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REVEREND FATHER PROVINCIAL KADA KIEFFER IN GERMANY. I COLLEGE BASKET BALL TEAM HERE ON ANNUAL VISIT. WINS FIRST TWO. Montabaur, Germany, Dec. 21, '18. Very Rev. Alexander J. Burrowes, Dear Father Grace:- The first college game played on S. J ., Provincial of the Missouri I received your 0 Athenaeums" today St. Xavier's floor this year was a vic Province of the Society of Jes us, is and beliE::ve me, I was happy, because tory for the home· team. The visit the guest of St. Xavier College this I had been thinking about old St. ors, soldiers from Fort Thomas, were week. Father Burrowes is no strang Xavier's, and our old times together, somewhat larger than our boys, but er in Cincinnati. He was President our great basketball and football did not show as good team-work. of St. Xavier College from 1893 to teams. Those 4'Athenaeums" brought Grause at center did most of the 1896, and has always taken special back every memory to my mind. How scoring: The line-up: interest in its welfare. For the past long ago those times seem now. St. Xavier. six years, during his term as Provin Shortly after my last letter to you, Pts. cial, he has spent a week here an we went back to the lines to engage Berning, f. 8 nually. The students always welcome Mr. Boche between the Argonne and Normile, f ...... , ...... 6 him, for they have come to know his the Meuse. You can see how suc Grause, c...... 12 kindly face and to appreciate his cessful we were from the clipping en Bien, g ...... , , . . . . 4 words of encouragement to those who closed, sent to the First Division, my Noppenberger, g ... . . , .... _...... 4 are endeavoring to make of them Divi:.ion, by General Pershing, after Hart, f ...... 0 selves educated Catholic gentlemen. the engagement. This drive was about Bunker, f...... • ...... O Father Burrowes is accompanied by the worst in which any American rather Gilbert Garraghan, who was troops took part, as the country ove1· Total 35 a professor here some years ago. which we fought was hilly nnd heavi Fort Thomas. ly wooded. It was my first experience Johnson, f. 15 JOHN YOST IN COBLENZ. of going "over the top." Well, it was Grapes, f ...... 4 awful_. and something I'll never forget, Gephart, c ..... _.. , • • . . . . . • . . . . . 2 We had not heard from John Yost, even though I had much experience in Williams, g. 2 Sixth Regiment Marines, for a long first-aid-stations during aJl our en Both of these St. Xavier boys enlist Haskell, g. . . _...... O time, when a letter came last week. gagements up at the front line. There ed in the aviation service of Uncle John is now over the Rhine. He ate is something exciting and wild about Sam. Nor be rt attended the Naval Total ...... • , . . . . . 23 his Christmas dinner in Coblenz, Ger going "over the top," something very Aviation School at Great Lakes, where Referee-Gallina~i. many. Like the rest of the boys, he similar to a football game. I suppose he attained a first-class rating. He is anxious to come back home, but does 1 would have fared lots wor.:: e had you was then assigned to the local Naval Jn the second game the College de not know when he will move thi3 way. not all been ptaying for me, for many Production Department in the Gwynne feated the Hamilton Y. M. C. A. team Yost has been wounded several of my comrades fell. I Building. by a score of 30 to 18. Inasmuch as• times. The Seventy-Ninth Company, · John Greer and I, both ntedicul men, Alphonse graduated from the Avia the "Y." had come within three to which he belongs, has a unique dis went "over the top" on October 4th, tion Photographic School ut Cornell points of tieing Cincinnati University, tinction, in that every member of the with a detachment of Signal Corps University and was sent over seas for Xavier rooters consider that they Company has appeared on the casual men, between the first and second service. He wns one of the first sol have a good team to boost. As in ty list at least once. wave of Infantry. We had hardly diers to reach home after the Hrmis the first game, Grause was the best Yost played shortistop on the Colleg-e started, when we were caught in a tice had been signed. point-getter, Noppy coming next. team in 1913-1914, and was a promi Germ~m counter n:rt1llery barn1ge. the The two brothers have returned to nent basketball player. worst, according to our doughboys, their :former dutie.!-i. Norbert is Secre FATHER CAIN AT MARQUETTE. seasoned men, they had ever exper tary of The Jos. Berning Printing FROM JOE EMMETT, '16. ienced. Out of our rletachment of four Company, and Alphonse is with the Father Cain, our former professor teen men, five were wounded, and the Berning-Eckes Insurance Agency Co. · of classics and President of the Philo Noye1·s, France, Dec. 19, 1918. Sergeant in charge killed, I be;n l{ pedian Society, has organized a Lit about -fifteen feet from the six-inch erary Society at Marquette Univer Rev. Father McCormick: sity, Milwaukee, where Father Mark I received your letter of November shell that landed at his feet, killing most handy. At the end of the sixth him instantly. And such a fine, brave day our Division wa ~ relieved. I guess Cain is now teaching. As head of the first and little need I try to tell the Philopedian Society at St. Xavier, you how I appreciate it. fellow! Well, with caring for our I was luck!t', and you all must have men, and the second wave of Infantry been pulling hard for me, .for many of he attained remarkable success. Un I read an article in the paper, just der his leadership the attendance at before I came to France, which stat following, of which many were wound my friends and comrades fell, while ' ed, my pal and I certainly had our only one little piece of shrapnel the me c ti~gs increased, and the inter ed that St. Xavier's was running on est waxed strong. We are sure that a military basis. I am sure you have hands fu11. It was hard going, but boun::ed off my helmet. · On being re how we did lick those Huns. lieved we went back for a rest of about the society at Marquette will be a n well-trained unit. The experience big success. will benefit the men very much. This continued all that day and the a week to a place in France close by, It won't be long before the Alumni next, we still following the fh·st wave, called Conde-en-Bal'rois. Association wil1 have record-breaking ~-:.eeping up communications. At the From Conde we again went back to with hardly a place to sleep, except in crowds at their meetings. I think all end of the second day, we had almost the lines, this time to drive on Sedan. the rain and dirt. of the members, young and old, renched our objective, for which we This was a hard campaign also, not About six miles to the south of Se will be anxious and glad to hear the had been allowed 5>ix days. I war. so much in the line of fighting, as in dan we encountered practically our ex perience all of the men have had then relieved, rested for three days hiking, following up the Boche, who only r~sistence, in the shape of heavy in the army. It will serve very well and on the sixth day again went "over kept retreating. The roads were mud· artillery and machine gun fire, after as the social end of the meetings. the top." That was also a very hot dy and it was rainy and cold. The we had driven the Germans out of the It affords me great pleasure to and excitino;r day, and many a soldier Boche was blowing up anything and town of Chevery. While in town dur look over the names of my class, and did we patch up. We ran into mnny everything to hinderouradvance. Marly ing the shelling, I got a little gas, but gaze upon the wonderful succesis all machine gun nest s, but my lessons in a cold and weary hour did I spend, as it didn't affect me much. of them have made. I am proud to tumbling during football days cam!! in it was hike and hike, mostly at night, Germany can never live down b,.r (Continued on page 2, column 4.) (Continued in next column.) (Contiriued in next column.) (Continued on page 2, column 8.) ' 2 THE XAVIER ATHENARUM
well that many of those present com KADA KIEFFER IN GERMANY. FIRST YEAR C. mented on his eloquence, hitherto un (Continued from page 1, column 4.) known. Speaking to him afterwards, name, the "Brute." I witnessed many How about Cannon and Gunning we asked him if he had prepared this instances of how the poor old civilians for Uncle Sam'B future artillery? 0 speech. His answer was: 1 did not had to fly for their lives from the expect to be called upon here to towns from which the Germans had Teacher: "Your recitation was very Pablt1hed bl-weekly, during the 11chool ,.ear, good, Johnny. The gestures were bJ the student. of St. Xavier Colleire, Cincin night; but I cannot say that I was j ust retreated, as they would shell that nati, Ohio. unprepared. Several years of work town within a very short time, know particularly natural. Where did you and practice in the debating society get them?" in~ that the Americans would be there. Entered aa aecond-claa11 matter November 25, at College prepared me." Johnny: "Get what?" 1912, at the poet office at Cincinnati, Ohio, What a pitiful sight it was! How under the Act ot March 3. 1879. This little incident called to our at Teacher: "The gestures." glad they were, these people who had 44 tention the remarkable good these so been in bondage during the past four ,Johnny: 1 haven't got the ges tures. It's the hives." Editor C. H. Chamberlain cieties can do, in giving students an years, to see us, and how willingly W. A. Brung• opportunity to learn to speak in pub did our boys give them a hand. 1'1v1 J.B. Hardig lic. Too much stress cannot be laid just glad I belong to Uncle Sam. FROM JOE EMME'IT, '16. Associates E. A. Freking on the importance of learning how to Two days later the armistice was (Continued from page 1, column 1.) speak, while in the high school and J. 8.
By being true to old Saint X.1 that PUBLIC SPEAKING AND THE proud and glorious name DEBATING SOCIETIES. Which reaches out through these long years and makes a firm demand At a banquet not long ago, a col That her eons be known for right lege graduate was called upon to eousness and courage through the answer a toast. He responded 10 land. -E. A. F., '21. THE XAVIER ATHENAEUM 3
CLASS OF ECONOMICS. FRESHMEN NOTES. HEADQUARTERS . .. The... Several weeks ago the class was The Class of '22 has quite a large For Reli~ious Articles and OLD RELIABLE fortunate enough to hear an address representation, having enrolled twen Books by Mr. Marquette, Secretary of the ty-nine members. They are all strug CLOTHING HOUSE Better Housing League. The subject, gling hard with their languages and "Housing," is one which has become sciences, and seem to be getting always is n problem in Cincinnati. · Some of along 0. K. !\fr. Marquette's statements were of Rolfes and Grause have succeeded a startling nature. So interested has in getting on the fast College basket Benziger Brothers REAL ESTATE the class become in the topic, that ball team, and are giving their best !'fl the Juniors intend to pursue the ques efforts. ti on further in connection with their All the members of this class have 343 MAIN STREET joined the Philopedian Society, and If you wish to studies in Social History. RENT, have already been heard from in sev THE MOUNTEL PRESS Another surprise, greatly appre eral debates. (Incorporated) BUY or A number of our members are men ciated by all, was an invitation to at-1 PRINTING - Blndinll - PUBLISHING from various cities, but they all agree SELL- See us. tend the meeting of the Accident Pre POWER BUILDING vention Association which was recent- that Cincy is some place and that the 1 EIGHTH AND SYCAMORE STS. ly held at the Sinton Hotel. During best spot in the city is old St. Xavier. CINCINNATI our short visit two splendid addresses 1 Freshman: "Pretty soft for Shake Telephone Canal 1994 were made, both dealing with the ne speare; all his works were plays." THE cessity of co-operation on the part of the employer in an endeavor to ame HIGH SCHOOL LEADERS, R I E L A G Fred'k A. Schmidt liorate the conditions found in many FIRST SEMESTER. Men's, Boys' and Children's COMPANY factories in the State, and which are the cause of serious accidents. We The semi-annual examinations were HEADGEAR Telephone Canal 659 134-136 Eut Fourth Street are indebted to our Professor of Po held in the High School last week. 1110 MAIN ST. CINCINNATI litical Economy for the opportunity The leaders in the various classes, as of attending this convention. announced in the assembly hall on We expect to have with us, in the Tuesday, were as follows: The C. EBERLE SONS Co. near future, a gentleman who will Fourth Year-Elmer Trame. YOUNG & CARL Supply Hotels and Institutions endeavor to impress upon us his Third Year A-Bernard Wuellner. views on Socialism. Third Year B-Louis Mazza. W. B., '20. Second Year A-John Gaynor. TIFFANYTONE Fresh Butter, Eggs and Second Year B-Gilbert McBeth. PHOTOS Farm Products SENIOR CLASS NOTES. First Year A-Joseph Keller. First Year B--Joseph Egan. 01 Corner Sb:th, Plum and Geofie Sta. The Seniors are engaged in solving First Year C-Herman Herzog. SPECIAL RATE TO the intricacies of Metaphysics and ST. XAVIER STUDENTS Phone Canal 4!1ilt. E•tabll•bed 1864. Ethics. Alphonse Lammeier, Paul THE HIGH SCHOOL BASKET (United States l<' ood Administration License Meagher and Cecil Chamberlain are BALL TEAM. PHONE CANAL 2277 Number G-06S88) the stars of the class. Some who were with us last year What is the trouble with the High are now at Mount St. Mary Semi School basket ball team? This is nary. They are Leo Egbring, Corne the question that has been bothering ... The... lius Jansen, Joseph McKenna and the students for the past couple of Harold Thorburn. weeks. Ever since the first game French Bros.-Bauei' Elmer Trame is in the Jesuit Semi with Norwood the team has been on nary at Florissant, Mo. the toboggan. It started the season Co. Joseph O'Meara is studying law. with a rush, winning the first three I GI Coleman Cook enlisted in the army games in two days, and then fell into a slump in which there seems to be during the school term of last year, PAINTS and VARNISHES Milk and Cream and is now in France. no let-up. The two latest teams to - ARE beat our boys are Norwood and Cov QUALITY GOODS Ice Cream JUNIOR CLASS NOTES. ington. In the Norwdod game, with • Manufactured by Butter and Eggs several new players in the line-up, As usual, the Class of '20 is lead the team seemed to lack practice and CHAS. J. HARDIG Bakery Goods ing in all collections. Notice the rec team-work, and came out on the short 1109-1113 HARRISON AVE., CINCINNATI ord of Junior Class in the Penny end of a 26-17 score. In the Coving Collection. ton game there was some excuse, for The Mutt and Jeff of the College had not Irv Hart been put out of the classes-Hardig and Normile. game in the early part of the second POPULAR PRAYER BOOKS The Century plant will bloom: half by the referee, who seemed to THE PRISONER OF LOVE When Byrne is on time for class. have an especial interest in the Cov MANNA OF THE SOUL When Doud does anything but ington team, the outcome of the con MY PRAYER BOOK smile. test would have been somewhat dif CATHOLIC GIRL'S GUIDE When Goodenough doesn't start an ferent. The final score was 35-29• in argument. favor of Covington. To be had in various bindings and at all prices, at When Weimer is satisfied. However, there are brighter pros pects for the future, for the team has JUNIOR SODALITY. been practicing faithfully every after FREDERICK PUSTET CO., Inc. noon. Moreover, from now on they i36 MAIN STRBBT CINCINNATI, OHIO As the meetings of the Sodality can depend on the much-needed serv were interfered with during the first ices of "Brownie" Overman, who has months of school, on account of the been on the injured list ever since irregularity of the classes, the annual that disastrous Norwood game, when reception of candidates had to be the team began slipping. His ab JAMES J. DOUD postponed. This reception will take sence has been a serious loss, espe place on Wednesday, February 19th, cially when one stops to consider that when those who have passed a suc when he played he averaged about Plumbing and cessful candidacy wi11 be received twelve points to a game. They say into full membership. there is an end to everything; so let On February 26th the election of us hope that there will soon be an Gas Fitting officers for the second term will be end to the team's losing streak. held. PATRONIZE ATHENAEUM AD 313 E. Fourth St. ORTIZ BLDG. Cincinnati, Ohio ADVERTISE YOUR CLASS BY VERTIS{mS. The small amount you MEANS OF CLASS NOTES. HAND may pay for this paper defrays only IN GOOD ONES AND MANY OF a small .fraction of the cost of its THEM. publication. . ~ PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS -- THE XAVIER ATHENAEUM FOURTH YEAR HIGH. class was Joseph Meyers. First hon ors were won by Bernard Tansey, Al Thera has been a great deal of bert Dixon, Harold Walker, Howard \(.l.,.~HtNRURiliOH1 •1/' }Q_WJIE~ talk going through the College of Geering Bnd Robert Ruthman. Sec Ou~rt'i>U ,1 lt"ING~~ late as to what has caused the down ond honors, Joseph Schuler and Louis HOTllS. CLU~ RESTAu'RAN'n AND INSTITUTI~ The George Ast Candy Co. cast appearance of all the Fourth Lampe. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Year members. 'Tia a sad story, In First Year, the honors of the CINCINNATI, OHIO. 929 MAIN ST. Canal 4507 brother, for the class ha AVONDA LE NOTES. .,,.,r,,/u11111 Compo""• 11 1 t~o i;:::i"::::•2!f:~;, ~!';1,'),f'"f. 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