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Cut of Father Rice ------------- ----- -- --- ----- -------- ---- ---- -- ---------------- ------- ---- -- --- 2 Dedication --------------- -- --- -- ------ -- ------------------- -------- ----------------------- --- ----- -- -- 3 Cut, Bachelors of 1923 ___ ___________ ____ _________ : ___ _____ __ _____________ _______ __ __ __________ 4

Farewell Song -- -- --- -------------- ----- -- -- -------- --------- --------- ------ ---- ----- --- ---- --- ----- 5 Biographies of 1923 ·:·--- -- -- ----- ------------ ------- ----- -- ----- ----- ------------------- --- --- 6 Bachelor Orations-

Prohibitive Legislation ______ ____ ___ _______ ___ ___ __________________________________ __ 16 a. Facts of Sush Legislation, P. J. Creel, A. B. '23. b. Futility of Sush Legi slati on , l\1. Mroz, A . B. '23. c. Danger of Sush Legi slation. E. J. Williams, A . B. '23.

Cut, Academy Graduates ---- ----- -- ----- ------ -- --- ------ -- --- -- ------- ------ --- --------- .28

Entre N ous , Class Roll , J. T. Ellis, Academy '23 ________________________ 29 Address to Graduates, Rev. F. A. Cleary '11 __ __ ____________________________ 37 Valedictory, J. B. Langton, A. B. '23 _____ __ ______ __ ____ __ ___ __ _________________ _40

Seni or Class Play ---- ------- ----- ---- ------ -------- -- ------ -- ---- ------------- --- -- -- ------------ 43

College Chronicle ___ .. . _ .. ___ . _____ .. .. ____ ......... _ .... _ .... _ .. .. _ .... . _ .. __ _ .. __ . __ . ______ ___ _ 44 Fifty-fifth A nnual Class Day and Commencement _____ __ __ _____________ 51 Viatorian Staff ________ : ______ _________________ __ ________ ___ ________ ___ ______________ __ ______ ___ ___ 56 Editorials _________ _____ _____ ___ ___ ______ ____ ________ ____ __ _ : _____ _____ ___ _____ ___ __ _____ ______ __ __ _____ 57

a. Exchanges -----------·------- ------ ------------ ~- ------------------------------------- 57 b. Alumni ------------------- ---- ---- ------- - - -------- ---- -- -- ------------ -- ------~---------67 c. Inter-Alia ____________ ... . ____________ ---------------- ... ___ _______ · _____________________ 73

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The Very Reverend Terence J. Rice, C. S. V., A. M.

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Farewell Song

(Tune-The Old Doorstep-) We stand at thy portals, dear old College Home­Our hearts throb with filial love, The years will be fleeting but we will be gone In the wide world beyond, we will rove. We've stood at thy portals when class hours were done And longed for the time to go by, But now it is gone, and we stand here today­To bid Alma Mater good-bye.

CHORUS Good-bye Alma Mater, good-bye dear old home, God bless those we leave with a sigh, We'll cherish fond memories, when we are away­Good-bye Alma Mater, good-bye.

It's hard to be parted from pals that we love When the close of our school days has come; Yet the strongest of frien·dships must be broken in twain When our glad care-free school days are done; But we'll bid our sad hearts cease repining in vain And a smile will replace every sigh, Though the pain it will cost us none ever will know To bid Alma Mater, good-bye.

There'll be strong temptations and trials to repress And woes to o'ercome every day, But the lessons we've learned at our dear College Home Will help us to drive care away. We'll think of thy glad days, dear old College Home, And dream of the hours long gone by, And we will stand in our dreams as we stand here today, To bid Alma Mater, good-bye.

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J. ROBERT LANGTON PEORIA, ILL.

''Bob''

"He is a scholar, and a ripe and good one. E xceeding wise, fair spoken."

Basket-ball (1, 2, 3, A); A ssociate Editor of V iatome (3) ; Student Representative on College Council ( 4) ; Chairman of Decoration Committee, College Club Dance ( 4); College Club Banquet Speaker ( 4) ; Class Pres ident ( 4) ; T oastmast er at Com­mencement Day Banquet ( 4) ; V aledictory ( 4).

Previ ous to the y ear 1901 , July 12 had only been an ordinary calendar da te, but the arr·iv:a l on tha t date- in P eori a of J ohn Rob ert L ang ton has since made that day possess a much deeper significance. John Robert (w e call him " Bob") was no ordi­nary youth. In his academ.y days a t Spalding, he fi gured promi­nently, both a~ a student and an athlet e. H e sh owed the ·world that his acad em y education had not b een in vain, when h e en- . roll ed as a fr eshman at St . V iator in 1919.

Blessed w ith a splendid intellect, possessing a pleasing per­sonali ty and a winsome courtesy, that mak es an indi v idua l a ' 'mi xer ," Bob at once w on his way ipto the hearts of the faculty and student bo~ly . He found h-irnseH- to -· be-a fri end of everyone.

In the class room h e was a brilliant and industri ous student, -vvinning the honors of his class each year, a long \Vith th e admira­t ion and respect of his teach ers.

A s a memb er of the third corridor apartm ent h e h as ranked as a very desirable t en an t, one wh ose departure w ill cause regret . N o fun , party, initiation or p ra nk w as com plet e w ithout Bob's

. p resence, as fri ends, fr eshmen, ·and even· perfects can attest. As an athlete, Bob was a v ictim of circumstances . A st ar

basket -ball player , Bob w as force4 to sit on the side -lin es, only b ec?-use but five can play the game. F or four year s, however, h e has g iven V iator his best efforts, and w hile the public may not be acquainted with his real prowess, those with w hom h e scrimmaged have alw ays been loud in their praises for him.

Likewise, in all class, student, and school activiti ~s, Bob h as stood out qui te prominently . Influentia l, · he has done much towards organizing the student body socially . A r epresentative of the College Club in the College Council , he was well 1-itted t o sit in that worthy assemb ly. \f\T e feel sure that such a man as Bob can enjoy nothing but success in the commg years.

--J. P . F.

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VINCENT J. McCARTHY

ROCK ISLAND, ILL.

"Mac"

"His deeds show that he is not of the role of common men."

Football (1, 2, 3, 4); Football Captain (2, 4) '; Basket-ball (1, 2, 3); Baseball (1, 2, 3, 4); Class Vice-President (3, 4); Asso­ciate Editor of Via tome (3) ; Speaker at College Club Banquet; Class I-Ii story.

We have always held Rock Island in high estimation, but since 1919 with the arrival of Vincent McCarthy, that t own has become an object of endearment to each and every one of us. His early education was derived from Rock Island's fountains of knowledge. Possessing a dignity that is not to be found in the role of common m en, he was respected by all from the mo­ment of his arrival. Along with his dignity "Mac" possessed a wonderful personality, which further enhanced his charm.

In the class room he proved himself to be a brilliant student, winning the r espect not only of his teachers, but likewise of his class mates. He ·was ever ready to give the class the benefit of his knowledge. But his real prowess was to be found in his athletic ability. A real football player, he was looked up to as a star year after year. This is substantiated by the fact that he was elected to captain the football t eam twice during his col­legiate career. Not only was his fame limited to this restricted locality, but likewise it was heralded throughout the middle west. Twice chosen on "All IJ\1 estern" teams, he goes down in history as one of the best quarter backs that Viator has ever seen.

"J\1ac" was a versatile chap. His athletic ability was not lirnited to footba ll , but he also showed him.self proficient in basket ball and baseball. Playing back guard he was feared by every forward in the Conference. The fact that he was chosen on the HAll Conference" bespeaks his ability in this line of en­deavor. In baseball he possesses the distinction of playing the outfield for a team that won three conference titles. As an out­fielder few in the Conference surpassed him. vVith his departure passes one who has become near and dear to the hearts of the students and faculty of St. Viator. Into whatever fie ld of en­deavor he may direct his step, we feel certain that success awaits him, for "He does not belong to the role of common men."

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JOHN CLANCY

ODELL, ILL.

"Dizz"

"To those w-ho know him not, no words can paint And those who kriow him, know all words are faint."

Basket-ball ( 1, 2, 3, 4) ; Basket-ball Captain (2) ; Baseball (1, 2, 3, 4); Baseball Captain (3, 4); Class Secretary (4); Speaker at College Club Banquet (2') ; Speaker at Class Banquet (4); Chairman of Entertainment Committee (3); Class Pro­phecy ( 4).

"Dizz" hails from the thriving metropolis of Odell, Ill., and although it only takes a C. & A. train 45 minutes to pass through this town, it will long be remembered by Viator as the birthplace of one of its noted sons.

H.aving exhausted all possible fields for knowledge in his home town, "Dizz" found h_is way to St. Viators and registered as one of its students. A student he has been and a mighty good one too, in spite of the fact that athletics have claimed much of his time. He has never allowed athletics to interfere with his classwork and as a consequence his grades · have always been high. He has caused his professors very little trouble and his conduct has been of such high grade that it has won for him the politeness medal.

"Dizz" has had a remarkable record in athletics, for four years playing the for~ard position on the basketball team in commanding style. His uncanny eye for the basket has been a constant source of discouragement for opponents. Baseball, however, was "Dizz's" natural game. He cavorted around the initial sack in major league fashion and his hitting was timely, and usually of the extra-base variety. He has been the Babe Ruth of the team and his achievements have merited for him a try-out with the Chicago White Sox.

During his four years at St. Viators, "Dizz" has covered himself with glory in many ways. His ready wit and congenial­ity have won him many staunch friends. No matter what under­taking the different student organizations wished to promote, "Dizz" was always a' loyal supporter. His voice which so often broke forth into some melodious tune will be sorely missed from the corridors of Roy Hall. '

"Dizz" is the kind that would make good in any walk of life. He has chosen professional baseball as his field and we know that he will be a glorious success.

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PATRICK F'. CREEL

PAINESVILLE, OHIO

"Pat," "Rookie"

"None but himself could be his pa.rallel."

College Club (, 4); College Organist (3, 4); Viatorian Staff (3) ; Via tome Staff ( 3) ; Bachelor Oration ( 4) ; Memorial Day Oration ( 4) ; Class Treasurer ( 4).

When Rookie breezed in from South Dakota the Juniors rejoiced that a new find had been made and that a new name was to be inscribed on their register. Still more did they rejoice when they came to know the young hookworm, for he is verit­ably bubbling over with an ever-ready flow of genial good humor and true old Irish wit. It wasn't look till we learned that Pat was a versatile genius. He is a profound student of history

(I and his tendency to go back into almost forgott en times and puz-;5 zle the Prof. with his accurate memory for dates, and confound

-the students by the continuous flow of a glib tongue tripping off speech after speech of academic lore, was truly amazing. Pat is also a n1usician; though he modestly asserts that his ab ility to tickle the ivories is very mediocre. The reason for this seeming modesty is probably not so much a dislike of praise as the fear of more work along these lines. Bookie's voice is also something to amaze. About the best description of it would be to say that it is a strange admixture of the voice of the siren and the screech of the hoot-owl. Pat can not only play the piano and sing but his dexterity in shuffling his dancers is equally wondrous. The Old Virginia Reel and the Irish jig are his specialties and whenever he starts he is sure to attract a crowd. Nor is Pat slow with his tongue, as those who have dared to oppose his pet bolshevistic theories have learned to their sorrow, for his come-back is quick, sharp and conclusive. One of Rookie's favorite hobbies is to com­plain about his delicate health, but it is quite evident that he for­gets about his nervous stomach at least three times a day and is always able to punish a wicked feed . Pat also worries about his partially bald head, but if massage and Van Ess mean any­thing, he will never need fear that a bald head will counteract the impression of his innocent £ace. All in all, we have found Fat to be a congenial, helpful pal and have found ii1 him a happy mix ture of innocent fun and deep religious piety and regularity ..

-E.J.W.

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PAUL· H. KURZYNSKI

ST. LOUIS, MO.

"Kurzy"

"Though small in stolure, slim in size, K urz is still a g-reat surprise; For his brow and noble frarne · Is a sure display of rise to fame."

Associate Editor of Viatorian (3, 4); Winner of Coliege and State Essay Contest (3); Varsity Football (3); Class Day Ban­quet Speaker ( 4) ; College Club (2, 3, 4).

In Paul, Viator has found a man of no mean ability, and his multitudinous intellectual sprees in quest of knowledge at Bourbonnais are monumental attestations of his great literary genms.

A casual glimpse of Paul was sure to leave a lasting. im­pression upon one's mind, and to speak to him was a treat most rare. With his congenial disposition· and his Chestertonian erudition, Kurzy was, beyond the shadow of a doubt, the un­disputed leader among his Viator pals. In his class-room work, I clare say, this erudite former Peorian wa:s an intellectual . giant; and he played second fiddle to none. His mental cap­?.bilities were of such magnitude that, when he chanced to be refraining from his much cherished daily class siesta, he would hurL ques+ion · <3-fter question at his dumfounded pro­fe ssors. As a librarian, Paul had no match; for he was so exceedingly assiduous in the performance of this honorable and highly exalted .function, that he would sit for hours at a time-missing many a needful meal-pondering over the mas­sive volumes that lay scattered over his massive mahogany desk. So absorbed w2 :s our Paul in his quest for intellectual food, that the world about him seemed to fade into oblivion. As a varsity football player. his ponderous and giant-lik;e forrn was an invulnerable rampart resisting with the ease of a Hercules the onslaughts of opposing lines. ,But what is best of all, our old pal, .Paul, is now in training for a battle that shall last until th~ star of the priesthood shall have been reached. May God bless you, Paul, in your new and holy work. -M. M.

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MICHAEL L. MROZ

CHICAGO, ILL.

"Mike"

''A rnan he seems of cheerful yestercla.ys and confident tomorrows." -

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Librar~an (3 4); Viatome S ~ aff (3); Choir (3); College Club; Class Poem; Bachelor Oration.

Mike is the worker of the class. He believes that every­thing should be done thoroughly and with rigid regularity. He is known as a plugget and has never cau·sed a professor to wait for any appointed work. Whenever he is unfortunate enough to be tripped up in class he has shown the happy faculty of being able to wiggle out of the difficulty and march off with fly­ing colors. On many occasions he has saved the reputation of the class, when many another less experienced man proved unable to solve a practical difficulty. His experience as a ward poli­tician has given him a keen insight into human nature and he can size up his man at a glance. His discussions on present clay evil s show him to be a sociologist second only to Father 1\!Iaguire and the rem edies he advocates mark :Mike as a futur e leader in the practical side of that science. These principles he

-·has put into practice in hi s fatherly advice to John Ryan and other students, and he has kept them treading the path of right­eousness. He is the Caruso of the class and can render th e m ost difficult selections from all the w ell-known operas. He has m ore than once entertained the college with these se lections and by 1neans of his great generosity and self-sacrificing nature has given the ipmates of the Insane Asylum a musical treat. Because of his studious nature he was given the important position as College Librarian and the s tudents w ill t estify that he is always on the job. When students are stuck for reference material , the file s are overlooked and Mike is eagerly sought as it is a knovvn fact that he has all the masters and other worthwhile works pigeon-holed . · His capacity for work is equalled only by his ca­pacity for grub, and his love for the masters is overshadowed only b y his love for cream, much to the dismay of both his table companions and the hard-working waiters. The class as a w hol e proclaims Mike a di sciple of law, order and studiousness and an all around good scout . -P. F. C.

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EVERETT J. WILLIAMS

KENNEBEC, S. DAK.

"Bill," "Little Heap," "Snarf. "

"His form accords with a mind Lively, ardent, frank and kind."

Debating (2); Oratory Cont es t (2, 3); College Club (3, 4); V ia tori an Staff (3) ; Editor of V iatorian ( 4) ; Via tome (3) ; Choir ( 4) ; Class Will; Bachelor Oration.

Bill is a traveler. Born in Iowa, h e early heeded the advice of Horace Greeley and went West, land ing first in Kansas and later in t h e Sunshine S tate, South Dakota. This broadened Bill

_mentally but not physically, for althou gh h e is an intellectual g iant he still remains one of the smallest members of the class. H is w inning smile and pleasing personality speak of the large­ness of the territory fro m w hi ch he comes, and have made him a favorite with the faculty and stud en t body. He is far famed as an orator and debator and his logical , conv incing arguments hold his listeners spell bound and back all opponents out of the ring. Bill 's one hobby is baseball. His skill in handling the pill and sliding bases has been a source of great pleasure to the local fans and a cause of last ing sorrow to himself, as he is sti ll limping from -the effects of a year old disastrous and spectacular slide. He is also our college soloist, and m any a time has saved the day wh en the r est of the choir got win ded . He has proven himself to be a veritable warbler, and the student body has often bee n awaken ed in the early hours of the morning by hearing his golden voice render "Requiescat in pace." He has an even dispo­siti on but is a proverbial t y rant when on the job in th e book store, and it has long been rum ored that many a student 's book and supply acount has been unduly hig h owing t o Bill's exactness in writing debit slips, leading many to believe that a lthough he claims to be Irish , there is a little of the J ew in him. Bill can not only slide bases, but slide work as well , and his duties on the V iatorian staff have never caused him a w rinkle. H owever , he spends a few sleepless nights just before the said publication goes to the printer, for it is then that he is forced to consume the midnight oil in a feverish endeavor to clean up his long neg­lected work. He is famed as a host and his classmates will miss his jovial greeting and genial hospitality \Yhen in search of an easy chair and a fag. · -P. F. C.

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JOHN PATRICK FARRELL

CHAMPAIGN, ILL.

"Pat"

"Great is this knight, and his achievements of no less account."

Varsity Football (2, 3, 4); Varsity Baseba11 .(2, 3, 4); Varsity Basket-ball (2); Class President (3); College Club President ( 4) ; College Club Vice-President (3) ; Associate Editor, Via­torian ( 4) ; Associate Editor, Via tome (3) ; Toastmaster, Col­lege Club Banquet ( 4) ; Student Representative, College Coun-cil ( 4). ·

Champaign possesses the proud distinction of witnessing this fair lad's nativity. His early education was derived in the

· same environment. Having exhausted the field of learning in that vast metropolis, Pat, in 1920, betook himself to dear old Viator, there t o· achieve further intellectual renown. He has b~en a source of joy to us ever since.

Modest and unassuming, he soon made n1any friends, not only from among the student body, but also from among the faculty. His professors saw in him a student of keen intellectual ability, while the students looked up to him on account of his ready wit and magnetic personality. Pat was for everyone, and

. everyone reciprocated · this feeling. Wearing a perpetual smile, he "knew" all, even from the smallest academic to the heaviest thinker in college.

Likewise was he worshipped on the gridiron and diamond. ln the former, his presence seemed to instill a confidence that made the result inevitable, while his dominating personality on the diamond made victory doubly sure. As a pitcher Pat has suffered but one defeat in three years for Viator, and this, to say the least, is a notable achievement. In the annals of baseball history, he will be forever remembered for that . no-hit, no-run game against Lake Forest.

His loyalty and happy nature won for him the trust of all. The students looked up to him as a leader, and all plans and controversies were laid before him for approval or decision.

No matter into what walk of life Pat may direct his steps, we know that he will be a success, for to such men as he, failure can never come. --J. R. L.

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WILLIAM E. CRACKN.ELL

CHICAGO, ILL.

"Willie,'' "Cracky."

"By the fruits of his works you shrLll know h·im, He is truly worth his weight in gold."

College Club (2, 3, 4); College Choir (1, 2); Registrar (3, 4).

vVell does the motto chosen for Cracky sum up the worth of this good man. He has ever been an example and inspiration to class-mates. His piety and punctuality, though hot always imitated by his fellow-students, nevertheless have always elicited their admiration and envy. If vVillie were to miss a chapel ex-

. ercise or even to be late for one, it would be a sure indication that all was not well. He has been the type of student about whom the professor need have no worry, for he is there with the goods as sure as class time arrives. His talents are keen and varied, ranging from the difficulties of Tacitus to the intricacies of Geometry and Trigonometry. Many a weary e-yening has he searched out the hidden meanings of obscure authors, and the following day amazed the students and pro­fessors with the clarity of his version. Nor is Cracky stingy with his learning for he is ever ready to assist a less fortunate class-mate and give him the benefit of long hours well spent. Cracky is also blessed with a wondeduJ disposition. He takes everything that comes, in an even cool manner and never lets his affectio,n get the better of his judgment. He is always a jolly good pal, ready to give and to take a joke. His merry chuckle and contagious laugh set his companions at ease and bespeak the fact that he is a good pal and friendly associate. His interest, kindness and sympathy mark him as a true friend ever glad to be of aid when called upon by friend or acquaintance.

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JOSEPH A. BOLGE.R

HOMEWOOD, ILL,.

H Joe," "Moxie"

''A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, no labors tire."

Varsity Baseball (1); Toastmaster Class Banquet (1); · Cl~s s Ti·easurer . (2) ; Debating Team (3); Dramatics (2, 3)_;

.. , Class :President (3) ; Editor-in-Chief, Viatorian and Via tome (3).

Joe is an ideal college man. He has those traits of g entle­manly courtesy, sincerity, and g eneros ity that never fail to win for their possessor the highest regard and admiration of his asscciates. Unobtrusive, quiet , and considerate, he is always w~ll i.ng to make great personal sacrifices to lighten th e burden of his fellow m en. His fin~ sense of humor, his chuckle, cor1tagious and appealing, tell of the depth of hi s g entle faith

· iri humankind. A s a student, he was always one of the fore ­most. · Diligent in his preparations, attentiye in the class room , energetic in the performance of all tasks assigned him, he is held in high est eem by his professors . His strong point is Com ­'merce and in J oe, St. V iator has much reason t o be proud of her ftrst graduate from the School of Commerce and Finance . T hat Joe w ill be successful in whatsoever w alk of life he m ay ch oose to enter is unquestionable. H is kindly interes t, his sincerity, his _admirable qualities of leadership, and his faith in his fe llowmen, those v irtues that have m ade him our respected leader and ad-

. m ired classmate w ill g a·ii1 for him eminent success in hi s life "work. --J. P. L .

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BACHELOR ORATIONS Prohibitive Legislation

THE FACTS OF PROHIBITIVE LEGISLATION Patrick F. Cree1, A.B. '23 ..

While the great war was waging and during the period immediately following the armistice, this country was fired with a fervor to make the world safe for democracy. While our boys were pushing back the enemy on the firing line of Europe's battlegrounds; while men and women in every walk of life were giving their energy, money, and moral support for this ideal , a small minority in our country were, by the means of excessive prohibitive legislation, rob bing us of the democracy already granted by the Federal Constitution. For twenty years prior to 1914 there had been various bands of social reformers who had endeavored to have their pet hobbies-restriction of personal lib­erties-introduced in the legislatures of the various states, hut it was not until the adoption of the eighteenth amendment to the federal constitution that a general move in that direction was made. These societies, elated by the successful passage of the Volstead act and backed by organizations of vast financial means, began to propose prohibitive legislation in all the states of the Union-bills and laws which were to regulate every phase of American life from the bells on a baby's rattle to the handle on his father's coffin,

President Butler of Columbia University says that from 1919 to 1922 seventy thousand bills were approved by the leg-islatures of our forty-eight states. This means that thousands ~ of them are adopted annually and leads one to conclude that our legislatures are led by prejudice rather than by intelligence, and that they are dealing almost invariably with restriction on human liberties and the rightful liberties of the individual. Ap­proximately twenty thousand bills were introduced · in the last session of Congress, and of these six hundred were enacted. During its four sessions no less than ninety-two efforts were made to change or revise the fundamental law of the land, while two of these obtained the sanction of both houses. Experience has taught us that such measures open paths to evils hitherto unsuspected. The danger is twofold. Often it aggravates the very danger it tends to remove, and next, since it is usually enforced with great difficulty, they tend to break down all respect for law. We kno:w that the laws so far passed, especially

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the Volstead act, have been impossible to enforce, and yet the cost of trying to enforce them drew from our taxpayers' pockets two hundred and thirty-two million dollars from 1919 to 1922. Where this shall ertd we do not know, but we may presume to say that at such a rate the time will come when the people of our various states will have lost their liberties and will have no money for their expenditure.

As I have previously stated, the bills passed 1n the past · three years have reached the grand total of seventy thousand, and it would be impossible for me to enumerate them. How­ever, I propose to name a few of the most important ones, those gaining attention in nearly every state, and I shall leave it to those who follow me to discuss them as to their futility and · dangers.

Inspection by sheriffs, notaries, justices of the peace, spe­cial commissioners, or all officers maintained for the care of the poor or destitute, sick or insane, or any charitable, religious, educational or correctional institution, for the purpose of ascer­taining the status of such inmates, and making it unlawful to confine such inmates against their continuing consent, are pro­vide-d by a bill . introduced in the house of the Massachusetts general court. Bills containing many of the above provisions have either been adopted or are about to be acted upon by the legislatures of several other states. Representative Williams has introduced a bill into the Illinois state legislature calling for the inspection of hospitals or other institutions where persons suffering from mental or nervous diseases are cared for.

In Oregon a bill was recently passed which makes it a crime for a parent to fail to send a child between the ages of eight and fifteen years to a public school. This same bill pro­hibits the wearing of religious garbs by teachers in the public schools, clearly showing its fanatical nature and proving its one aim to be the suppression of all parochial schools by law. Thirty-two other states have either passed such laws or have them awaiting the attention of their legislatures.

The school question has also been carried to the houses of the federal government and there it has found a great many powerful and influential friends who would plate all the schools of our forty-eight states directly under national control and give its head in Washington a place in the cabinet. A bill known as the Smith-Towner bill was introduced in the United States Senate, October 10, 1918, by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia. It attempts to shift to the federal government the responsibility of evening out the inequalities existing among the various states by reason of their inequalities in finances, educational history, and standards. Ths bill called for an annual grant from the

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federal government of $100,000,000, and the amount to be given was to be matched by each state. The Smith-Towner bill failed . of passage but has been succeeded by the Sterling-Towner bill, which attempts to embody in revised form the major aims and provisions of the Smith-Towner bill. Should this bill pass, our school and educational system will have become Prussianized.

The reading of the Bible is called for in bills introduced in Arizona, Iowa, Ohio and West Virginia. In Ohio the reading of the Bible has been favorably reported by the house school committee, and this, in . face of the fact that recently in Cali­fornia such a bill was declared unconstitutional because ,. as the Supreme Court of that state maintained, it could not be done with justice to peoples of all creeds.

A new mission has appeared for the professional antis­intensive drives against all forms of Sunday amusement-and these have been carried on in every state. These fanatics seem bent upon making the Lord's Day as gloomy as possible, and would prohibit the working man and his family the use of it as a clay of recreation and enjoyment. They would legislate it a mi sdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both. for all persons who open places of amusement on Sunday. This includes baseball parks, golf links, theaters and amusement parks. One state even forbids the · sale of gasoline for motor­ing purposes, and in the same state drug stores may sell only medicines on the Day of Rest. ,

Lady Nicotine has also won their di spleasure, and in two states, Kansas and North Dakota, the sale of tobacco in any form in public is punishable by fine. In North Carolina many of her citizens have been fined for smoking in hotel lobbies, and recently a citizen of Utah was arrested for smoking a cigarette on the streets of his city. Intensive drives against all forms of tobacco have been inaugurated in fifteen states with the inten­tion of burying the weed in the same grave with John Barley­corn.

O ne of the mos t fo olish p:eces of legislation that has recently come to our notice is the attitude of those opposed to daylight saving. New Hampshire has a law making it a crime to save an hour of daylight and punishes all violators with a five hundred dollar fine. Pennsylvania and New Jersey also have anti-daylight saving laws, and the legislatures of Wiscon­sin and Illinois are soon to act upon such bills. Can you im­agine anything more foolish? Your state making criminals of its citizens who wish to rise at six o'clock instead of seven and who set their time pieces accordingly?

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In the fact that they have advocates advocating in Washing­ton. They seek to have our federal government regulate health, divorce, pur·e food , dr.ugs, state and local bond issues, movies , maternity, state troops, and a thousand and one other things. Bureaucrats who seek more power, selfi sh minorities w ho fe ed out of the public crib , and zealots busy w ith their foolish propa­ganda are daily ro bbrng the American citizen of his long cherish­eel rights and priv ileges, R obbing us ! Yes, daily our rights are diminished while the bills introduced by the anti s are increased.

From the Sixty-second to the Sixty-seventh Congress there were 96,249 bills introduced into that body, and of these 4,333 passed. Such a number of federal bills in twelve years is surely sufficient, and in-face of these startling facts 0-ncl figures , we must agree with President Butler when he says : " In the United States, we are, in flat defiance of all our high proclaimed principles and ideal s, building up a series of bureaucracies that will put to shame the government of the Czar of all the Rus­sians when in the heyday of its glory.

~ ·. * * THE FUTILITY OF EXCESSIVE LEGISLATION

M. Mroz, A.B. '23 "That we are at present the victims of ex cessive legislation

is clearly ev idenced from the facts that have been so adequately presented by the preceding speaker. That excess ive legislation is making our g overnment less effective in the enforcement of its laws and less respected is clear from the universal opinion of every agency of public expression. This fact has been r ecently emphasized by one of the outstanding figur es in public life, the form er speaker of the house, Champ Clark. " If the fo lks at home," he said , "w ould give a little more attention t o their home matters instead of asking Congress to care for t hem , then it might be ex pected that our Congress could well live up to its constitutionally enumerated functions ." T hi s st at em ent w as a frank admission that our Congress is not as effective as our constituti on would w ish it t o be, and it \·vas a fur t her admission that this ineffectiveness was clue to the excessive burdens that were being heaped upon Congress in the form of t hese added enactments . N ow , w hen conditions resulting fro m this over­burdening process are such as t o prevent our Co ng ress fro m performing its wo rk adequat ely, we are forced t o co nclude that such a sta te of affair s is a sure sig n of the pr esence of a good deal of futility in the wake of such enactments.

Too many laws is only a lesser evil; a far g reater evil is the enactment of laws that are entirely unwarranted and unw ise, because they endanger respect for all law by depriving men

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unnecessari ly of cherished liberties. Furthermore, I wish to stress the fact that laws of this nature, even though good in themselve;;, become exceedingly unw ise and useless, w hen on the one hand they are sponsored by a small number of citizens, and w hen on the other hand they are t otally disregarded by a

. great maj ority. T he g reat Burke Cochran of late memory strongly emphas­

izes the futility of over-legislation, in one of his timely utter­ances. "Only those laws," he said , "will be respected, observed, and free of futility, that are deeply rooted in the consciences of m en as \vise and just. " According to thi s celebrated statesman, all measures must necessarily be in vain, w hen they lack the stamp of approval of the majority of the citizens. Hence, all enactments of a prohil;itive nature, when conflicting w ith the established moral convictions of the majority, are necessarily doomed to failure.

T here is no doubt in my m :ncl that a larger number of the prohibitive measures mentioned by the previous speaker fall . under the category of the necessarily vain laws. I shall men­tion only those that are very conspicuous at the present time. I am sure that no one will deny that the old Puritan blue laws are being advocated by a small group of over-zealous Christians. We all know that the prohibition movement has grown dut of a small body of well-meaning individuals. And we are all aware

. of the fact that our present-clay national and state school move­ments are not the expressions of the majority. No matter how good these movements may be in themselves, they must die by virtue of the fact that they do not voice the convictions of the maj or portion of our population.

These prohibitive and unwise measures are laws today, and we can only measure their u sefulness or futility from their oper­ations. In the eastern states many attempts have been recently made to revive the blue laws, for the purpose of doing away :J with all Sunday amusements, such as baseball, football , fi shing, hunting, theater-going, movies, picnics, singing, music, dancing, card-playing and various other innocent recreations. But all these efforts to revive these laws were brought to naught, because of the great opposition of the majority of the people, who had cleep -se~tecl convictions that these innocent enjoyments were not a violation of the Sunday. It is only two weeks ago that the state of Michigan voted down an attempt to revive the blue laws w ithin its borders. And we find that in some of the smaller t owns, where these prohibitive measures are function-ing, there is evident futility. Even the "Blind Pigs" of the olden clays are a strong proof of the use lessness of these unw ise p ro­hibitive enactm en t s.

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~Then we behold the force and the magnitude of the opposi­tion that is displayed towards these unwise laws, we are forced to admit that this colossal unwillingness to submit to these prohibitive measures is a most striking indication of the utter fuility of these laws. The multitudinous infractions of the prohibtion amendment and its subsidiary law, the Volstead a-ct, are forceful manifestations of the failure of unwise prohibitive measures. The expenditure incurred in the enforcement of these laws is a gigantic proof of their uselessness. The fact that we see men violating laws today, who in the past would never have dared to break the laws of the land, demonstrates that there is a widespread futility in the operations of these measures.

Congressman W. D. Upsaw of Georgia, who is a staunc.h supporter of the prohibition amendment, admitted in a recent statement the fruitlessness of unwise legislation. "There are many senators and congressmen," he said, "who violate the pro­hibition amendment with impunity." This· admiss ion clearly shows that minority enactments are of no avail when forced upon a dissenting majority.

The eminent judges and distinguished lawyers of the Ameri­can Law Institute, who recently gathered at Washington to dis­cuss the present-day futility of our laws, arrived at the con­clusion that it was not the enactment of new measures that would solve the difficulty, but that the solution lay in the .return t o fewer and well-defined laws-that is, laws based upon the democratic principle majority rules.

A bout August 12, 1922, the Literary Digest submitted to the public a statement of a straw vote taken on the matter of excessive and futile laws . And this report had shown that 72 per cent of the votes cast were opposed t o these excessive measures, The reasons why these prohibitory enactments are ineffective is clearly evident from this vote. They are of no avail for no other reason than that the greater part of the people are opposed to them,

Senator Stanley of Kentucky informs us that our counlry now requires 42,000 agents and detectives t o look after the enforcement of ope prohibitive measure, that is the Volstead act. He also states that formerly our country required only 186 men to enforce all the measures that pertained to the regulation of man's conduct. From these stat ements of Senator Stanley we can easi ly deduce a reason for the futility of these excessive enactments, especially , w hen it becomes neces ary to employ 42,000 men to enforce a single piece of prohibitive legislation.

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try totaled $232,000,000; but while the Volstead act was in operation, in 1922, we find that these regulating expenses have mounted to the stupendous sum of $1,115,000,000. Does this increase of five times the previous sum spent in regulating expenses indicate the success of these measures? This added expenditure demonstrates the absolute futility of all excessively prohibitive laws. More than that, this vast outlay of money shows that, when laws are repugnant to man's nature-that is w hen they do not measure up to moral standards of the people­no sum of money, however great it may be, will conduce to the observance of such laws.

Before concluding I · shall attempt to make a brief summary of the facts that point to the utter ineffectiveness of all exces­sive legi slation. These unwise enactments, according to the opinions of our great masters of jurisprudence, have actually created a spirit of lawlessness unparalleled in the history of our country . We tTow find both the rich and the poor, the go.od and the w icked, the legi slator and the citizen violators of these undemocratic measures. These prohibitive measures have led t o a g reat increase in crime, and they have increased grafting among our public officials to such a degree that 1ve actually see th em 1vorking in conjunction with the violators of these meas­ures . The people in disobeying these laws have led to the inef­fectiven ess not only of these enactments but ev en of our very governm ent . Thi s gross breaking of la11VS has even helped to· lo-wer our standard of morality. Some of these prohibitory m easures 1vere passed t o act as a check upon intemp erance , but they have not attain ed their goal. It is true that these measures have clone away w ith the notori ous saloon. but they have '-):.1. b­s ti tutecl for the saloon the shameless bootlegger. All these facts, <.:; my fr iends, are m ost striking proofs of the futility not only of the .. e present excessive la1vs. but they are als·o true images of the ineffectiveness of all possible future unwi se measures-particu­larly of such as the proposed national and state school enact­m ents. As citizens , wishing the welfare of our country, we must end eavor to fr ee it from this spirit of lawlessness that a minority of reformers have cast upon it by forcing its views upon a dissenting maj ority. In shaking off thi s spirit of law­lessness, we shall be face to face with a law-abiding and liberty­loving people; and we shall save our country from the inevitable dangers that lie in the wake of non-observance of laws.

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THE DANGERS OF EXCESSIVE PROHIBITIVE LEGISLATION

E. J. Williams, A.B. '23

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When we consider the vast number of laws that annually seep through our legislative machinery of both state and nation, we wonder whither this bewildering maze of varied and com­plicated laws will lead the American commonwealth. When we think seriously of the terrible possibilities and · even likely prob­abilities of our present course of limitless legislation, our hearts are seized and sickened with the dread fear of what might actually become of our highly-prized liberties if this craze for p~_ssing laws be not stopped and that shortly.

It is this increasing tendency of our government to pass laws without limit and often without consideration and knowl­edge that is year by year edging its way into the precious lib­erties of America and endangering the very principles upon which democracy must ultimately rest. Democracy, to be worthy of the name, must respect the rights of its individual citizens; democracy lives and ,flourishes upon the principle that that government governs best which governs least; which secures the greatest good t o the greatest number; which grants the maximum of personal freedom and self-government consist­ent w ith general peace and security. Hence democracy must grant the citizen the right to .regulate his private life and con­du.ct according t o the dictates of his own individual conscience and restrain him only in such degree as will prevent him from encroaching on the rights of. others , thus securing all in the possession of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Our forefathers. with a clear realization of the aims of good government , established th e world's greatest experiment in democracy, and the wisdom with which they built may be judged from the success of that experiment. They provided for a gov­ernment which should promote the general welfare, protect the rights of its individual Qitizens, and govern under broad . general principles; but which should not attempt to regulate the actions of its subjects in their minutest detail s and impose upon them endless restrictions by an infinity of unnecessary, onerous. pat-· ernalistic laws. It was the continual interference of govern­ments in their ·purely private affairs that led the founders of the

_ American republic to forsake their mother countries and to seek greater oppor~unity and happiness in the possibilities of the New World. The democracy which they established showed that they had profited from the mistakes of tyrannical and oppressive nations, for they built upon the solid foundation of the eternal principles of liberty, of equality. and of justice . The

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America which they founded was at once heralded among the nations as the world's shining example of liberty and democrac.Y; it was the secure refuge of the oppressed, down-trodden masses of every nation; it was the one haven where peoples, restraind and crushed by excessive and discriminatory legislation, might find room for personal initiative and expansion, where they might enjoy those liberties , which God, in His creation , intended man should enjoy.

But has our government remained faithful to these noble ideals; has she preserved her primitive respect for the dignity, the honor, and the rights of her subjects , or has she gradually been led astray by ambitious, scheming politicians and by nar­row-minded, short-sighted reformers who seem possessed with ·a passion for regulating the conduct of others? The answer to this all-important question, ladies and gentlemen, may be found in the facts of legislation, in the truly appalling increase of laws, rules, and regulations in our country within the past few years. Truly, in view of these facts , we must hang our heads · and shamefully acknowledge that America has shifted her former laudable position, that she has invaded the sacred domain of the private life of her citizens and tried to regulate their every action by the stiff, unyielding arm of the law. Urged by certain fanatical, powerful, influential and monied groups, the govern­ment has passed laws striking at the very foundations of Ameri­canism, in s·uch bills as the Oregon school bill , which is an indi-. rect interference with our religious and educational fr eedom; by the Blue Sunday law, \vhich is a farcical attempt to make men religious by law, by compelling them to remain at home on Sunday · and refrain from all innocent amusement and health­building recreations; by the Volstead act, which endeavors to regulate the tastes of the individual and to determine what he may or may not drink. These and hundreds of other bills of lik,e

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tendency are diametrically opposed to the spirit and letter 'of our constitution itself, as well as to the ideals and institutions of our liberty-loving ancestors. Such bills do not express the will of the majority of our citizens but in each case are the pet hobbies of thoroughly solidified minority groups, who by their efficient and powerful political organization are able to raise the whip-hand of fear above the quailing heads of sycophant, parisitical legislators and compel them to do their bidding.

The Blue Sunday law is the chi ld of a minor group of re­formers of the type of the Puritans of old, who believe that they alone are gifted with intelligence and honesty and, therefore, that the conduct of all should be regulated by their fanatical ideas, rather than by the dictates of their own enlightened, indi­v idual consciences. Those who believe that baseball, tennis,

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motoring, fishing and the like are wrong on Sunday are an insignificant minority of our population, yet these few appoint themselves the guardians of all , and, sad to say, are powerful enough, through organization, to impose their narrow ideas on the vast, unorganized masses. The Oregon school bill and other educational ·bills of the kind are likewise the expression of the prejudices of the few rather than the convictions of the many. The great body of honest American citizens respect the provision of our constitution which guarantees freedom of relig­ion and of education and are quite content to permit the exercise of this right to all, even as they desire to enjoy it themselves. Still, the Oregon legislature passed this law, which endangers that religious and educational freedom guaranteed by the su­preme law of the land. Where, we may well ask, where will this craze stop? If the government continues to be influenced and imposed upon by every group and interest that asks for laws and regulations, our democracy will soon be overthrown and be replaced by dread paternalism. When minorities suc­ceed in depriving the masses of such rights as those of educa­tion, of individual tastes, of innocent recreations, it is impos­sible to determine where they will stop. Soon the regulating, interfering hand of government will reach out into every field of human activity. Nothing will be sacred, nothing secure, but all our cherished liberties will be in constant, imminent danger of being curtailed and destroyed , with the final , inevitable out­come of oppression and slavery. Then the government will con­sider itself the master rather than· the servant of the people and will seek at all times' to enact legislation which will tend to entrench its own strong position as ruler and dictator and will gradually destroy those restrictions which have ever been con­sidered the necessary safe-guards of democracy. The people's will will be disregarded and legislation will be by the govern­_ment and for the government rather than by the people and for the people. Power will accumulate in the hands of the few and be withdrawn from the sovereign people. Every desire of the people which attempts to limit and restrain the authority of the government will be frustrated and the power of the ruling class will grow to incalculable proporti-ons, until finally the last vestige of . democracy will have been obliterated , the hideous monster of oligarchy will have taken its ,place and liberty will have become an outlaw in the land of its birth. Then our once glorious nation, the home of the brave and the free, will become likened to Prussia under the omnipotent Kaiser, .or to Russia during the regime of the Czar. But must results similar to

· those which happ.ened in these unfortunate nations be the awak­ening of America? God forbid. 1-Iowever, let us not sit idly

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by, v.rhile our rights are being taken from us one by one. Let us read the signs of the times and not be blind to the serious­ness of our own present situation, which resembles the begin­nings of evi ls in those ill-fated nations.

Even now many of our laws are held in contempt and derision. Millions of dollars are being spe·nt each year in a futi le effort to compel us to submit to laws in which we do not believe, laws whose evils are easily seen, for they are based, not on the principles of democracy, but on the principles ()f detestable paternalism. l'vfany of these laws do not represent the will of majorities, hence majorities will disobey and dis­regard them. Abundant proofs are at once available which show that many of our laws are honored in the breach rather than in the observance. The Volstead act is an example of this. People of every condition of life frequently boast of their dexterity in evading the prohibition law. Many others blatenly admit that since prohibition has gone into effect they have learned to drink. Even among young men of high school age, and prohibition agents themselves, drinking is common. In fact, this evi l is so widespread that the prohibition law is everywhere the subject for jest and mirth. T he Search and Seizure law is another which people consider as an abuse of their rights . Until this law was passed a man's house was his castle and could not be broken into on mere suspicion, but could be entered on ly by clue process of law. The B lue laws are also a source of popular annoyance and displeasure. W here governments have tried to enforce them they have met with insurmountable opposition. Police and watchmen could 'not be had in sufficient numbers to prevent their open vio lation, so that in most instances, because of utter uninforcibility , they remained as dead letters upon the statute books. And these, ladies and gentle­men, a re only the beginnings of th~ evi.ls of patern.alism. _ .'\

The general effect of such leg1slatwn can easily be -seen by even the most superficial observers. People easi ly lose all vestige of respect for such ill-considered laws, and many do not even consider it a fault to vio late them. They believe their lib­erties are sacred and inv_iolable and that they may disregard the attempts of powerful , organ ized and wealthy minorities to destroy them. This is the condition that excessive prohib itive legislation must inevitably bring about. People cannot possibly observe all the laws imposed upon them and as a consequence, disrespect for all law is engendered. Disrespect for law is al­ready becoming alarmingly seri ous and widespread. Every newspaper throughout the country deplores .the fact that laws are being everywhere broken and vio lated ; crime has increased to an unprecedented extent ; murder, robbery, divorce , drunken-

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ness and their kindred crimes are commonplace occurrances and cease to shock the sensibilities of the public. When such is admittedly the case thr·oughout the nation even how, who can predict the effect of a ·continuance of our present course of reckless, prohibitive legislation? Disrespect for one law leads to that of another and who can tell when the smoldering embers of discontent will blaze forth in a glaring flame of contempt for all law and authority? This is indeed a serious danger. Society must be based on respect for authority if government is to endure. When once this respect is undermined , a nation is in a perilous state. Then, instead of the enforcement of a few necessary, just laws, with consequent good order, regularity

. ana prosperity, disorder, injustice and chaos will reign. The strong and p6wetful will . oppress the weak and helpless; 'the r'ich will exploit the poor, and we will have a practical exempli­fication of the destructive principle of the "survival of the fif- · · test." Then strife and discord will displace peace and security; " selfishness and force will be tQe order of the day and the only weapon against crime will be fear , and fear has never proved ah effectual deterrent from crime.

What must be the effect of these considerations upon us as American citizens? Truly we should take heed to ourselves and as stalwart citizens take up the fight for our liberties . Let ' us then, be as staunch in fighting- for the preservati on of our rights as our forefathers were in fighting to obtain them. Let us be vigilant and keep a watchful eye upon our legislators. Let us not become indifferent spectators of the growing evils but let us be firm in asserting our rights, remembering that a democracy can only endure when the great body of its citizens vote intelligently for representatives and issues and take an active interest in all political activities; remembering also, that ' if America is not to be numbered among the fallen nations of history, we must all unite to keep burning in the hearts of her people the great ideals set up by the fathers.

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Entre Nons

HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY GRADUATES

"The heights of great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight,

But they whilst their companions slept Were up and toiling in the night."

CLASS OFFICERS

President__ _______ ____ __ ____ __ ____ ____ __ ___ ______ ______ __ ____ ___ B. J. CLANCY Vice-PresidenL _____ ___ __________ __ ___ ____ ___ __ ____ __ E. J. McCARTHY Secretary .... ----- ---- --- ------ --- --- -- -._--- · ------ --- ---- -- -- ------ ---1· T. ELLIS Treasurer .. ----- ----------- -- ------ ---- ----- - --- --- -- ---------- --1· R. CONLIN Moderator_ __________ ___ REV. JAMES A. WILLIAMS, A.M.

Motto-Deeds, not words. Emblem-Flaming Torch. Colors-Green and White. Patron-St. Joseph.

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History has been defined by the Sage, "History is the record of what man has done." In a particular sense it may be said that "it is the record of the maniflold activities which have occu­pieD the time and energy of the genus "homo." Although the Senior Class of the Academy has not reached the fullness of man's estate, we feel that our friends will not think us presump­tuous if we devulge a few interesting facts concerning the largest Academy graduating class that has ever been graduated from St. Viator College.

History begins for us in the fall of 1919, when fresh from the public and parochial schools, we enrolled as members of St. Viator College Academy. Our first year at bnarchu; school was filled with thrills and experiences coming to most first year men; we were indeed the awkward , thoughtless , irresponsible and unsophisticated Freshies, living up to true Freshman ideals -always doing those things that we should not do and leaving undone those things that we should have clone. We, too , found out much to our confusion, the futility of seeking the key used to wind up the sun-dial, and great was our chagrin in realizing the fact that pew rent wac; not charged for occupying a seat in

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the College Chapel ·; or again that general permissions were seldom given to go to the neighboring city, or when permissions were given at all, that their granting depended upon ones record of good behavior. However, even Freshmen will learn, though it may be only through personal experience, and so it wasn't .long before we knew that Tickets for the use -of the showe-rs were not to be had in the candy store, by paying "10 cents per or three for 25"; we got wise and refused to contribute toward a fund that was "annually collected to have a few prayers said for the repose of the soul of a Sovereign Pontiff whom we found out later was at the time "gloriously reigning" .; yet best of· all, we found out that Prefects were not the police force of the institution and that sure enough they had human hearts and real human understanding. ·

We rather delighted in the uniforms issued us, for we ar­rived during the year that the R. 0. T. C. was in its glory. Much to our sorrow we found out that wearing khaki and carrying full equipment on parade soon degenerated in our minds to doing time and lugging a musket-the novelty became mere · drudgery. As Freshmen we had hardly learned the lessons proper to our lowly station than the end of the year was at hand we found ourselves promoted into the Sophomore Academy Class. As Sophomores we began to realize that our College was indeed more than a temporary lodging and boarding place, and felt that we were a part, no matter how insignificent, of the great body of students of the school. Although we were filled -vvith ambition to do big things, nevertheless , realizing that we were at the age between childhood and youth, we knew that our roll was the better filled in "being seen," and hence were not often heard above the hum of various class activities of our big brothers of the College department. We were far

· from being inactive, however, in those v aried aff~irs which go . to mark the stages of school days as so many milestones in that ·journey which finally leads to graduation. Our Sophomore year was marked by the opening of the "Extention Drive," for the

·further expansion of our College home , and hence our petty ·activities were submerged into the greater activities of further­ing the campaign toward which all our youthfut ambitions were then turned. Our days of intermingled .joy and woe, of study , and play, came and went. but not before each clay glowed with its bright rainbow of happiness, and scarce before we realized we were standing at the portals of our Junior year-dreaming fond dreams of the things we would do during our third year at school. Upon our entrance as Juniors of the Academy, we

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heights of knowledge and that soon we would be Academy Seniors. We soon would have reached the pinnacle of our heart's desire. Our Junior year found us emancipated from the neces­sity of wearing 0. D.'s and our military training was at an end, as the government had decided to abandon th'e R. 0. T. C. at St. Viator. If we were free from military regulations, however, we were forced to spend all our spare time in digging for credits, for it was in 1921-1922 that the St. Viator College Academy was recognized as a credited school by the regents of the University of Illinois. No wonder then that it was with feelings of relief and that peace which comes to those who realize the reward of duty well done that we rejoiced when we were able to say at last we had won our coveted toga of Seniorship.

I have particularily refrained from going into detail con­cerning the varied activities in which we took part during the first years of our Academy career, nevertheless. I am free- -to say, wthout boasting, that the progress of our class was such that it was ever considered .;=ts an unusual class, not only on account of its large membership, but principally on account of the many class honors captured by its members and on account of the number of athletes in Academy sports ,_ enrolled in the Class of '23 from its very first year.

Upon the opening of school in September, 1922, although old faces were found missing, many new members from various schools joined us , so that our Senior year found us the largest Academy graduating class ever enrolled at Alma Mater. Early in the year the annual election of officers was held and the selection of our present officials made. Plans were also formu­lated as to the manner in which the Seniors of the Academy were to participate in school affairs. Remembering that in the past years we had been seen, but infrequently heard , we decided that "action speaks louder than words,'' and in keeping with our own determination we chose "Deeds, not words ," as our motto. We determined that our last Academic year would be our happiest , that we would try to accomplish "deeds" which would bear a lasting and happy memory, that we would be a

· class of which Alma Mater might well be proud. We chose as our colors green and white. Green indicative

of youthful hone. ever fresh , ever vivifying, which would ever animate every fibre of our being; and white , significant of purity of heart and purity of intention, which we will ever strive to attain in an heroic degree.

Early in our career as dignified Senior Academics, we decided upon class rings and pins , and regretting the lack of uniformity in graduation rings , a lack of a design that would designate St. Viators . we designed a monogram, made of the

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interlaced letters "A" and "V," and hope that succeeding ~las ses will adopt it as the official seal. To further this plan, the class has burdened itself with the expense of having a "die" made, which is willed to the succeeding Senior class.

The Acaderhy "Grads" are proud of their record in athletics and also in the literary and histrionic activities of the A cademy. We are proud of our warriors of the gridiron and of the basket­ball court. Well may we be, for they had no small part in bringing to a very successful close one of the heaviest schedules ever attempted by the Academy, and completed with credit a brilliant season in basket-ball. Had ther-e been an Academy baseball team we are certain we also would have had several "Knights of the Diamond" among our own. The following were awarded monograms in football : W. Doman, G. Herbert, B. Menden and B. Clancy, besides the following Seniors of the Academy who will not graduate until the mid-year term: J. Ambrosius , J. Haley and F. McCoy. The following regulars were awarded the basket-ball sweaters: T. Kelly , A. Long and G. Herbert. All the teams in the Senior basket-ball league numbered 4th Academy men among them, and three of the twelve teams were captained by Senior Acs, namely, Bert Men­den, J. Ambrosius and Mike Artery, while the winning team of the tournament no doubt won the pennant because three of its members were on its roll.

In literary endeavors the class boasts of no less prominence. They are proud of the fact that they promptly and graciously responded to the invitation of the Rev. P. E. Brown to resurrect the dl' rmant \N al sh Society and reorganize it as a society of Academy students, the purpose of which is "for the better use of the American language and to foster the fraternal spirit among students of the Academy." Mr. Eugene McCarthy, '23, as president of the society, assisted by his classmates Mr. J . T. Ellis, '23 , as secretary, and B. Menden , '23, as sergeant-at-arms. has done much to fulfill the purposes of the new organization. It is to be hoped that the new "Walsh," of which they had a sma·ll part of making ·a success, will long continue its praise­worthy work. Nearly one-half of the membership was made up of Academy Seniors.

The class also had representatives in the various Academy organizations. Of special mention we enumerate the Academy graduates who as members of the choir enhanced the beauty of the solemn chapel services-among others, Joseph Ambrosuis, soloist; John Sisk, Roy Boysen, Paul Meagher, Eugene Mc­Carthy and Joseph Deiss; whilst in the St. Berch man Altar Society our representatives were Manuel Loughran, Thomas

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Nolan, John Ellis, Edward Maloy, Eugene McCarthy and Francis Myers.

Although only one member of the Academy Seniors was a member of the Viatorian staff, in the roll of staff artist, never­theless, the class as a whole was ambitious to become "Knights of the Quill," and after due deliberation it was decided that one issue of the College paper should be edited by the various classes of the Academy. The result of the united effort of the several classes is found in the "Academy Number" of the Viatorian. Among its various contributors were the following members of the Senior class : R. Boysen, "The Patron of Catholic Writers"; J. Deiss , "The Un-American Knighthood"; E. Putz, "Chaucer, the Father of English Literature"; J. Ellis , "The Elizabethan Age"; the following poems: "To Marguerite," "Academy Days" and "One of the Gang,'' by P. Meagher, E. MeN eal and E. Mc­Carthy, respectively. The following contributed to "Fagots from Bourbonnais Grove": "Bourbonnais," J. Barry; "The Vil­lage Church," J. Conlin; "The Grave Yard ," J. Haley; "The College," B. Menden, and "Our Patron-St. Viator," E. Maloy. That the Academy number was a success and that the students wrought well is best evidenced by the glowing congratulations received from the various college exchanges of the Viatorian.

In histrionics, the one and only attempt made by the class was a pronounced success. On May 25th, for the first time in the history of the institution, did a Senior Academy class attempt to produce a Senior play. On that occasion a two-act comedy entitled "This Is the Life" was presented in the College Auditorium to a large and appreciative audience. The various parts were well rendered and graciously applauded. That the first attempt of this kind was a success may be gathered from the many !auditory comments received, and from the fact that after the expenses had been paid there remained a balance of some fifty dollars to our credit, although only a small admission fee had been charged.

Early in the year a "drive" was inaugurated by the Very Reverend President, Rev. T. J. Rice, the object of which was to raise a fund which was to be expended to beautify the various class rooms · and lecture halls. The drive was to be conducted by the students of the Academy and the suggestion was joy­ously accepted. Particular zest was manifested by the various classes when it became known that a "grande Conje" (a whole holiday) would be granted to the class which would raise the largest amount for the fund. For fear of being "nosed out" in the race the 4th Academy bent all its energies to win and besides levying a "per capita" tax of $1.00, immediately got busy with chanc es on fi ve dollar gold pieces. From the very beginning

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of the contest to the last moment, keen rivalry was evident, and when the finals were called, it was found that the Fourth Academy had reported the largest amount; the First came sec­ond, the Second coming in third, and the Third being voted the "booby class." On account of the splendid response on the part of all the students, the President granted a general holi­day to all the students of the various departments in the name of the Senior class of the Academy. Thus far some 80 pic­tures of historical, literary, scientific and religious subjects have been placed in the various class rooms, lecture and recitation halls and corridors of the Administration Building. It is the plan of the college council further to beautify the school by purchasing statues, placques and Caproni casts to be placed in the various corridors of the several buildings.

Perhaps the greatest boast and the pride of our hearts is the happy selection of a Class Memorial. For a long time the Academy graduates had cast about for some suitable memorial to be given as a gift to Alma Mater, as a mark of gratitude and ctppreciation for what she has clone for us. Perhaps there was

' a subtle suggestion which influenced us in our choice, for early in our career we had chosen the "Flaming Torch" as our em­blem. We realized that in making our choice of an emblem that Vice had come to St. Via tors to seek and to catch the spark . of the fire of learning from the minds of our beloved professors, men of God, who ever held aloft the torch of knowledge, to guide us and from which we were to light our lamps, and in turn carry with us the light of Christ and of learning back into the world. Feeling that we were to be the torch-bearers for others, we decided to leave as a token of our love and esteem for Alma l\1ater some token significent of our purpose in life, hence we have given as our memorial six tall, graceful pillars, each sur- . mounted by a large globe. in which will glow lights to iuminate the College parkway, to light up the buildings and to glow a welcome to those who seek our clear College Home. We give with generous hearts this memorial to Alma Mater with the sincere hope that she may long prosper-to hold aloft the light of religion and of learning.

Commencement Day, of course, was for us the crowning day of our Senior activities and three members of our class were honored in being chosen to take especial part in the various cere­monies of the clay. The class president was selected by the stu­dents to deliver the patriotic address at the ceremonies of the presentation of the flag to the College by the students of the Academy classes; Mr. Eugene McCarthy, vice-president, rep­resented the Senior class at the Class Day Banquet, and re­sponded to the toast, "Prospects of College," and ] ohn Ellis,

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class secretary, made the giftatory speech, i.e., the address deliv­ered on the occasion of the presentation of the class memorial.

Of the Academy honors awarded on graduation day, the fol­lowing Seniors of the Academy received gold medals and honor-able mention: ·

Senior Academy Excellence Medal- B. Foyno. Next 1n merit, 0. Garza.

History Medal-F. Myers. Next in merit, E. Maloy. The Mathematics Medal-B. Foyno. Next in merit, G.

LaMarre. The Physics Meclal-0. Garza. Next in merit, P. Meagher. The Chemistry Medal- J. Barry. Next in merit, B. Foyno. And now, dear friends, after having heard all these wonder-

ful things about _the Academy graduates of 1923, you are no doubt wondering what is to become of the various members. We have decided to let St. Joseph decide for us, and in this decision lies another story of our class. Early in our Senior year we were anxious to choose a celestial patron, under whose patronage and protection we might place our joys and sorrows , our longings and desires. After much discussion and debate a happy plan was decided upon. It was decided that that Saint after whom the largest number of the class were named should be chosen. This plan, indeed, proved t o be a felicituous one, for it was found that to the Humble Carpenter. of Nazareth, the clearly Beloved St. Joseph , fell the si ngular honor. He has been, indeed , a beloved guardian of the class during our Senior clays, and we trust that he , will not be unmindful ·of us during the years to come. If we are faithful to the t eachings of his foster son , our Blessed Saviour, we need not fear for the future.

That which is to be our future lot may best be summed up in the words of our class speaker at the Class Day Banquet, who said in part: ·

"We stand for the first time at the crossroads of life and realize that soon we must decide what the future holds in store. We have come to the epoch in our lives , whei1 the world asks, and we ask ourselves: 'Quo Vaclis, whither go est thou ?'. This is the position we, as Academy graduates, occupy on this, our commencement day. Though a trifle terrified and a wee bit afraid, yet. we are not completely disheartened or intimidated, for the years spent within the hallowed walls of Alma Mater, the lessons learned from the zealous and saintly Viatorians will help us answer that all important question and to aid us in fol­lowing our chosen pathway-unfalteringly and bravely. What~ ever our choice may be, whatever pathway we · select to follow, we promise to dear St. Viators that we will always remember the lessons of true manhood learned within her holy shrine. If,

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God forbid, any of us shou ld fail, it will not be her fault, for she has prepared us both by teaching and example to clim h the heights of any walk in iife. 'Quo' Vadis, whither goest thou.' A lma Mater and dear professors, we will do our utmost to bring honor and g lory to you, no matter what road we chose to follow."

Class Roll J. J. FLAVIN

J. E. DEISS 0. G. GARZA

E. B. PUTZ R. C. DROLET G. F. HERBERT

B. J. CLANCY C. N. RAICHE

F. J. BRANKIN O.M.Mc DERMOTT

L. W. RILEY G. M. LAMARRE

B. L. FONYO

P. W. MEAGER J. E. BARRY

E. J. MALOY T. B. DUNN W. HUCKINS

G. A. CANNING M. T. ARTERY

T. J. IZ:ELLY J. J. SISK

T. J. HENNIGAN J. F. SULL, IV AN

T. E. N OLAN F. R. FRE EHILL

_ A. J. DUFAULT L. B. M EIS

F. J. MYERS A. E. HENNIGAN

E. J. McCARTHY M. P. LOUGHRAN A. L. LONG

B. A. MEN DEN ]. E. B REGENZER

J. T. ELLIS W. DOMAN ,

F. A. GUERTIN V. W. DUNN

R. M. BOYS EN . J. R. CONLIN J.P. PAUTENIS

C. J. DOOLEY

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Baccalaureate Address Rev. F. A. Cleary, '11

My Dear Graduate~: It is beyond any words of mine ade­quately to express the genuine, heartfelt joy which must be yours on this most auspicious occasion. Today your Alma Mater mantles her wreath of well-merited commission upon you, as new leaders in the world's broad field of intellectual and moral attainments. God's beneficent grace has indeed been most profusely bestowed upon you, and I knCiw full well that you are aware of the privilege, grand in its excellence, supreme in its merit, whereby you are distinguished as recipients of all these honors. Not all men have been so singularly blessed as you, with golden years spent in the association at learning's fount with not only letters and art, science and erudition, your servants in the exposition of thought; but, more magnificent than all these, the companionship of God-fearing and God­exemplifying teachers. I speak ·no vain boast nor assumption when I declare that only such as these anointed of God, can unfold in its fullest extent the beauty and adornments of truth's habiliments. May the fifty-five fruitful years of Viatorian activ­ities continue multiplying in their benevolent, · self-sacrificing mini strations and ever abide with us as the embassy of truth, and the emissaries of Christ himself!

The world needs you, and her necessities await your com­ing. It is unwise for you to deem it other than most expedient. We hear much today concerning the needs of society, and tire · listening to her shortcomings. It is not my purpose to pre­scribe the remedy for the multiplicity of ailments, which seem to harass men today. I leave such measures to minds and genius more skilled than mine. I, hQwever, . make this observa:­tion r as one, I am sure, universally to be ·true, that no efficacy can restore, nor antidote relieve, save that which .abides in faith. For what is knowledge unless faith? Faith in the essence, which is an act of the intellect, actuating our intelligence to the realization of truths . All truth rests in the Divine Plan, and whether civilization is to approach or attain perfection, depends on man's hope in God. We must be guided by impulse induced in our souls through intercourse with the Creator. There is nothing to be solved, unless it be greater motives for our . con~ cordance with faith. The motive power which we possess . is the distinguishing characteristic of our manhood, . name~y: :~he

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great gifts from God, of memory, understanding and free-wilL They are the faculties of the soul, like unto the Trinity; the power of the Father; the love of the Son; and the wisdom of the Holy Ghost. In these three we shall find salvation, for to us, there is given the means whereby our well-being shall fructify in its development of great truths. I would say to you, my dear graduates, that in your intercourse with society, not ab­struce problems, irksome and difficult, shall ordinarily obstruct your pathway to success, but on the other hand, only those apparently simple and unobtrusive. True you must meet, thought with thought, give sacrifice for sacrifice, sympathy for sympathy. No true service to mankind can be rendered without these. You must assume a personal responsibility for all your actions; and in these, as in all acts of man, you need have purity of intention continuously. It is because so many of us are selfish that we fail in universal accomplishments. The nation without sacrificing individuals cannot long survive. There are already too many vultures; too many pari sites; too much dis­regard for long established authority. Governments tremble; nations are terrorized; morals devastated; by that all consum­ing demon, greed. Sorrow and anguish rested on the bosom of the God-man; souls perish; religion is defiled because of it. We must have faith in God; faith in our .systems; faith in ourselves. We are the prototypes and if we seek to imitate Him, who is the Paragon of our ideals and the perfection of all species, then we should cultivate His nobility. In her system of education, our Holy Mother, the Church, ever seeks to retain in man the flower of all God's consuming grace, in whose cloak happiness abides, and peace is enthroned. From the very first, when her children are anointed with the baptismal dew of holy innocence,

· on through all her training illumined by the light of unadulter­ated truth. To love is her ensign; to serve, her mission; to build, not to destroy, her labor. Only the zealous perseverance, marked by heroic valor shall merit the crown of immortality. The world has already too many drones; society an over-indul­gence in useless pleasures; and too many unshackeled licenses. Labor, my dear friends, is the physic of all ills; persistency, the price of valor. What we demand today is not more law, but the observance of the authority we have already established. Success is not always popularity, it is service and efficiency, for opportunely meeting the problems of the moment. "We are the painters of life," says Gregory of Nyssa, "our wills the hand that wields the brush; our virtues its colors, and Christ our model." We must individually dedicate our lives to the fulfill­ment of ideals; because ideals illumine the soul, as stars the heavens. Vital principles are the mirrors of glory, and to violate

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principles is to wound the soul. The emoluments of life are honesty, integrity and purity of heart. Citizenship is begotten of righteousness and liberty is not license, but only the pursuit of honor. Manhood will always be sorely tried in the various crises, which from time to time arise in life. You, my- friends; as all others in this busy world , must face them. I firmly believe that you are well groomed for the struggle, and will repel their force most gracefully. Like the great John Chrysostom, who fought sin and the devil, who enraptured Antioch and captivated Constantinople, you too can bid apostolic defiance to your enemies. "Many are the waves, and threatening the storms which surround me," he says·, "but I fear not , for I am stand-: ing on the rock; let the sea roar, it cannot wash away the rock; let the billows mount, they cannot sink the bark of our Lord Jesus Christ. Thou makest me more glorious and thou was test thy strength in warring against me. Cease thy battling lest thou lose thy strength , when thy fighting is against the Church, it is impossible that thou shouldst conquer, for God is above all in strength." "r' am the Lord thy God , who brought thee out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage," says the First Commandment. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul , and thy neigh­bor as thyself," typify an epitome of life. The human soul i::; the greatest thing in life, and in comparison to its attributes , even the Universe with all its beauties, is as a vain shaclo\-v to the realty. For the souls of men our Savior died , for saving souls is saving humanity.

In concluding your studies here at St. Viator , my dear graduates, let the firm convictions of the truths, which it is your good fortune to possess, 1mpel you to higher and nobler efforts in the field of professional activity. May your loyalty to these truths warrant for you, unabating success in the chosen spheres you shall follo,v, and cause you to be of untold worth to society. Your country and my country can only be preserved by the integrity of her citizens, for , there .is already an unwarranted display of greed, even with those in whom is placed the sacred dignity of public trust. Seek to overcOme evil by good; and live as the Master, full of kindly deeds and pnselfish ambition. Then your hearts will throb with joyful realities, and an unsur­passing peace, the strength of which shall prompt you, no mat:­ter whatever else may come, to exclaim: "Rabboni. When I · am dying, how glad I shall be, that the lamp of my life has burned out for thee. That sorrow has darkened the path that I trod, that thorns and n9t roses were strewn o'er the sod, that anguish of spirit so often was mine, since anguish of spirit so often was thine. My cherished Rabboni', how glad I shall be, to die with a hope of welcome from Thee."

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. Although language is the means given men to express their thoughts and feelings, yet there are sentiments that ofttimes dwell in the human heart that mere words are inadequate to declare. Such is my predicament on this momentous occasion. So today, I am at a loss for words that will adequately express the deep and heartfelt emotions, as I stand in the presence of my fellow-graduates and teachers, possesse<;l of the signal priv­ilege of speaking the last fare ·well at this St. V-iator commence­ment. On . this occasion, when we are rapidly approaching the time of dep·arture, old scenes, old friends , and old faces, whose association we may never again enjoy, are pictured in our imaginations, recalling the happy times of by-gone days, carry­ing us back with irresistable force over the w aves of our col-legiate cruise. ·

When we realize that we are about to be cast into life's arena, there to grapple with its wicked allurements, pains and woes, the ties of affection and friendship, formed under the shel­tering roof of Alma Mater, become more sweet and sacred, gain­ing strength wit~ the passing of every moment.

· It.· is true that we have looked forward to the day when we, stamp~d with the mark of a college graduate, might leave these halls; but now, as we discern the demon of departure approaching, anxious to convey us from these very portals, a feeling of sadness creeps over each and every one of us. To say good-bye is in part to die, because thereby we not only bid fare­well to our immediate associates, but to the very things which have made our lives the Utopias that they have been. Yes, ·indeed , partings are sad. We not only break the ties of our class organ­ization, which have been the strong force to propel us in our quest of intellectual strength, but we, to a certain extent, sever the bonds of intimate fellowship by entering into different fields

. to achieve our destiny. The real pain consists in leaving those _men, who, like a loving mother, have nourished and develop~d our intellectual and spiritual life; who, like a true sister, have unfolded before our youthful eyes the visions of beauty and loveliness, that made us desire the best and £eek the highest; who, like a fond father, have laid before us the riches of the ages, that we might extract from their very abundance the things most desirable and necessary for our success in the vari-­ous pathways of human endeavor. Hence it :is not strange that

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-we might wish to tarry in paying a last tribute to that which has been the animating principle of our intellectual life here at St. V ia tor's. .Hence 1 t 1s that \iv· e desne one more lasting em­brace irom the Alma :Mater, vvho begot us in our ment:tl in1ancy, who reared u s through the years or our schola :o t1c growth, auJ finally lavished upon us the to tality of lwr blessing. A nd, there­fore, as we depart from this maternal guidance, it is only natural th:' t our great joy on this occasion should be determined by a vein of sadness.

Yet, th.is sadness is greatly alleviated, when we stop and consider our situation in com.parison with those, w ho .ha1re not been able to enjoy the same privilege 0.s we have-a Cathulic College Education. Such a corap;trison gives us the assurance that we will be better able to combat the evils of life than those, not so favored by destiny.

Here, might I digress and take a cursory glance at present­day society. Is it not true that we are today living in an age, the chief character-istic of which is confusion? It is true that we have advanced from an industrial and ~ scientific viewpoint; machinery, weapons of war, and deadly gases are a few of the inventions recorded, but they will rise to crush us, unless they ctre made to subserve right human life. On the other hand, we see that the individual is made 'subservient to industry , that human rights are sacrificed for property rights . Scripture says, "Love thy neighbor as thyself," but, to many, this is a mere rhe­torical phrase, meaning nothing. M en have cast from their hearts the immutable law of God and this is why society is now vvTithing in the grasp of social and moral convulsions.

How to combat these evils has been the aim of Alma lVIater, and consequently, it cannot be doubted that a Catholic education is more beneficial than that obtained at a secular institution of learning. These Clerics of St. Viator who have given up their lives for the cause of Catholic education, have bestowed upon us favors and and blessings which non-Catholic schools with all their splendid edifices and equipment cannot give. Not neglect-

. ing the intellectual side, th ese men have centered their efforts upon the development of our n1oral natures. They have given us an inspiration to do things worth while. They have labored to make us men of virtue, honor, and integri ty .

Fellow Graduates, as a result of this , much is expected of us. Let us live up to these expectations in the accomplishment of our destinies let not our high hopes be infected with any germ, which 1vi ll bring division and decay. \Ve must proceed with wisdom and moderation and a firmness of purpose that will give hope and confidence to all, and at the same time preserve for

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ourselves the heritage given us. We must pledge -t i'ur 11ves to the fulfillment of our duty. To do otherwise is to fail.

But I must stop; the time draws ncar and I must say fare­well, a simple word, yet one which carries with it all the pain of parting. And while words can never express our gratitude, yet, in the name of the Class of 1923, I wish again to extend our heartfelt thanks ~o the faculty of St. Viator. And though Time's unrelenting hand may direct our steps into diverse paths of life, we will always remain here in spirit to worship at this shrine of learning. vVe bid you, one last fond farewell.

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SEPTEMBER 3-Inauguration of the Very Rev. T. J . Rice, C. S. V., A. M. as

President. 11-Academy Entrance Examinations. 1 2-Academy Registration. 13-Instruction Begins. 14--Varsity Football practice begins under Coach Crangle. 18-College Entrance Examinations. 19-College Registration. 20-Schola Brevis. 21-St. John Berchman's Sanctuary Society Organized. 22-Solemn Mass in honor of The Holy Ghost ;--Very Rev. T. J .

Rice celebrant. 24--Col.lege Choir organized . 25-Very Rev. Father Rob ert C. S . V., Superior General, arrives

for the canonical visitation of the Viatorian Establishments in the U. S.

\ r a tori an Editorial Room opened. 27-Viatorian Staff Chosen. 29-Senior Class of the College organized,-Election of Officers. 30---College Orchestra Organized.

OCTOBER 3-Very Rev. Father Robert C. S. V., Superior General, Fare­

well Reception. 6--First Friday Devotions-Holy Hour, Rev. T. ]. ·Rice presid­

ing. "The Sacred Heart . and the Holy Rosary." 7-Football. Notre Dame Frosh 7, St. Viator 20. Bradley In­

dependents 6, St. Viator Academy 26. 9-St. Viator becomes a member of the Federation of Amer­

ican Universities and Colleges. 12-. Columbus Day-Half Holiday. 14-Football at Peoria. Bradley Poly 16, St. Viator 0. At Bour-­

bonnais, Loyola Academy 0. St. Viator Academy 0: : l 3 :~Knights of . Colu~mbus · Ini~iation; St. ·via tor's Council No.

745, Kankakee, Ill. 20-Fifth Annual Homecoming. Alumni Reunion. Football at

Bourbonnais. Depaul U. 6, St. Viator 15.

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21-St. Viator Day. Football at Chicago. DePaul Academy 0, S. V. Acad. 0.

23-Study Period lengthened. Recreation time shortened. 24--College Club holds election of officers. Smoker. 28-College at Bourbonnais; Loyola U. 0, St. Viator 20. Acad-

emy at Lake Forest 66, St. Viator Acad. 6.

NOVEMBER 1-All Saints Day; Rev. W. J. Bergin, Sr., Celebrant. "The

Communion of Saints.'' 2-All Soul s Day; General Communion. 3-First Friday; Holy Hour. Rev. \V. J. Bergin on "The Sa­

cred Heart and the Poor Souls." 4--Football at Kalamazoo, Mich.; Kalamazoo College 7, St.

Viator 0. 6-Death of the Very Reverend P. Rob ert, Superior General of ·

The Clerics of St. Viator. 7~Solemn Requiem Mass and General' Communion for the re­

pose of the soul of the lq._te Superior General. 11-Football at Dubuque, Iowa; Columbia 13, St. Viator 0. Ar-

mistice Day; movie, "The Fighting Streak." · 13-Sophomores elect officers. 14--College Club meets; Smoker. 15-Class Ru sh ; upper classmen victorious. ] 5-Movie, "Just Tony." 16-First quarterly exams begin. 17-Monster "Pep" meeting in College Gym. 18-Football at Valparaiso, Ind. Valparaiso 0, St. Viator 0. 19-"Peg 0' J\1y Heart" presented in College auditorium. 20---Alumni number of the Viatorian received. 22-Movie, "l\1en of Zanzibar." 23-Freshman Class Elects Officers. 24--Football game at Galesburg; Lombard 20, St. Viator 6. 28-Thanksgiving Recess begins. 30-Thanksgiving Day.

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1-First Friday Devotions, Father O'Mahoney presiding. "The Sacred :Heart and Frequent Communion." Physical Culture Classes Organized.

2-Iviovies, "Rough Shod." 5-Basket Ball practice under Coach Bushnell. 8-Feast of the Immaculate Conception. J uvenist Banquet,

at St. Joseph Hall, in honor of the , Director, Rev. J. R. Plante, C. S. V. ·

9-·-Movies, "Hold the Line . .''

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11-Concert and Dance in College Gym. :Music furnished by Benson's Victor Record Orchestra.

14-Varsity Basketball; St. Viator 34, Chicago Tech. College 11. 16-lVIovie, "Iron to Gold." 17-Diamond Jubilee of Maternity Parish; Sacred Concert. 18-Academy Basketball; St. Viator H. S. 19, Donavan H. S. 10. 20-Academy Basketball; St. Viator H. S. 28, Kankakee H. S.

19. Varsity Football Banquet. Sweaters awarded. Em­met l\!lurphy elected Captain of squad of 1924.

21-Christmas number of the Viatorian received. 22-Christmas Recess Begins.

JANUARY 3--Christmas Recess Ends. S-First Friday Devotions; Father Stephenson presiding. "The

Sacred Heart as Protector of Students." 6·-Feast of the Epiphany. Movies, "Pardon My Nerve.''

10-Academy Basketball; St. Viator H. S. 19, Spalding Insti­tute 18.

13-Varsity Basketball; St. Viator 15, \\!estern State Normal 17. The \N alsh Literary Society Organized. Movies, "'I'he Fast Mail."

14--Knights of Columbus Initiation in Kankakee, :U). 1 5-Varsity Basketball at Bloomington; State N ormcl'i\ U niver­

sity 15, St. Viator 13. 16-Varsity Basketball at Decatur; St. Viator 19, Milliken Uni­

versity 18. 17-Varsity Basketball at Charleston; St. Viator 18, Eastern

State Normal 14. Walsh Literary Society holds initiation. 1 9-Academy Basketball in Chicago; St. Viator H. S. 32, St.

Cyril College 10. 20-:rviovies, "Come On Over." 21-"K. K. K." presented by Rev. R. A. Sheridan. 23-Academy Seniors elect semester officers. 25-26-27-Second Quarterly Examinations held. 2/-College Club Smoker. Academy Basketball; St. Viator

H. S. 13, Loyola Academy 6. 2'8-29-30-Students Annual Retreat. Father Fulgeris , 0. F. IVL,

presiding. 31-Semester Entrance Examinations and Registration. Var­

sity Basketball; 'vVabash College 34, St. Viator 19.

FEBRUARY 1 --Second Semester Instruction begins. Academy Basketball

at Fairbury; Fairbury H. S. 19, St. Viator H. S. 16. 2--Varsity Basketball; St. Viator 34; Columbia College 19.

Academy Basketball at lVIonticello; Monticello H. S. 17,

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St. Viator H. S. 23. First Friday Devotions. Father Sheri­dan presiding. "Love of the Sacred Heart."

3-Varsity Basketball; Milliken University 21, St. Viator 20. Academy Basketball at Bement ; St. Viator H. S. 25, Be­ment H. S. 14.

4--Fourth Corridor Banquet in the College Dining Room ; m honor of the prefect, Brother McEnroe. ··

5-Varsity Basketball; St. Viator 36; Valparaiso U. 22. 6-Midyear issue of the Viatorian received. -7- Varsity Basketball; St. Viator 32; Arkansas Aggies 12.

Academy Basketball at Reddick; St. Viator H. S. 42, Red­dick H. S. 12.

9-Varsity Basketball; St. Viator 21, State Normal U. 17. 10-N ational and State Officials of American Legion visit Col-­

lege. Academy Basketball in Chicago; ·st. Viator H. S. 21, St. Mel's H. S. 13. Movies, "The Jolt."

11-Presentation of "Cappy Ricks" by New York Cast. 12-Lincoln's Birthday. Half-holdiay. Academy Basketball at

Kankakee, St. Viator H. S .. 23, Kankakee H. S. 21. 14--Ash Wednesday. Lenten Devotions Begin. St. Valentine's

Day. 15-Varsity Basketball. St. Viator 45, Illinois College 11. 16-Varsity Basketball at l\1ilwaukee. Marquette University

18, St. Viator 15. Academy Basketball at Chicago: Quigley Preparatory Seminary 14, St. Viator H. S. 12.

17-Walsh Society Initiation. Movies, "West Is West." Varsity Basketball at Beloit: Beloit College 18, St. Viator 9.

19-20-21-Fathers Rice and O'Mahoney attend m eeting of Fed-eration of Illinois Colleges.

20-Academy Basketball. St. Viator H. S. 40, Gilman H. S. 21. 21-Basketball. Detroit University 30, St. Viat-or 27. 21-Anniversary of the fire of 1906. Mass of Thanksgiving for

safety of faculty and students. 22-\Vashington's Birthday. Half holiday. 24--Movies, "The Lost Trail." Varsity Basketball at Kalama­

zoo: vVestern State N orn1al 24, St. Viator 22. 26-Varsity Basketball at Valparaiso: .St. Viator 29, Valparaiso

University 21.

MARCH 2-First Friday Devotions, Father Maguire presiding. "The

Charity of the Sacred Heart." 3-Movies, "Cinderella of the Hills." 5-Varsity Basketball at Bloomington. Illinois \ i\1 eslcyan Uni­

versity 30, St. Viator 17. 6-Varsity Basketball at Peoria: Bradley Poly. 31, St. V iator 23.

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7-St. Thomas Day Philosopher's share their holiday with the College Departr:nent. Varsity Basketball at Eureka: St. Viator 37, Eureka Col. 31. Fortieth Birthday of the "Viatorian."

10-Movies, "The Ragged Heiress." 12-Baseball practice begins under Coaches Kelly and Murch­

ISon. 14-Illustrated Lecture on Father Damien and the Lepers, by

Anthony Matre, K. S. G. 17-St. Patrick's Day. 18-St. Patrick's Day Celebration. Solemn Pontifical High Mass .

Rt. Rev. Msgr. Legris, celebrant; Rev. W. J. Bergin, Dea­con; Rev. J. A. Williams, sub-deacon. Sermon, Rev. J. P. O'Mahoney. Banquet. Presentation of Father Sheridan's Play, "An Irish Rose."

19-St. Joseph's Day. Subject for Oratory Contest Announced. 20-Academy Drive begins for funds to beautify Class Rooms

and Lecture Halls. 24-Movie, "Extra! Extra!" 26-27 -28-Third quarterly examinations held. 28-Easter Recess Begins.

1-Easter Sunday. 2-Easter Recess Ends.

APRIL

6-First Friday Devotions, Father Munsch presiding. "The Sacred Heart and The Passion."

7-Movies, "The Thunderclap." 9-Lecture by General John J. Clinnin, U. S. A. Irish Ballads

sung by Anthony Corcoran. 11-Senior Basketball League \V"inners Banquet and awarding

of pennants. 14--Varsity Baseball. St. Viator 24, Amer. Col Phy. Edu. 0.

M·ovies, "\'Al estern Speed." 17-Senior Prom at Radeke's Hall. Music by Yokum's Seren­

aders. 18-Provincial Chapter of the Clerics of St. Viator held at the

College. Delegates chosen for the General Chapter. 21- Varsity Baseball: St. Viator 22, Lake Forest College 2. 23-Varsity Baseball: Y. M. C. A. Col. of Chi. 0, St. Viator 9. 24-Varsity Baseball at Indianapolis: St. Viator 5, Butler Col. 4. 25-Varsity Baseball at Bloomington, Ind.: St. -Viator 8, Indi-

ana University 1. 26-Varsity Baseball at Greencastle, Ind.: St. Viator 22, De­

pauw 10. Victory Parade and Demonstration. 27-Free day. Reception of team. 30--Varsity Baseball : St. Viator 15, Milliken University 5

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MAY 1-May Devotions begin in honor of the Blessed Virgin. 2-Varsity Baseball: St. Viator 7, Columbia College, 1.

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4--First Friday Devotions, Father Brown presiding. "The Sa~ creel Heart and Our Lady." Baseball: \IV estern State or­mal of Kalamazoo 10, St. Viator 14.

5-Movies, "The Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." Baseball: .Lombard 7, St. Viator 21.

9-Tennis Club Organized. 10-Feast of the Ascension. Baseball at Peoria: St. Viator 2,

Bradley Poly 1. 11-Academy Number of Viatorian arrives. 1 2-Vaudeville. Amateur night. 13-Mothers Day. Knights of Columbus Initiation. 14--Finale Hop at Radeke's Hall, under the direction of the Col­

lege Club. Music by the Blue Goose Orchestra, featuring Bill Donahue.

15-Reno, the Magician, entertains the student body. 16-Baseball at Lake Forest. , St. Viator 8, Lake Forest Col. 0. 17-Baseball: Bradley Poly 5, St. Viator 1. The Viatorian be-

comes a charter member of the Inter-Collegiate Press As­sociation of Illinois.

18-Free Day in honor of Fourth Year Academy. Baseball: Valparaiso University 9, St. Viator 1.

21-Kankakee Viatorian Club Banquet at the Marigold Inn. 22-Baseball: St. Viator 12, Loyola University 4. Preliminary

Oratorical Contest. 24--Altar Boys' Picnic. Academy Senior Class Play, "This is

the Life," presented at State Hospital, Kankakee, Illinois. Baseball at Kalamazoo: St. Viator 10, Western State Nor. 0.

25-uThis is the Life," presented at College. 2t>-Reverends Leo T. Phillips, Arthur J. Landroche, and Greg­

ory Galvin of the Clerics of St. Viator, ordained at I--Ioly N arne Cathedral, Chicago. College and Senior Academy Examinations begin.

27-Rev. A. J. Landroche, c. s. v., celebrates his first Solemn Mass at Maternity Church, Bourbonnais, Ill.

28-Varsity Baseball at Crawfordsville, Ind.: \IV abash 6, St. Viator 0.

30-Memorial Day Services at Monument of our War Dead. Address, P. F. Creel, '23. Baseball: Beloit Coll ege 3, St. Viator 4.

31-Feast of Corpus Christi. Public Novena in honor of the Sacred Heart begins.

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JUNE 1-First Friday Devotions, Father Rinella presiding. "The

Glory of the Sacred Heart." Oratorical Contest. Soran Leahy, '26, winner. Thomas Jordan, ''24, second. Essay Medal announced. Winner, Murel Vogel, '26; second, Paul Clifford, '24.

2-College Senior-Junior Banquet at Lafayette Hotel. .. 3-Solemnity of Feast of Corpus Christi. Proce.ssion of Blessed

Sacrament. 4-Tennis Tournament-}. Haley, H. S. Champion of Indiana,

wins the championship. 8-Feast of the Sacred Heart. General Communion.

10-Class Day Exercises. 11 - Commencement Day-College Auditorium.

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Annual Commencement and Class Day Exercises

JUNE TENTH AND ELEVENTH Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three

Class Day Exercises SUNDAY, JUNE TENTH

Ten O'clock A. M. SOLEMN MASS

College Chapel

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Celebrant ................ The Rev. Gregory A. Galvin, C. S. V. Deacon . ...... . ...... . The R~v. Arthur J. Landroche, C. S . V. Sub-Deacon ... .... .. ....... The Rev. Leo T. Phillips, C. S. V.

' BACCALAUREATE SERMON

The Rev. John S. Finn, '85. Eleven Forty-five A. M.

Presentation of the Flag ........ . Bernard C. Clancy, Acad ., '23 Benediction and Acceptance . . ... .. The Rev. J. A. \.Villiams, '10

Procession to the Flag Staff Flying the Flag ......... ....... ....... Academy Class of 1923

EVENING EXERCISES COLLEGE CAJVIPUS Eight O'clock P. M.

Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orchestra . Class Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michae l Mroz, '23 Vocal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professor Yokum Class History ....................... V incent J. J\llcCarthy, '23 Class Prophecy .. .... . . . ................ John \V. Clancy, '23 Vocal ... . : .. · ................. . ..... . . Miss Catherine Duffin Class VVill .............. ...... . ... ..... John E. \.V illiams, '2'3 Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selected Presentation of Class Memorial ........... John E llis, Acad., '23 Finale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orchestra

Investiture of the Junior Class

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Comm·encement Day Exercises MONDAY, JUNE ELEVENTH

Eleven A. M. ALUMNI REUNION

Twelve M. CLASS BANQUET

TOASTS J. Robert Langton, '23

Toastmaster

Overture .................................. , ..... , Orchestra Athleti cs ........... . .... . ................ John P. Farrell, '23 Prospects of College ............ Eugene McCarthy, Acad., '23 Our ] uniors ............ .. . ........ Edmund A. O'Connor, '24 The A lumni ................. The Rev. Louis M. O'Connor, '07 Reminiscences ............ .. .......... Paul H. Kurzynski, '23 Ad L ibitum ............... Very Rev. Terence R. Rice, C. S. V.

Graduation Exercises MONDAY, JUNE ELEVENTH

COLLEGE AUDITORIUM: Two O'clock P. M.

BACHELOR ORATIONS Prohibitive Legislation

The Facts of Such Legislation . ... ........ Patrick F. Creel, '23 The Futility of Such Legislation .......... Michael Mroz, '23 The Danger of Such Legislation ....... John E. vVilliams, '23 Valedictory .......................... J. Robert Langton, '23 Graduat e Address ............ The Rev. Francis A. Cleary, '11

AWARDING OF MEDALS GRANTING OF DIPLOMAS CONFERRING OF DEGREES

BENEDICTORY Right Reverend l\!Isgr. G. M. Legris, D. D., '78

· A warding of D·egrees The following gentlemen having completed the prescribed

course of studies were awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts: J. Robert Langton .......... ........... ~ Patrick F. Creel ..... Culpepper Court House, Virginia :Michael L. Mroz .... : ................... Chicago, Ill. John vV. Clancy .......................... Odell, Ill. John E. \Villiams ........ .. ........ Kennebec, S. Dak.

·W illiam E. Cracknell ................... Chicago, Ill.

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Paul H. Kurzynski .................... St. Louis, Mo·. Mr. Joseph A. Bolger of Homewood, Ill., having completed

the course prescribed in Commerce and .Finance was awarded the degree of. Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Finance.

Granting of Diplomas The following students of St. Viator College Academy hav­

ing completed the High School Course, and having passed satis­factory examinations, were granted High School diplomas:

Joseph Edward Deiss ................... Joliet, Illinois v Francis R. Freehill ................... Strawn, Illinois Clayton J. Dooley ............ -.\Vest Chicago, Illinois Thomas E. Nolan ................ Woodstock, Illinois Gerard M. Lamarre ............. Bourbonnais, Illinois Arthur J. Dufault .................. Kankakee, Illinois Frances Joseph Myer ................ Decatur, Illinois Linus B. Meis .................. : ... Fairbury, Illinois John Francis Sullivan ............... Chicago, Illinois Thomas Joseph Kelly ............... Chicago, Illinois George Francis Herbert . ........ ..... Gifford, Illinois John Joseph Johnson ................ Chicago, Illinois Oscar Ernest Garza .................. Saltillo, Mexico Bela Fonyo ............... · ......... . Chicago, Illinois Anthony E. Hennegan ............... Chicago, Illinois Francis A. Guertin ................ Kankakee, Illinois Thomas B. Dunn .................... Verona, Illinois Thomas Joseph Hennegan ........... Chicago, Illinois Clement N. Raiche ................ Kankakee, Illinois Orville M. McDermott ............ Kankakee, Illinois ·vincent V. Sanford ............... Freeland, Michigan George A. Canning ................ Evanston, Illinois Edward B. Putz .................. Kankakee, Illinois Leslie \V. Riley ................... Kankakee, Illinois Bertram A. Menden ................. Chicago, Illinois John J. Sisk ........................ Chicago, Illinois John ]. Flavin ...................... Ivesdale, Illinois James C. Somers ............... , ... Ivesdale, Illinois Philip H. Bastien ...... .. ......... Kankakee, Illinois Vincent W. Dunn ..................... Verona, Illinois Eug~ne J. McCarthy ................ Chicago, Illinois Joseph P. Pautenis ............ Reading, Pennsylvania John R. Conlin ...................... DeKalb, Illinois John Tracy Ellis .................... . Seneca, Illinois James E . Barry .... .. ......... New York City. N. Y. Joseph E. Bregenzer ............... KaJ!kakee, Jltinni--; Roger C. Drolet ............. . .. Bourbonnais, Jllil'· "'

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l\ti ichael T . Artery ................... Chicago, Illinois Raymond 1\ti. Boysen .. .... . .. .. . Seattle, Washington Edward J. Maloy .. .. .. . ... ...... .. . Summit, Illinois Arthur Leo Long ................... Decatur, Illinois Manuel P. Loughran ....... . ........ Pontiac, Illinois Paul W. Meagher . .................. Ottawa, Illinois Bernard J. Clancy . ................ .. Chicago, Illinois Vvr arren Huckins ............. . .... Kankakee, Illinois Francis J. Brankin . ....... .. ........... Joliet, Illinois

Class Honors MEDALS

The Durkin Philosophy and Excellence Medal Presented by the Rev. P. H. Durkin, Rock Island, Illinois,

is awarded to : J. Robert Langton, Peoria, Illinois. Next in Merit: Everett Williams, Kennebec, S. Dak.

The Bennett Oratory Medal. Presented by Rev . J ohn T. Bennett, Chi cago, Illinois 1s

awarded to: So ran J . Leahy, Kankakee, Illinois. Next in merit: Thomas Jordan, Pontiac, Illinois.

The Conway English Essay Medal. Presented by the Rev. P. C. Conway, Chicago, Illinois, ts

awarded to: M urel Vogel, Clinton, Indiana. Next in ~merit: Paul Clifford, Farmer City, Illinois.

The McD·onald Latin Medal. Presented by Rt. R ev . P. J. McDonnell, Chicago, Illinois,

is awarded to : Andrew J. O'Loughlin , Springfield, Illinois. Next in merit: Eugene J. Surprenant, Chicago, Illinois.

The Marsile Politeness Medal. Presented by Rev. M. J. Marsile, c. s. v., Oak Park, Illinois ,

is a warded to : .T ohn W . Clancy, O dell, Illinois. Next in merit: J. Robert Langton , P eoria, Illinois.

First High Excellence Medal. Presented by Rev. JYI. P. Sammon, Peoria, Illinois , is award­

ed to : John \l\l. Stafford, Chicago, Illinois. Next irt merit: Emmanuel Kaminik, Highland Park, Illinois.

Second High Excellence Medal. Presented by. Rev. M. J. 1\ticKenna, Chi cago, Illinois , is

awarded to:

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Bernard J. MMlvaney, Marion, Wisconsin. Next in merit: John J. :McAndrews, Joliet, Illinoi s.

Third , H jigh Excellence Medal. Pr;es;ented by the Rev. M. Dermody, Aberdeen, So. Dakota ,

is awarded to: Ralph B. Garza, Mexico.

Fourth High Excellence Medal. Presented by the Rev. T. J. Hurley, Chicago, Illinois, 1s

· awarded to: Bela Z. F-6nyo, Chicago, Illinois. Next in merit: Oscar Garza, Mexico.

The Christian Doctrine Medal. Presented by the Rt. Rev. G. M. Legris, Bourbonnais, Illi­

rwis, is awarded to: Bernard Mulvaney, Marion, Wisconsin. Next in merit: John J. McAndrews, Joliet, Illinois.

', The History Medal.

Presented by the Rev . P_. J. O 'Dwyer, Chicago, Ill inois, 1s awarded to:

Francis J . Myers , Decatur, Illinoi s. Next in merit : Edward Maloy, Summit, Illinois.

The Mathematics Medal. Presented by the Rev. Patrick Buckley, Chicago, Illinois, ts awarded to: Bela Z. F onyo, Chicago, Illinois.

The Physics Medal. Presented bv the Rev. J . J. Morrissey, Chicago, Illinois, 1s

awarded to: O scar Garza, Mex ico. Next in merit: Paul W. Meagher, Ottawa, Illinois.

The Chemistry Medal. Presented by the Rev. D octor Vv' . P. Cannon , Kankakee, Illi ­

nois, is awarded to: 'Jam es E . Barry, New York City. Next in merit: Bela Fonyo.

The Academic Conduct Medal. Presented by the R ev . J. J. Corbett, c. s. v., Ch icago, Ill inois,

is awarded to: J ohn Smith . P eotone, Illinois. . Next in m erit : Bela F onyo, Bernard M ulvaney, Zen is Lem­

na, J oseph Sweeni e. and Thomas l\1eehan.

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Published Bi-monthly by Students of St. Viator College, Bourbonnais, Ill.

Entered as Second-class Matter, January 12, 1917, at the Post Office at Bourbonnais, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. . . .

Alumni

EDITORIAL STAFF Rev. J. A. Williams, A. M., Faculty Director

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF John E. Williams, '23

DEPARTMENT EDITORS Inter Alia ..................... .

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Manager, ..... JQhn P. Lynch, '21 Circulation .... John Barrett, '24

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Subscription price: One and a Half Dollars per year, payable in ad­vance. Single copies, fifty cents.

All business communications should be addressed to "Business Manager, The Viatorian, Bourbonnais, Illinois."

Finis Coronat Opus

Well did the Seniors choose as their motto "Finis coronat opus," "The end crowns the labor." They realized th e deep significance of these few words when · they recalled the large number of students enrolled with them in their freshman year and how each re­

curring year saw this number dwindle one by one until finally but a comparative few reached the goal of graduation.

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Those who have continued the journey to its final stage are thankful that they had the opportunity and the perseverance to keep stuggling on, despite the pains, and labors, and sorrows that came to them from time to time, and despite the attractions of the glamorous and apparently free and unrestrained . life of the world beyond their College walls. They kept toiling on, not because the life of a student is always easy and agreeable, but because they kept their eyes steadfastly fixed on the reward which would inevitably come to them in payment of their self­sacrificing efforts. \Nell did they rejoice when the last exam ina-

. tions and tests were completed and they were tendered their degree as an emblem of satisfactory, persevering labor, and were given the hearty approval and commendatiop of their Alma l\1ater. They felt that graduation, though it marked the comple­tion of their college days, was but a stepping· stone to better and higher accomplishments and might be used as a means to ascend

. the ladder of worthy ambition to its very pinnacle. Now that they have reached the end of their college course

and have been crowned with the reward of their labor, they feel that they have received the full benefit of years well spent and that the end, or the treasures of wisdom, of knowledge and of virtue, which they ., ave amassed, will serve them in good stead in their efforts to at ' 'n other and nobler ends or objects in life, until finally their lab rs · will be crowned with the reward of an entire liie well lived. * * * -E. J. Vv.

Deeds, Not Words

The motto of the Academy Senior class is fraught with a weight of subject matter for serious thought. In life, words have a very important part to play, for they are the medium through which thoughts are conveyed so that all may profit from the best thoughts of the great­

est men. Still more important, however, than words, are deeds. It is deeds that show the sentiments and convictions of a man, that show what a person really is. Deeds proceed from the heart and are the exterior manifestation of the soul. Hence we judge a man by what he does , rather than by what he says. He may dis­guise his real character by double-meaning, smooth, polished or lying words, so as to appear entirely different from what he is at heart. This is not true to such an extent in regard to deeds. . He may conceal his real disposition for a time, but sooner or later his actions will manifest his . true self and reveal the sentiments by which he is animated. · .

The motto, "Deeds, Not Words," truly portrays the spirit -by which the Academy Class has been actuated. The very fact that they have received their diplomas shows that they have not been contented with the mere telling, in hollow words, of what they intended tb do, . but they have actually accomplished

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the purpose for which they became members of the student body, and · they have attained this object because · of the deeds they have accomplished, not because of the words they have uttered.

By their motto "Deeds, Not \Vords," the academy graduates also show that they intend to continue in their work and strive to rise ever higher and higher in whatever walk of life . they choose to follow. They do not expect, nor do they desire, to obtain promotion and success without effort and trial bu,t are aware that they will ever be judged by the industry with which they accomplish the tasks that confront them, and will only succeed when they really show; in the indisputable language of deeds well accomplished, that they are willing to labor and to

· toil with good heart and courageous spirit, until finally they will have reached the final goal of their fondest ambitions.

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* * * \Vith the Commencement Number of the \ i iatorian, our

Finis editorial work is compl~ted. We have tried to make th~ paper of this year representative of college talent and col­

.lege life and have labored to maintain the high standard of the Viatorian of past years. Whether we have succeeded or failed is for our readers and exchanges to judge. vVe hope we have succeeded and that everyone has derived some profit, and has found something of interest from our efforts. If such is indeed

. the case, we are pleased, and are glad to feel that our efforts have not been in vain. Then our hours of toil will have been repaid and we suffer no regrets. If we have failed in anything, it has not been through neglect, for we have given oui: best to our readers and ever endeavored to please them.

However, be that as it may, we must now bid farewell to our readers and friends. We are grateful to them and appre­ciate the aid and encouragement they have given us . Our task is finished, and we now turn over to a new Staff, the honorable, though at times irksome task, of editing the College paper, with the sincere hope that they will enjoy a most successful and pleas~ ant year as editors of the Viatorian. -E. J. W.

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"AS OTHERS SEE l)S" "The VIATORIAN, the monthly magazine of St. Viator

College, celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year. It lays claim to being among the first college journals to be published in the Catholic Colleges in this country along with the "Ford­ham Monthly," "The Notre Dame Scholastic" and a few others. In the beginning, part of its columns were devoted to news of the girl's academy, as well as news of the college. Later a change \Vas m ade and the magazine began to print only college news and literary and scientific articles contributed by the students of the College. The Viatorian is to be congratulated on its ex­ce11ent traditions."-Fleur-De-Lis, St. Louis U., St. Louis, Mo.

* * . * "VIATORIAN-Too much praise ·cannot be bestowed upon

your excellent Journal. Your stories deserve much commenda­-tion. The joke columns certainly do dissipate our dreary thoughts . . we are ever anxious to greet your high crass and valuable pub­lication."-Lakeside Punch, St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake, Michigan.

* * '* "In the Mid -Year Number of the 'Viatorian' the s~ory "For

Her Sake" is of double interest to us. First, it is a true sketch of every day life, and lastly but not least, its author was a former student and we feel that he obtained his elementary knowledge at Spalding. As in past issues the Editorials are excellent."­The Sigma, Spalding Institute, Peoria, Ill.

* * * "The Fall Number of the Vi<;torian is taken up mostly with

Commencement and Class Day Exercises and Prize Essays and

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Orations. However, the articles on the 'Four Power Treaty' are especially good and convincing."-The Ariston, St. Catherine College, St. Paul, Minn.

*~ * * ((The 'Valedictory Poem' in the Fall Number of The Via­

torian is a revelation of the Class of 192'2 towards Alma Mater. All literary articles are of the highest standard and deal with present day topics."-The Sigma, Spalding Inst., Peoria, Ill.

* * * St. Viator-We were delighted to receive your first maga-

zine. We firmly hope that you will be a re~ular visitor. The short story. 'The Test,' in The Alumni Number, has a fine plot and is skillfully written. We take exception, however, to the author's comparison of laboring men to beasts."-The Red and White, St. Dunstan's U., Charlottetown, P. E. I.

* * * "The recent publication of the Viatorian gave us an oppor-

tunity to read the Essays given at the Commencement Exercises. They were, on the whole, well written and very interesting, but we feel that were the editors to insert a few Short Stories, their Magazine would be greatly improved."-The Pebble, Little Rock College, Little Rock, Ark.

* * * ((The Viatorian-In the Viatorian, we find an attractively

arranged J\1agazine containing many interesting departments. The lesson which is taught in the story 'Nemesis' is a striking one for it shows the mercy of God in allowing the engineer to make his peace with His Maker after so much neglect. The poetry is deserving of special note. The only adverse criticism we would make is that "J. A.," although his work is excellent seems to have contributed more than his share to the contents." -The Academia, St. Mary's College, Portland, Oregon.

* * * "The Viatorian-St. Viator College, Bourbonnais, Illinois-

A very literary magazine, with good long interesting articles." -The Blue and Gold, Marist College, Atlanta, Ga .

. * * * "The 'Missing Chapter' in the Christmas Number of the

Viatorian is a splendid piece of work. Although the theme is an old one, the writer treats it in a most skillful manner. The dic­tion is very careful and to this the author owes the retention of interest throughout the eight pages that his story covers. The end in particular is pretty and a very forcible conclusion."­The St. Francis, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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"The story 'Winne.r Takes All' in the Christmas 1Tumber, is a good football story, as it is not fictitious as the majority of such stories. However it displays the wrong spirit,_ a spirit of revenge instead of the true school spirit. 'Christmas Customs In Other Lands' reveals some of the peculiar habits and beliefs of the foreigner. But we must voice a single criticism, that is, that J. A. W. and P. H. K., seem to bear the brunt of the publi­cations in the Christmas N umber."-The Sigma, Spalding Insti­tute, P eoria, Illinois.

* * * "Last but not least is the bewhiskered Viatorian-not so

literary, but possessing more of the school atmosphere. vVe cannot all be geniuses though. We see by its volume number, that it has outlived forty winters. Quite an achievement! Com­pliments on the department headings; their neatness and attrac­tiveness; they embrace practically everything of any importance to a College. In the stories, we lived the part of a hero and heroine; they were of the right length, the right ending and­what more can we say-they were all right. It seems the young men are not entirely adverse to Romanticism. The critical es­says of Ibsen and Carlyle were written in a masterly style but­l:Tlistake us not, as belittling these writings-why, oh why-give nine pages in the front of the book to Ibsen or Carlyle and hide two other articles on Pasteur and Mendel in a scant two pages. The Viatorian has an able Poet in their Faculty Director."­The Wag, Routt College, Jacksonville, Ill.

* * * "The Christmas Number of the 'Viatorian' strikes the sea­

son's note very clearly. Seven of its ten numbers noted in the 'contents' treat of Christmas in some way or other. 'Christmas Customs in: Foreign Lands' contains a wealth of curious infor­mation. We were informed for instance, that in England 'the waits are musicians, who play nightly, several days before Christmas, as an appetizer Jor the Christmas repast.' In the 'Christ of the Rapanhonock' a legend is woven into a delightful Christmas story. When the two armies were rushing into bat­tle on Christmas Day, a child toddied back and forth between the approaching forces. At the strange sight all halted, and friend and foe alike fondled the child. Thus battle was pre­vented that day through the intervention of a helpless boy whom many believe to be the Christ Child. The writer, in beauty, does full justice to his theme. 'Stra"Vvs from the Crib' (or 'From the Manger' as the Index has it), is perhaps the best article in the

· issue. There are in all eight 'straws' or short essays relative to the feast of Christmas. Especially commendable is 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo.' In the abundance of prose, the dearth of

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poetry is very noticeable. A few more poems of the quality of the 'Christmas Gift' would balance the Issue. The material is rather crammed; otie article seems to tread on another's heels. More generous spacing would remedy this."-Cathedral Chimes, Cathedral College, New York, N. Y.

* * * "The Viatorian-Your Christmas Number reflected the

spirit of the season in cover design and in contents. Your de-partment 'Our Book Shelf' interested us because it was different.

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j'· 'The Promise' is a rare and excellent short story."-The Blue and 1\

Gold, Marist College, Atlanta, Ga. I ' * * *

"A memorial tribute is paid to the late Very Rev. Peter Robert, C. S. V., Superior General of the Clerics of St. Viator, in the Mid-Year Issue of the Viatorian, published at St. Viator College, .. Bourbonnais, Illinois. Beside regular departments there ·are articles under the following titles: 'A Study of Hendrick Ibsen,' 'For Her Sake' a story, 'Carlyle as a Historian,' _a poem, 'The Legend of Friar John,' 'The Hill,' and 'A Valentine Greet­ing,'' short stories."-The New Vvorld, Chicago, Illinois.

* * * "The Viatorian-Each and every department is well devel­

oped, but is your College so absolutely destitute of poets that . we see but two little poems in the Christmas Number, when everywhere there is generally an overflow of poetry for the occa­sion? Better division would help immensely to the attractive­ness of your magazine, especially in the E xchange Department. The humor is versatile and pleasing.!'-The Alembic, Providence College, Providence, R. I.

* * * "\Vhat a wonderful magazine, is the first thought that passes

·through our mind after we have read a few of the interesting article-s 1n 'The Viatorian.' There being no cause for criticism we shall summarize everything in the praise which we heartily extend to the Staff of the 'Viatorian' and to all its writers.'­The Sigma, Spalding Institute, Peoria, Illinois.

* * * "The Viatorian-The Triad is glad to have been introduced

to you, another acquaintance added to our list of College friends. Not a page of your magazine was dull reading. The contents were well balanced. Congratulate that Art Editor for us 'Via:_ torian.' He certainly knows how to draw.'-The Triad, St: Peter's Preparatory School, New Brunswick, N. J.

* * * "The mid-year number of the 'Viatorian' published by St.

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section a well written article, 'Has It Come To This,' which is of special interest to Catholic Americans. It fearlessly exposes the aims of the Ku Klux Klan; the members of which it dubs 'Kracked, Kowardly Kravens.' An exceptionally interesting article in the same magazine is 'A Stu<;ly of Hendrick Ibsen' which treats in a masterly fashion of that writer's philosophy."­St. Mary's Chimes, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame Indiana.

* * * "There is never anything disappointing in the literary stand-

ard of the 'Viatorian.' We think that the study of 'Hendrick Ibsen' in the mid-year number is one of the best articles that has appeared in this magazine for some time. It shows a depth of research and a clarity of exposition that is seldom to be found in disquisitions of this kind. The objectional features of Ibsen's works are admirably set forth and may summarily be stated in two lines of the author of this study; 'His (Ibsen's) system is moral anarchy' and 'His scheme is revolutionary aristocracy.' 'Valentine Greetings' is a story with delightful interspersions of pathos and humor. The pathos is handled in a manner sug­gestive of that which is found in 'L'Abbe Constantin'.'-Uni­versity of Dayton Exponent, University of DaJJon, Dayton, Ohio. * * *

''The Viatorian stands high in the quality of its essays and poems. . 'Faggots from Bourbonnais Grove' primarily are of local historical interest but they should appeal to a wider circle of readers for their good style arid broader historical value. The article on 'The Un-American Knighthood' is splendid, being highly instructive. We note with special pleasure the Alumni section which we consider of great value to a college. In our experience the news concerning former students, keeps the Alumni body closely knit and they form interesting material for the history of the college-Periscope, Subiaco College, Subiaco, Arkansas. * * *

"We've been waiting for 'The Academy Number' before we dared say anything about the Viatorian as we didn't feel quite up to the job of criticising a college publication. The Viatorian is one of the largest and most interesting mazagines on our list. The Exchange department is especially good. · The thorough­ness with which the various exchanges are dissected and labeled shows that more than the usual time is spent in reading them. Well, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and we'll try it ourselves."-The Megaphone,'Cathedral High School, Indian-apolis, Indiana. * * *

"We were pleased that the Viatorian noticed us and we feel encouraged to go on. We call attention to the fact that we have an exchange column tJ1ough quite unpretentious as yet. Hoy.r -

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ever we are only an Academy and we have not yet had the ad­vantages of our college friends-so have plltience. V/ e wish we could borrow some of the story writers of the Viatorian staff as we are short on that line and the Viatorian seems to be well supplied judging from the very good fiction they are publishing." -St. Xavier's Chronicle, St. Xavier's Academy, La Trobe, Pa.

* * * "'The Viatorian,' St. Viator College, Bourbonnais, Illinois,

is up to its usual standard in literary merit. The editorials are of interest as they refer to present day discussions. The Via­torian presents its views of a subject to the public accordingly as it appeals to them regardless of outside opinions."- Sigma, Spalding Institute, Peoria, Illinois.

* * * ''The 'Viatorian' is a credit to Viatorians. The departments

particularly 'Winter Sports,' are capably managed. The editorial 'Spirit' is crammed with truth."-The Oriftame, St. Cyril Col­lege, Chicago, Illinois.

* . * * "We are glad to see the Viatorian has again found its way to

'The Pines.' The present issue contains some splendid articles. The appreciation expressed by the students of St. Viator's for their new President deserves special mention. The words of welcome and prayerful wishes are indicative of the esteem and admiration which the students entertain for the newly elected.

" 'George Meredith, the Novelist,' is a critical essay on the works of this almost unknown Victorian writer. In this the critic shows himself not only thoroughly conversant with the novels of Meredith but imbued with the spirit of a true critic. Chief among the defects and weaknesses of the novelist are his obscure and cumberous style due to the influence of the German Masters; haziness of plot, owing to the lack of consistent social environment which may also be said to account for the unreality of his characters. These and other defects are pointed out clearly and openly without however doing prej.udice to the merits of the writer's books. 'St. Cecelia' is an excellent panegyric on this noble woman who as a glorious saint is honored throughout the world as the patroness of music. The beautiful tributes here offered her glow with love and devotion. 'The Angels in Dante's Purgatory' and the exquisite little poem, 'Our Lady of Release,' with the accompanying picture deserve mention. vVe extend our. heartfelt sympthy to the Viatorians in the death of the Su­perior General of St. Viator, . the Very Reverend P. Robert, C. S. V."-"Echoes From the Pines," Ursuline College, Chatham, Ontario. * * *

"vV e hav e heard it said that one rarely finds a good short

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. story in a college publication. We could not admit this of course, and, furthermore, ·we know from our own observation that there are go"od shod stories i'n college papers. Granting- that manye stories receive publication that never deserved the title of a story, we maintain that there are a few good stories to ·be found. in many college publications.

''Take, for insta.nce, the last number of the Viatorian. It contains three very good stories. The only fault that might be found is the too realistic atmosphere suggested by the use . of rather strorig explicatives. Nevertheless, we must admit that the terminology is consistent with the theme. ((For Her Sake" has a clever plot, but it is a little too complicated for such a short exposition. 'Valentine Greetings' and 'The Hill,' are both well written and original.

((The Essays are excellent. 'A Study of Hendrick lb sen' is well written and renders a good account of Ibsen and hi s work. 'Carlyle as an Historian' is of the same class.

"The editorial also deserves comment. The topics are well chosen and of interest. This section could be well called a sum­ma.ry of an excellent number.

"It is too bad, however, that the Viatorian does not venture into the field of poetry. Surely there must be some followers of the muse in such a group. We hope to see this field devel­oped in future numbers ."-"The editorial column of The Purple and Gold, St. Michael's College, Winooski Park, Vermont.

* * * ((Though 'The Viatorian' of this issue is characterized by

short stories par excellence, we must devote a little space to an appreciation of the precise, rigorous English employed by the author of 'A Study of Hendrick Ibsen.' One senses in the read­ing of every paragraph not only the meaning to be conveyed but the importance, as it were, of the reason for mentioning the rea­son at all. In short the style is masterful, persuasive and con­vincing, a style seldom encountered, and to be highly appreciated whenever met with. 'For. Her Sake' is a story with a good plot, plenty of action, and a careful delineation of characters, not so . much by description as through suggestion in the dialogues. In order to bring this about the author must be an experienced story-writer, and . capable of making himself take the part of the various characters. The result is a story of .no little interest. The author of another short story, 'The Hill,' sho·ws equal tact in handling the plot, though a simpler one, and in introducing the characters, while he excels in marshalling the points of deep feeling in such a way that the narrative grips the heart of both sympathy and reason."-The Pacific Star, l\!Iount Angel College, Mount Angel, Oregon.

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Commencement days always bring us news of former stu~ dents and alumni, who have: been graduated from various col­leges and universities throughout the country. To all these St. Viator's and the Viatorian wish to extent heartiest congratula,.. tions. Among others we may mention Mr. Leon Drolet, . Cam­pion College, Prairie-du Chien, Wis.; Mr. John \Al arren who received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Loyola Univer­sity, Chicago; Mr. Lawrence Dondanville, B. S., '17, received the degree of D~xtor of Medicine; Mr. Wm. Roach, B. S., '18, re­ceived the degree of Medicine at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. Francis Ortman, '16-'17, and Mr. Douglas Powers, '15-'17, both of whom received the · Bachelor of Atts degree at the University of Michigan; and Mr. Claude Granger, H. S. '16, who received the degree of LL. D., at Harvard University. . News has reached us stating that Mr. Harold Van Achan,

'17, who recently completed his interneship at St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Louis, l\l[o., is to be associated with hi s brother, Dr. Van Achan, of Peoria. Harold received his M. D. in 1922 at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. vVe wish him every success.

Mr. Myron Wilson, H. S. ' 12, informs us that he is the man­ager of the principal . Farm Implement Firm in La Peer, Mich. During his spare moments, Myron finds time to indulge in the great American sport, and is the champion hitter of the home team. * * *

. Wedding Bells Congratulations and felicitations are extended to: Mr. John

l . and Mrs. Cecelia McKenna, nee Lawton, who were married on June 9 at St. Jerome's Pa~is~, Chicago.

To Mr. Cyrus and Mrs. :Marcella Campe, nee Tuomey, who ,;vere married June 6 at St. Ignatus Church, Rogers Park, Chicago. ::: ,,, ,!,

Leo McDet~mott, H. S., '17, is at present associated with the Ryerson Steel Co., Chicago, and report has it that he is bolq_ing a responsible position with that firm. Nic~ work, ~e,o .. __ ' ·* * *

Harold vValker, H. S., '22, recently paid us a visit, .andtells us that he is well pleased with his year's work at 1\fa,rquet~e . Urii-. versity, Milwaukee, Wis. Harold has just completed ili1s fir.st. yea r in the College of Engineering. ·

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June 26 marks an important milestone in th e history of St. Patrick Parish, Ransom, Ill. , of which Rev. John H. Kenrick, '16, is pastor. On that day, the beautiful new Church structure was dedicated by Rt. Rev. Ed mund M. Dunne, D.D., Bishop of Peoria .• The Pastor and people of Ransom are to be congratulated upon the splendid church building which will stand as a memorial to both the zeal of the pastor and the generosi ty of his par-1shioners.

* * * We were pleasantly surprised recently 1n receiVmg a visit

from one of the old boys to whom "Away back when" was in fact a reality. Mr. A. J. Cullen who was a student in 1903-'05 has for a number of years been the Chicago representative of the Hallet and Davis Piano Co., of Boston, which is a division of the Conway l\1usical Industries. Mr. Cullen can be reached by former schoolmates at 7606 Yat es Ave., Chicago, Ill. ·

* * * Rev. T . J . Shannon of Peoria, has recently returned from a

three months' sojourn in Europe, w here he went seeking a re­juvenation of health . A lthough Father Shannon enjoyed his trip very much , he believes that America is indeed the world's paradise, and prefers her above all others.

* * * Recently we had the extreme pleasure of several days' v1s1t

from Rev . Jeremiah P. O'Mahoney, A. B., ' 12. Father O'Mahoney is at present occupied with furth ering missionary endeavors for the benefit of neglected places in the South and West. A proj­ect very near and dear to .his heart is the establishment of a so­ciety of missionaries to carry on the work. Just now Father ()'Mahoney is touring · the South in the Chapel Car, St . Peter, in order to familiarize himself in this branch of missionary en­deavor. lt is rumored that he will later on associate himself with the Rt. Rev. Francis Clement Kelly, D.D., director of the Church Extension Society. We wish Father O'Mahoney every possible success in the fulfillment of his heart's desire.

* * * \Vord from the far \i\l est reaches us to the effect that Rev.

Charles Raymond, Pastor of Holy Cross Church, Portland, Ore­gon, has been released by the Rt. Rev. Alexander Christie, D.D., Bishop of Portland, in order to devote the remainder of his life as a missionary in China. Father Raymond for a number of years was a professor at St. Viator's, and after completing his philosophical studies here finished his theological studies at the Grand Seminary, Montreal, Canada. It was with the view of doing missionary work that Father Raymond affiliated himself w ith a western Diocese, and his latest undertaking comes no

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doubt, as a result of his desire to spread the gospel and to reap an abundance of souls for Christ, whom he has ever so valiant­ly and nobly served. The Faculty of St. Viator's and the Via­torian wish to extend to Father Raymond heartiest best wishes for success in his new field of endeavor. Ad Multos Annos.

* * * We rejoice to receive the following glad news o.f our former

classmate and college chum, C. A. Marino, A. B., '12, who for many years was a member of the faculty of the Viatorian schools in the United States. Recently Mr. Marino, who during the past year was a professor at Columbia University, Portland, Oregon, 8Uccessfully passed the Bar examination before the Board of Examiners of the State of Oregon. Mr. Marino expects to open offices in Portland, and we wish him every success in his new undertaking.

* * * The Faculty of St. Viator College wishes to express their

heartfelt sympathy to the Rev. R. Flynn, Pastor of St. Mary's Church, Champaign, Ill., in the recent sacrilegious robbery com­mitted in his parish church, when the culprits broke open the Tabernacle, sto'Ie the Sacred Vessels and scattered the Sacred I-Iosts about the Church and adjacent property. The following day solemn services of reparation were held in St. Mary's, and were attended by the various Catholic clergymen of the Univer­sity Cities. The thief has since been apprehended, and the Sa­cred Vessels recovered, but so mutilated that they cannot be used for sacramental purposes again.

* * * Of the delegates representing the American Province of the

Clerics of St. Viator, at the general Chaper of the Congregation, to be held at Jette St. Pierre, Brussels, Belgium, the Rev. J. P. O'Mahoney sailed on the Baltic on the 25th of June, and expects to spend several weeks in Ireland; the Very Rev. Provincial, E. L. Rivard, the Rev. T. J. McCormick, assistant provincial, and Very Rev. T. J. Rice sailed on July 7th on the "President Wilson."

~ * * Mr. James Dougherty, '08, who is practicing law in the N a­

tional Capital, and who came west to attend the first solemn Mass of his brother Rev. Louis Dougherty, paid a visit to Alma Mater before his return to Washington. He was accompanied to St. Viator's by Mr. Bert O'Connell, A. B., '09.

* * * Amongst the recent clerical changes affecting clerical alumni

of St. Viator's in the Peoria Diocese were: The appointment of Rev. James Fitzgerald, pastor of Farmer City, to the pastorate

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of Wyoming, Ill., to succeed Rev. P. J. Humphrey, retired on account of ill health; and the appointment of Rev. Vincent Greene, formerly curate at Aledo, Ill., to the pastorate of Farmer City, Illinois.

* * * Rev. W. J. Stephenson, C. S. V., preached the Bacca:Iaureate

sermon on June 20th at the annual commencement of St. J o­seph's Dominica! Academy, Bloomington, Ill.

* * * The many friends of Rev. V. U. Leclair, A. B.) '09, were

shocked . when news was received concerning the terrible auto­mobile accident which occurred in Priest's Pass road, near Helena, Montana, during the earlier part of June. Father Leclair and Rev. J. J. Tracy were returning from Ronan, Montana, when the car in which they were driving suddenly overturned. Father Tracy was so seriously injured that he succumbed before assist­ance arrived, having received ·the last rites of the Church from Father Leclair. Father Leclair was also seriously injured, and although his hips have been broken, unkss complications set in, may recover. We wish to express our sympathy to Father Leclair and while we pray for his speedy recovery we will not be un­mindful to pray for the repose of the soul of his unfortunate companion, Father Tracy.

* * * Recently we received welcome news from Emil Kekich, who

formerly was employed in the U. S. consulate in Siberia. Emil reports that he was married several months ago to Miss Xenia Abolski, a Russian refugee at Hanstien, China. After having spent some, time in Washington, D. C., studying the Russian situation from official sources, he will sail for Riga, and from Riga goes to Helsinfors, the capital of the new Republic of Fin­land, where he will be employed by the United States Govern­ment, in the bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. \N e hope that he will find his new position a happy one, and we wish him much success.

* * * We wish to congratulate Rt;y. J. A. Gordon, A. B., '12, of

Alexis, Ill., upon the recent dedicatic{n of his new church. Father Gordon worked zealously, and with the .assistance of h-is parish­ioners, he is able now to point proudly to St. Theresa's church as £!. memorial of the zeal and devotion of the whole parish.

* * * That the congregation of St. Joseph's Church, Harlowtown,

:Montana, is in a h.ealthy spiritual condition was recently evi­denced by the formation of a council of K. of C.'s. Rev. Michael Dor;whue, '07, is pastor of the Church and is to be congratulated

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upon his splendid work in behalf of his Catholic men. We haven't seen Father "Mike" for a long time, but we hope that whenever he comes East he will not pass us by without a friendly call.

* * * In the Civic and Religious ceremonies held annually on

Memorial Day commemorating the 125 over-seas heroes who lie buried in the plot provided by the Veterans of the vVorld War Memorial Association in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Chicago, Illi­nois, two Viatorian Alumni took prominent parts. The Rev. J. L. O'Donnell, '09, Captain of the 132nd infantry, 33rd division A. E. F., celebrated the Field Mass, and Rev. Harris Darche '08, Lieutenant Chaplain of the Sixth Marines was Deacon.

* * We are pleased to note in a recent exchange that Rev. Jo­

seph Raithe who spent several years at S. V. C. and who for a number of years has been pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Minot, N. D., has been appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Bis­mark by the Rt. Rev. Vincent Weherle, 0. S. B., D.D.

* * * Recent word from the South land bears us occasional news

from our former Registrar, the congenial Rev. J. P. Mulvaney, C. S. V., Ph. D., professor at the College of the Incarnate Word at San Antonio, Texas. Recently Father Mulvaney delivered ari address at the graduating exercises at the Training School of Nurses at Santa Rosa Infirmary, San Antonio.

* * * ·Mr. John Connors, A. B., '22', who won a K. of C. scholar-

ship in June 1922, and who has since been attending the Cath­olic University of America at Washington, specializing in Sociol­ogy and Economics, has been putting some of his knowledge in these branches in practice of late. John writes that he checked out of the U. during May, and accepted a position as Investigator for the United State Coal Commission. We know that John will be successful, for if he applies himself with the same diligence which marked his school days we have no fear that he will scale the heights successfully.

* * * Congratualtions are in order to the following: Mr. and Mrs.

Leo Dougherty, '07-'10, Faulkton, S. D., on the birth of a son. And to: Mr. and Mrs. A . J. Surprenant, '17-'18, Chicago,

Ill. , on the birth of a daughter.

* * * Among the recent clerical appointments made by the Rt.

Rev. George W. Mundeleine, D.D., to pastorates in the Arch­diocese of Chicago, and to whom we wish to extend our heartiest

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congratulations are Rev. A. L. Girard, B. S., '08, appointed to the pastorate of St. Patrick's Church, Momence, Ill. , to Rev. Harris

· J. Darche, in his appointment to St. · Joseph Church, Bradley, Ill., and to Rev. Girard Picard, H. S., '14, appointed to the curacy of St. Rose Church, Kankakee, Ill.

* * * vVe are pleased to announce that Rev. J. Guisti has suffi-

ciently r ecovered from his recent illness, to be able to resume hi s former clerical duties as curate of the church of St. Rose, K.ankakee, Ill.

* * * Among the Clerical Alumni who visited St. Viator since our

last issue are: Rev. G. Flynn, Dixon, Ill.; Rev. Thomas Welch, Elgin, Ill.; Rev. Thomas Shea, Bloomington, Ill.; Rev. Z. P. Berard, St. Anne, Ill.; Rev. T. J. Barrett, Joliet, Ill. ; Rev. D. Drenna11, Ellwood, Ill.; Rev. J. Drummy, Rantoul, Ill.; Rev. V. Primeau, Manteno, Ill. ; Rev. J. Poissant, St. George, ·Ill.; Rev. George Lambert, Martintown, Ill. ; Rev. De Lavasseuer, Che­banse, 111.; Rev. P. Parker, Dwight, Ill.; Rev. I-I. Darche, Brad­ley, Ill.; Rev. P. J. Sheedy, Paxon, Ill.; Rev. E. Dunne, Rock Is­land, Ill.; Rev. F. Cleary, \Varsaw, Ill.; Rev. Charles vVilliams, Gibson City, Ill.; Rev. Louis Dougherty, Peoria, Ill. ; Rev. Em­m ett Flynn, Danville, Ill. ; Rev. J. Shannon, Peoria, Ill.; Rev. J. :McMullen, Gibson City, Ill.; Rev. P. J. Griffy, Gilman, Ill.; Rev. J. C. Cannon, Pontiac, Ill.; Rev. Peter Dufault, Irwin, Ill.; Rev. J. W. Frawley, Champaign, Ill.; Rev. Louis O'Connor, Urbana, ·Ill.; Rev. T. O'Brien, Genoa, Ill.; Rev. F. X. Hazen, C. S. V., ·Beaverville, Ill.; and the following from Chicago: Very Rev. E:· L. Rivard, C. S. V., provincial; Rev. John Finn, Rev. John Ryan-; Rev. Albert Rebedeau, Rev. J. Roberts , Rev. J. Bennett, Rev. A. R. Trainor, Rev. T. J. McCormick, C. S. V., Rev. J. B. Shiel, Rev. J. J. Corbett, C. S. V.; Rev. J. E. Belair, C. S. V.; Rev. J. F. Ryan, C. S. V.; Rev. F. Moisant, C. S. V.; Rev. S. A. Swikoski, C. S. V.; Rev. J. Farrell, C. S. V.; Rev. P. C. Conway; Rev. B. J. Mombleau; Rev. J. Stedransky; Rev. J. Bird; Rev. G. Picard, now of St. Rose's, Kankakee .

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Rt. Rev. Monsignor T. P Monaghan

Alma Mater always cherishes with a special love, those of her sons who are singularly hon­ored either religiously or secularly. Recently the happiness of sharing in the honor of one of her sons, thus especially honored, was given

to St. Viators, when Rev. T. P. Monaghan, D.D., '96, President of Columbus College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was elevated to the purple, receiving the title of Domestic Prelate. Msgr. Monaghan was invested with this new dignity at the college over which he presides, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Bernard Ma­honey, D. D. , of Sioux Falls, performing the ceremony, Msgr. Monaghan now takes his place with seven other sons of St. Via­tor upon whom the dignity of the purple has been conferred. These are: Rt. Rev. A. J. 11cGavick, D . D., Bishop of LaCrosse, Wis.; Rt. Rev. J . P. Lynch, D . D. , Bishop of Dallas, Texas; Rt. Rev . Msgr. P. La Berge, D . D. , Pastor of St. Jean Baptiste, Que­bec, Canada; Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. M. Legris, D. D. , Dean of the College Faculty; Rt. Rev. Msgr. M. J. Fitzsimmons, D. D. , Pas­tor of the Holy N arne Cathedral, Chicago, Ill.; Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. T. Bennet, D. D., former Vicar General of the Diocese of Rock- '" ford (deceased) ; and Rt. Rev. 1/Isgr. S. N aurocki , D. D. , former- ·, ly pastor of the Church of our Lady of Perpetual Help, Chicago, (deceased). St. Viator College and the Viatorian express their felicitations ad multos annos.

Silver Star For George Rooney

* * * St. Viator contributed her quota of Sons to the defense of our nation in the Great War and all acquitted themselves with bravery, bring­ing upon their mother the meed of praise and distinction, for the valorous sons she has pro­

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Rooney of South Chicago, upon whom the War Department has seen fit to confer a citation for bravery in action. St. Viators is highly honored and justly proud that another of her sons has proven himself loyal and true, and capable of performing diffi­cult duties in the face of terrible dangers. The ,,Calumet Journal, official newspaper of South Chicago, presents the story of his brave action, and the letters of citation, in the following manner:

The letter from Adjutant General Davis containing the cita­tion, follows:

COPY WAR DEPARTMENT

The Adjutant General's Office Washington, April 23, 192'3.

In reply to A. G. 201, Rooney, George A. (4-5-23) WWD.

Mr. George A. Rooney, 2823 E. 76th Street,

Chicago, Ill. My Dear Mr. Rooney: I take pleasure in advising you that the Secretary of War

directs that, under the provisions of the Att of Congress ap­proved July 9, 1918, you be cited in War Department General Orders for gallantry in action. An Official copy of the citation is inclosed herewith.

This citation entitles you to wear the silver star decoration. The Quartermaster Gen_eral of the Army has been directed to forward such a decoration to you. · Very truly yours,

(Signed) ROBERT C. DAVIS, By W. G.

CITATION FOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION (Silver Star Citation)

GEORGE A. ROONEY, Army serial number 1165630, Ser­geant, Company L, 132nd Infantry, 33rd Division, For gal­lantry in action near Hamel, France, July 4, 1918. · AJl officers and non-commissioned officers senior to him having been killed or · vvounded, . Sergeant Roo~ey assumed command of ~ his pla­toon anJ courageously led it to its objective, while so engaged capturing, singlehanded, a detachment of enemy soldiers whom he sent under guard to the rear .and continued with his platoon to advcli1Ce upon th~ enemy. . ·

. (Seal) .·, ··~.- . ·."",· < ... 0

•. • ~~ The Adjutant Geriera1's ·Office · - · ·

OFFICIAL War Department.

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. Three members of the Clerics of St. Viator and two The former students were among the ordinandi of May Ordinandi 26th, 1923. Revs. Leo T. Phillips, c. s. v., Arthur T.

Landroche, c. s. v. Gregory A. Galvin, c. s. v., and · Louis V. Dougherty were ordained by Rt. Rev. Archbishop George Mundelei~ at the Holy Dame Cathedral, Chicago, Ill. Rev. John J. Mitchell was ordained by Rev. Bishop Edmund Heelan, D.D., at the Epiphany Cathedral, Sioux City, Iowa. The five newly ordained Levites celebrated their first Masses the fol­lowing day, Trinity Sunday, May 27th. Father Phillips officiat­ed at St. Patricks Church, Pana, Ill; Fr. Moroney, the pastor, was arch-priest, Fr. Whelan, and Fr. Maguire, c. s. v., served as Deacon and Subdeacon; Brother Cardinal 'vas Master of Ceremonies and Brother O'Connor lead the procession. Fr. Maguire~ c. s. v., gave a splendid }~irst Mass Sermon. Fr. Galvin celebrated his First Mass at St. Mary's Church, Assumption, Ill. Fr. Fitzpatrick, c. s. v., served as Deacon and Fr. Lambert of Martinton was Subdeacon. Fr. O'Mahoney assi sted as arch­priest and delivered a most eloquent discourse. Fr. }\llaguire, c. s. v., and Brothers Cardinal, c. s. v., and O'Connor, c. s. v., at­tended the reception that was held in the afternoon in honor of Father Galvin. As Father Galvin, c. s. v., is the first Assumption product to be orda1ned the occasion was a most momentous one for the townsmen and consequently they extended their best efforts to make the reception worthy of the event. Fr. Land­roche , c. s. v., sang his First Mass at the Maternity Church, Bourbonnais, Ill., assisted in the. service by Fr. Surprecant, c. s. v. as Archpriest, Fr. Stephenson, c. s. v .. as Deacon and Fr. Plante, c. s. v., as Sub-deacon. Rev. E. L. Rivard, c. s v., pro­vincial Superirr of the Chicago Province of the Clerics of St. ·viato'r delivered a wonderful sermon. Fr. Dougherty, a former student, celebrated his mass at St. Ignatius Church, Chicago, Ill. Frs. Harrison of the College, and Rev. B. Mombleau, served as Deacon and Sub-deacon, respectively, and Rev. J. Johnson S. J., pastor, served as Arch-priest. Fr. Bergin, c. s . v., of the College Faculty spoke fittingly on this holy and happy day. Fr. John J : Mitchell, also a former student and member of the Faculty, officiated at St. Josephs Church, Sioux City, Iowa. The Deacon and Sub-deacon were Frs. Clarence Garry and Father Bradac. Fr. John J. Bradac, dean of the School of Music , and a close friend of Father Mitchell delivered the sermon.

The three community members, Fathers Landroche, c. s. v., Phillips, c. s. v., and Galvin, c. s. v., will take up their residence at the college and in the fall will resume their professional duties. Fr. Louis Dougherty is t emporarily stationed at the Cathedral of Peoria, Ill. , to which diocese he belongs. Fr. Mitchell is at

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present residing a t the Cathedral of Portland, Oregon, until a definite appointment is made for him.

To the fiv e recently ordained priests the V iatorian and the Faculty and student body of St. V iators extends their congrat­ulations and w ishes that they may long live ·to serve the Lord in the exalted ministry they have chosen.

* * * Sunday, June lOth, witnessed th e imposing cere­

Minor mony of the ordination of a large number of Sem­Ordinations inarians at Kenrick Seminary, \!Vebster Grove, l\1o.

The Most Rev. J. J. Glennon, D.D., Archbishop of the St. Louis Diocese performed the ceremony. Brothers Daniel A. O'Connor, c. s . v., and Ezra V. Cardinal, c. s. v ., received, w ith a large number of fellow candidates, the first lVIajor Order, Subdeaconship. Walter Ryan, '21 ; Thomas E. Brunnick, '22; Frank J. Casey, '22'; Edmund E. Sweeney, 22; all of whom at­t ended St. V iators College during the scholastic year of 1921-'22, were the recipients of the first M inor Orders, Tosure and Porter. Brothers Cardinal, c. s . v., and O'Connor, c. s. v ., returned to the college the following day.

On the same day at S t . Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., lVI r. Myles J. Hoare, '18, received Subdeaconship and Martin L. Dougherty, ' 19, and Frank Lawler, '22, received Tonsure at the hands of 1\!Iost Rev. A rchbishop Dowling, D.D., of St. Paul. To all these young men, we wish to extend our h eartiest congrat­ulations.

* * * Very Rev. Dean Robert Nolan, Pastor of S t.

Silver Jubilee of Patricks Church, Fort 'J\T orth, Texas, com­Father Nolan memorated the twenty~fifth anniversary of his

ordination to the priesthood on Tuesday, June 6th. The ceremony was most elaborate, not only the Catholics but also non-Catholics joining in honoring Fr. Nolan, whose amiable qualities have won for him a place in the heart of all with whom he comes in contact wheresoever he goes. Numerous clergymen, members of Religious Orders, business m en and pub­lic officials were present on the occasion and attended the High l\1ass and the luncheon served afterward. Rt. R ev. Joseph P. Lynch , D. D., bishop of the Diocese of Dallas , Texas, preached the jubilee sermon, selecting as his text "Let a man so account to us , as a minister of God and as a dispenser of his mys­teries." Many messages of congratulation and expression of regret at not being able to attend the festiv ities were received by. Father Nolan from numerous dignitaries, civil and eccles tical.

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Viators he won a host of friends and was loved and revered by many students who had the happi_ness of attending his classes. It is not without great joy that these hear of the wonderful cele­b~ati~::m that his _parishioners held in his honor and they heartily j_oin with them in wishing Fr. Nolan many happy returns and fruitful years in the service of the Lord.

Corpus Christi

* * * Perhaps there is no more thrilling sight than that imposing display of faith that is made in a Corpus Christi Procession. Here in this little French ham- ·

Procession let, is given to the student and the passerby the opportunity to witness the splendor and the dignity

of the faith and humility expressed by a Corpus Christi Proces­sion in which nearly all the inhabitants of the little village take part. Gaily decked for the auspicious occasion, all march before the Blessed Sacrament, singing and praying as the Isrealites of old marched, chanting and praying b_ef.ore the Ark of the Coven­ant. As the procession wends its way along the quiet, sheltered avenues of the village it is a pleasant sight to see; here and there a picture of the Sacred Heart is en throned before some house, the candles gleaming before it, bespeaking the love and adoration of God's people. Then there is that the most solemn and touching ceremony of the public Benediction of the home of some villager, to whom was entrusted the hono_r of welcoming the Presence of God on his very doorstep and home. Then the procession, headed by four World War Veterans in full regalia, bearing the National Flag and the Banner of the Sacred Heart, returns to the college campus where benediction again ta;,(es place, and lastly the procession returns to the Church where the Sacred Host is again placed in the little Tabernacle where through the year He quietly reposes, awaiting those who come to visit Him.

>k * * This year competition in the Oratorical Contest

Oratorical wasJ extremely lively. The subject, "The Ruhr Contest Invasion," brought out the fullest oratorical pow-

ers of a large number of participants. The pre­liminaries held May 20th, determined that six students, Leahy, Surprenant, O 'Grady, Jordan, O'Laughlin and Pfeoffer were to enter the finals. The finals took place May 30th and the elo­quent delivery of Mr. Soran Leahy, '26, of Kankake.e gave him the victory for which he received a medal. Mr. Thomas Jordan, '24, of Pontiac, was next in merit with Mr. Eugene J. Supernant, '25, of Chicago, following.

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The seventh annual banquet of the Walsh Society was Walsh held May 28th. For more than eleven years this so­Society ciety had not been in organization but this year Fr.

Brown, who originally established the society, re­organized it. As its object is the literary and historic develop:­ment of its members, it was hoped that a series of plays and entertainments would be executed during the scholastic year. This, however, due to the difficulties of re-organization and full co-operation in so short a time, was not feasible. To compensate for the loss of theatricals and entertainments, the annual ban­quet was made as elaborate as possible. Under the able toast­mastership of Eugene McCarthy, H. S. '23, president of the So-6ety, the supper was a complete success. To add supreme satis­factioD;, to the well prepared menu a.nd splendid decorations of the grill , a list of speeches by Frs. Brady and \Nilliams and Bros. Powers and Lynch, witty remarks by the worthy toastmaster, songs by the esteemed trio of 424, Zunkel, Dooley and Sammons, solos by Karl Berchtold, renditions of poems and pieces of elo­cution by Denis Swenie, Paul Hutton, Francis Wimp and Leslie :Moynihan , were added. Fr. Brown, moderator and founder of the Society made the closing remarks, his usual wit and eloquent earnestness, ahvays so well blended, being much in evidence.

St. John Berchman's Society Picnic

* * * Thursday, May 24th, was the day of rejoicing for the Altar Boys. On that day by the intercession of their good director, Brother John T. Ryan, their annual picnic was held at Camp Isabella, on the Kankakee River, and was thoroughly enjoyed by

all. A regular, jolly, old picnic dinner was in order, games of all kinds, foot races, boxing, rowing and all other forms of sport dear to the heart of a boy were on the program. To make the competition keen a number of articles were offered as prizes and they served excellently as stimulants. Some of the enthusiastic winners were somewhat disconsolate upon discov­ering that some of the prizes, though skillfully and prettily bound, were in resemblance to the pomegranite. However, in the presence of such fun disappointment was as able to survive as dew in the sunshine. It was a completely tired bunch of boys that clambered into the truck at sundown and -rolled o'er the rocky roads back to the College.

* * * For several years agitation for pictures to ·relieve the

Drive for bare monotony of the walls of our classrooms has Pictures been afoot. The growing desire for the beautify­

ing of our rooms of study came to maturity this year through the zeal of our good president, Rev. T. J. Rice; c. s. v.,

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and next year will witness happier and more cheerful class rooms. Since he was very much occupied with the pressing duties of his office, Fr. Rice placed the active work of collecting funds for decorations in the hands of Rev. J. A. vVilliams, Rev. F. E. Munsch, cv. s. v., Bro. J. P. Lynch, c. s. v., and Professor Pat­rick J. . Creel. Each of these was appointed as head of one group of student in each year, first, second, third and fourth. Loyal co-operation between the students and the various leaders brought about surprising results, several hundred dollars being collected. Future years will therefore find our class rooms more attractive and this should produce better scholarship and greateJ; _ results in scholastic efforts. This · for about 100 pictures of his- · tory, religious and scientific import have been placed, and others will be added from time to time. The various classes are to be congratulated on their splendid work.

* * * The home which for more than thirty years sheltered

Novitiate the early religious lives of the Clerics of St. Viator, Sold has been sold. \Vhen, in 1892', the Provincial Chapter

of the province had elected to erect the provincial Novitiate at the intersection of Crawford and Belmont avenues, Chicago, Ill., the site .which they chose was a comparatively rural one. Today the gigantic growth of business houses and apartment buildings have rendered the site Uf\Suitable for its original purpose and the Provincial Council decreed that it should be sold. It was accordingly sold to lVIr. George vV. Prassas, who intends to build extensively on the 10 acres of property. According to contract the Novitiate w.as evacuated by June 25th and before that date the last of the inhabitants of this old buildi.ng which has worthily served in its career as Novitiate and as Theoligate will have departed. The Novitiate is now located at Chamberlain, South Dakota, in the buildings formerly occupied by Columbus College .

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* * * .The important meeting of the Provincial Chapter

Provincial of the Clerics of St. Viator of the Province of Chi­Chapter cago took place May 5th. After the usual statement

of the religious and financial condition of the prov­ince, ballots were taken for the election of delegates to the Gen­eral Chapter which will be held in Jette St. Pierre, Belgium, during the month of August. The members who will represent the province are: Very Rev. Provincial Superior E. L. Rivard, ex-officio; Very Rev. T. J. Rice, c. s. v., president of the College ; Rev. J. P. O 'Mahoney, c. s . v., treasurer of the College ; and Rev.

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T. J. McCormick, pro-provincial of the province. The repre­sentatives departed for Belgium the day following the close of the annual retreat, July 2nd.

Decoration Day Exercises

* * * For the brave who die in battle all men must feel respect. It is peculiarly fitting that we Americans should have dedicated a special day to those whom we must honor for the defense they have made .of our cherished liberties. We, of St. Viator, still

more especially, gather each year, following a custom originated by the class of '22, at the foot of the statue of the Prince of Peace, which the class of '19 erected on the campus and dedicated to the honor of St. Viator's hero dead. For us this exercise so simple, yet so sublime and touching must ever hold a new and greater significance. This year it wq.~ our great pleasure to hear a speech that will long be remembered by those who happily attended the annud presentation of ·the wreath. The speaker, Mr. Creel, '23, related the simple and sympathetic origin of Decoration Day; how, during our bloody Civil War, a group of Southern mothers gathered one May day to place wreaths upon the graves of their dead sons, and how, looking o'er the scarred battlefield they saw the graves of the Union dead, vision of Northern mothers sorrowing for their dead loomed before them; and, passing over, they decorated the graves of the men of the North as a token of sympathy for Northern Mothers. He next touched upon the heroes of the World War and the evils it brought upon human­ity, and then closed by exhorting us to look to Christ, the Prince of Peace, and adopt and follow His maxims, as did the two nations, Chile and Argentine, who placed on their boundaries, upon a peak in the Andes, a Statue of Christ, as a pledge of f~ith and peace between them. This, the speaker urged, is the only true and safe means of alleviating the woes of the world.

* * * Older students of St. Viator have seen Reno several

Reno, the times, as he has been an annual attraction on St. Magician Viator's theatrical chart. But it can be truthfully

said he is always a source of entertainment no mat­ter how often he is seen. His cleverness is established beyond a doubt and he is a continual well of amusement and amazement. His performance of this year was even be~ter than before, several new tricks appearing on his program. If the students were to name tlte most popular entertainer of . the year, there is little doubt but that Mr. Reno, with his array of magical tricks, would be exceedingly near the top, if not the actual leader.

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During the month -of May, St. Viator's had the pleas­Canadian ure of entertaining two distinguished visitors from Visitors Canada. Rt. Rev. Monsingor LeBerge, D.D., pastor

of St. Jean de Baptist Church, Quebec, Canada, who was a professor of do.gmatic theology at this institution from 1900 to 1906, returned to spend a few days among his for ­mer fellow professors and to renew old acquaintances. He was attended by Rev. Father Lamaie, brother of Mother Cyril, Pro­vincial Superior of the Sisters of Notre Dame. After two weeks of happy reunion, the two prelates returned to their respective churches in Quebec. We enjoyed their visit, and sincerely hope that they will ·someday return again.

* *. * St. Viator's has more and more taken to social

Senior and affairs and under the supervision of the College Finale Hop Club, several social attractions have been put on.

Amongst the most successful have been the Senior Prom · and the Finale Hop, both staged at Radeke Hall, Kan­kakee, with Yocum's Serenaders furnishing the music for the first, and the Blue Goose Orchestra at the latter. On both occa­sions the halls were lavishly decorated in the class colors. The proceeds of both were to go to the Kelly Pool fund. The Finale is now an established custom, and will take place every year.

* * * The student body of St. Viator College witnessed one

Amateur of the most engrossing, entertaining, and educational Night performances ever put on by amateur players Satur-

day evening, May 12. The performance began prompt­ly at eight o'clock and consisted of 16 vaudeville acts. The first number on the program was a piano solo by Louis Vallely. Then followed a recitation by a little miss from Kankakee. Carl Berch­told, in a vocal recitation, was the hit of the evening. The Bour­bonnais Male Quartette proved a huge success. The final num­ber on the program was rather a surprise to the majority, but it helped to give the performance a savor of the unexpected and .I a little more variety. Much credit is due to Rev. F. A. Sheridan for making the program a huge success.

* * * Father J . W. R. Maguire, c. s. v., professor of

Attends State sociology and economics, attended the 53rd Gen­Legislature eral Assembly of the legislature of Illinois. Fa-

ther Maguire was present in the sessions in the interests of the Department of Social Action of the National Catholic Welfare Council, which he represents in this state. His obligations are to secure passage of favorable labor and social ·

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legislation, or to prevent the passage of bills considered harmful to labor or social welfare : He spoke frequently at the sessions, in which a number of labor and social bills were introduced. Among the bills which he defended were "Woman's Eight Hour Bill," "One Day Rest in Seven," "Limitations of Injunctions Bill," "Jury Trial Bills," "Amendment to the V\T orkman's Compensa­tion Act," and "The Child Labor Law." It was largely through Father Maguire's efforts that the first mentioned bill, "The Woman·'s Eight Hour Law," passed the House of Representa­tives. He also spoke before the Senate when that bill was up, but was unsuccessful in securing its passage. When the two Anti-trust bills, which were ·veiled thrusts at organized labor, and the Anti-strike bill were before the commission, he ably spoke against them and they were killed in the committee sessions.

* * * The College is indebted to Rev. John Bennett, pas­

The New tor of St. Basil's Church, Chicago, Ill., for the gift Tabernacle of a beautiful steel Tabernacle. The door is of

finely ornamented brass on which is done a chalice in exqu1s1te bas-relief. Father Bennett feels with the Psalmist, "I have loved the beauty of the Lord's House," and in giving this Tabernacle he has added to the beauty of our chapel. \Ve wish to thank Father Bennett sincerely. A name on a plate affixed to the Tabernacle bespeaks prayers for Margaret Hen­nmg. .

* * * · On May 26th, before a large and appreciative audi­

Academy ence, for the first time in the history of St. Viator's, Senior the Academy Seniors presented a Class Play. On Class that occasion they presented in the College Audi-Play torium a two-act comedy entitled "This is the Life."

The various parts \vere well taken and the Class is to be congratulated on 'its splendid success. The musical numbers were rendered by the class in chorus.. The play was under the direction of Rev. F. A. Sheridan. Following is the cast and characters: :Mr. Pemberton, .,president of the Empire Bank, R. Boysen; Herbert Wells, alias Jim Parr, T. Nolan; Curtis Dun,.. oar, a "truly good"< young man, . J. Haley; . Elliott Brayton, a New York Swell, E. JVIaloy; Old Ma'n Siggins, a Rustic, J. Deiss; Young Obadiah Siggins, a chip. of the old block, I\1. Laughran; Jack Ashton, a reporter of the 3K Republican, T. Kelly; Dick.) Percival, an actor, R. ·Drolet; Raggles, a tramp,. J. Sullivan; Dennis Clancy, Ireland's Hope, E . . McCarthy; Toots~ the coo~, B. Clancy. Time, the present. Place, the Kankakee 11arsh. A

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fevv hours intervene be~ween the acts. Musical numb ers: "vVhen \i\Ti11 the Sunshine for Me?" "Pretty Nellie Kelly," "One Good Time" and "Class Song.:'

General John 'J. Clinnin

On the evening of April 9th, General John J. Clinnin, U. S . . A., the father of Paul Clinnin, a student at the College, delivered an interesting and instructive lec­ture on the part America played in the great war. He also told many enlightening · and humorous incidents

which occurred in the home camps, thereby giving us a better insight into the lives of our soldiers in the training camps. He talked in an interesting and pleasing manner and everyone en­joyed the evening and considered it well spent . . An added at-; traction of the evening was the singing of various Irish ballads by Anthony Corcoran, also of Chicago; To these two men the Faculty and students are grateful and hope they may visit us aga1n.

* * * NEWS ITEMS

The death of Father Bordeau. of Manteno, necessitated a new appointment, and the friends of St. V iator wi11 be pleased to hear that Father Primeau, who was stationed at St. Joseph Church, Bradley, Ill., has been appointed to succeep Father Bor­deau as pastor of St. Joseph Church. The parishioners of St. Joseph, Bradley, demonstrated that while they rejoiced in the for tune of Father Primeau and wished hin1 every success in his new field, they were very sorry to lose their pastor, who had so faithfully and kindly attended to their wants, by g iving him a farewell reception on June 15th.

* * * On May 26th, the feast of St. Philip N eri, Rev. P. E. Brown,

C. S. ·v., delivered the panegyric at St. Philip N eri Church, Chi­cago, Ill., of which Rev. Wm. J. Kinsella is pastor.

* * * Father D. Darche, who was formerly curate of Imn1aculate

Conception Church, Chicago, Ill., has been appointed to the pas­torate of St. Joseph Church, Bradley, Ill., to succeed Father Primeau, who has assumed the pastorate of Manteno. Father Darche passed his first Sunday at his new parish June 17th.

* * * Rev. James A. Lowney, C. S. V., on the 26th of May, at

Pontiac, was the speaker at the raising of the memorial flag, which was dedicated to the memory of the World War Veterans of St. Mary's Parish, who had made the supreme sacrifice.

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On Decoration Day, May 30th, Rev. W. J. Stephenson, C. S. V., one of St. Viator:s chaplains of the w ·orld War Army, delivered a stirring address, imn1ortalizing the memory of our American soldiers amongst whom he had labored during the try­ing years of war. Father J . R. Kenrick is pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Ransom, Ill., at which place Father Stephenson spoke.

* * * Father Maguire delivered the Baccalaureate oration on com­

mencement day at St. Theresa's College, Winona, .Minn., June lOth. He was also one of the speakers r,ecently at the banquet tendered to the president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., at the gold room of the Congress Hotel.

* * * Father J. P. O'Mahoney was one of the speakers at the ex­

emplification of the third degree of the K. of C. at the Holy Trin­ity Council, Bloomington, Ill., May lOth. Father O'Mahoney's thetne was Catholic Citizenship.

On May 10, Father Maguire attended the 25th anniversary and the third degree initiation of the K. of C. in Elgin, Ill. He delivered the sermon at the Pontifical Mass, of which Bishop Muldoon, of Rockford was celebrant.

* * * St. Viateur council of Kankakee celebrated its 20th anni­

versary on the 12th of May. A young lady and a male quartette, all members of the Columbia Amusement Co., were engaged for the evening and a very interesting program was arranged. Among the speakers was Mr. Hickey, '06, and Rev. W . J. Bergin of the College Faculty, who spoke at length upon the past of the council and the possibilities of the future.

* * .. * Father Maguire, C. S. V., represented the Viatorian schools

at the 25th annual convention of the Catholic Educational Asso­ciation, which was held June 25th-28th. He also attended the annual convention of the National Industrial Conference h eld June 27th-28th, at Milwaukee, \Visconsin.

* * * Seven young men,· graduat~s of this year's High School

Class, entered the Novitiate of the Clerics of St. Viator, Cham­berlain, South Dakota, July 2nd. These young men, who have

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heeded the call of the Lord and chose the path of Perfection are: Marcus E. Walsh, Frederick Wenthe, Paul Hutton, Fran­cis A. Corcoran, Thomas Nolan, Patrick M. Loughran, and Girard Lamarre. Their many friends wish them success and sincerely hope that the path they have chosen will be a source of great happiness to them.

* * * The Annual Retreat of the Clerics of St. Viator was held at

the College beginning on June 24th and ending July 1st, Rev. Father Flavin, 0. F. M., of the Cincinnati Province was in charge of the exercises of the retreat. The various members of the Province were in attendance.

* * * Recently Mr. E. F. Creel, of Painesville, Ohio, spent a few

clays visiting his son, Mr. P. F. Creel, A. B., '23, of the College department, and was present at the Commencement exercises.

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Obituaries "Dona Eis Requiem, Domine."

In the passing away of Father Lebris, parishioners of lVIo­mence lost the best of Fathers and St. Viator's College a most cdevotecl Alumnus. His death came as a shock, for he had been well apparently, and only a few days before his demise had spent a pleasant afternoon at the College. He died on J\tlay 5th. Solemn Requiem High Mass was sung in the parish Church by the Rev. Z. P. Berard, assisted · by Father Wm. Cleary, dea­con, and Father Frank Cleary, sub-deacon, and Father Korthals as masters of ceremonies. His Grace Most Rev. George Mun­delein, D.D., was present in the sanctuary. The sermon was preached by Rev . J. P. O'Mahoney, C. S. V. In glowing words he sketched the life and labor.s of this saintly priest. Father Lebris made his classics and philosophy at St. Viator College, and his Theology at St. Mary's, Baltimore, Mel. He was paj,tor of St. Patrick's, Momence, Ill., for 27 years. During his long pastorate he endeared himself · to all his people, and therefore , their regret was deep and genuine at his untimely death. Father Lebris, in the midst of his pastoral duties found time to devote himself to historical studies, and at one time held the chair of Church History at St. Viator's College.

* * * Scarcely had the good parishioners at Momence, Ill., as­

sisted at the obsequies of their beloved pastor, when the· congre­gation of St. Joseph's Church, Manteno, Ill., were bereft of their revered Pastor, Father 0. Bordeau., He died on the 26th of May, 1923. Father Bordeau had been ailing since Chri ~tmas time, but his condition was not thought alarming until compli­cations arose from which this good priest did not rally. Solemn Requiem High Mass was sung at St. Joseph's Church, Chorum Episcopo, by Monsigneur Le Cherier, ·assisted by Rev. Father Gelines and Father Poissant. Father Korthals assisted as Mas­ter of Ceremonies. Father Berard preached a very touching sermon in French, sketching the priestly life and activities of Father Bordeau , ·vvhile Father Bergin of the College took as his subject the high vocation of the priesthood and concluded that in the deceased the Priesthood possessed an example of the very highest type. Father Bordeau · was a zealous and devoted Priest. He labore.d long in the Lord's vineyard and there IS no doubt but he received, the reward of the faithful servitor.

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' On Tuesday, May 8th, the last earthly tribute was paid to

Congressman John W. Rainey in St. Agnes Ch1-uch, Chicago, Ill. He had been taken ill with pneumonia and although he made a brave fight against the disease, yet within twelve days he suc­cumbed to its attacks. Mr. Rainey ··vvas a man of very fine char­acter, a practical Catholic, a patriotic American, an honest public official, an affectionate husband, and a loving father. The Via­torian extends to his brother, Frank, and to his family the prayer­ful sympathy of the Faculty of St. Viators.

* * * To the Reverend C. J. Quille we wish to express our sin-

cerest condolence on the death of his brother, Dr. Morris J. Quille. His funeral was held in the Church of the Resurrection, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Quille was an alumnus of St. Viator's College. He made 'his medical studies at American Medical College. As a doctor, he had built up a large clientele but it is perhaps in his works of charity that Dr. Quille was most dis­tinguished and will be longest remembered. vVe may say of him that "he went about doing good." The Good Master, who seeth in secret, will repay him.

* * * Charles A. Lambert, brother of Father George L ambert, .

passed away recently after a brief illness. He was buried from ~ St. dRose's Chufirchd, Kankakee,

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ulty of St. Viator's College. ~

* * * Another old student of St. Viator's College went to his

eternal · reward in the person of Thomas Canavan. He died at his home in Kankakee, Illinois, on April 29th, and was buried from St. Patrick's Church, Kankakee. Father O'Mahoney of the College was present at the funeral.

* ·* * Leo McDermott, H. S., ' 17, has the sympathy of the Col­

lege in his .bereavement over the death of hi s fond mother. who lately passed away in her hom e at Kewanee, Illinoi s.

* * We wish to proffer the sympathy of our prayers to Phillip

Champagne, student of the College, in hi s sorrow at the loss of his affectionate mother.

* * * Father O'Mahoney recently sustained the loss of a devoted

aunt, Mrs. A. Shea, ·v.rho was called from thi s world to receive

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the reward of a pious life. To Father O'Mahoney · go out our best prayers f9r the eternal reward of his loving aunt.

* * * Mr. Roy Creel, brother of Patrick Creel, member of the Col­

lege Faculty, died recently at his home at Painesville, Ohio. We join with Mr. Patrick Creel in the many prayers offe_red up for the repose of th-e soul of his brother and we feel sure that ;;t

merciful Lord will turn an · attentive ear to these supplications_. Our deepest sympathy is hereby extended to our faithful col-league, Mr. Patrick Creel. · ·

* * * . Edward J\1cCoy, a life long friend of S t. - Viator College,

after a short illness, was called to his final reward recently. His bereaved family has the assurance of our fervent prayers for the repose of the soul of a good brother._

* * * vValter Tynan, .H S., '07-'08, succumbed to an attack of

pneumonia and was buried from the · Church of the Resurrection-, Chicago. vValter is remembered as a con-genial and loyal stu­dent and will not be forgotten in the prayers of his College friends.

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JOHN ·w. "DIZZ" CLANCY

Once more we have the pleasure of chronicalling in our athletics an~1als the brilliant success attained by another of our athletes. This time it is John Clancy, stellar Varsity first-baseman, v1r hose ' prowes,s on the diamond has won for him a berth on the Chicago White Sox. Dizz's success speaks high praise, not only for himself, but for the team which nourish­ed his athletic training as well. It was at St. Viator that his baseball career opened, and it was here that he developed into his present phenomenal form as a star first baseman and slugger of the -home­run type. During his four years of Var­sity baseball, John was the luminary of the lot. His ability to snag every pos­sible 'offer within reach .of his lankiness, ' his speed in covering territory, his accu­rac:Y of throw, and his clouting at a four , hundred clip throughout the four sea­sons, has made him a sensation in college baseball circles and gives promise of an enviable future in the major ranks of pro­fessional ball. The Viatorian feels hon­ored in extending to Dizz, the heartiest well wishes of the · students ancl faculty of St. Viator.

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St. Viator 24, American College 0. Saturday, April 14th, Coach Kelly's tribe opened the season

in a fitting manner by burying American College under an ava­lanche of runs , copping the -fray 14 to O.- "_Pat" Farrell worked the first four innings and allowed the Chicago lad s but three hits, all well scattered . "l\!Iick" Donnelly took a turn on the mound for the next two innings and was as tight with hits as "Pat," dishing out but one sa e clout .· "Gus" Dundon worked the last inning and faced but three men. The garne was called ·at the end of the 7th at the request of the visi tors . "Reel" 1\1ac­Lain , "Wally" Fitzgerald, "Dizz" Clancy, "Coot" Lyons, "Vine'"_' l\1cCarthy and "Phil" Bowe made up most of the offensive-with tvvo blows each. "Reel's" were both triples, one of "Dizz's" a homer, one of Lyons' and McCarthy's and both of Bowe's doubles. In addition to the above Winterhalter added a double and Dundon a triple. A classy double play in the 5th, Winter­halter to Lyons to Clancy, featured the fielding.

· Score: St. Viator ____ ____ ______ __ ____ __ __ ____ :__ ____ _ 1 7 4 0 8 4 x-24 14 2 Ameriacn ------ -- -- ---- ---- -- ----- ----- ------ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 4 5

Batteries: Farrell, Donnelly, Dundon and Stanclaert; Bahl,_ berg, Shilliclay and Bursell. Umpire, Murchison.

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St. Viator 22, Lake Forest 2. Saturday, Apri l 21st, Coach Glaze 's Lake Forest nine were

given their u sual lacing, the home trite copping a free hitting contest 22 to 2, while "Mick" Donnelly and "Gus" Dundon held the Lake Forest to three scattered hits. Eleven men batted in

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the second and twelve in the third, tallying six and·· eight runs in these two stanzas. "Mick" was invincible and allowed but two hits , one in the sixth and one in the seventh. Lake Forest scored in the fifth when "Mick'' dusted off Lindenmeyer, walked Olsen, the former scoring on Altenburg's single, the first Lake Forest blow~ A nother run was garnered off "Gus" in the 8th on a walk, single and passed ball. "Gus" whiffed eight of the twelve men who faced him. "Dizz" treated the fans to some real stick work

, with two triples and two singles , while Standaert, catcher elite, "Winnie," from Elburn and "Nig" McGinnis, from Memphis, contributed three safeties each. "Winnie" and "Red" with six chances each did most of the infield work.

Score: St. Viator ________ ____ __ _________ _ Lake Forest __ ________ __ ______ __

2 6 8 0 4 2 0 0 x--22 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0-- 2 3'---6

Batteries: D onnelly, Dundon and Standaert; Lindenmeyer, Franzen and Altenburg. Umpire: Cusack (Chicago).

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St. Viator 9, Y. M. C. A. 0. The Chicago Y. M. C. A. College furni shed the opposition

for the third game of the season Monday, April 23rd. Meyers, visiting pitcher, had more than anyone the home tribe had seen thus far this season, but they managed to nick him for ten so lid S\vats. "Pat" Farrell hurled a wonderful game, allowing but three sea ttered hits, and aided by splendid support was never in danger , only thirty-one men facing the Champaign sheik. "Dick" Stanclaert helped "Pat" out considerably, picking two men off first and one off third with his bullet peg. Lyons, l\1acLain and Winterhalter handled most of the putouts, each taking six chances. The entire team played excellent ball , not a boot mar­ring the score sheet. "Nig" McGinnis repeated his Lake Forest exhibition , poling two singles and a double in four trips to the plate, while Clancy hit two singles, MacLain a triple and Win­terhalter a double. Meyers led with ~he stick for the opposition, poling two of their three hits.

Score: St. Viator ____________ ___________ _ Y. M. C. A. ---- ----.-- ----------

0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 X-- 9 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-- 0 3 5

Batteries: Farrell and Standaert; M-eyers and Hicks . U m­pire, Cusack (Chicago ) .

St. Viator 5, Butler 4. Tuesday, April 24th , Captain Clancy's nine took Butler's

s calp 5 t o 4 at Indianapolis in the first game of a three day tour.

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Viator opened the scoring in the second when McGinnis doubled and scored on Nipper's error of L yons ' grounder to second. "Winnie" started off the fourth with a single, scoring on ''Dick's" double and tallied again · in the sixth on a fielder's choice, Goett's error at short and "Dizz's" single. "Coot" L yons' home run over the left field fen ce and J ordan 's singl e followed by "Winnie's" double accounted for two more in the seventh. T wo walks and an error in the second and a walk, sacrifice and single in the third accounted for Butler's first two runs. Duffy was invincible until the ninth arid allowed but one hit until the final frame when two consecutive singles, an error , sacrifice fly and a walk pushed two more over for Butler in a rally w hich fell one run short. "Duff" w hiffed eleven and except for wildness was never in danger. Jordan and Winnie with two blows each led w ith the stick, while "Coot" Lyons holds the di stinction of clearing Butler's left field w all for the fir st time in several sea­sons.

Score: St. V iator ------ -- ------ ------ ---­Butler --------- -- ------------------ -

0 0

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1 2 0 0 0 0

0-5 2-4

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Batteries: Duffy and Standaert; Slaighter and Schwolmey­er. Umpire, McAllister (Indianapolis).

St. Viator 8, Indiana 1

The following day at Bloomington "Gus" Dundon pitched his team to an easy 8-1 victory over Indiana, letting the Hoosiers down with three scattered s ingles and w hiffing thirteen . The gang started early marking up one in the initial frame on J or­clan 's triple and Clancy's sing le. McGinnis' single, "Gus' " double, "Red's" walk and J ordan's life on Smith's error at short followed by "Dizz's" single accounted for four m ore in the sec­ond. "Gus," not content w ith pitching a g rand game hit one for four sacks and ta llied another run in the fourth. The final two came as a result of Clancy's double, "Nig"' McGinnis' walk and steal and Lyons' single. Indiana's lone tally came in the sixth when Woodward, Indiana pitcher, singled , Smith walked . Wood· ward scoring on two infield outs. "Gus" was the hero of the day and the reason of a "Grande Conge." In addition to a llowing but three hits "Gus" poled a double and a hom er in four trips to th e plat e. f(D ick" caug ht hi s usual h eady game, picking Woodward off first after he had walked in the third , and nailing all attempts t o stea l. Clancy, MacLain and Lyons added most of the remainder of hits, the three infielders poling two each, w hil e the entire team fielded in major league fashion.

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Score: St. Viator ----- -- --- --- --- -- ------· 1 4 0 1 2 Indiana ----- -- ---- --- ------ ------ -- 0 0 0 0 0

Batteries: Dundon and Standaert; maw. Umpire: Gardner (Indianapolis) .

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Woodward and Moo-

St. Viator 22, DePauw 10. Thursday at Greencastle the gang had their hitting tog s on

and swamped DePauw 22 to 10 in a regular slug fe st , pounding five DePauw hurlers to all corners of the lot. "Mick" D onnelly started the game but gave way · to Farrell in the fourth after a double two errors and a home{ in the third shoved over four runs for the Methodists. '"'Pat" kept the hjts well scattered un~ til the ninth \ivhen two singles and a walk followed by Hirt's sec­ond homer brought in four more for DePauw. "Dizz" Clancy, with two doubles and three singles and "Red" MacLain , w ith ~;~. double and four singles led the hitting attack. "Winnie': poked h vo tremendous drives to left fi eld but Clark's stellar fi elding robbed our guardian of the hot corner of .. two sure _ homers. _"Ding" managed to pound out a double and two singles and score four run s. "Pat" Farrell pitched a wonderful game until the ninth when De Pauw shoved over four runs. "Pat" allowed but six blows in as many innings and whiffed seven. " V ine" lVIcCarthy bagged two hits out of three trips but tired of the game at the eighth inning and left us stranded without a left fielder. "Hirt" with two home runs over center field fence fea­tured the D~Pauv.r hitting.

Score: St. Viator ____ _______ _________ ____ 2 1 1 4 0 4 4 2 4--22 22 3

-De Pauw -- ------ -- -- ----- --- -- ---- 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 4--10 11 5 Batteries: Donnelly, Farrell and Standaert; Martin , Bills,

Dragoo, Earl, Fortune and Davis. Umpire: C0nklin (Green-castle).

St. Viator 15, James Millikin 5 Monday, April 30th, Coach Kelly's sluggers trounced Milli-

·kin University 15 to 5 in the second conference game of the sea­son. "Mickie" Donnelly worked the first six innings and was in­vincible, allowing but three hits. Only two runs were garnered off "Mick," when a walk, triple and single in the sixth permitted Millikin to tally their first runs,of the game. "Mick" gave w ay to "Vine" Pfeffer in the seventh who was nicked for four hits and two runs in his fir st inning. "Vine" settled down and allowed but two more hits , both in the final frame, and contributed to his own score with a double and a single. "Dizz" Clancy, our stel--

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lar fir t acker. gave the fan omething to talk about when he poled two homer and a single. "Dick" tandaert and "Coot"

" Lyon clouted a triple and ino-le each and "Red" l\1acLain un­corked a double. Douthet led the 1'v1illikin attack 'vith a triple and a single.

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Batteries: Donnelly, Pfeffer and Standaert; Pfeffer and Gain e. . Umpire: Cusack (Chicago).

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St. V iator 7, Columbia 1. \i\1 ednesday. :May 2nd. "Gus" Dundon hurled his way to an­

other great victory, letting the Columbia nine clown with three scattered hits. It was "Gus' '' second three hit win in as many starts. 1\1cCauley. Columbia southpaw, who was to join the White Sox at the completion of the season. pitched a good game but was nicked for eleven opportune swats. Except for the sec­ond inning when two consecutive singles and a fielder's choice tallied Columbia's only run. "Gus" was never in danger, allow­ina- but three walks and whiffing nine. "Red" MacLain, "Tom­mie" J orclan and "Dizz" Clancy led the Viator attack with two hits each. "N ig'' 1\1cGinnis and "Vine'' 1\fcCarthy poled the only extra base hits, a double and a triple respectively. "Coot" Lyon::; suffered a severely sprained ankle sliding into third in the fifth after he singled and stole second. The injury will probably keep him out of the game for some time.

Score: St. Viator __ ______ ____ ____________ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 x- 7 11 1 Columbia ______ _____ ___________ __ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 1 3 3

· Batteries: Dundon an~ Standaert; 1\1cCaulev and McDon­ough, Murphy. Umpire: Cusack (Chicago).

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St. Viator 14, Western State Normal 10. Kalamazoo Normal proved the third victim of the week, suc­

cumbing to Duffy's hurling and a Viatorian hitting assault, 14 to 10, Friday afternoon on the College field. Duffy pitched a good game and kept the eight hits fairly well scattered but his ex­treme wildness made considerable trouble for him. Had his con~ trol been better, "Duff" would probably have turned in a shut­o·ut game, as he whiffed sixteen of the N ormalites but granted eleven free tickets to first. "Dizz" with a homer and two singles and "Nig" McGinnis with a double and two singles led the at­tack, while "Red," "Winnie" and "Dick" poled out two apiece, otie of "Red's" and "Dick's" going for two sacks. "Johnnie"

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Barrett, playing second in place of Lyons, handled four difficult ~· chances without a bobble and secured two hits and a walk out ·-x::·

of four trips to the plate. The gang batted around in the second clouting five hits for as many runs. Moser, Kazoo third sacker, was "Duff's" jinx, walking five times in as many trips to the plate. Miller, Kazoo first sacker, led the visitors' attack with a homer and a double.

Score: · St. Viator ----- --- -- ---------- ---- 1 5 0 2 2 1 2 0 x-14 15 3 N onnal ----------- --- ----- ----- ----- 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 2-10 8 4

Batteries: Duffy and Standaert; Collins and Maher. U m­pire: Cusack (Chicago).

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_ St. Viator 21, Lombard 7. Saturday Lombard furnished the opposition for the fourth

win of the week and our tenth straight victory. Ten Viatorian sluggers batted in the third frame collecting six hits and four runs. "Pat" Farrell was touched for twelve hits in s ix innings but managed to keep the blows well scattered, pitching himself out of two or three bad holes in the early innings. "Reel" Mac­Lain had a' gala clay, setting a record only surpassed by himself. The diminutive shortstop poled out three homers and a triple in addition to handling nine chances in the infield. In 1919, "Red's" ~reshman year, "Rodney" nicked four Bradley hurlers for seven hits in as many trips to the plate, at Peoria, interspersing a couple homers and triples with the doubles and singles. "Dick" Stand­aert kept pace with "Red" clouting out a double and four singles, while "Tom'' J orclan, "Johnnie" Barrett and "Vine" McCarthy bagged three each. "Johnnie" featured the fielding as well with two spectacular stabs of hot liners through second. Thompson, with a homer and two singles, led the Lombard attack.

Score: St. Viator ____ ______ __ __ ___ ___ ____ 2 2 6 0 1 5 5 0 x-21 19 2 Lombard _________________ __ ___ __ __ 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 0- 7 12 4

Batteries: Farrell , Dundon and Standaert; Nestor, Swanson and Briggs. Umpire: Olsen (Chicago). ·

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·St. Viator 2, Bradley Poly 1. Thursday, May lOth, at Peoria, Bradley Poly, nurturing

championship aspirations, were given their first jolt by our star southpaw, "Gus" Dundon, who)et the Peoria boys down with three hits and held them scoreless until the final stanza. "Gus" was master at all times and except in the ninth was never threat­ened. "Gus" secured a one run lead in the third when he walk­ed and scored on "Dizz's" double. Our second tally came in the

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7th when Standaert lifted one of Tyler's fast ones over the 1eft field fence for an easy trip around the sacks. Bradley's only tally came in the ninth with two down , when Correll walked and Doubet singled, Corr.ell scoring on McGinnis' throw in. ''Lefty" Tyler, Bradley ace , pitched a wonderful game allowing but four hits, all in different innings. "Gus" hurled a masterful game and should have turned in a shutout except for a bad throw in the ninth. "Gus" whiffed thirteen and allowed but three lone singles.. ' "Dick" Stanclaert copped the hitting honors w ith . a double and a homer, th(' latter winning the game. "Winnie's" double and "Dizz's" two-base clout were the only other hits col­lected. Doubet led for Bradley with two of their three blo·w s.

Score : St. Viator ------ ----------- --------- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-2 4 1 Bradley -- --- --- ------ ------------ --- - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 3 1

Batteries-Dunclon and Standaert; Tyler and Buckley. Urn~ pire-Knable (Peoria).

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tered their fir st defeat in twelve games. "Gus" got away to a bad start in the fir st inning, hi s wildness accounting for three Bradley runs , w hile in the third two more walks gave Brad ley their fo urth run. "Duff" relieved "Gus" and held the opposi tion scoreless until the ninth w hen Corr ell led off wi th a triple, scor­ing on MacLain's error. "Duff" w hiffed eig ht and issued but fo ur walks in the six innings he worked. Inability of the home gang to so lve Tyler's slow benders was largely responsible for the defeat. "Dick" Standaert and "Winni e" were the only ones to hit consistently, each poking out two sing les. "Dick" drove in our only run. J orclan's sing le in the fo urth and D uffy's do.u­ble in the fifth were the only other hits collect ed off Tyler. Landers w ith two sing les led the Bradley attack.

Score: St. Viator ------------ --- ----.---------0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-1 6 3 Bradley __ : _____ __ ________________________ 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-5 6 2

Batteries-Dundon, D uffy and Standaert; Tyler and Buck­ley. U nJ.pire-Fitzpatrick (Chicago).

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St. Viator 1) Valparaiso 9 The fo llowing clay Valparaiso Univers ity found the gang

still off color and handed us our second defeat of the season. Incidentally it was .the . fir st defeat at Va1po's hands in three years , all sports included. The Hoosiers got away · to a good start in the first fra·me when a walk combined with three ertor's

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netted them two runs. Three more were garnered in the third ,/ on a walk and fo ur hits. · O ur only t un came in the firs t frame \: w hen Meloy, Valpo first sacker, missed "Red's" ro ller, Jordan sacrificing and "Dizz" sc.oring ~'Red" on·.: a single t o center. W hile "Pat" Farrell allowed but four hits, a ll singles, they counted tuns every time. Duffy took over the mound work in the fourth and held the oppositi on to one run until the ninth , when two hits, Valpo's t otal off hi s delivery, mingled with an error, a sacrifice and a hit bat sman, counted three more runs. Clancy wi th a single and a double and "Nig" McGinnis w ith three singles led the hitting. "Dizz's" double was the only extra base clout of the game. Spurgeon led the Valpo attack with two of their six blows.

Score : St. Viat or --- --- ----- ----- -- ------ -- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 6 6 Valparai so ___ ________ ______ __ _____ 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3-9 6 1

Batteries-Farrell , Duffy and Stanclaert; Graham and A n­derson. U mpire-Cusack (Chicago) , p lat e; McAvoy (Chi cago) , bases.

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St. Viator 12, Loyola 4 Tuesday, May 22nd , Loyola U nive rsity found the tribe play­

ing closer to th eir u sual standard. "Mickie" Donnelly letting the Chicagoans clown w ith one lone bingle. Downey's sing le in t-he second. A lthough the h ome tribe was decidedly off color dn the defensive, timely blows and "Mick's" superb hurling al­luvvecl th em to w in w ith ease Downey's single, a sacrifice and "Reel's" error in the second accounted for their fir st run. Three · more were talli ed the following inning w ithout a bingle. ·Dooley walked and Coyne attempting a sacrifi ce was given life on '~M ick ' s" bobble. T wo wild heaves fr om the infield and a fielder 's ch oice netted the three runs. "Nig" McGinnis , w ith a double and two singles, led the hitting attack, w hile "Dizz" poled out a homer and a triple. "Wallie" Fitzgerald and "Ding" vVinterhalter with two bingles each figured in the scoring , one of "Doodle's" a clou ble and one of "Ding's" a trip le . _, Score: · SL V iator ____ _____ ____ ___ ____ ____ 1 2 1 4 1 - 1 0 2 -x-12 12 5 Loyola ________ ___ _______ __ __________ 0- 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0- 4 1 6

Batteries-Donnelly and Stanclaert; Dooley and Morri sey. U mpire-Cusack (Chicago).

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pitcher's battle to · the · Aggies, 4-3. The game w enf scoreless

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until the fifth when each side procured a run. ~The Aggies scored when Kuhn tripled, scoring on Gasser's sacrifice. In the seventh a walk, two steals and a single netted their third run 1and two 'iValks, a steal and an infield out accounted for the ty ing run in the eighth. In the ninth Duffy w alked Brady and w ith the score 3-3, Dundon w as sent into the fray, McMillan s~oring Brady w ith a triple on the first ball pitched. O ur fir st rul) came in the fifth on a walk, two wild pitches and an error. T wo more were added in the six th on "Ding's" single and steal , Clancy's walk and Daley's bad throw of Standaert's hit t o short. With a 3-1 lead to start the seventh and pitching splendid ball , :Puffy began to get wild and got himself in some bad holes . "Dizz" was g iven a great ovation in the eighth w hen he cut off an Aggie run at the plate by a stellar one-hand stab of Daley's grounder and a splendid throw to Dick, nailing J ohnson by inches. Kuhn, Aggie pitcher and captain, allowed but four scattered hits and secured a triple and tw o walks , w hiffing four ­teen. "Duff" allowed but three hits but issued t en free tickets to the initial sack.

Score: St. V iator __ __ ___ _____ ____ __ __ ______ 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 o-· 3 4 2 Michigan Aggies ___ ___ ___ __ ___ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1-4 4 3

Batteries-Duffy, Dundon and Stan(laert; Kuhn and Gasser. Umpire- --Morgan (Lansing) .

St. Viator 10, Western Normal 0 The following day at Kalamazoo the gang avenged the

two basket ball defeats at Kazoo's hands by tramping on the N ormalites for the second time this season. "Gus" Dundon was in form and pitched his third three . hit game and aided by splendid support was never in danger. The gang had a good day in the field , not a boot marring the scor e sheet . Two -dou­ble p lays , \Vinterhalter to Clancy, in the fir st and MacLain to Clancy to Winterhalter in the fifth elicited much applause from the sidelines. "Tom " Jordan's spectacular catch of Moser's long fly in the second featured the fielding, a seemingly impossible <;:atch. The gang batted two left-hand pitchers to all corners1

poling out eig hteen hits for a t otal of t en runs. Standaert, our star receiver , led the attack w ith a homer , a double and two singles. "Doodle" Fitz was nex t w ith a triple and two singles. "Red" MacLain also poked out a triple. McCarthy pulled a Nick A ltrock in the ninth . Aft er his single he kept running, pulling up at third , w ith Kazoo throwing the ball around in an attempt to tag him. This decided v ictory over Kazoo, who

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held Michigan 4-3, two days later, and swamped Minnesota 10-0, speaks for the calibre of our nine when going right. \-,

Score: St. Viator _____ ___ ___ ____ ___ ______ 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2-10 18 0 Normal -- -------- ----- -- --- ------ -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 3 2

Batteries-Dundon and Standaert; Messinger, Johnson and Potter. Umpire-Parker (Battle Creek).

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St. Viator 8, Lake Forest 0 Saturday, May 26th, Captain Clancy led his crew to an

8-0 victory over Lake Forest. "Mick" Donnelly was invincible, allowing but four scattered hits and whiffing twelve. The Peoria lad was master at all times, only thirty men facing him, two reaching first and one getting as far as second base. The Lake Forest nine looked much better than when they appeared on our field and fielded and threw in majorleague fashion at times. Coach Glaze deserves much credit for their improvement under such a handicap as he suffered. Linclenmeyer v.ras hit for three runs on as many blows in the third and gave way to Franzen in the fourth who pitched the remainder of the game and al­lowed but three more hits. Although the gang failed to hit the Lake Forest hurlers as per usual, brainy base-running artcl smart baseball tactics enabled them to push across eight runs on but six hits. Only six men hit safely, "Ding's" homer and "Reel's" triple marking the extra base clouts. Besse, Lake Forest catcher, secured two of their four hits. "Dizz" had his usual good clay in the field, handling fourteen chances without a bobble, while "Dick" helped "Mick" along in great fashion with twelve putouts and one assist to his .credit.

Score: St. Viator ----------- --------------- 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0-8 6 1 Lake Forest ---------------------- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 2

· Batteries-Donnelly and Stanclaert; Linclenmeyer, Franzen and Besse. Umpire-Johnson (Chicago).

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St. Viator 5, Millikin 2 11onclay, May 28th, at Decatur Coach Kelly's- nine defeated

James Millikin University for the second time this season and registering their eighth straight,_ victory over the Decaturians. "Pat" Farrell hurled a i)r111iant game and except for the sixth inning was never seriously threatened. Pfeffer's triple and "Reel's" error in the fifth gave Millikin their first run. Douhit -vvalkecl to start the sixth, Brown singled, Douhit sconng on a

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pop fly which fell betwee-n "Red" and "Mac" for a single. "Ding" muffed Gaines' liner to throw. With three men on and none out "Dizz" took Pfeffer's fly to first and Seyfer hit into a fast double play, Farrell to Stanclaert to Clancy. After this inning "Pattie" had no more trouble, only ten men facing him in the final three stanzas. Douglas, Millikin pitcher, hurled a nice game, allowing but five scattered hits. The gang took advan­tage Qf Millikin errors, scoring four runs in the fourth on three errors, an infield out and Jordan's single. "Pat" tallied another in the seventh with a four-base clout _to left field. J orclan was the only other Viator man to gather more than one blow, get­ting two singles. "Pattie's" hurling in the pinches and his dou­ble and homer earned the victory.

Score: St. Viator -- ----------------- ---- --- 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0-5 5 2 Millikin ---- --- -------- --------------- 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0-2 4 5

Battei:-ies-Farrell and Stanclaert; Douglas and Gaines. U m­pire-Hampton (Decatur).

St. Viator 0, Wabash 6 The following clay at Crawfordsville "Snake" Goldsberry,

\Vabash star, hurled the Hoosiers to a 6-0 victory over our fight­ing nine. Wabash got away to an early lead, scoring tw o runs in the first and three in the second. A walk, sacrifice and two scratch hits in the opening stanza accounted for two runs , while a single, a sacrifice, two errors and a pop fly which fell between second and right gave them three more in the second. Poor fielding spotted the Hoosier nine five runs in the first two frames, while inability to hit the port side slants of Goldsberry, accounted for the shutout. "Gus" pitched a good game and had he been given his usual support should have come through with a victory or at least a one-run defeat. Wabash taliiecl six runs , none of which were earned. Their final counter came in the sixth when a hit batsman, a walk and "Red's" error scored Sheppard. . "Reel," "Dizz" and "Ding'' were the o"nly three to connect safely, "Dizz" getting two of the four blows. "Pete" Rife, from Clinton, umpired and his work was highly commend­able.

Score: St. Viator ------------ -- ------ ---- -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 4 Wabash ·---------- ------------ --- ---- 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0-6 6 0

Batteries-Dunclort and Stanclaert; Goldsberry and Chew. Umpire-Rife (Clinton).

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· St. Viator 4, Beloit 3 , Thursday, May 31st, the gang closed their season w ith a\~4-3

win over the strong Beloit nine. "Mickie" Donnelly pitched a wonderful game of ball and except in the seventh when three of Beloit's seven hits counted two runs was never in danger. Beloit's only other tally came in the fifth w hen Clancy's error of Laffin's grounder, a sacrifice and Irvine's single scored Laffin. '.'Mick" started to w in his own garrie by doubling his fi-rst time up, scoring on Farrell's single. Farrell's single, "Ding's"· dou­ble, an infield out and ''Dick's '' sacrifice fly in the eighth scored "Pat" and "Ding" with the tying runs. "Jordan's" walk, Fitz­gerald's . single and a passed bali' _in the final session scored "Tom" w ith the winning run- with none out. "Mick" allowed but seven scattered hits t=lnd contributed to the w in with a single and double in three trips to the plate. "Pat" Farrell was the only other Viatorian to clout two hits, while ''Ding's" double in the eighth scored a run. "Ding" took care of the hot corner in rare style, handling seven hard chances \iV ithout a bobble. The game marked the return of "Coot" Lyons to the diamond after an absence of four ''reeks. "Coot" grabbed five assists and fcur putouts without a boot .

Score: St. Viator _____ ____ _____ _____ ___ :___ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1-4 7 2 Beloit -- ---- ----------- --- -- -- ---------- 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0-'3 7 3

Batteries-Donnelly and Standaert; Winkenwerder and \Vheeler. U mpire-Cusack (Chicago).

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SEASON'S SCORES

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