<!Chr lfliatorian
Viator vs. Columbia
BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS-
VOL. LV.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1987
November 20 In Chicago N UMBER 4.
'Argentine', Topic of Music Club/ames Roosevelt In Address By Mr. Ashe To Present Address At Loyola U. Fr. Cardinal Musicals Homecoming In Speech to c~nder Celebrati•on R e g i s t r a r s ~;n·m:·nt~l/·;,~~:~a~p~p':."o":ra:.:er~~: S u c c e s sf u II
Mr. Eugene C. Ashe, forme r s tudent here at the college, spoke to the members of t he International Relations Club at their initia l meting on November 2. Mr. Ashe, having had· t wenty-one years of experien ce in South America, presented a very lea r:ned and sc hola rly report of the conditions in the Argen~ tine r epu btl c. Blrthpla.ce of
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Many new and inter esting fact5 were present ~ d to the audience, matle up by of th e s tudent body and people from Kankakee and neighboring v illages. In speaking . Of the orig in of Parisian gowns, Mr. A she inform~ d us, "many of the so-called Paris st yles for the ladi~s originate in Buenos Aires. · Those that g o over in a big way a r e eventually introduc ed in ~aris, and are then sold to the world as Parisian models. " People a r e W ell-Dressed '"Buenos Aires is said to be the best dressed city in the world. Both men and women, no matter what their station i.n life, take a pride in their personal appearance. Top hats and Prince A lberts a r e th ~ rule, rather than the xecption. Most of the clothing is tailor made, 1'01 the mas.~:~ produc tion theory has no t yet invaded this part of the ea rth." Horse Racin g I,opula:'r The s peak er gave a very inte rest-
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REV. E. v . CARniNAL Univer £ity on F r iday evening, October 29. The t o pic of Father Ca r· dinal's lec ture wa s, "The American S chool of P er ip et e ti cs". I n it h€ s tressed th e f ac t t h at " a college is mor e t han a g roup of buildings of th is or t hat pa rti cul a r s tyle of The Bergin Debating Society will a r chit ecture, it !s mor e than a facbegin their year's a ctivities by ( n- ul ty. it is more t h an a library or gagin g Purdue University at La- laboratories. .. ~ayette, Indiana, tomorrow afterThe Rev. Wm. J . Cracknell c. noon and e~ening. The subject for S. v. , R egistra r •of the College, ' and debate w ill be th e comparative mer- · Moderator of the Colleg e Cha pel of its of unicameral and bicameral I the Chicago-Inter-Studen t _ Cathollegislation. St. Viator will be r e- ic A ction, w as the facu lty reprepresented by an affirmative team sentative at th e mee ting. co mposed of Broth er Don Foley, '40, C. S. V., and Brother Gerald Ashe, '41, c. s. V., a nd a negative t eam }Jif of William McCue, '40, and Brother Martin McLaughlin, '37, c. s. v. Next week t he wrangler s will meet the Unive rsity of Illinois at Urban a on the same subject. The men traveling to meet the Illini are Larry Roemer, '39, Daniel Ward, A Solemn High Mass celebrated '40, Wilbur Mayo, '40, and Fran ces in th e College Chapel by the Ver y Prew, '40. R e v. Dr. E. V. Ca rdina l, C. S. V .. In th e nea r future debates will President of t he College, opened the be held with Wheaton College and Forty Hours Devotion here at t he College on W ednesday morning, NovNorthwestern University. ember 3. The Rev. E ugene Suprenant, C. S. V., Professor of E nglish her e, ac t ed as Deacon, and the Rev. Fra ncis H a rbauer, C. S. V., Director of Athl e ti cs, a ct ed a s Sub· Deacon. Seven members of th e Clerics ot The R ev. A. F . R inella . C. S. v ., S t. Viator were ordained Sub-Dea- a member of t he Via t orian Mission cons on October 27, and Deacons Ba nd preached the se rmon. In his on October 28, at the Viatorian open ing se r mon, F a ther Rinella, Seminary, Catholic University of str essed th e fac t tha t he was pa rtiAmerica in W ashing ton, D. D. They cul a rl y a nxio us and willing to help are: Brothers, John F. Brown, Fran- the boys w it h t heir difficulties if cis G. Deslauries, Michael E . From- th ey woul d only present them to es; J oseph E . Meara, John P. O'B rien, him. His se r mon on Self Deni a l Thomas P . O'Brien a nd Leo Wie- was pa rti cul a rl y well r ecei ved by the student bod y . land .
Verbal Athletes Debate Purdue
Solemn High ass Opens Fourty Hours Devotion At College
Viatorian Brothers Ordained Deacons
the be nefit of th e entire s tudent body. A new program will be presented eac h month, and wil l consis t pricipall y of r eco rd ings of the various symphonies, w ith expla na tions by '£1'""a th er Loughran. In inaug ura tin g a seri es of programs such as t his, F a ther Loug hra n is g ivi ng the s tud ent body the opportunit y they ha ve been longi ng for, na m ely, the privilege of being able to hear and a pprecia te th e bette r class of music. P resent Radio Program In conjuncti on with the College Band, th e Music Club will pr esent t he annual Christmas program on December 15 in the Commons Building. This s ame program w ill also be heard over the air on Decem ber
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Holy Name To Hear £"" At I • 1" u e y , ... ranger Attorney Claude Granger , former honor s tudent and outstanding athlete her e at the College, will address the Holy Name Society on Saturday evening , November 13, in t he Commons Building. In sec uring th e servi ces of Mr. Grange r, the R ev. P a ul Hutton, C. S. V. , Dean of Discipline, and M ode r ator of the Soc iety, is continuing his prog ram of selec ting some outs tanding s peaker to address th e sodalist s at th e·r regula r monthly mee tings. Discuss Social Trends Mr. Gran ge r h as chosen a s the subject of his disc ussion, "Modern Social Tr.ends" . It is certainly a ver y vital and important topic, since it will d eal with Communis m, Fascism , a nd some of the other "I sms" of the day. Continuing the cus tom of previous years , the Holy N a m e Societ y ext ends a cordial invitation to residents of Ka nk ak ee, Bradley, and o t he r nearby t owns to a tte nd th e meeting . The s peech will be s upplem ented by an open fo rum in w hich each person m ay present problems to be solved.
The H onor able J a mes Roosevelt, secr etary-son of t h e President, a ddressed a huge ga thering of over 20,000 Catholi c Youths at Loyola Univer s ity s ta dium on Friday morning , N ove mber 5 . Th e dem onstration in honor of Christ t he King, marked the seventh anniver sary of th e foundin g of th e C. Y. 0 . by th e Mos t R e v. B. J . S heil. D . D .. Senior A uxilia r y Bis hop of Chicago, wh o is an a lumnus of t he Colleg e. The Ver y Rev . D r . E . V. Card in a l , C. S . V.. Preside nt of the College, cooper ated with Bishop S heil in makin g the demonstrat ion t he success t hat it w as, by his own prese nce on the speak er' s s ta n d, and by ma king arr angements so that the en tir e s tude nt body co uld a ttend th e r a ll y. Fr. Bergin on Speaker,s Stand The R ev . Wm . J. B ergin, C. S. v .. Head of the D ep a rtment of Philosoph y at the College, w as a lso on the speaker's s tand because of th e personal invit ation of his former pupil, Bis hop S heil. Addresses· "F ellow Yo u th.., A ddressing his aUdien ce, " F ellow Youth of America" , h e emphasized the fa ct t h a t Communis m , F as cism , or any kind of D ic tatorship does not belong in these Un!ted Stat e~. "Peace" , h e declared, " needs nothing rig ht now, so much as a proof
Due to th e efforts of every s tud ent i n th e cOllege, t he ho mecoming celebr a tion Qf th e curren t year w as one of th e m os t successful in the histor y of the college. As a fitting climax to t he brilliant victory ove r McK endree, over 300 couples, made up of alumni a nd f riends of t he college a ttended t he dance in t he g ymnasium. The or chestra headed by that popular youn g maestro Willard Back , a tl'orded a pleas ant evening of . dancing for a lL Those who a ttended i:he dance wer e very much pleased with Lhe music and commented favorabl y on it. Blaz.e vich Awarded Trophy Danny B lazev ich , s ta r end, received the gold foo tball awarded each year by the College Club to the mos t valuable pla yer in the homeco min g game. Blazevich wa s select<:~ (he. outstiUlding star of th e game by his coa ches and teammates. Besides p laying a brilliant defensive g am e, Danny scored one of the touchdowns a fter snaring one of (Continued on P age Two ) th e ''bullet passes" of Luke Gleason. Larg e Parade J . The homecomin g· parade was a ~ g a la event. a nd one of the largest t_) I an d bes t organized th a t was ever s po nsor ed by t he college. ' Much of the cr edit for its s u ccess is to due t he h ar d wo rk of William Cah ill, '39, presiden t of th e Junior Class The dance held in th e Commons and ch ai r ma n of th e committee on Building on Tuesday evening, No Vpa r ades, an d to his ass ist a nts, Dan ~ mb e r 9, fo r t he benefit of the Col\Vard, '40, m a nage r of the Berg in lege Infir mar y was both a finanDebating society; and to Vin cent cial and a social s uccess, acco rding :M urph y, D ir ec tor of Athleti c pub- to an a nnouncement of F r ank Stra ub, licity. F ra nk Tom asso, popular '38, and J oseph B a r zan t r y. '38, comember of th e sophomor e class, led sponsor s of the dan ce. The entire the Frosh s nake dance throug h th e s tudent body very heartily s upported stree ts of K an kak ee. Gene L a rkin, this worthwhile cause, as was evi'38, was res pons ible fo r th e dec'J r- den t by t h eir 100 p er cent a ttend · ations in th e g ym . a nce at the dance. Swaying to t he rh y th ym of " J oe's Swingsters" , t h e: s tu den ts enjoyed a very pl.~ as a n'.: evening of dan cing. Encouraged by t he crowd, whic h was one of the larges t ever to attend a social n. t the college, the s ponsors hoPe to hold mor e dances of th is type in t he future.
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Prominent Attorney Donates Law Books To College Library
Pep Meeting Marks Initial Appearance Of The School Band
Attorney A rthur W . DeSelm , fo rm er Judge of Kankak ee County dona ted a co nsider a ble number of his law books to th e college library. The fo rm er judge ha s al ways shown an in te r es t in the college. It is with gratitude tha t th ese volum es are a dded to th e library shelves. T h e g en ero us donations a n d cooper a tion of friends en a bles the college to conti nue its g rowth and de ve lopmen t and to ca r ry on its wor k in th E> education of Catholic youth.
The new college ba nd, und er the direction of Brother George Carson, C. S. V , mad e its initia l a ppearance a t th e pep mee ting held on the eve of the homecoming celebra tion. Play ing from th e natura l stone shell on th e side of the old qua rry in Bird's Park , the band furnished mus ic t h a t a dded g r eatl y to t he success of the session. GRADES As ye t , t he ba nd is lacking in size and scope. It was formed bu t three d has no t bee n built ·'R ejoice, weeks ago, an burdened ,"(Continued on P age Six ) to a close
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Music Club Elects Power s Librarian
Ri cha r d J . P owers, '39, was elec ted Librar ian of the Mus ic Clu b at th e m eeti ng of th e organ iza tion on F r iday, November 10, in the Music Powe r s s ucceeds Robert Room. Baechle, who was elected to tha t office las t year , but who has fai led to return to the colleg e. Ma r tin Daughtery. '40. midge t guard of the foo t ball squad, was elected to t h e office of secr etary. D UE N OVEMBER ll He succeeds Michael Perroni, who --a ll ye that labo r a n d a r e has a lso failed to r eturn to the colth e fi r st quar ter draws lege. Edward Stolarski, '41 , was ap· poin ted ass is ta nt librarian. Novembe r 11.