Founded In 1935 THE COWL Veritas

VOL. 4, No. 10—Six Pages PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, PROVIDENCE, R. I., DECEMBER 16, 1938 5 Cents a Copy. DORM CONSTRUCTION STARTS TODAY

VACATION DATES Student Teams The Christmas recess begins today with the suspension of classes at noon Weekly Movies Fr. Dillon to Break Ground Open Season and will continue through a two-week period with regular classes commenc• On Thursdays For New $350,000 Building ing again Tuesday, Jan 3. 1939 On January 6 Lectures for the first semester will Starting Soon end Thursday. Jan. 19 at 12 o'clock Sullivan - Foster Co. Awarded Contract; Medals Will Be Awarded and on the same day at 2 p. m. the Fr. Chandler Will Bless Ground semi-annual examinations will begin Yesterday's Tryout Proves to Winners; Coaches After Student Procession The exams will end with the closing Huge Success with Stu• Appointed of the first semester on Jan 28 dent Body A short recess will follow the ex• Construction of the new $350,000 Providence College dormitory The intra-class basketball season ams with lectures of the second sem• will start this morning at 11:30 when the faculty, students and will open on Monday. Jan 8. Coach ester beginning Monday Feb 6 for A weekly series of educational mov• friends of the College will gather on the campus for short ground• Ed Crotty. Friar basketball mentor Freshmen. Juniors and Sophomores ing pictures will be presented to the and intra-mural head, announced at Senior lectures begin the following students every Thursday during the breaking ceremonies. The Very Rev. John J. Dillon, O.P., president a meeting of the Student Athletic day. Feb 7 free 11:30 period, it was announced of the College, announced yesterday that the contract for construc• Council last Wednesday The win• yesterday by the Rev Arthur H. tion has been awarded to the Sullivan and Foster Co. of North Chandler. OP, dean, following a try- ners of both the lightweight and the Providence. out showing of movies In the auditorium. heavyweight divisions will be award• Requiem Mass Dedication ceremonies will begin with a procession of students ed medals Said Wednesday Father Chandler stated that the ex• to the site of construction, at the right and rear of Harkins Hall. The schedule will have its wind up periment with the hall the moving Following the procession, the Rev. Arthur H. Chandler. O.P., dean on March 7 and playoff games between picture camera had proved highly suc• of the College, will bless the ground the first two teams in each division Fr. McKenna Reads Memorial cessful. Father Dillon will make a short for the championship will be held on Mass for Deceased Member Plans for this series have been un• speech and will turn the first shovel- Friday March 10 All the games will Fall River Club of Class of '39 der way for quite some time, It was full of earth After the Alma Mater be played at night with the first con• stated. Curtains have been placed in song by the College Band, classes will test of the evening scheduled to start the hall to block out the light from Dance Dec. 26 be suspended for the Christmas re• at 7 o'clock. A memorial Mass was celebrated the windows in the hall Experiments cess. The awards to the victorious teams Wednesday morning in the chapel by with the acoustics in the hall have Excavation to Start will be presented by the athletic as• Rev. Charles H. McKenna, O P , chap• been carried on and the result has 150 Couples Expected to Excavation will start immediately sociation Eight members and the been successful Yesterday's showing lain, for Francis Moriarty who died Attend Stone Bridge after the ceremonies and it is ex• coach of the winning clubs will be proved that the hall was adapted pected that the foundations will be in 1936 while a student of the Col• Inn Affair the recipients. well enough to present moving pic• well under way by the time stu• lege. Coaches Named tures. dents return from their vacations on Coaches selected from the varsity Moriarty. one of the most popular In the past there has been much Approximately one hundred and fif• January 3. and that the building will squad are as follows; heavyweights. and witty members of his class died agitation for a definite assembly pro• ty couples are expected to attend the be definitely ready for student resi• Seniors—Elt Deuse; Juniors—Bill on November 27. 1936. the victim of gram for the 11:30 free period on 16th annual dinner-dance of the Fall dence next September. Murphy: Sophomores—Paul Sweeney; myelogenous leukemia, a rare blood Thursday Demands for a well- River Undergraduate Club Monday In his announcement of the begin• Freshmen—Johnny Barnini; light• disease causing an overabundance of drawn up list of either speakers or, evening. December 26. at Stone Bridge ning of construction and the award• weights. Seniors—Joe Kwasniewski; educational programs were voiced of- white corpusles At first afflicted with Inn. Tiverton, R. 1 ing of the contract Father Dillon Juniors—Harry Speckman: Sopho• ten by the editorial columns of The said "We are pleased to say that the a sore throat. Moriarty was ordered Larry Gadsby's swing band which mores—Beryle Sacks: Freshmen—Jack Cowl as well as by students During Sullivan-Foster Co. of North Provi• to the hospital by the College doctors has achieved great popularity among Levey. the showing of yesterday's movies.; dence has been awarded the general and upon examination, the presence the "swing set" at previous social Officials for the games will be chos• Father Chandler stated this series contract for construction of the new of the rare disease was discovered functions of the club has been chosen en by Coach Crotty from the follow• was the answer to the definite pro• residence hall for faculty and stu• by the committee to provide the music ing: Jimmy Leo. Ray Bedard. Leonard Despite several blood transfusions gram of Thursday assemblies dents at Providence College. We plan for the dance. John Hogan. chairman, Waldman, Joe Jugas. Johnny Yauc- from fellow students Moriarty was He said that this idea had been un• to begin erection of the building to• announced yesterday. koes. McNally, Hackett and Roy. The unable to rally sufficiently to over• der consideration for a year or two morrow. The gifts and generosity of referees for the championship games come the ravages of his illness and and that if the tryout proved success• By tradition, the dinner-dance is the the alumni and friends of the Col• will be selected by the Student Ath• died at St. Joseph's Hospital. ful the idea would be carried out Af• first event on the social calendar of lege throughout the State have been letic Board. Moriarty's death was regarded as ter the assembly was over, he stated the club and expectations are that it partially responsible for the construc• As was announced earlier the teams a personal loss by virtually the en• they would purchase a camera and be• will be a success, both socially and tion of this sorely-needed unit in our will be divided into two divisions tire student body at the time His gin preparation of the educational financially program of expansion, and the mem• There are no restrictions on the good nature, ready wit. and his will• programs. The committee headed by John Ho• bers of the administration and fac• heavyweight class but in the light• ingness to help Had endeared him to The idea of the movies proved a hit gan. '39 consists of Lawrence Foley ulty appreciate the assistance given weight only those students weighing all who had any contact with him with the students They were al• '39: Daniel Murphy. 39: Raymond us by so many of our friends dur• less than 150 lbs will be eligible to While a student at the College. Mori• most unanimously in favor of the se• Harrison, '41: and Raymond Murray. ing the campaign last February play Also any player who partici• arty was a cheerleader, and took part ries. 42 The officers of the club acting whose donations and pledges the Col• pates in a heavyweight game is no in the first two musical comedies pre• Yesterday's movie program at the in an ex officio capacity are: Gerard lege received and is receiving. longer eligible to play in the light sented by the Pyramid Players. (Continued on Page 6) Connor. '39: Jerry McDonald. '39; Leo Will House Faculty division regardless of his weight Smith. 40 and Francis Devine. '41 "The new dormitory, which will Practice sessions will be held be• Dancing will begin at 9:00 and will also house 24 members of the faculty, tween Jan. 9th and 12th. The Seniors Seniors Reflect Gay Yuletide Spirit continue until 2:00 Tickets are $2.00 will enable us to better carry on the will practice Monday Jan. 9th. the and dress is optional work in the field of education of Juniors Jan 10th. Sophomores Jan At Party Tendered Dr. D. J. O'Neill young men. and will permit us to 11th. and the Freshmen Jan 12th. NEW HAVEN CLUB TO HOLD make an ever greater contribution in These sessions will be from 7 to 8 Rielly. and Daniel Shea participated ANNUAL DINNER DANCE the service of God and the communi• o'clock Amateur Performers Thrill Au• ty in producing men of Christian Another on-act play in two scenes, Each team will play six games Two dience of Literary Critics talents and ideals The increased facil• one after the manner of "Our Town", The New Haven Club of Provi• games will be between the light- and Guests ities which this new building will proposed a new insurance idea. Irv• dence College will hold its annual (Continued on Page 6) offer will permit us to expand our ing Wardle Ted Kennedy and John dinner-dance at the "Seven Gables" program allowing for the development A Christmas party in the senior lit• McGrath were the insurance sales• in New Haven, Wednesday evening. of the individual student with full erary criticism class which was in• men, while John Stratton acted as the Dec. 28. Many students from New Students to Spend emphasis on the general cultural tended to be a home-spun affair with prospective policy buyer Haven and vicinity will attend, as background which is the integral Varied Vacations the whole assembled family of bud• well as many out of town students Edward Brodeur imitated tap-danc• point in liberal arts education." ding literary critics spinning yarns Joseph J. Reynolds. '41. is chairman ing artist Bill Robinson as he had The new residence hall, the first Providence College seals and stick• around the spangled Christmas tree, of the committee, which also in• seen him in Chicago. A "petite oper• expansion of the College since 1929, ers will be seen on many trains and metamorphosed into a hi-de-hi jam cludes George Sullivan, '40, Mathew etta" named "Blighted Love" was is the result of a drive for funds on almost all major highways lead• session and a paprika vaudeville pro• Malenczyk, '40, Charles Bree, '41, sung by Norman J. Carignan and Ed• last winter. In addition to accom• ing from the city this weekend as gram which packed laughs from be• and John Flynn. '42. extends a cordial ward Dupras. Carignan being the modations for 24 faculty members almost all of the students return home ginning to end. invitation to all students of the school wooed and Dupras the wooer Jerry and 200 students the structure will for the Christmas holidays, which be• Playing before an overflowing house, to attend this affair. The price of Fitzgerald entertained wim a song contain a chapel, dining hall, lounge gin this noon and end at 8:30 am. amateur performer who showed re• the bids are two dollars and fifty and monologue The orchestra played and recreation room. on Tuesday, January 3, 1939. markable versatility in the entertain• cents, and the dress is semi-formal. during featured entertainments. Oresto Di Saia. prominent Rhode The coming week will find many ment field, held sway for more than A crowd of about 75 students and Island architect drew up the plans of the local students toting mail-bags, an hour. Ray Pettine and his orches• "VERITAS" DANCE DATE "guests" filled the classroom to over• for the building which will be of while others will be behind counters tra furnished the pit music for the flowing. Many Jammed the doors, SET FOR FEBRUARY 21 Gothic design to harmonize with Har• in gift shops and department stores. actors from a corner in the room. Wil• while others had to stand on chairs kins Hall, the principal building on The remainder will probably spend liam Cunningham was at the clari• to catch a glimpse of the "stage." the campus. The building will be lo• their time doing Christmas shopping. net with a help-mate, Archie Olivi- Tuesday night. Feb. 21, has been se• Erudite literary critics who turned cated on the centre section of the The New York, New Haven, & Hart• eri at the trumpet, Dan McGettrick lected for the annual "Veritas" dance, drama critics for the occasion were College grounds adjacent to Guzman ford Railroad has reduced fares con• beat the drums, and Maestro Pettine according to Frank D. O'Brien, busi• well satisfleld with the perrormance Hall. siderably for this period for the con• at the keyboard. ness manager of the annual The fol• and proclaimed it the best Christmas The hall will be 305 feet long and venience of students. George Comstock was master-of- lowing day. Washington's birthday party they have known. classes are suspended The dance is 35 feet wide with a wing on each After the pre-Christmas rush Is ceremonies and "raconteur". Victor to be a semi-formal affair, and the end, 35 by 55 feet. There will be over the students will, In most cases, Gabriele opened the program with a A Christmas present was given to proceeds will be used to defray year• four stories and a basement A granite buckle down to serious study in prep• song and was followed by a short skit Dr. Daniel J O'Neill In whose honor book expenses. (Continued on Page 4) aration for the coming mid-years. in which George Comstock, Terence the party was tendered 2 THE COWL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1938

What Do You Think?

Question: Do you think that at least one formal dance a year should be held at the College?

Edward Burke. Senior. Business: Established November 15, 1935 Yes As long as the girls always dress formally for the dances which The Cowl is published every full school week by the students of Providence College, are now held at the College, the Prov• Providence, R. I. idence College students should also Office: Harkins Hall, Room 18 Telephone: M Anning; 0707 wear formal attire. Providence Col- ege students are college men and should act accordingly. In my opinion It is only common decency for the fellow to dress, if the girl is so re• Subscription: 5 cents the copy. $1.00 a year. quired In 80 per cent of the col- Same rate by mail leges in the United States the Sopho• Entered as second-class matter October 2, 1936. at the Poat office at Providence, Rhode Island, under the Act of March 3, 1879. more Hop is a formal dance. The Sophomore Hop is next to the Junior THE STAFF Prom in undergraduate importance Editor Robert C. Healey, '39 as a social activity and because of its Managing Editor Norman J. Carignan, '39 Staff Photographer Aloysius Quinn. '40 importance it should be a formal Business Manager John J. Mahoney, '39 dance Associate Editors Michael A. Coyne, Charles E. Sweeney, '41: Daniel F. Murphy, '39 Karol Dubiel, Junior, Business: REPORTERS Yes I think that we should have Irving Jacobson. '41 Joseph Byron. '40 at least one formal dance at the Col• Harold Rich. 41 Henry Gray, '41 Francis X. McCarthy. '41 James R McGowan, '41 Charles McGovern. '41 Martin Orzcek, '41 lege. At the present time there are Lionel Landry, '40 Joseph Giblin. '42 Charles Prendergast, '41 too many informal dances at the Col• Peter Goodwin. '41 John Schofield. '39 Seymour Sherman, '41 Raymond Dupras, '40 Louis Rosen. '42 Harold Pivnick. '39 lege Almost every other college has Eugene J. McElroy. '39 George Morris. "41 Milton Krevalin. '41 one or more formal dances at the col• Circulation Manager John M. Reynolds, '40 Circulation Staff Robert E. Roque. '40. George F. Carroll, '40. William J. lege. It is fitting that Providence Col• Riley. '40. Francis Maloney, '40, Joseph Lennon. '40. lege hold a formal dance in Harkins Exchange Editor John F. O'Gara, '40 Advertising Staff John J. Blanco. '41. manager; A. Frank De Ciantis, '41. Hall. Formal attire lends a dignity, Thomas McGauley, '41. Thomas Russell. '41. not otherwise attainable, to the occa-

James Bagley. Junior, Philosophy: No. The Junior Prom is the big dance of the social year A formal dance at the College would do noth• ing but detract from the Junior Prom THE COLLEGIATE REVIEW It is difficult enough at the present time to persuade the students to go (By Associated Collegiate Press) to one formal dance. It would be .wice as difficult to persuade them to A special fraternity for married budget for the last fiscal year was go to two formal dances. The aver• women students has been founded at $15,756,444. age student cannot afford to go to Louisiana State University. It's two formal dances called Phi Lambda Pi. A Peace Council to coordinate the Thomas Fitzpatrick, Junior, Busi• peace activities of all existing cam• ness: Pleas Hull, official University cf pus organizations has been organized Yes. All the other colleges have at Georgia bell ringer, estimates he has at New Jersey College for women. least one formal dance at the college rung the instrument 250,000 times As long as the girl goes formally at• in six years. Most major national sororities en• tired, the escort should also attend gage in some sort of philanthropic And it came to pass, that in those days there went out a the dance in formal attire. There are Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute work among the poor and underpriv• many students in the College who decree from Caesar Augustus, that the whole world should be students recently cornered the fac• ileged, have tuxes, and a formal dance would enrolled. ulty experts with student-written -;ive them more opportunity to wear technical questions in a program of This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of them. A $6,000,000 expansion program the "Information Please'' variety has been announced by Cornell Uni• Syria. George Hickson, Senior. Philosophy: versity authorities. Yes. As a matter of fact all the And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city. Exactly 3,269 organized events held class dances should be formal A in the University of Wisconsin Mem• And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of formal dance shows that the students One-quarter of the Princeton Uni• orial Union building last year. versity freshmen are more than six Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Beth• have a class spirit and a realization of the social obligations of a college feet tall. lehem; because he was of the house and family of David. man. A formal dance creates a bet• Texas Christian University stat• To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with ter atmosphere and outlook for a isticians have figured out that the A mural depicting the early use of Horned Frogs' game average 140 child. rapidly growing College such as Prov• anesthesia has been hung in the New idence College A Providence College plays each. York University crllege of dentistry And it came to pass, that when they were there her days man is a gentleman and he should were accomplished, that she should be delivered. look and act as one. A gentleman Connecticut College students have A college girls idea of the perfect should know how to dress for a for• organized an eight-week series of And she brought forth her firstborn son. and wrapped him date mal occasion, and he should learn daily chapels to stir religious inter• 1. Tall. up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there how to conduct himself at a formal est among students. 2. Dark. was no room for them in the inn. dance before he leaves college 3. Handsome And there were in the same country shepherds watching, Kenneth McGovern. Sophomore, A new club for commuters, called 4 Plenty of money. the Jacobus Club, has been formed 5 Willing to spend it. and keeping the night watches over their flock. Business: Yes. The girls dress formally for at Stevens Institute of Technology And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the the dances at the College, and the The University of Southern Cali• brightness of God shone round about them; and they feared fellows should do likewise Formal The resources of Columbia Univer• fornia has established a new couriie sity and its affiliated institutions are with a great fear. attire lends dignity to the occasion to teach wemen their legal rights and makes it look like a college dance now estimated at $158,868,638. Its under the laws of the state. And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold. I bring Other colleges have formal dances you tidings of great joy. that shall be to all the people; and Providence College should do For, this day, is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the likewise in order to maintain its so• cial standing in the collegiate world COLLEGIATE CLIPPINGS Lord, in the city of David. The college student will have to meet And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant his social obligations after graduation, and he should learn how to meet Iowa City, Ia.—(ACP)—Nino Mar• wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. says he "has made hundreds of con• these obligations while he is a college tini, leading Metropolitan opera tenor, tributions to leading newspapers and And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the student paid two fines in kangaroo court at magazines." the University of Iowa for violation heavenly army, praising God, and saying: Ted Pashalides, Sophomore, Busi• In fact, the writer admits that "for of the Men's Week code Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of ness: my literary work I am a gold medal• Yes. A formal dance brightens the His offenses: Wearing a necktie and ist and I have gained other premier good will. otherwise dull life of a college stu- walking with two coeds awards " And it came to pass, after the angels departed from them in• dent A formal dance is far more The sentence: "You will have to Should the university evidence In- to heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us go over to colorful than an informal dance For• kiss both the coeds in public." terest. the applicant will place be• "That." said Mr. Martini, "is more Bethlehem, and let us see this word that is come to pass, which mal attire makes the dance more dis• fore the American consul-general at tinctive, and attracts more people and like it." He complied without ado. Capetown "voluminous proof of my the Lord hath shewed us. attention because of its formality literary attainments." And they came with haste; and they found Mary and Joseph, Even if it had no other value, a formal Akron, O.—(ACP)—A South Afri• dance would give the students some and the infant lying in a manger. can journalist of no mean achieve• Austin. Texas—(ACP)—If the Uni• practice in tying a bow tie ments has "invited'' the University And seeing, they understood of the word that had been versity of Texas sent mail to former Joseph Baldwin. Senior. Pre-Med:: of Akron to confer upon him "anstudents , not a few of the letters spoken to them concerning this child. Yes As it is a practice here for appropriate degree, perhaps in arts, would be addressed to Hollywood, And all that heard, wondered; and at those things that were the girls to dress formally, it is only literature, science (zoology preferred) for some of the beat-known film ac• fair to them that their escorts should or philosophy " tors and actresses once attended the told them by the shepherds. be correctly dressed The students The journalist stands ready to re• U. of Texas. But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. should adjust themselves to the prop• mit $250 to $500 to cover registration John Boles, screen lover, who was er attire for such occasions. They And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God. and other fees, he said. born at Greenville, was graduated will pro6t by their training when as Accompanying the invitation were from the University in 1917 and stud• for all the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto college graduates their real social them. four of the author's manuscripts and ied in New York and Europe before life commences. St Luke II-1-20 two volumes of his letters, and he beginning his screen career. THE COWL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1938 5 HOT OFF THE Friars Suffer Skaters Sought Sport Writers Sideline Talks FRYER First Defeat Nominate Cowl By Hockey Outfit The fast-passing, eagle eye basket• ball flashes of Providence came out East Providence Caseys Enroll• By Dan Murphy At Hanover All-Americans of the Dartmouth contest on the short ing P. C. Members in League end of the score The encounter with Half and Half Squad Tin' basketball team opened the Strong Dartmouth Quintet Southwest Places Majority the Indians was a closely fought bat• 1938-39 season by defeating an As• Wins 41-24; Becker of Players on Mythical tle until the last seven minutes of the sumption College quintet to last Next Foe fracas It is safe to say now that Providence College students who are Thursday night. None too impressive Grid Team "Handsome" Joe Kwasniewski is interested in hockey and have had in this game, due to their inaccurate headed for stardom without a hair of The Friar basketball machine met experience in high school or any other shooting the boys went into the Dart• The Cowl All-American Teams for doubt. Joe has compiled 22 points its first defeat of the season at the organized look will be afforded an mouth tussle on Monday night on the 1928: thus far Steve Fallon is expected hands of the smooth-working Dart• opportunity to manifest their puck- short end of the betting odds. Des• First Team to resume his activities on the court mouth quintet which has given every pite "Joe'' Kwasniewski's stellar shoot• End Brud Holland. Cornell shortly. By the way, Steve claims ragging ability according to plans be• indication that it is very much in the ing, and his guarding of the Indians" Tackle Isull Hale, Texas Christian that Walter Shinn. Captain of the ing forwarded by the East Providence running for top honors In Eastern In• star Soph forward the Friars dropped Guard Ralph Helkkinen, Michigan University of Pennsylvania grid forces Caseys of the Inter-City League A tercollegiate Basketball circles After this one by a 41 to 24 score. That Center , Texas Christian gives him the greatest laugh of the battling pretty much on even terms number of puck enthusiasts have al- sends the team home for the holidays Guard Judd Smith, So. California moment whenever he burst into one of throughout the first half the locals reeady signified their intentions to with a half and half record . . . half Tackle Joe Beinor, Notre Dame his ferocious like yells of joy. The were unable to keep abreast of the try out for the squad. victory and half defeat is the story End Lou Daddio, Pittsburgh event took place in Saranac Lake. Hanover sharpshooters in the final of the two games played thus far. Back Davie O'Brien. Tex. Christian N Y. this past summer where Shinn Art Cuddy, a member of the fresh• twenty minutes and dropped a 41-24 The story won't read that way for Back , So. California and Fallon played on the same base• man class, who gained All-State hon• decision. very long during January, however, Back . Holy Cross ball club ors while at La Salle Academy last when the Friars start to click. "Swede" Broberg. the Indians' Soph• Back , Pittsburgh Sam Kusnitz was the victim of a year, tended goal for the Caseys last The Newport Representatives omore star who was able a amass a to• Second Team practical joker in Hanover, N. H. night against the Glenwoods. Cuddy Three of the more talented mem• tal of 34 points in the first two games, End Bob Wyatt. Tennessee Coach Crotty caught him throwing is not inexperienced in amateur cir• bers of the "first ten" division of was limited to two points by the stel• Tackle Joe Delaney. Holy Cross his shoes all over the hallway. Poor cles as he has performed in the Inter- the basketball squad hail from New• lar P C left guard Joe Kwasneiski Guard , Iowa State Sam! What a laugh the boys got out City Loop before. Don Cronin, soph• port. "Bill" Sacks, "Sam" Kusinitz, He was unable to sink a single floor Center Dan Hill, Duke of it This writer warned the fans omore, who turned in some fine per• and "Harry" Speckman, all of whom goal, but points being caged from the Guard Sid Roth. Cornell to watch Danowski and Soar in the formance as a member of the Auburn starred for the high school quintets charity stripe "Handsome Joe" also Tackle Steve Maronic. No. Carolina pro grid playoffs because they would Club last year, will join the East in the City by the Sea some few paced the Providence team offensive• End John Wysocki. Villanova star That's exactly what they did Providence aggregation after the years back, have all shown up very ly, popping in seven field goals for a Back , Columbia Hank Soar must have "soared" Christmas holidays. well in the games played by the total of fourteen points. Back Cafego. Tennessee through those Packers because his Friars thus far this season and are Fail to Stop Dudis Back Eric Tipton. Duke devastating charges spelled victory making the holders of the starting While the Crottymen were success• Back Howie Weiss. Wisconsin when the battle was over At the team berths go at top speed in or• ful in this respect they failed to bot• Third Team present time Hank is in the hospital der to hold on to their coveted spots. tle-up the Dartmouth Captain. Roger End Sam Boyd, Baylor awaiting a nose operation. That cer• Sacks and Kusinitz, along with the "Moose" Dudis. who rang up 19 Tackle Al Wolff. Santa Clara tainly will aid Hank considerably in injured "Lefty" Fallon, were the markers. The Indian leader towers Guard Bob Suffridge. Tennessee his football exploits all the more standouts on last year's Frosh squad two inches above our own Elt Deuse Center Tony Cavelli, Stanfard We have heard rumors to the effect Take a bow. Newport. and time and again several Provi• Guard Frank Twedell. Minnesota that Captain Frank Kleniewski of St dence backboard shots that might Tackle Bill McKeever, Cornell Raphael Academy is on his way to otherwise have been turned into floor Providence Frank is the outstanding He's In Again End Rollie Young, California goals were halted by his enormous back in R I, high school football cir• "Hank" Soar, the most distinguished Back . Michigan State reach. cles There is always room for a of the ex-athletes of Providence Col• Back Bill Patterson, Baylor good man in Coach Devore's newly lege, is given the credit for the an• The home athletes, sparked by Du• Back Bob Condit. Carnegie Tech installed Notre Dame system John nexation of the National Professional dis. forced the play in the opening Back Bob MacLeod. Dartmouth Grady claims he's a better looking fel• Football League championship by the period and enjoyed a 12-5 lead after Dutch Myers' Texas Christian Horn• low now that his nose is fully healed. New York Giants. The man who beat the first ten minutes. As the second ed Frogs, voted by the majority of the Don't let your girl hear that John Boston College almost single-handed session got under way the Friars' at• nation's sports scribes as the outstand• William Murphy, new Friar court star, when he played for the Dominican tack really clicked when a rally, in ing college eleven in the country, couldn't even sit on the Friar bench eleven in 1934 as a Sophomore, is which Joe Kwasniewski and Elt De- gained three places on the Cowl's a year ago but since Crotty's debut being called the hardest running back use figured prominently, sent them out first annual All-American Team. he's worked his way up. in pro circles since he played the in front by a 20-17 count midway Southern California, conquerors of major role in ripping the Green Bay through the period Providence's in• Notre Dame in one of the season's Packer's line to shreads last Sunday ability to count via the foul route pre• major upsets, earned two positions afternoon Hank's teammates up here vented them from increasing their as did Pittsburgh. Notre Dame. Cor• always said he was a little better lead and Dartmouth held a slight ad• nell. Michigan, and Holy Cross placed than many Ail-Americans . . . and it vantage at the rest period. During players in the four remaining posts. seems as though they were not ex• the course of the entire game the lo• The Cowls selections were based actly fooling. cals made good on but two free on the players' all-around ability and throws losing many other possible their worth to their respective teams. They Like the Huddle points through inaccurate shooting. Consistency and durability were al• The French public is being in• Early in the third stanza the Green so taken into consideration. The se• troduced to the American game of put on a scoring spree that abetted its lectors feel that the above teams pos• football by a group of former col• margin tremendously and kept it in sess all the vital qualities that coach• legiate stars under the direction of a commanding position for the re• es look for when attempting to mold Fordham's coach Jim Crowley. Ac• mainder of the contest. a championship club. cording to the newspaper reports, they After the Christmas recess the Fri• do not care very much for the game ar hoopsters will renew their court . . . except for the huddle. It seems wars when they encounter Becker the Galloping Gaels) At least, not that the boys huddle "to cheer the College of Worcester here on Jan. 6. all the time. other team:" and not to compare On Saturday night of Jan. 14 of the U.S.C. not to beat Duke ... be• notes on the beautiful blonde in Sec• following week they will hoop up cause Duke may play very negative tion A, seat 14, of the grandstand, with R. I. State in what promises to football by permitting the other eleven as we had always thought! be the feature game of the current to do all the running and passing and stuff, but you cant beat em On Your Mark campaign at the Rhode Island Audi• when you can't score on them. And Intramural basketball will start im• torium. Southern California won't. mediately after the Christmas holi• days Better start now to cut down ary 2 for you. Several letters to this on those cigarettes and get into some column (all written by people who kind of condition, boys, the competi• wanted somebody to answer unsigned tion this year is going to reach a communications) have asked me to new high for keenness There should look into last year's Crystal Ball and be quite a number of fast, hard-fought give them the winners Here they are: games played during the schedule which has been arranged by Director Texas Christian over Carnegie Tech Crotty and the Students' Athletic . . because you can't hit what you Council. Competent officials and cant see. Who can see 150 lb. "Davey" coaches have been appointed to in• O'Brien when he is hiding behind sure the efficient carrying out of the a line that averages 202 lbs.? new basketball program. So, get on your mark and be set to "go" after Tennessee to beat Oklahoma . . . the vacation. why not? Ragging the Puck St. Mary's over Texas Tech ... be• The students who are trying to or• cause you can't beat the Irish 'i.e.. ganize a hockey team to represent Providence College on the ice haven't been helped much by the good-na• tured clowning which followed their announcement. Players who really wish to help the boys organizing the proposed sextet should contact Don Cronin as soon as possible . . before he gives up the idea. Incidentally, one wonders if it is true that Doctor O'Neill is going to supply the equip• ment for the skaters again this year. He did a few years ago. they tell me. The Crystal Ball Returns We are going to pick the winners . of the various Bowl games on Janu- 6 THE COWL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1938

PITTSFIELD CLUB TO DINE by 30 students at an informal meet-, Christmas Issue STUDENT SPORTS STUDENTS TO SEE ing in room 33. WILL BEGIN JAN. 6 ASSEMBLY MOVIES Nine undergraduates from the Pitts- A name for the club and election of officers will take place after the Of Book Released field area will be guests of the Pitts- (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 1) Christmas recess Definite plans fof field Providence College Alumni weights and the other between the Harkins Hall Little Theatre featured the activities of the club will be an• New Alembic Contains Short Club at a dinner at the Hotel Wendell. heavyweights They will play four an educational picture of a scientific nounced at the meeting. Stories and Essays Written eight-minute quarters Students of nature. It was an informative type Pittsfield, Dec. 27 The Club, which By Students Guzman Hall, who in the past have of movie that attempted to show the has 28 members, sponsors the event had their own club, will be allowed educational values of the movies. It yearly to honor the undergraduates. The second issue of the Alembic, to play for their respective class emphasized that the movies give the Providence College literary quarter• teams. high educational advantages which PHILOSOPHY CLUB PLANS ly, was distributed to the students After the opening games set for Jan. costly apparatus and hazardous ad• Plans for the formation of a philoso• yesterday from the office of the mag• 16 and 17 the schedule will be inter• ventures produce. The main feature phy society were discussed yesterday azine. The issue featured short stories rupted by the exams, and will not be of the mid-day program was a musi• and essays written by the students. continued until Feb 8. However from cal comedy home-town-girl-makes- This is the last issue of the first this date till the end of the schedule good affair which had comely, blonde semester. there will be no further interruptions Virginia Bruce making good and do• and the games will continue two ing the warbling Miss Bruce, taking Among the contributions published nights a week. the role of Wenda Wander, the Swed• in the Alembic are: "We the Students ish, small-town operatic star aspirant, Elect," a narrative by Robert C. Because of the fact that the varsity who falls in love with a home-town Healey, '39; "Famous Infamy,"' a short basketball schedule is as yet unset• boy. goes to the big city, and finally story by Norman J. Carignan, '39; tled some of the dates for the games vows a dummy audience with her "Oops I Split an Infinitive." an essay may be rearranged. But for the pres• singing and her fetching smile. The by Charles McGovern, '41; "End of ent they will stand as they have been film closes when Wenda get her man— Day," a short story by Walter F. scheduled. her swagger manager The movie re• Gibbons, '39; "A House Built on The Monday. March 13. following ceived a howling approval. Poles," a short story by Irving Wardle. the close of the season a round-robin '39; "Old Schrieber," a short story by series will be held to decide the cham• John T. Hayes, '40; "'Guiana Hell," pion of the clubs in the school. Stu• TONS OF PAINT an essay by Charles E. Sweeney, '41; dents who participated in the regular New York—-Painting the buildings "Ignominy," an essay by Ira T. Wil• intra-class season will be eligible to of the New York World's Fair 1939. liams, '41; and "On My Learning to play for their clubs as well. It is ex• which is being carried out in a plan Swim," an essay by Seymour Sher• pected that The Friar's Club, the following the tints of the rainbow, man. '41. Cowl. Carolan Club, and many others will require a total of 200 tons of will enter into this competition. pigment. For the next issue of the Alembic, which is scheduled to be published during the first week of March, the members of the editorial board of the magazine have sent an invitation to Freshmen and Sophomores to con• tribute articles. They are seeking to encourage members of these two classes so that the book will have a more complete representation of stu• dent literary ability.

University of Oklahoma women have formed the America Co-ed Pro• tective League to insure members from being stood up on a date.