr e tary ; Fr. Hoffman, treasurer ; Edward O'.Conof
Miss Longtin is busy teaching the nor, ' 40, sergeant-a t -arms; Dr. KinzOne person I know too well should little ones "rea din, writin, and rith- er is the faculty advisor. preface liis r emarks with "accustommatic". e~ as I am to public peeking". And now mention of a man who th:i~~~te~~~~~s ~a~n:r~;e~urtod!~ made his tory but flunked ic. ing sophomores . Sad to say, Evelyn Doran f ell f rom a horse and Chester Green wood wasn't a movie is now nursing numerous bruises. star, mauler , mouse or mug. He just invented the humble ear-muff. Among our n ew co-eds are three It was back in 1874, as a fifteenyoung lad ies from Kankakee, Missyear·old Marine boy with sen sitive es Virginia Graves, Betty Monroe, ears when his bra in child was conand Mary Moisant. W elco me girls, ceived. During those days plug hats and we hope you enjoy your stay. and derbies were the common headgear, and they conformeq. ..poorly to Although we have not held a the knob, conto urs, and general termeeting as ye t, w e are looking forrain of the usually odd shaped cranward to a social at least once a iums upon which t hey were crammonth, besides som e of Morn's good med. Certainly they made no proold home-made candy once in a visiolls for the h elpless and unpro'While. tected aur~cles, left open to the The other officers of the club 4re vindictive blasts of winter. For a s follows: Marion Hanson , treasurcenturies small attention had been er, and Yvonne Rivard, vice-presit aken of this by pa tiently suffering dent. males but Greenwood did some thing The Sorority will welcome suggesabout' it. Impelled by the aching of t ions from students and members of his own ears h e devised the simple the faculty. ' gadget, two v elve t coverings held -M. H . in place by a spring. Long suffering mankind seized upon the invention with avidity; the bite of Boreas lost half its t error. Grateful posterity has remembered Pasteur, Koch, (Continued from Page One) Edison and others but poor Green-t -u _de_._t_h_e_e_d_i-to_r_ f_e_eJs_t_h_a_t_ h_e__ is wood's genius lies in unfortunate obof every scurity. It is not entirely inappro- voicing th e se ntiments pria te that one should suggest tljat member of th e · faculty and student a monument be ' er ected 'to poor old body. (Note- The All -Star game is Ch est e r beating such an ins cription mention ed because it is th e outa s, . ''Lend Me Yo ur E ars". standing example of a lumni ~ up por t, and th er e for e illus trates my Hardy, th e g r eat English math epoint be tter th a n an y other example m a tician, once asked Ramaniyan, a I might have used. For that reaHindu math w hiz, what was peculiar son and no othe r I take th e liberty abou t the number 1729 which adornof u sing it as an illustration.)ed a passing car . Batted back the Larry Roem er, '39. brain truster: "It is the lowest number which is the sum of two distinct sets of perfect cubes". (1,000 the cube of 10, plus 729, the cube of 9.) As an afterthought he naively (Continued from Page One) added "It is also the sum of 1728 the c~be of t welve, plus one". Cheer With su ch men returning as Foley, up , s lugs, the poor chump flunked McLaughlin, W a rd, Mayo, R eedy, out of the U . of Calc utta. Nolan, Zigg-er el, McCue and the presen ce of new material, it is exNovel idea of marriage proposal pected that this year 's wranglers - "H ow'd you lilce to be buried with wi ll compare favorably with squ ads m y kinfo lk, baby" . of former years. Las t year' s team placed second in the L ittle 19 conRemember, a reformer is a g uy that goes sewer riding in a g lass V., still t eaches th e largest Greek bottomed boat. class in the school. It won ' t be long now and he'll have to move his The R ev . J . D . Laplante, C. S class to a la rger room.
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Fr. Farley(Continued from Page One) ,· Sociology shifting about in the vanes of the public approval, and indifference. Indeed, at a time w h en eternal truths have been cast aside to substitute a m or e con venient philosophy of materialism, it beco·~ ~S easy for true ideals to app ear insipid and impotent. But we.. who know and are thankf ul, w ill draw inspiration, and will, pray God, re:member what we are learning. . , , We welcome today, a man harbc;r~ ing such ideals-a man young enough to be close to youth, yet experienced enough to guide wise ly . I know that I am expressing the sentim ents of the entire st ud en~. body w h en 1 wish Fr. Farley a pleasant visi t to the College, and I con clude with the hope that he may take occasion to renew his acquaintance with us in t he near future." ference after h eckling out a tl).ree way tie f or f irst place. Dan \Vard, th e outstanding dehater on las t yea r' s squ ad , will take over the position of manager, a post which Ed Buttgen filled so well last year. Dan r e turns t o u s with a year of experien ce and a lot of spizzerinktum, so Fr. Maguire expects g r eat thin gs of Dan this year. Anybody interested in joining the debate squ a d will please get in touch with W ard as soon as possible.
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