M O N T R E A L , C A N A D A C H R IS T M A S , 1940

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'he ^ tro r^ m C Jf«uUj> of Hopola College offej beset bri*he* for aoerp merrp Cbri*tma* anb a*framJftetoT33ear: J j Bffifefr

~Wo pou, our *tubent*, of tohom toe are p r ^ r r o ^ t tlit^refitg toe

babe *o much at heart; anb to pou, their parent*, our totttagueiipf tion. iWap the Snfant f e*u* ble** pou all; map M e finbittpour b *econb JJajaretf).

— Wo pou, our frienb* anb benefactor*, to tobom toe otoe m anpa of gratitube; map M e M i)o lobe* a cheerful giber retoarb tottb labi*b ble* *lng*, pour gibing^ % j- ;

— Wo pou, our Slum ni aitb-*pour uqticftm hffper*. the Habie*’ J3uxiliarp, map J&e, the mobfl of trpoNbfi, t t f t S f r r pour Cbrl*tian bebotebne**.

— Wo pou, our ICopola *on*, *erblng ilin g anb countrp on lanb, on *ea anb in the air; map M e toatcb ober pou In pour moment* of peril, anb bring pou *afe borne tottb tbe honour* of bictorp.

— Wo pou, our *tubent* from aero** the *ea*, from Cnglanb, Jfrance anb $olanb, a *pecial toi*b: map the *pirit of Chri*t'* iBtatibitp be toitb pou for tbi* pour fir*t Cbri*tma* in Canaba to make it trulp happp.

Although mounting toabe* of bitterne** antftoi*corb *toeep rounb the earth, toe mu*t not be*patr. M e l&be an 8 rk pf *afetp; more, a *olib ftock again*t tobicb eben *ucb toatft* ba*b injbatn. Cbri*t gabe u* M i* Church, anb M i* promi*e of *ure^a**i*tance to all, e*pectallp to M i* faithful one*. 3Jf pou think that the tibe of unbelief anb oppre**ton i* ri*ing, be *ure it t* not *o complete a floob a* cobereb the earth the night Cfjrtet toa* born. Recall M i* toorb*: “ <© pe of little faith, tobp bo pou boubt?"

— *ball inbeeb be of little faith if bie turn all our attention noto to mere merrp-maktng anb to bu*ine**, eben a* a bi*traction from thought* of toar. Wi)e peace of the Snfant Cfjrtet toa* promi*eb to men of goob toill, of toill tuneb to harmonp toith the toill of <©ob, anb to *pmpathp toitfj felloto-man.

Wi)i* peace bo toe toi*h pou all. Wo *ecure it more abunbantlp, 2f *hall offer a M o * * on Chri*tma* 5iap for pour intention*. &II the Jfacultp toill remember pou frequentlp in thetr praper* in the coming pear.

<@ob ble** pou all.

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E D IT O R -IN -C H IE F ................................................. Capt. John A. Brayley, ’41A SSO C IA T E E D IT O R S — COTC ................. Lieut. T. M. Thompson, ’41

Alumni ............................... John Sheridan, ’2SCollege ................................... A lbert Mellor. ’42H igh School ......................... Dave Ledoux, ’41

SPO R T S E D IT O R ................................................................... William Shore, ’41B U SIN E SS M A N A G ER ..................................................... Robert K. Joyce, ’43M A N A G IN G E D IT O R ....................................................... Robert Brodrick, ’43C IR C U L A T IO N M A N A G ER ............................................... Frank Higgins, ’44A R T D E P T ...................................... 2/Lieut. David Asselin & Frank HigginsA D V E R T IS IN G M A NA GER .............................. 2 /L ieut. David Asselin, ’42,A D V E R T IS IN G D E P T : G. Vanier, ’44, F. Hamill, ’41, R. Brousseau, ’42,

K. Mulcair, ’43, P. Pare, ’43, H . Braceland, ’43, R. Meagher, ’44, F. Kohler H.S., ’41.

__ A D M A JO REM D E I G LO R IA M __ ____ __

_ Christmas 1940A nother year has rolled around and still men fight and hate

one another. Events are moving a t a fast tempo am idst the roar of m urderous motors, the screech of bursting bombs, and the clash and clangor of endless battles.

I t is sad to think that this joyous season of Christmas, this B irth of the Redeemer, who is the Prince of Peace, should be m ar­red, and even subjected to this battle that a t its ever increasing range is engulfing all lands on this earth. But this battle m ust go on, till the forces of evil are overthrow n by the forces of C hrist; till justice and charity shall conquer m ight and brute force; till the men who aim to grasp world power, who aim to make small nations their vassals and slaves, till these m onster of havoc and ruin are overthrown, until then we shall not be secure to love, honour and serve God w ithout fear of restrain t by any dictator or state.

On this Day of Christmas, the F east of the Prince of Peace, let us join the choirs of angels and sing “ Gloria in Excelsis Deo” . Let us stand humbly before H im who brings L ight to this world of Darkness, who brings Peace to those who are wise enough to accept it, and who love ardently enough to m erit it. Let us on jhis Joyous Day pray to O ur K ing for Peace, not fo r man-made peace, but for that only true and H oly Peace, that of Jesus-.ChrJlgfli

UNDER THE T O W E RBY JO H N B R A Y L E Y

Along the Corridor

^Christmas and

A R T W E L B O U R N E

the happiness

lOds-Oi the year, times that are §§ft3is a time made significant by

ond m em ory; perhaps a choice or

Dez se z :

Do you know that you will not su ffe r from indigestion un­less you are foolish enough to eat ? . . . . Did you know that the best way to save money is tobum cigarettes ? ............. Did you

. know that the Soudan is not a1 five-passenger F o rd ? Didyou know that sergeants were made to bully corporals into bul­lying lance-corporals into bully­ing privates into doing somework ?...........Dram a in the re fec to ry :

F onseca: “W hy do you always dust o ff your plate before I ser­ve you, Butch?

K aine: “Cuz I wuz an um pire back in Brattleboro” . . . . H oiti-Toites from H i-School:

Prep K id d o : “ Say chump, are you a F reshm an?”

“ Brownie” F au teux : “ N ah! horse ju st stepped on my hat, th a t’s all.”H eard at the D .O.C. Jelly ses­sion :

Sweet voice: “ My, isn’t Ralph Farrell rugged and cute ?” . _, ^

C hartier: “ Gee ^ de-Tuodles”.

M cN ally: (w allflow ering) — “there’s the type of girl I ’ve been looking for all my life” .

D ansereau: ( D i t to ) —-“ Same here; but you go ahead, I ’ve been looking longe'- than you have.” —.W oids of W isdom :

One reason that T iger’s

event that was p f jlaram ount im portance in the shaping of our lives 1 m^n<̂ never sea is becauseit’s always close to sh o re ...........and the course we follow, that shall be our destiny, our “ s ta r” .

And we think of these things often and build a special shrine in our hearts where the flame burns brighter as each cycle of twelve months brings w ith it anniversaries and memories. A nd for us the everchanging, ever-onward sweeping tide of circumstances shall not strew these jewels as the wind-blown sand across the eternal desert, nor shall the mists of Tim e serve as shrouds to extinguish these flaming M emory-torches, beacons of our progress, vistas of our journey.

W e each have known moments where L ife seemed to be preg­nant w ith hidden meaning, when there was a tense vibrancy and current and awareness of something im portant happening to us.B ut the time of year that seems to evoke universal and simultane­ous emotions of brotherhood and sacrifice and tru st in God’s W ord is the wonderful time of Christm as when God became M an and man became the heir of God.

W hat is the wonder of this holy feast, this day of innocence and joy and beauty? The indestructible spirit o f Christmas, the trium phant paesan of eternal victory, the brilliant radiance of shining Holiness aglitter w ith jewels, the glorious m ajesty of God enthroned in a crib— this is the Christ-M ass. This is the beautiful privilege that is ours,—to welcome as did the Shepherds of old the new-born Lord of the W orld and to adore as they did at the crib and marvel at the wonderful mercy of A lm ighty God. O n that first Christm as night H um anity knelt at the in fan t feet of D ivinity and the Hosannas of the Angels heralded the deathless victory over Sin and Death that was so soon to rock Calvary and the world.

W hat a ghastly contrast between the unselfish nobility of Jesus and the materialistic concepts of our pagan world w ith its greed and hatred and bestiality, its u tter contempt and callous disregard of H is teachings and Divine example. Exploding bombs and the vicious death-rattle of machine-guns shall usher in this anniversary of the N ativity of the Prince of Peace. There shall be no truce until the forces of Evil are forever shattered and crushed and de­feated.

Let us therefore rejoice and give thanks to God that our coun­try is safe from falling bombs this Christm as-Day, that Canada is still intact as a nation and resolute in her determ ination to fight on to victory in the cause of R ight and Justice. Let us also remember in our Christm as intentions those who have already gone before us in the struggle and those who even now are bearing the terrible brunt of this tremendous crusade that they may be given strength and ability and courage to fight on so that soon we may again w or­

n at the crib and celebrate the Christ-M ass in good-will and t w o grandchildren and peace. Loyola.

Cub “make-mine straight” B ur­ke’s secret of success i s weq u o te : “As the lawyer said ? I never let one case interfere with the o ther” . . . . unquo te . . . Kevin “ I ’m in H eaven” M ulcair: “I t has been proven that when an icicle hits the head of a hum an being the sound resulting is ‘th o rk !’ . . . . *P roclam ation :

W e hereby challenge J. K. Alias the oracle, alias Elsa to answer the following questions:

1— W hat is the mission of the oracle ?

2— Is not the oracle an insult to intelligent freshm en? I W ho else would read it? )

3— Does the oracle know the score ?Advice for the ho lidays:

. . . Spread Christm as cheer about you.

. . Remember what is expect­ed of a Loyola man.

. . . A nd last but not le a s t:don’t m ix your own ! ...........

Yehudi II

O ur deepest sym pathy is ex­tended to the family of the late Senator M. J. O ’Brien. The Sen­ator is well known to many Loy­ola graduates and is very grate­fully remembered by the College. H is son, M. J. O ’Brien Jr., and

attended

John Doyle dropped in the other dav to see our predecessor come back to hE out. John was in an oil explosior Doyle of the Sault Ste. M a-‘ that all is going well ev' bandage. W e always aj the old O ffice. W e hoi

Since, by now, yot probably have been ash and form er students s I t makes you thrill wi,“ Be loyal. . . ” , to such f appreciate knowing any the list.

A nother pleasant sui who graduated in the late i O rderly O fficer a t M-D. from Liverpool to A ustral

W e hope the present? night will grow into a tra to give public recognition letes and to give them ju the field of sports.

ol L ’s on Sodality j. I t is a fitting way

jf our H igh School ath- jf their honours achieved on

F r. B ernard M acDoiaid does not seem to have changed since he left his A lm a M ater To those who knew him when he was at Loyola, he spoke ju^ as he did at those football rallies when he captained the team n >35

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The McGill D-jjy News is starting a nation-wide campus S p itf ire ju in d . heartly agree w ith their idea since we, as stu­

dents', are privileged to finish our education, while our fellow Can­adians are holding the fron t lines. The least we, Canadian students, can do is to provide the wherewithal with which to fight our en­emies. M any Am erican Colleges and universities have taken up this idea and are establishing Spitfire funds on their campuses. M ore power to these fine students across the border.

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A survey had been started am ong some of the English speak­ing Catholic Colleges in Canada to ascertain whom young C ath o lic i anadian students consider the ten great living Catholic authors. The result was to appear in this Christmas issue. Since the success has been so great, it was decided to extend our survey and to pub­lish a more complete and w ider one for our early February issue which will coincide w ith Catholic Press M onth.

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The Senior Class D inner was held a t the R itz-C arlton Hotel,the other night. W ith M r. J. Cavanagh, as guest of honour, the night was a very fine success. As Joe Cardin said, it is good to get away from the daily routine of class w ork and get together to enjoy yourself.

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W e hope that you will have a very fine Christm as holiday and will have every success in your M id-Y ear exams. W e, the S ta ff of the News extend our best Season’s greetings. Be Loyal to Loyola. 1

Christmas te comingGee M om :

W h y do people make so much fuss,‘Cause Christmas is coming?W h y do people buy new clothes,A n ’ seem to fo rget about their woes,A n ’ gen'rously say ‘yes’ fo r 'no’es’,‘Cause Christmas is coming?W h y do fo lk s look happy an’ gay,‘Cause Christmas is coming?W h y do our parents smile an’ sigh,A n ’ whisper ‘bout cake an’ apple pie,A n ’ that Santa Claus m ay be stopping by,‘Cause Christmas is cominig?W h y docs everything look so d i f f ’rent,W hen Christmas is coming?W h y do the days seem aw fu l long,A n ’ you coax us not to do any wrong,‘Cause zee’ll soon be celebratin’ H I S ‘coming along’, W hen Christmas is coming?

M y Dear:

For a very good reason do people look gay,“Cause Christmas is coming.’’W e prepare fo r the finest feast in the year,A n d so people look happy w hen Christmas is near; For we celebrate the birthday o f J E S U S , m y dear; W hen Christmas is coming.

R . T . C R O h

L O Y O L A A L U M N I B U L L E T I N“The Catholic View ”

W hen asked at the conclusion of a recent lecture on the Fall of France, how one could best combat the evils of modern pro­paganda, Dr. Yves Semon answered in two words, “Love T ru th ” . The questioner undoubtedly had in mind the d ifficulty of extract­ing from the mass of “inform ation” at hand some sound basis for thought and action. The lecturer answered from the point of view of a highly trained and inform ed expert who knows the answers. For, as was amply dem onstrated in France, the power of propa­ganda is insidious and deadly even for the person of fair intel­ligence. The method is to feed your victims on a m ixture of tru ths and falsehoods, which if swallowed, results in mental and moral indigestion. For example, the suggestion experts grouped together the idea of Jew, Roosevelt, Unemployment, Eden and the British, and subtly in ferred that you accept or reject the lot, along with the Nazi ideal. In France, large num bers of people, the high and the low, were so weakened by the disease that the will to resist was seriously impaired. Great mechanical power, in planes, tanks and guns m ight have been the immediate cause of the debacle, but ultimately the assault had been on m en’s minds and not on their bodies. The attack continues today on a much wider front, with the same weapons being used and for a purpose much greater than m ilitary conquest. T he difficulty for most is not only to “Love T ru th ”, but to be able to distinguish it when they see it.

A few years ago, a Crusade for Good Reading was sponsored by various youth organisations throughout the country. In some centres considerable progress was made in sweeping from news stands and stores, publications of an objectionable nature. Great success was achieved particularly in W indsor, O ntario, where the energy and persistance of J. Al. Kennedy, a Loyola graduate of the twenties, resulted in a wholesale purge. Such a campaign can­not be too highly commended but it is rather unfortunate that the positive aspect of the crusade did not receive equal attention. The best way to fight wrong ideas is to present T ru th , and this can be found in highly readable form in the great Catholic literature of today. It seems hardly possible that there are still some people who think of Catholic books in term s of elevating but dreary lives of saints, and milk and w ater novels w ith a conversion in the last chapter. I f such there be, let him read the novel titled, “V iper’s Tangle" by Franqois M auriac, and his eyes will be opened. Seldom lias any national literature produced such a wealth of writing, ranging from the philosophic subtleties of M aritain to the adven­tures of Chesterton’s “F ather Brow n” , as has this literature of

Tdeas, produced by Catholics of every race. Between the two ex ­tremes are a great mass of history, biography, novels, poetry, econ­omics. w ritten by the greatest men of the day. T here lies the an­sw er to the question posed to the lecturer. I t is available to all and upon its influence depends the shape of the world of tomorrow.

E ditor’s note: “The Catholic F ia t/” is zvritten by an A lum nus o f Loyola zoho prefers to remain anonymous, and znll, zee confidently' expect, be a regular feature o f the “Nezvs” in fu ture.

Appeal to Santa ClausSince the days of my child­

hood, I have believed in Santa Claus. M y tru st in him comes from his constant generosity to me, for, during my long years at Loyola, he has rarely failed me.

Now, O U R College has many socia^ and athletic societies, a T rain ing Corps, even an O rch­estra to perform at most of the College functions, but for many years we have lacked a proper M ilitary Band.

On many occasions an O rch­estra would be out of place, so we are frequently w ithout the musical background which would add so much to these perform ­ances. This deficiency is due to the scarcity of Band In s ta l­

lments. V ery often the question has been put to m e: “W hen are we going to have a Band ? W hy don’t you organize the B and?” My answer is simple, nor has it changed in years: “W E H A V E NO BA& D IN S T R U M E N T S .”

Now this is the request I make, trusting in Santa C laus: if anyone has at home, even in the attic, any musical instrum ent which he does not need, please do not hesitate a m om ent; send it to Loyola College, giving your name and address. You will help itV solve our problem, you will help us Strike up the Band.

The Fathers of the Faculty, your own Alma M ater, and your humble servant will be most grateful for your donation. W ith best wishes for Christm as and the New Year, I am, as one of the N E W S columnits has said.

The “ Old M aestro”Jean Drouin.

C fje C h r i s t m a sThe shepherds zvatcli beside their grazing sheep Beneath the cold dark sky o f zvinteCs night,W hen suddenly a brilliant radiance szveeps The heaven, and choir on choir o f angels bright A rc loudly chanting from celestial height

“Hosanna in E xcclsis.”“Behold this night a Lord o f Peace is born,A little child, he lies, in manger cold,H is J'irgin M other has around him drazvnThe szvaddling clothes.” Thus loud their thunder rolled*The shepherds sought the Child■ They le ft their fold.

“Hosanria in E xcclsis”That night has long since passed; tzoo thousand years llaz'c onzrnrd rolled, but in our troubled land A Rock o f Hope nozu stands; a Rock that fears L o t Satan- Christ's one Church shall firm ly stand Against the Devil and zoill smash the hand Opposing Cod. ‘This Christmas let us ring The bells o f joy and ever praising sing

“Ilosaniia in E xcclsis”. F. H . ’44

L O Y O L A ALU M N I

MIDNIGHT MASS and REVEILLON

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Loyola College

TICK ETS FIFT Y CENTS,

December 24, 1940

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SANCTUARY SOCIETYOn Sunday December 1st, the

John B erchm an’s Society 1̂ its annual banquet in the

e refectory in honour of its Patron whose feast had been celebrated the previous Tuesday.

The banquet was attended by the members and the candidates, and M r. Leahy and M r. Stanley were guests of honour. M r. Cor­rigan, the m oderator of the So­ciety, who was suffering an a t­tack of rheumatic fever, was u n ­able to attend. However to him do we owe our thanks for org­anizing the banquet and the en ­tertainm ent which followed.

The entertainm ent, to which the Boarders and members of the St. Ignatius Sanctuary So­ciety were invited, consisted of a movie, “Lives of a Bengal Lancers” , which every one tho r­oughly enjoyed.

Although it was customary in past years to receive the candi­dates on the Feast of St. John Bercbmans the reception has been postponed until the latter part o f January owing to the ill­ness of our M oderator.

L. C A R D IN , Secretary.

MR. J. EM ER Y P H A N E U F , K.C.

Barrister and Solicitor Them is Building HA. 5228

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GLEANINGSM r. J. A. Kennedy, who re­

signed his position as Chairman of the O ntario Separate School B oard and was appointed the Board's Solicitor, was elected to the City Council in W indsor, O ntario, on December 2. Con­gratulations ! ,

The Alumni “Jug" was held on the evening of Friday, De­cember 6, in the foyer of the College Auditorium . A b o u t eighty-five Old Boys were pres­ent to enj oy the oyster supper which featured this year's gath­ering. The three Pauls, Paul Noble, Paul Demers, and Paul Bray who organized the event, are to be congratulated for their good work.

The Sunday m orning hockey league will be under way shortly- Arrangem ents for the athletically inclined Alumni to disport them ­selves on Sunday mornings, as they have done for years past, will be published soon.

The annual A lumni M idnight Mass and Reveillon is under the joint Chairm anship of Miss D. Costigan and M r. Andy Keyes. The Mass will be said by Rev. Father Rector, and breakfast will be served afterw ards. All Alumni are invited to this happy event which has proved so popu­lar in past years.

Lieutenant Michael McAn- drew, form er student of Loyola College was m arried on Dec. .6 to Miss Gaetane Bourgie of W estm ount.

The ceremony was very quiet owning to m ilitary duty which called Lieut. M cAndrew away soon afterw ards. L ieutenant M c­Andrew is now serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers, C. A .S.F., and was on embarkation leave when he m arried.

The m arriage was celebrated at ten o’clock, w ithout atten­dants, in the church of N otre Dame des Sept-Douleurs.

M R. JO H N D. K E A R N E Y , K.C.

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IN R E T R O S P E C T(E d ito r’s note: The following

account of our recent dramatic presentation, while giving credit to the actors in the two very suc- cesful plays, has for its main purpose the rather detailed ac­count of individual performers. T he w riter is in full agreement with the praises bestowed upon cast and assistants by the large audience, but instead of repeat­ing what has been said so often already, he prefers to indicate, as a very interested well-wisher, whatever points could be im­proved upon).

The first semester dramatic activity was closed by two one- act plays: W e s Means N o” , and “The Case of Johnny W alker” . The first of these was a skit bas­ed upon fifteen minutes of an­swering “ N o” to every question, the second a more serious play in which an innocent victim of a graft-tain ted Detective Bureau finally sees his torm entor fall victim to his own trap.

The first play was very enter­taining and quite fulfilled its purpose of amusing the audience. Bob Brodrick ably rendered his role of hard-headed, aggressive business executive, plagued by a romantic son.

J. V anier’s role was that of a none-too-young woman secret­ary, which he filled in fine fash­ion. However it was very d iffi­cult a t times to hear his lines; this I would put down _to his

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The business E xecu tive’s son was played by Paul Pare. The part called for a great deal of acting which in general he suc­ceeded in giving. However, more response might have been ex­pected to his fa ther’s denuncia­tion of his marital inclinations. A nd in the scene with his pro­posed spouse, his actions to ev­ade answering her questions were better than Iris expression, so that a sense of insincerity and forced acting resulted. Once or twice it was difficult to catch his lines. I t must be remembered that the play was built around this p a rt; it held the whole play up, hence the need for great per­fection.

E m m e tM c K e n n a gave con­viction to the role of an exasper­ated industrialist, giving his lines clearly and rising to the clim­axes.

Finally, the part of Lawson’s fiancee was handled very well by Jim m y Fonseca. H e succeeded very well in portraying the spou­se-to-be, loving, romantic, excit­ed. Fie rose to his climaxes well, but in striving to convey irate­ness and indignation, he fell once into the accents of a boy shout­ing to another a t play.

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L E U ^ K ; :i tu lmi

Our Leader’s__ Birthday

A Man of___ Many Words

Rt. H on. W . L. M ackenzie King, P rim e M inister of Canada celebrated his 67th birthday last Tuesday, and this occasion is an appropriate one for Canadians to reflect the m anner of man we have at the head of our affa irs in this, the m ost critical period in the history of the modern world.

S ir W ilfrid L a u r i e r , M r. K ing’s predecessor a t the head of the Liberal Party , once stated that the qualities essential to a successful governor were m oder­ation, toleration, and concilia­tion ; we can find no better words to describe the methods persued by Sir W ilfrid ’s successor d u r­ing his twenty-one years as head of his party and fifteen years as P rim e M inister. No other polit­ical leader of the world today has headed a party or government for 5 ' long a period,—SsfffF a remarkable achievement in view of the chaotic Conditions since the last Great W ar and the con­sequent instability of political institutions.

M r. King, a native of O ntario, was born of Scottish parents and has inherited the traditional qualities of deliberation, caution, shrewdness, kindness, and integ­rity. H e had a brilliant univer­sity career which included post graduate courses a t U niversity of Chicago, Toronto U niversity. Heidelburg, and H arvard . H e gained considerable fame, later, by w riting a series of articles on trade unionism, with particular reference to the International Typographical Union. A t tw en­ty-five he was appointed In ­structor of Political Economy at H arvard , but resigned shortly afterw ard to become D eputy M inister of Labour and editor of the Labour Gazette at the in­stigation of S ir W illiam Muloch and S ir W ilfrid Laurier. H e scored a fu rther personal success about this time by representing the B ritish Governm ent at The H ague conference on opium smuggling, and won the plaudits of S ir Joseph Chamberlain. H e was still under th irty when L au­rier said of h im ; “ M y young friend, K ing, has the best brains in Canada. H e will be Prim e M inister some day” .

M r. K ing was elected to the

House of Commons at 34, and was chosen M inister of Labour at 35. In 1911, a fte r the defeat of the L aurier M inistry, he went to Colorado as mediator of the terrible iron and fuel strike which had reached the status of a civil war. H e found all the m iners’ claims justified, and M r. John D. Rocker feller acted upon his recommendations w i t h o u t hesitation.

Then followed the assignment to make a world-wide study of capital-labour relations, which resulted in the book “Industry and H um anity” ; sixteen editions of this book have been published. W hen war broke out, the United States m unitions industries were in a state of disorganization bordering on chaos. Strikes and lock-outs were ram pant, and it was realized that until labour- peace was restored progress would be impossible. Again, M r. K ing’s services were requisition­ed and he relinquished the C hair­manship of the Canadian P a tr i­otic Fund to go the U nited S ta­tes. The m anner in which he did the job of coordinating the var- rious industries supplying w ar m aterial to the Allies, is indicat­

ed in the tribute paid him by E. G. Grace, P resident of the Beth­lehem Steel C om pany: “Your counsel and advice. . . .resulting in the obtaining of the maximum efficiency of war munitions con­stituted, I feel, a real service not only to this country, but to the Allies during the w ar.”

I t was this great success which helped M r. K ing win leadership of the Liberal P a rty in 1919, at the age of 45. H is record since then is well-known, but three great services to the Em pire stand ou t: the S tatu te of W est­m inster, enacted as the result of the E m pire Conference in 1926; the royal visit to Canada and the

HIGH S C H O O LLEA D ER S For NovemberF O U R T H “A ”

R ichard C r o n in .................. 89%John W ilkins ...................... 87%

F O U R T H “B ”Stefan F ra n k o w s k i 86%Augusto M o l in a .................... 86%

T H IR D “A ”H arry H all ........................ 93%Anthony Milledge ............. 92%

T H IR D “ B ”E rnest R o s s i ........................... 89%H ow ard Burrowes ........... 88%

S E C O N D “A ”Jam es L e a h y ...........................94%Gordon Panneton .................94%

S E C O N D “B ”Gerald Flanagan ............... 92%Paul McGee .................... 91%

F IR S T “A ”H enry M a g n a n .......................96%Archie Brow n .................... 95%

F IR S T “ B ”Michael O ’Neil .................. 96%W illiam P e l t o n .......................96%

P R E P .Robert Jelley ...................... 97%Francis G irard .......................92%John N u g e n t ...........................92%

U nited States last year; and the Canadian-U nited States mutual defence agreement. In April, 1935, F ortune M agazine printed an article, w ritten in England, in which Canada’s representa­tives at the 1926 Conference were given unstinted credit for greatly strengthening the consti­tutional position of the Crown at a time when monarchies were falling elsewhere.

M r. K ing is much too depend­able to be a colourful, p ictur­esque political figure. But if one may judge from the confidence the people have expressed in him by their ballots, he is the type we like to have at the helm in storm y weather.

The day G. K. Chesterton was born, his father probably peered at him gurgling through a mass of blankets, thanked God it was a boy, and wondered how much it weighed. But there were many things the father didn’t see : things that he could have seen had he tried, things that he would have thought he saw had he tried, things he could not possibly have seen.

To represent those three kinds of things, I should appoint the following three particular things : 1 ) grey ha ir; 2 ) a respectably Protestant topper with cane: 3) an obviously Catholic glass of beer wallowing in its own foam upon a book of Scholastic philo- osophy.

H e could have seen the grey hair, the wrinkles, even the cor­poration. — because every man naturally wishes that his new son will attain to ripe old age. H e could have been the schoolboy clothes, the college man’s ensem­ble, the bridegroom ’s regalia, be­cause every man looks forw ard to these things even before his first son is born.

H e m ight have seen,— but he would have been w rong—the St.

James Bible, or even the mini­ster’s ermine, because no man naturally looks forw ard to seeing his son w ander about “ in an­other persuasion". H e might have seen, had he real, active, imaginative pride in the blessed event, a scroll whereon lay the knighted name of Chesterton,— recognition for a long empire- building career.

H e knew about the W ards, but he could not have seen, even vaguely, the w ords. . . “ Father Brown. . . Chesterton. . . Sheed and W a rd ” , neat and golden on a trim little green book. H e could not have heard the debates a ­gainst enemies of Rome (even

G. K.s audiences s o m e t i m e s couldn't hear those), nor the drinking-songs, (really s u n g v/hile d rink ing), nor could he have seen another glass of beer, and even another.

Like every father, he could see his son's youth and m aturity and age. Like every English Protes­

tan t father of his time, he could see his son growing up P ro tes­tant, Im perialist a t least to a de­gree, and w ith no particular a f ­fection for France.

Gilbert K eith succeeded in pas­sing through youth and m aturity into age on schedule, but he was one of those few who are not only acute enough to miss some­thing in Protestantism , but active enough to try to find out what is missing. H is brain, his self­chosen environm ent and his phil­osophy’- led him to qualify the imperialist position, and his character, both because of itself and because of the way he de­term ined it, led him to a strong love of France and of things French. I t was the same charac­ter, with the help of the study of Scholasticism and Catholic­ism, which made him l e a n strongly (picture C hesterton), toward the m aterial and spiritual conduct o f the M iddle Ages. H e loved the way the medievals combined a rich enjoym ent of the good things in life, with a continuous, and always inviting because never satisfied, quest for wisdom.

In a short essay no one can exhaust even one quality o f a great man, but there you have something of C hesterton .— he was born and grew and thought and prayed and sang and drank, at d ifferen t and appropriate times. H e was keen and in ter­ested to the point of activity, a comparatively rare phenomenon. H e was an active, laughing, bub­bling philosopher until he died. H e is in pace, but I don’t th ink he’ll ever rcquiescat.

J. S U L L IV A N

B R R —

The weather in Canada has been so cold of late that Canad- :ans are renewing their faith in being God’s frozen people.

AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHER AND DAD AT CHRISTMAS

Dear Mother and Dad:Another Christmas has arrived. For weeks I have

been racking my mind to find some gift which might be more suitable than the usual package you open on the morning of each December the twenty-fifth. Finally I have chanced on an idea for a Christmas gift that I know you will treasure more than my customary purchase. This year my gift was not bought in a crowded department store, it will not arrive decked in bright wrappings, nor will it lose its value in a few days.

If at times I do not seem to appreciate the education and the home that you have given me, and the innumerable sacrifices that you are making, please do not think that I am entirely unaware of them. Rather understand that my apparent neglect is due to the fact that I am still a school­boy, no matter how advanced in age or studies I may be.As a school-boy I seem sometimes to disregard so many of the sacrifices you make for me. But, in order to show that I do appreciate all that you do for me, I offer you a special gift. Please accept the spiritual bouquet which I, with all the other students of Loyola, offer to you, our parents, as our Christmas gift. It comes from the seclusion of a young heart, its appearance is pure white, and it will be of everlasting value to you. It is made up of 3023 Masses and 2700 Holy Communions offered for you.

Hoping that my gift may make your Christmas a little happier, I am lovingly,

Your Son.

Sodality JottingsThe m onth of December all

Sodalists may remember with pride. F irst of all, Sodality Day was a big success, as this im por­tan t Feast of O ur Lady is bound to be when Sodalists set out to prepare themselves and their su r­roundings in a fitting manner. Decorating of Chapel, refectory and corridors required the com­bined effo rts of many generous workers throughout December seventh; their work was clim ax­ed by the large statue of O ur Lady, in the west corridor of the A dm inistration Building, beautifully set o ff by the dis­tinctive arrangem ent of rich p u r­ple and gold drapes. This an­nual shrine, the Sodalists' pride, was arranged under the careful guidance of Father Noll.

S o d a l i s t s interested in the work for the poor have been ex­ceptionally busy. Day a fte r day, d ifferen t groups visited the fam ­ilies for whom we are caring, noted their needs, returned to the College, sorted suitable clo­thes, and delivered these as soon as possible.

Christmas mail means an ab­undance of stamps, so the M is­sion Committee has begun a d ri­ve during the past week. M is­sionaries in W estern Canada and elsewhere, need vestments and chalices very badly, so this drive m ust go over the top. All Sodal­ists are expected to cooperate by collecting stamps and interesting friends in the work.

The H igh School Publicity Committee sponsored a limerick contest which met w ith rather

—grrod success. Twenty-eight en­tries were received and coopera­tion from Sodalists was more noticeable than from other H igh School students.

As you have seen, December has been full, and successful. Perhaps the energies of the new members are responsible for the lively spirit m anifest in Sodality activities of late, but whatever the reason the m onth has been encouraging. W e would like to see this spirit rem ain w ith our members until June. There is no reason why the Sodality should lag after the Christmas season. W e must have monthly projects, both spiritual and m aterial, for the rem ainder of the year. I f you are an active Sodalist you should have ideas on how to im ­prove the Sodality in general, or to make meetings interesting. Pass on these ideas to the o ffic­ers and see that something is done about them. Remember, you are the Sodality, do your part and it will be a real Sodal­ity. L et’s see that action conti­nue . . . .

M onthly W ind-up : Some twenty of our Sodalists were spotted at the Daniel O ’Connell Social re­cently. They all voted it a huge success. . . The College Sodality appeared in the pages of the Bea­con during the month, while the H .S . was nosed out by an inch. .

CHRISTIANCHARITY

M arvellous work is done an­nually in our city to feed and clothe our poorer citizens. There are two dangers constantly be­setting the progress of this work. T he first is the risk of organized charity work becoming too ma­chine-like, or at least acquiring the impersonal characteristics of business-life. The second dan­ger is that large num bers of in­dividual citizens may regard themselves as not obliged to take any active part in the various charitable projects.

As students in College or H igh School we are not in position to make a handsome donation to one or other Committee and then

A C T IN G -P R IV A T E LUKE M 'D O O K

“See W hat Y ou Get fo r Peeking!”

M inister Of N ational Defence F o r A ir

O T T A W A

D ecem ber 13, 1940.

D ear M r. B rayley:

“Christm as under w artim e conditions im poses som e restrictions upon the celebration of that H oly Day. T hose on active service at hom e or overseas are absent from the Christm as fam ily circle. T hose on w ar duty a t hom e w ith the public service or in defence industry w ill have but brief m om ents to spend at the Christm as festiv e board.

D espite th e ex igen cies o f w artim e, Christmas w ill rem ain an occasion for th e exchange of goodw ill am ong u s all, and th is passing of good w ish es from one to the other w ill serve to cem ent our national unity.

T o m y fe llo w alum ni, to undergraduates, and to the s ta ff o f m y alm a m ater, I o ffer m y best w ishes for a M erry C hristm as and a H appy N ew Year to you all.”

Yours very truly,

John A. B rayley, Esq.,E dftor-in - Chief,

L o yo la N ew s,L o yo la College,

M ontreal, P . Q.

call o ff our interest in the poor. But we have a Poor Committee of our own, a branch of the So­dality, in supporting which, eve­ry one of us can prove his claims to the title of Christian. O ur w ork is limited to a com parati­vely small group of the city’s needy population, but the ad­equate provision of food and clothing for th irty-five families gives scope for generosity to every student in the school.

The personal attention which the members of the Poor Com­mittee are able, and willing, to give to each family insures that the charity dispensed is true charity. T herefore let everyone of us do his part to make our e ffo rt to relieve suffering, suc­cessful and tru ly Christian.

D. Ledoux

Christmas! onLong past in Palestine one starry night,

A Saviour in a■ little cave zvas horn;

Jesus, zi'ho zvas to save the earth forlorn;

K ing he zvas, but did not come in m ight;

B u t rather poor, alone in angels’ sight,

H e chose to come to man that early morn,

For pomp and earthly wealth he held in\ scorn.

H e is our Hope, zvith H im zve face the Light.

H e zvishcs us to copy H is disdainO f earthly pozver, fo r zvhich so o ft we grope,

A n d listen to H is Father fro m above,

A n d pray fo r grace to carry on again;

A n d thus H e shozved us Love and Faith and Hope,

B u t also that suprem e o f these is Love.

G. V A N IE R

Christmas in PolandChristmas approaches. Every­

body happily awaits the great day. Everyone is ready for its pleasures. M y thoughts return now to far away Poland. Surely people there are preparing for Christmas, too. Let me describe Christmas, as I knew it before.

The preparations begin long before the feast. The shops are overflowing, the crowd moves through the streets all day, and long into the night. The real feast is on the tw enty-fourth of December. I t begins at the very same hour as the first star lights the evening skyT'A'^rhaTsigr’̂ _ gins the “\ \ ilia”, the Christmas Eve. The family gathers at the table where a solemn supper is served. It should contain twelve dishes (fo r this was the number of the A postles), but this is usu­ally neglected, for there is none who could eat so much. The “W ilia”begins with a soup, deli­cious. and known only to the P o les; it is called “barszos” . Then comes fish, for abstinence is observed, and desert. W hen the supper is over, the family passes to the next room where a Christmas Tree is ready. This tree is always the most beautiful thing one can imagine. I t is ad­orned with all sorts of coloured paper balls, chains, dolls, glass bodkins, all this covered with a sort of cotton representing snow, and dominated by lighted cand­les, reflecting in glass. H ere un­der the tree is the children’s p ar­adise, here lie the gifts, the sour­ce of their Christmas pleasure.

N ear the T ree the family group sings Christmas songs, a- boiit Jesus’ birthday. Then the children go to sleep, and the grown-ups to the M idnight Mass.

The next day the happiness of the Feast continues, and the Bithday of Christ is celebrated with the joy and m errim ent suit­ed to such a happy occasion.

S tefan Frankowski

T N 1

Hither and Yon . . .B y B IL L “TIG ER ” SH O R E

W ell Loyola men, the season of Christmas is ju st around the corner. A nd just around the corner w ith it, is the negotiated trip of the College team to Boston where they will play the Eagles on Dec. 30. O ur team this year is as strong as ever. W e have lost some very fines graduates but have a num ber of new Freshm an players that will give notice of their presence before the season is through. The best of all news, is tha t “ D inny” has come to coach us once again. “D inny” gave us three consecutive Dominion Championships for the past three years— a record that is hard to beat, no m atter the league, no m atter the coach.

F rom Boston comes the report that a very fine hockey team awaits the testing of the M aroon and W hite. Coach Kelly of theB. C. Eagles has high hopes that Boston will distinguish them ­selves nobly in their campaign this season. H e claims to have two crack lines, a pow erful defense and a well-seasoned goalie. L arry Boudreau, pow erful right-w ing on his second line, will probably miss the game. H e is travelling w ith the football team to the Sugar Bowl and of course will not be back until a fte r the big game. Captain John P rior, Ray Chaisson and A1 Dum ond form a very efficient first line w ith Boudreau, Babine and Pow ers the second trio. V eterans Bob Mee and L arry H oule line up on the defense. Kelly predicts Mee as one of the finest defensemen in the country. H oule has been paired w ith Stoneham, while Mee will team with Bill M cLaughlin, a surprise sophomore and a real sensation. H ugh Sharkey is the man Kelly counts on to keep opposing snipers out of the goal crease. All in all, Kelly makes no bones about the pro­spective power of his squad, and he claims that New England will not see a finer team this year.

I t has been many years since Loyola engaged B. C. in a hockey match. W e have met them once or twice on the debating platform , but our hockey competitions seems to have fallen off. This year should see the re-awakening of this competition and like O ttaw a in Football we should make it an annual affa ir.

A round the corner w ith hockey lies of course skiing— a never to be forgotten sport. John M acDougall heads the ski committee this year and plans are going ahead progressively under his capable

^direction. The Interscholastic will again be entered and numerous a lsb T ^ h e hiLramural for both college and high school will

hel>e held on Shrove Tuesday with the H igh School cross country to be held on the M ountain Jan. 23rd.

Now about that hockey league . . there will definitely not be a league with the proposed entrants as named last week, in it. John Brayley inform s us that plans fell through and that nothing could be reached. However, a schedule of exhibition games has been drawn up and there is in the air rum ors that the m ilitary chiefsare about set to form an O .T.C . league w ith McGill, U of M,Bishops, Loyola, and Sir George W illiams. M acdonald would be approached but it was recently noticed that they w ithdrew from the inter-company league up at McGill. A rm y life and sports are words practically synonomous with each other. T im e alone is the big factor that impedes the organization of sport this winter. Thereis always that conflict of schedules and routines that have to bemet with and discussed before anything definite can be arrived at.

W e see where ancient alumni, (our nemesis in the alumni game thrs year) Dick Pare and Paul Ouim et made the all-star team at McGill. Dick in addition to this honor ran over head-coach Doug K err, and inflicted serious injuries on that gentleman (the loss of a time honored p ipe). Doug m ust know by now how oppos­ing lines have felt for the past two football seasons when Dickie went on a steam-roller campaign.

F rank Kaine has been named to manage the hockey team this year. F rank is very popular and has been very efficient in cap­acities of this sort before this. A n im portant job, and im portant man and a well-done job, we h o p e !

Speaking of McGill we notice that Chuck Bronstetter has been named President of the Newman Club. B. J. Cleary, outstanding hockeyist last year, is now President of first year Science. Paul Ouim et also is President of F irst year Law and M ark Savage is President of the Engineering U ndergraduates. All have notched their name in sport and extram ural activities around Loyola, and are continuing their fine work at McGill.

A nd so we close our journalistic efforts for yet another year. H ere 's wishing all our readers a very m erry Christm as and a H ap py new year. A word to the stu d en ts : “Lots of luck in those exams this sem ester” .

THE R IT Z - C A R L T O N H O T E LSocial Centre of College L ife

And

The Finest Banquet Facilities

In M ontreal.

“ The R itz Is T he P lace T o G o ”

DINSMORE W ILL A G A I N C O A C H HOCKEY T E A M

Great indeed was our enthus­iasm on the eve of the first Col­lege Hockey practice when we learned that “ D inny” Dinsmore had consented to coach once a­gain. “D inny” is a very busy

teams m erited it, and the kind of coaching we had been getting from one M r. Dinsmore more than assured our success.

Apparently, m aterial is never a source of w orry to him. H is

D inny D insm orebusinessman, but little things like that don’t ham per him when it is a question of coaching another M aroon and W hite team. D in­ny, a famous star with the an­cient M ontreal M aroons, is en­tering on his ‘um pteenth season with Loyola. H e has become a veritable college institution and the thought of another 'man at the helm of our hockey team is practically an impossibility when we consider “ D inny’s” long ser­vice to the team.

“ D inny” has a record here al­so. For instance there is the fact that three consecutive Dominion championships have come to our doorstep in the last three years. Indeed, had it not been for the abandonment of Inter-collegiate competition, there would have been a definite m ovem ent,to en­ter the Senior Intercollegiate League this year. Certainly our

teams have always been a band of speedsters, furious backcheck- ers, and sound puckcarriers. T heir fight and determination to win has been m anifest on more than one occasion. They came from behind once to beat McGill 6-4 a fte r being down 4-1. Last year they lost “ Spike” Kelly on the eve of a champion- b.ip encounter and came forth

victorious 7 4, with one Hugh Braceland turning in a historical display in the nets. This spirit ’t’S always characterized teams, but it is ever significant on Dins more coached teams. I t may be that ihe lingering effects of the great M ontreal M aroons still twinge and tw itter, who can tell ? One thing we know for certain h swe'-er, “ Dinny" is back with us. and our hockey team is in m fe keeping for another season •’t least.

LETS T A LK A B O U THIGH SCHOOL H O CKEY

College Sextet Shows Power

Seated in a comfortable prom ­enade at the Lachine Arena the other day, my eyes nearly pop­ped as one after the other. Se­nior, Junior, and Bantam teams, displayed flashing, mid-season form in their workouts. Those students who seem to be con­vinced that the excitement creat­ed by the Senior and Bantam football squads is pretty well quietened down until next year, have a rem arkable surprise com­ing their way in the near future. They may as well prepare them ­selves now for three of the pep­piest high school teams ever to play under the M aroon and W hite. I assure you men this is not “nazi propaganda” when I say that Loyola will B litikrieg to top hotjours in a mannejr that

will leave you singing their praise ‘till your dying dav.’

F irst, come Father Sheridan's rebuilt Seniors. C u r famous foot-ball coach, who is equally effective as a hockey m entor is faced with a problem identical to that one solved so efficiently last I all on the grid-iron. H e is once again calling upon his two foot­ball stalwarts, George Morley and Eddy Em berg, to form the bulwark of the 1941 squad. These two men deserve top rank­ing for the way they held the Senior football champs to g e th er; by the way they have been going at Lachine, they should also have a really sm art team built around them this coming hockey season. The choice of the newcomers are

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T eam Im pressive

They trouped over the boards eager and excited, for this was the first practice of the season for the Loyola College Hockey team. Some twenty five they were, ranging from Freshm an to Senior, veterans and rookies. A nd watching them from the boards was the eagle eye of Coach Dinny Dinsmore, who was appraising the 1941 edition of the hockey M aroon and W hite. There seemed to be a special air of excitement around the new Lachine Arena. Perhaps it was the proposed Boston trip in the o ffing or the advent of a new O TC league. Nevertheless it was there and the practice fairly zip­ped with speed.

Y our reporter stood with the coach while the practice went on, as little b y ‘little veterans limb­ered up and rookies swept to the task of impressing. Johnny Cos- tigan, out of competition last year, and at present undergoing more than a few supps, looked very good in practice. Allen, In ­tercollegiate scoring champ two years ago and runner up last year, also went well, teaming up with F rank Cronk on a line with Big John Costigan. W e noticed that Jake W arren was Jiis—old. smooth self, moving well with Eddie Em berg and Gaetan M as­se. Back in the goals Tom Davis was stopping them from every direction. Chick Chandler at the other end of the rink took his share of rubber punishment, and was turning in some fine efforts. Bob Brodrick and H ugh Brace­land impressed exceedingly on the defense, with Bernie McCal- lum.

W e were glad to notice the swelled numbers out for the team this year. In spite of the inter­collegiate ruling, it looks as if there will be more than enough hockey activity to satisfy any lover of the sport. P inky Pare, last year’s rookie surprise, was slow to start, but as the boys warmed to their task, he improv­ed rapidly. Big Charlie Audet, Loyola’s 215 lb. Middle and Con­necticut's g ift to Loyola, was al­so out. H e teamed on the de- lense with Des Firlotte and showed up remarkably under the pressure. Ferguson, Cardinal, Melancon, Curran, MacDonald, also came under the close scru­tiny of Dinny. For an initial practice, your reporter has never seen anything like it. I t seemed that the championship hung in the balance and that it was the week before the big game. Din­ny was really surprised. He ex­pressed his doubts however that they will be as great as some other teams, but asked that we reserve his opinion on that ques­tion until the season was over.

Costigan especially took our fancy. The big fellow did not see action last year. H e burned up the intram ural league how­ever, and gave the Juniors flfuite

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INTRA-MURAL LEAGUE SETBanner Season

A nticipated

I t ’s come a g a in ! The In tra ­m ural league opens after the exams and if half the interest shown thus far by the various classes is put into the hockey games, the league ought to liter­ally and every other way raise the roof off the old Stadium. Following the success achieved by the league last year, the L.C.A.A. is renewing its attem pt to unearth hidden hockey talent. W ith the posting of the rules in the Smoker last week, the season is definitely on and may the best team survive. Darwin preached a “ Survival of the F ittest” th eo ry ; it certainly holds in the case of our in tra­m ural league. As one spectator candidly rem arked a fte r viewing a Senior-Junior tilt last year: “W as that hockey that they were playing.”

Last year’s champion, this year’s Senior class, hopes to re­tain the laurels won last year. There seems to be a little d iffi­culty in their way however, as Junior, Sophomore and F resh­men are determined that like the Germans, “The Seniors shall not pass.” Y our reporter went can­vassing last week and picked up the prospective coaches for the different classes.

H arry Allen, of the Scintil- latin’ S en io rs:

“W ell, I don’t see why my boys can’t repeat. The heaviest

T h re a t to their laurels will un­doubtedly come from Sopho­more, if College-team men are allowed to participate. H ow ­ever, since it is a league ruling that College-team hockey players may perform only the onerous, and I mean onerous, duty of spectators, the th reat to Senior is removed.

Among the veterans on the Senior team will be Johnny Cos- tigan, last year’s high scorer in the centre spot, flanked by H am - ill and Gendron. A nother fo r­midable trio will be the “Croc” line of Burke, Freem an and Mc- Keown. In the nets John Chan­dler will perform . A t defensive positions we will see such stars as “Blast - F urnace” Shore, “ B utcher” Kaine, “Lucien” Car­din and Gerry “ One-up, One- dow n” Mulcair. Replacements will be plentiful and powerful. They include John Brayley, H arold Fitzpatrick, Paul L im ­oges, and G erry M urphy.”

Portly Dick Ryan of the “ Noble” Ju n io rs :

“This year's Juniors have no flashy puck-chasers numbered amongst them. W e, however, be­lieve in unity and fellowship and the ability to pull together. T hat is the keynote to our success. As in former years, we will have our renowned, our outstanding, our deficient “icesweeper” . P ro f. “ N-inestein” McGee. T ro tting side by side with him will be that stellar side-kick “Little E lm er” MacDonald.

The Juniors have never cut chunks out of intram ural league records, but we have caused many^an upset in our day. Hugh M ahoney is expected to use his

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football prowess to good avail, as he only can, Em m ett and Tom ­my M cKenna promise to take off their skis for a while to fight for the honor of 'ole Junior. “And, oh yes, we m usn’t forget, Dave ‘The duck-hunter’ Asselin. that dextrous dreadful driving drib­bling defencem an” . Several new­comers have fallen in on us this year. Lou Ferguson and J. P. Cardinal are expected to take heavy responsibilities in the hoc­key atm osphere this year, and both will be out for the team. I in my own little way, will a t­tempt to “ fill” the nets. I can only say that I will do my best.” (E d . W onders will n e v e r cease” )

A nd so to all you enemies of Junior, Beware! Great upsets will we cause ’ere the league is en d ed !”

Bob Brodrick of the socialistic Sophom ores: ,

S to p ! L o o k ! L is te n ! H ere comes the Sophomore Class team. Just edged out of the Championship in their F resh­man year, the Sophomores have already sharpened up their old runners and are eager to get back into harness and avenge this loss.

The second year men will have H ugh Braceland between the pipes. H ugh once a goalie, is now an ace defenceman for the College team. O n the defence, the Sophies will be represented by “ Buckin” Charlie Audet, bustling Paul Carten, and Des “M r. B .” Poland. Along the forw ard line will be Chris Grib- ben, Bill W eldon and G erry T ur- geon, the Brattleboro Flash. O thers who will be very much in the picture are Kev M ulcair, and “G unner” jMell who pos­sesses one of the hardest shots in the intra-m ural league.

in the in tra mural league. So we warn all opposition: “ Beware here are the Sophom ores.”

Jack Hem ens of the F resh­men :

“The hockey season is upon us again and this definitely is going to be Freshm an’s year. W ith such stars in the class as “ P a t” Curran, M aisonneuve’s Joliat, Bob, and C raw ford Lindsay, “F lash” Davis, “O ne-goal” Sul­livan, “W hiz” McCallum, Sea­sons, et al„ the Freshm en are ready to take on all and any comers.

Rejoicing in the recent success of their annual social, they are determ ined to ice a squad worthy to represent the class. W e don’t like to make predictions, but we promise you that this year you’ll see one of the “ fightingest” teams that ever represented Freshm en Class. To everyone w? s a y : ‘Look out Loyola, here come the Freshm en. You may be able to beat our team but you can’t beat our sp irit.”

L E T S T A L K A BO U T H IG H SCHOOL HOCKEY

( Continued fro m page 6) members of last years Juniors, including such old faithfuls as Val C hartier and ‘L iv.’ Sher­wood, rival net-m inders; ‘P o rky ’ Lewis, defenceman, F rank and Dan Porteous, Allan M acDonald and several others. The new­comers include Steve Corcoran, Charlie H alpin and Tom Con­nors, with ‘M ickey’ M cGuire a goaler from McGee expected to give the old reliables a tough con­test for that most im portant job as guardian of the twine. “R ed” Seasons has not been out yet, due to his shoulder injury, but is expected any day now. John­ny M artin and Claude Melancon of Freshm an have been working out but their status is not yet clear. So “Fellas” , be ready for great things from our mighty Seniors.

Let us now see what Father Carroll has in store for us with his Juniors. H is players, all ex­cept Jack M cEachern and J. O ’­Connor, who may be drafted by the Seniors, are nearly all from last year’s City Bantam Champs. AI Brown seems to have cinched the goalie job over W ilcock. Mc­Eachern and O ’Neill form a great defensive combination.Boi- leau a newcomer to the M aroon and W hite, paired w ith P at W ickham, shows great promise. Last year's high scoring line of Langan, Langan and Malone is still intact and twice as danger­ous. O ther forw ards are Donny Bussiere, Quentin Payette, ‘Con- ny’ Kohler, Bill McCarney, and several others, all playing stand­out hockey.

A new coach takes a bow in the person of Father Toppings, a graduate of Loyola in ’32, come back to his first love to lead the Bantams in quest of an­other city title. The way Owen Maloney, star of last year’s champs has been going of late, indicates a great year fo r the tricky youngster. There are still hopes of having Donny Bussiere back and if so watch the Bantams fly! Doyle and Sutherland are now battling furiously for the goal-keeper’s job with John M ea­gher and Bob Boyle as defence fixtures. Emblem, Finlayson, M cGarney, Laliberte are other standout defence perform ers. Litchfield, K errin , Tous, S uth­erland, Cochrane, M e l a n c o n . Lennon, Hem m ing and Callagh­an are only a few of the new stars, making their start on a Maroon and W hite team. Lots of Luck in your games this sea­son, everybody!

A L. P. S H A U G H N E S S Y

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YULETIDE IISF R E N C H -C A N A DA

No words, no music, not even paintings adequately capture the picturesque atm osphere of yuletide among the “Canadiens” . I t radiates from old traditions preserved through the centuries, from the times of the French pioneers and transm itted from generation to generation down to the present day. Indeed, they form a large body of the French Canadian folk lore.

F irst of all, there is the old legend of Saint Nicholas and “Pere Fouettard". O n December sixth, these two legendary fig­ures journey round the country ; Saint Nicholas to take note of those children who have been good to their parents during the year, and “Pere F ouettard” to take care of those who were remiss. On Christm as Day, “ Pere F ouettard” applies his whip to the latter, while Saint Nicholas’ friends receive nice presents. The power of tradition makes the children tru st this legend as it is told them by their parents. Then, on Christm as Eve, there is the m erry and charitable “Guignolee”, which is a collection of food and money, taken up by volunteer associations through the streets of the cities. Its purpose is to provide every poor family in town with a Christ­mas dinner, so that everyone will be happy and contented on the N ativity of O ur Lord.

On Christm as Eve, every family goes to M idnight Mass and afterw ards they all come back home where a huge Christmas-eve revel is waiting for them. This is the time when all the old French Canadian dishes are served; succulent “tourtieres”, crispy crack­nels, tantalizing ewe-milk cheese, luscious meat-pies, and the fam ­ous French Canadian “ Charlotte pudding”— the climax'crfrth6 feastT In the m orning takes place the m erry g ift distribution to the chil­dren and indeed, to all the members of the family. The mistletoe over the threshold of the house is also an old custom that is fea­tured Christm as a fte r Christmas.

On New Y ear’s Eve, a M idnight Mass is celebrated in the Churches. This tradition is still retained in Quebec. On the m orn­ing of New Y ear's Day comes a ceremony dear to every French Canadian family. I t is the fam ily reunion at the foot of the Cross in the reception hall o f the house; here the Father gives his bless­ing to all the members of the household, to bring God’s protection for the coming year. Then, in the afternoon, friends and families visit one another to celebrate the dawn of a new year. The con­cluding feature of the day is the form al family dinner during which betrothals often take place.

To close the series of Y uletide traditions come those of Little Christm as. On. this day, January 6th, the family gathers again at dinner and at the end, a cake is served in which are hidden a pea and a bean. Everyone gets an equal share of the cake and the one who finds the pea is proclaimed K ing fo r the night. The finder of the bean becomes the Queen. I f a man finds the bean, the Mo­ther is proclaimed Queen.

Christm as. . . New Y ears. . .• L ittle Christm as. . . These three musical words which mean so much, live on the lips of the “Cana­diens” for a long time before and a fte r Christmas. A nd even when Little Christm as has faded away and the m erry feasts are just a memory, the words of the angels still ring in the a i r ...........

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Football Players Receive CrestsT . Seasons, Capt., 1941

Recognition to our Senior Catholic League Champions and to our Bantam City Champions was given before a crowded au­ditorium on Sodality night.

Rev. Father R . Sutton, S.J., D irector of Athletics, assisted by John Brayley, P resident of the L .C.A.A., aw arded the Block L ’s and crests to Loyola’s victorious H igh School teams.

The D irector o f A thletics an­nounced that ‘R ed’ Seasons had been chosen Captain of the 1941 Football team by the High School L etter Men.

F ather Rector, Rev. E . Brown S.J., presented the K. of C. T ro ­phy, emblematic of the Senior Catholic League Championship, to Eddie Em berg, who captained the 1940 squad.

T he following were awarded Block “ L H ’”s ;

Michael Asselin, W illiam A s­selin, H ow ard Burrowes, Raoul

W illiam Doyle, Edw in Em berg (C ap ta in ), Ralph Farrell, R o­bert Fauteux, K evin K ierans, F rank Kohler, Jam es Lewis, Ro­bert Lindsay, M ahlon M angan, E dw ard M eagher, George M or- ley, Jam es M uir, John Mac- Donell, A llen M cDonld, John M cEachern, H enery M cM ullin (M anager), Kevin O ’Connor (M anager), F ran k Porteous, Francis Ryan, Louis Saldana, H arvey Season, Thom as Seasons (Capt. E lec t), Paul Shaughnes- sy, Paul Sheehan, R obert Swin- ton, Carlos Tabio, Darrell W alsh M r. E . Sheridan, S.J. (C oach).

H ere are the Bantam aw ard w inners:

Robert B rodrick (C oach), Donald Bussiere (C ap ta in ), John Callaghan, Bryan D anaher, Gor­don Emblem, Louis Facella, Russel Finlayson, Jam es Fonse­ca, Robert Guimond, George Hem m ing, P e te r Lennon, Owen

C A N A D IA N OFFICERS TR AIN IN G CORPSL IE U T . T . M . T H O M PSO N

Briefs . . •A few days ago I learned

M ajor Paul Brennen begin the theoretical portion of Infan ty (R ifle) Qualification Course by saying that Loyola had estab­lished a name for herself by turning out a finished product, potential officers, who were a credit to their unit and who had learned much more than the m in­imum necessary to pass their ex­aminations. The Chief Instruc­tor went on to say that the Con­tingent intended to maintain if not to better the standard set by previous courses. This was the reason why the course was not hurried through in order that you might w rite your examinations in December. I t is only reason­able to expect all Candidates to take advantage of this longer preparation period and especially during the Christm as recess to review the work covered to date.

I would like to say one word about esprit de corps and it is that if we have any respect for the uniform we are wearing and the unit we belong to, let us wear it properly, and bear ourselves like soldiers, not slouching along the streets like old cripples. I f we put that additional snap into our w ork and our bearing we’ll tu rn out a better course than ever before.

A nd a V ery M erry Chritsmas and H appy New Y ear to all members of the unit and its friends.

The Perm anent S taff in our own unit is as follows, M ajor E. T . H ankey, A dm inistration; M ajor P . Brennen, Chief In s tr . ; R Q M S. H . M acD onald; O. R. Sgt. F . Brenan

'■’"nares. Valm ore C hartier, I Maloney, John M eagher, Guy

COLLEGE SE X T E T SH O W S PO W ER

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a shove in the general direction of the championship last winter. F rank Cronk, suffering from a broken leg two years ago, don­ned skates for the first time sin­ce his accident and really trav ­elled those ice lanes. Newcomer extraordinary was E d Em berg, M ontreal A ll-S tar End, who fit­ted in well with W arren, and “ Skatin’ Demon” Masse.

All in all the practice was most successful. The team looks good, undoubtedly; as fine, if not finer, than in m ost years. Dinny has his w ork cut out for him for the boys for the most part are still very crude. This is however a period of reconstruc­tion, the team having lost some very fine men in Kelly, Asselin, Veilleux, Shaughnessy, M aguire, Newton and Cleary. They have some w onderful replacements, though, and should go fa r to­w ards gathering l a u r e l s for themselves before the year is out.

Melancon, E lm er M cN am ara, George Molina, Patrick N orris, Robert Perras, Sylvio Rondina (T ra in e r) , John Salcan E d­w ard Saldana, Levius Sherwood (M anager), A ntony De Sousa, R obert Sutherland, Ronald Su­therland, P ierre Trem blay, Clau­de Sim ard.

The following is a list o f form er members of the un it and alumni of the College who are now in the Active or Reserve Can­adian Arm y. I wish to thank O rderley Room Sgt. F rank Brenan and Cdt. Tom M cKenna for assistance in compiling this list.

Amos, E. ‘19 Dr. Asselin, E. ‘41 Archambault, P.Brown, G. H S ’ 40. Benedetti, J. G. Baskerville, P.Basham, C. F.Brousseau, G. S.Bruneau, L. S.Bujold, J. P. H .S. ’40. Chase-Casgrain, T. Chase-Casgrain, A. ’36. Clacy, G.Chevrier, P.Clarke, A. H. Connaughton, F. Callaghan, L. E.Cote, E.Cato, K. C.Dumas, W . H .S. ’37. deNiverville, G. H .S. ’38. Dann, N. ’40.Dillon, T . ’38.Doyle, J. P . ’40. Davidson, G.Doherty, P.Daniels, W . F. Donaldson, G.Dolan, W . ’27. Dougherty, D.Dugal, L.Dussault, P.Emory,Fleury, F.Gagnier, H .S. ’38.Gick, B. H .S. ’38.Gotro,Gray, C.Genest, C.Graham, P.George, E. G.Ginnae, E. O.Granda, J. H .S. ’40. H ackett, G. H .S. ’36. Hudson, A. G.H ill, C.Harwood, H . deL. Hingston,Handheld, B.Herbert,Johnson, C.Kidd, T . H .S. ’38. Kennedy, J. H .S. ’39. Kirkwood, T .Kavanagh, E . F.Kelly, J. H .S. ’36. Krammer, R. ’15 Dr. Langan, R. ’41.Ledoux, H .Ledoux, F. H .S. ’39. Lapiere, E.Labelle, J.Lachaine, J.Letourneau, C.Lynch. M. H .S. ’41. Lanthier, T . M. Mcllhone, J.MacDonald, C. H .S. ’38. M artin, A.Maughan, A.M artyn, L.McAsey, J.Murphy, T.McGovern, J.McMahon, R. McNaughton, A. McNaughton, E. McNaughton, I.Milledge, F.McCourt, F.Malone, E.Morin, D.Murphy, T. H .S. ’39. McCormick, M. MacKenzie, A.Manley, F . C. MacKinnon, M. S. O’Brien, J .O’Brien, J.O’Toole, E.Pascale, T . H .S. ’39. Phelan, A.Plamondon,Power, F.Panet,Power, M. C.Palmer, W . D.Phelan, A. F.Routh, R.Riley, W . H.S. ’37. Rolland, F.Riche, M. H .S. ’37. Relihan, M. H .S. ’36. Roy, (Killed on service) Rowlett, J. H.Stevens, J. H .S. ’36. Simard, F.Street, H.Sykes,Salvaneschi, P. S.Tingle, H . ’40.Thomas, N.Tellier, W . G.Timmins, R.Veilleux, B. ’40.Vanier,Wickham, B. H .S. ’38. W alsh, V.W alsh, V. O.Whiteside, O.

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