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<!tbr ltintnrinn BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS- T UESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1938.
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Drs. Kinzer, VanAl Haworth Father Maguire To Deventer In Round Is Prexy Of Address Holy Name ~ b l D. . Frosh Class S OClety . On rv e b • Bth a e lSCUSSlOn .1_
Mr. William C. Van Deventer, Ph. D., Professor of Physics, and Mr. Gilbert D. Kinzer, Ph. D., Professor ot Physics at the College, partie!paled In a Round Table discussion with Father Maguire over station WCFL last Sunday evening, Febru-
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ary, 6, at six o'clock. They discussed "The Recent Findings of Science", a topic which is of vital interest at the present time. Dr. van Deventer is a recognized authority in the field of Biology, and therefore concerned himself chiefly with the developments which took place In the Biological sciences within the .past two years. Dr. Kinzer commented upon the recent discoveries in the domain of Physics, and pointed out the trends in its various departments. By the very nature of the topic, both men were forced to use some technical terminology. However, they succeeded in redUcing most of these terms Into simple language, so that all could profit by the discussion.
"See You at D.P. U. "-College Club Francis Sanhuber, ' 38, pres ident of the College Club, urged every member of the student body to be present at the DePaul g am e on W ednesday evening, February 9, at a meeting of the College Club on Friday, February 4, 4' th e Seminar Room. "See you at the game," was the key note sounded In hls opening address. Sanhuber r evea led his n ego· tlatlons for student r11.tes fo r the basketball game on F e bruary 9, as well as his maneuve rs in securing a number o! buses at reasona ble rates, !or transportation to and from the game. Set Date o! Dance The date !or the Freshman Dance was tentatively set tor Saturday nlgbt, F ebruary 26. The dance w ill to.ke place In the College Gymnas ium accor<llng to authorative reports. &anhuber u.lttO made known the p lan of moving the free-day scheduled !or Washington's Birthday, February 22, to Monday, F ebruar y 21 on the College calander in order to make possible or rath er , to enable those who Intend going home on tha t weekend a better op portun Ity of doing so. The plan was preent ed In the t orm of a motion and wu unanimously agreed upon by lh ot uden t body. The president of the club added that the proposi tion uld be presented to the Revertnd Dr. E. V. Cardinal, C. S. V., president of the College, and to the Collog-e CouncU t the !lrst opportunity. The Reverend John E. Wllliams, S. V .. moderator of the International R<!latlan.s Club, was the modera tor at the m ee Ung In the absence of lh Re' rend Eguene F . Ho.ll'lnan. • V., authorl%ed mod rator of the !l.lefe Club.
RegionalParents Clubs Organized By Fr. Cardinal Because of the tremendous suecess of the Parent's Club in Chicago, the Very Rev. Dr. E. V. Cardina!, C. S. V., P rt'3ident of the College, has decided t') organize regional branches of tqe club in various other cities in which Viator students and alumni reside. Thus far, Father Cardinal has been exceptionally successful in Blooming ton and ln Peoria. Card Party at 1\lra. Gould's Home On Monday, January 31, the newIy organized Parent's Club of Bloomington sponsored a card party at the home of Mrs. W . R. Gould. Due to the efforts of Mrs. Frank Straub, Mrs. W . R. Gould, Mrs. Carl Stolze and Mrs. Thomas Gleason who were members of thf'1 committee, the party was successful beyond all expectations, both financially and social ly . Purpose of Club Father Cardinal again wis hes to r emind the m embers of the club that it is organized for the primary purpose to foster the Ca tholic Education of Youth. In order to properly a chieve this end, Father Ca rdinal r eminds the parents that he n eeds their whole-hearted cooperation and support, r a ther t h an thous ands of students and millions of dolla r s.
D e·baters M eet C0 IIege Olivet_____ On Salu(day, Februar y · 5, Donald Foley, C. S. V., '40, and Lawren ce Roeme r , '39, participat ed with s tuden ts of Oli vet College in a r ad io de ba te on the t imely su bject of American participa tion in fo reign affairs. The Viator team defend ed t h e nega tive posi tion of th e propos ition urging the continuation of Am erica 's tradi tional for eign policy of Isolation as the mos t effec tive m eans to insu re peace for th e U n ited States. Judging from the commen ts received fro m th e r adio a udien ce, It was apparent that this debate bad provo ked consider ab le thought and discussion. On the p receding arter noon ana even ing St. Viato r debaters me t two Olivet teams in platform debat es, on e or which was held ln the SemInar Room and the other in the N o tre Dame Convent in Bour bonnais. Ms.rtin McLaughlin, C. S. V., ' 38, and Donald Foley. C. S. V., '40, upheld the affirmative or the proposition, Resolved: That the -ational Labor Relations Board be empowered to enforce the arbitration or all industrlal disputes In the afternoon debate in the Seminar Room. Thom(Con tinued on page five)
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athletes of the Freshman Class, was chos en president of his class at the elec tions h eld last Friday noon, February 4 in Marsile Hall. HawOrth's ·closest rival, J ack Nealon. Charles Schaffer and Jerry McLaughlin ran third and fourth r espeCtively. Owen Cook w as victorious over J ack Shanley and John Clarey by the ver y narrow marg in of one vote, while Emmett Kolbe ran a close fourth i'n the election for the vice presidency of the class. Anthony Zelincik, the boy w ho won All-con,feren ce honors in his first year of inter-collegiate football competition was elected to the post of secretary, d efeating Jack Brown, his closest rival by a fairl y comfortable margin. John Driscoll and Robert O'Callahan, equipment mana ger were also nominated for the secretarial position, and received a fairly large number of votes. Richa rd J.''ibbets was entrusted with the important duties of treasurer, def eating Morris O'Brien in a close r a ce.
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Dr. Palyi 1 o Lecture Here Dr. Melchior P a li of the Univers ity of Chicag o w in address the member s of the International R elations Club in the very near future, a ccording to an annouD.cem ent of the R ev. J . E. William s, C. S. v ., mod er a tor of the club. Dr. Palyi is a world famou s Economis t and one of the ou ts tanding lecturer s in the field of E conomics, so h is t alk s hould prove to be inter es ting and fruitful to the m embers of the club.
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L ea d Sororl•ty Miss Lu c ill~ P utz, '37, was elected presiden t of ·th e Senior ch apter of t he S igma Ups ilon Sig m a Sorority a t the f irs t meetin g of the org anization wh ich was held in the Seminar room of the Library on Sunda y afternoon, January 20. Miss Ruth Arrin g ton was elec ted Secretary-Treasurer . The officer s announced th a t t he meetings w ill be held in the Semina r room every t h ird Tuesda y of the month. Fou r mee tings each year a re to be forum d iscussions on current topics of the day. Although the lis t of speakers has not been completed as ye t , Miss P utz wi ll secur e the services of prominent speakers in this vlclnlty. Plans for the future are rapidly materalizing. On Sunday, February 13 there will be a homecoming luncheon !or members of the Senior and Junior chapters of the Sorority, and there was a very V1vld discussion on plans !or a Mardi Gras, to be sponsored by both branches of the sorority sometime before the Lenten
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Miss Annie Shea, Benefa~·toress of Viatorians, Dies Miss Annie M. Shea, a devout Catholic, of Washington, D. C., and a generous benefactress o! the Viatorian community, passed to her eternal rewar d at the Washington Sanitarium, Tacoma rark, Md., on January 18. Miss Shea was ~ second lieutenant in the Uruted States Army Nurses Corps, having served for nearly thlrty years as an Army Nurse at the Walter Reed Memorial Hospital in the District of Columbia, in the Southwest, and the Phillipine Islands. Since her retirement from active duty some fifteen years ago, this pious soul had lived a devout Catholic life in the Capitol city. ~Her body r e.,... d . '\t the '!'lll:>ler Funeral home until Thursday, Ja:nuary 20, when it was removed to the Army Medical Center where Requiem Mass was celebrated for the repose of h er soul by Chaplain Patrick Ryan, U . S. A. Burial, with military honors, took pla ce in the Arlington National Cemetery, the R everend Chaplain from For t Meyer, Va ., and several m ember s of the . clergy officiating. Miss Shea will be r em ember ed by h er many friends among the Via torians a s a very charitable, modest soul who g ave g enerously to the cause of Catholic education without seeking the praises of others during her lifetime. She w as especia lly interested in edu cating youn g m en to the Holy Pries thood. A Solemn R equi em Mass for the r epose of · her soul was offer ed in the ch a pel of St. Bern ard's H all on Sa t u r day, J anua ry 28 by the Rever en d P a trick A. A rms t rong, C. S . V.
VIATORIAN BROTHERS TAKE FINAL VOWS The R ev. Brother s Emmett R. Capps, W illiam T . Maloney, Thomas J. Ryan and J ohn J. Kllm, four Chicago young m en m a de their final p rofesslon in the Viato ri an Communit y, Janua ry 28. The v ery Rev. J ohn P . O'Mahoney, c. s. v ., Provincial r eceived thei r perpetual vows a nd bestowed upon t hem the gold ring which Is t he emblem or thei r even ge!Jcal espousa ls. B roth er Capps Is a membe r of the !acuity or St. Viator College and the other t hree are theological students at K enrick Seminary, St. Lo uis, Mo. B rother Marion B. Schuetz o! Leavenworth diocese r enewed hls vows !or the second triennlum. Three novices, Arthur Lernrise ot Provid ence, R. L, Al!red A. Bergeron, Mancheste r , N . Y., and Vincent Joseph McManus or Brooklyn, N. Y ., were accepted !or first vows.
The Rev. J. W . R. Maguire, C. S. V., Head of the Department of Commerce here and a nationally recognized authority in the field of labor and Sociology, will lecture to the- Holy Name Society on Tues day evening, February 8 in the Commons building. The general topic of the address to be given by Father Maguire is, "Vocations." H e is very w ell qualified to speak on this important topic, s ince h e has a lways been close to the problems of youth.
His work as "Personnel Director" at the College has given him an insight into the difficulties encounter ed by college men in selecting a suitable state of life. Much fine work has already been done by the Colleg e in its effort to glve each s tudent the personal atte~tion which is so necessary at thls period of life, but much still r emams to b<' ru;cumplished. Fatber ~ag.uh-e aopes td g ive each s tudent some insight in·to the manner of procedure in selecting a s tate of life. Since every s tudent in the lnstitutton is confronted with the serious business of preparing himself for some position in life, the Holy Name Society is preparing to a ccomodate an exceptionally large crowd.
General Meeting of Cisca Feb. 22 The Chicago Inter -Student-Catholic-Action, mor e co mmonly known as Cisca, will hold Its second general mee ting of the cur r ent s cholastic year at Fen wick High School, Oak P a rk, Illinois , on Februa ry 22 ... P aganis m" is the gen er al topi c sla ted to be dls cUllsed at this m eeting. E laborate p lans have a lready been la id by t he centra l office of Clsca to ins ur e t he s uccess or the m ee tlng. The causes of t he r ecent t r end towa rd Communism w ill be f uily d iscussed and pla ns wi ll be la id so t h a t these evils migh t be a llevia ted to a certain ex tent. Alumni Meet In order to k eep In con tac t with th e men w ho have done s uch s.pen did wo rk In Clsca fo r th e pas t severa! yea rs, an a lumni m eeting w as held at the Tower Town Club in Chi cago r ece ntly. Ed Buttgen , who has gai ned collBider a bie r en own in Clsca ci r cles during th e past sev er a ! years, Is taJ< Ing an ac tive part In t he movemen t. Ed will proba bly lead the Panel discussion to be h eld at Mundelein College in Chicago on February 20. DI!IC. - Marriage
D uring the pas t mon tb, "Ch rlll tian Marriage" w aa t he topic diJicus•cd by the Clsc8.11B. It was discussed with great a vidit y and with s uch great profit to all, that the moderator, the P..cv. Martin Carrablne, B. J ., deemed It advisablt to di.ocu.s• the topic again In t he near fu t ure.