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Xavier University Exhibit All Xavier Student Newspapers Xavier Student Newspapers 1939-12-15 Xavier University Newswire Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) Follow this and additional works at: https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper Recommended Citation Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio), "Xavier University Newswire" (1939). All Xavier Student Newspapers. 1695. https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper/1695 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Xavier Student Newspapers at Exhibit. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Xavier Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of Exhibit. For more information, please contact [email protected]. XAVIER UNIVERSITY NEWS z 553 A Student Newspaper With All Department Coverage VOLUME XXVI. CINCINNATI, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939 NO. 10 Union House Scene Of lrwo RECEIVE \Junior Promenade To Xavier's Premier Frosh FLYING CORPS 1 Hold Sway In Gibson . h APPOINTMENT Sweater Hop T on1g t Florentine January 26 I Anderson, Bergamyer To Go TO EMPHASIZE Mermaid To To Randolph Field Promise Gay SEVERAL BANDS INFORMALITY Two Xavier University sen CONSIDERED Attempt A iors will be "flying high" in Un Booklovers' cle :Sam's Army after their grad :Prexy Schrimpf Promises Serial Story uation in June. Yule Party Prom Queen Selection Gala Time For All Thomas W. Anderson and Ro In Offing land W. Bergamyer recently " t t t th Ch·ri·st- To Be Fashioned On 'Penny passed a difficult physical exam Takes Place December 19, The way o s ar e ination qualifying them as Fly The 1940 Junior Prom will be· mas vacation with a real bang," Dreadful' Theme ing Cadets. Anderson and Ber Biology Lobby 2 till 4 :30 held Friday evening, January exclaimed Frosh President Wil- gamyer were recomended to the 26th, in the FloTentine Room of liam J. Schrimpf, "is to come to Business of the iMermaid Tav examining board by Major Ar A full program of entertain- the Gibson Hotel, Robert s_ Koch, pvom chairman, announ ern, student writing group, TMon- thur M. Harper, Professor of Mil ment is in order for the Annual our S:veater Hop tonight." day, centered about a prorposal ced Tuesday. itary :Science and Tactics. Booklovers Christmas Party, an- As publicized on posters on the for members to write a serial This date was chosen because These two with ten other can nounced President Mrs. Louis J. campus, the dance will be strict- story, said Raymond J. Wilson, didates of Xavier recently took it will follow semester examina ly informal, the stricter the bet- ,., 1 b H t Tuke. The affair will take I ..,T., CU OS. this test at the University of Cin tions and still not conflict with ter, one is given to understand. The first installment ·of the cinnati. Their first stati-on will pilace on Wednesday afternoon, the students' annual retreat. All As the name of the dance indi- seria'l to be modelled after 'Pen be Rando1ph Field, Texas, where December 20, from 2 o'cfock un examinations will have •been cates, all those attending are to ny Dreadful' is to be written by completed by .Tanuary 26th, and they will receive their prelimi til 4: 30 in the Biology Lobby. wear sweaters instead of the the dub moderator, the Rev. nary instruction. the retreat will begin on the usual coats. Paul J. Sweeney, 1S.~J. He will <Mrs. William Meyer will lead 29th. At press time it was ·rumored assign a title to the work, and a in the group singing ·of Christmas The committee is considering· that no one would be admitted theme to it. After his install Carols. Mrs. J. B. CaseUo will several orchestras at the ipresent if he wore a coat, meaning of ment has !been written and read CROWLEY IS give a reading of some y.U::letide time, Koch said, and a definite course, said iPrexy Schrimpf, that before the members of the Tav verse, and Mrs. Frank J. Hoene- selection will be made at an the dance atmosphere will ibe ern, each member wilt write a PRINCIPAL meyer will make a report on the early date. decided1y warm, if not warmer ·chapter, the vrder of inverse pre-Thanksgiving Card Party of Another task facing the com than warm. seniority ·being followed. which she was chairman. mittee, which includes also. Paul The admission fee of thirty- Discussion of the next all-pat SPEAKER According to tradition, the F. :Siegel and Charles E. Gaskill, five cents, "stag vr drag," is mod- ron meeting of the Mermaid, the Booklovers each i n t en d to is the selection of a prom queen. erate enough for anybody's ipock- Christmas Highday was held. At Grid Banquet To Be Held bring a little present <>f some Last year's queen, Miss <Mary .etbook, the committee said ... ;Nov.,. The.. Wednesday .after Christmas, ' --·- ... ;---- ... foods.tuff ._o.r ... other._which. .~anta. -:bouise-· ·-Neilli!Isel,-was---selected-··-· · -- ·· el decorations for the venerable December 27, was set as a date At Gibson Ballroom wiU ·re-present to the Little Sis- from among the women students Union House will ibe .put up, and for the meeting. ters ·of the Poor for their ·charges of Xavier's Evening Division. the musk will come 1'rom the On the suggestion of the Mod January 11 at :E'lorence Avenue and Riddle The l939 Junior Promenade, mightiest groove horns in the erator, the Tavern agreed that Road. Amount of the gift should under the chairmanship of Rich business, giving out some so'lid each member compose a ballade "Sleepy .Tim" Crowley, head be around twenty-.five cents, said ard T. :Schmidt, present ipre jive from eight ·o'clock until for the Foundation Highday, coach at Fordham University was Mrs. Tuke, and preferably, non- medical senior, was also held in twelve. which is celebrated in the early announced this week at an Al perishables. the Florentine Room as was the Quiip of the week on the dance part of February. umni meeting as the princ1pal Santa Claus will be on hand to Clef Club's final concert and comes from some anonymous Those who participated on the speaker at the forthcoming Fo·ot distribute some advance Christ dance for the last two years. freshman who says that you program Monday were Host ball ·banquet to be held ·on Thurs mas gifts and pvobably a little won't have to dream you danced Wilson, arts senior John .r. Bru day, Jan. 1'1, in the Hotel Gibson friendly advice and chat on the in Ma1,ble Halls, just come •on der, arts juniors Robert M. Wei ballroom. ."Sleepy Jim", a for spirit of the Yule season. SINGERS PLAN down to the Union House Pary, gand, and Robert G. Kissel-, and mer All-.American ibackfield ace, For the splendid success of the Friday night. arts sophomore Russell N. Clark. was one ·of the famous "Four Booklovers' Fall P.arty, Mrs. XMAS CAROL Horsemen" ·of Notre Dame when Hoenemeyer w.ishes to exipress they were running wHd over op her sincere thanks to all those ORGANIZATION Dean Addresses Dads posing grid teams some years who cooperated in making the 'back. Xavier's coach, Olem party a success, in particular to Activity for the University Crowe, one of the "Seven Mules" Benefits the various committees, the don Clef Club will not cease over the On Education who .support/ed the Horsemen, ors of ipTizes and cakes, and to Christmas holidays, it was re and Crowley have been close "Something more than a lib- thirds is obtained from the in all those present. vealed by ·club president Richard friends since their college days. eral education is acquired by the terchange of ideas and know T. Schmidt. As a speaker, Crowley is recog students of Xavier university," ledge with his fellow students Under the chairmanship of nized as one of the most enter the Rev. John J. Btmson, dean and teachers, from the part he Thomas J. Harper, arts senior, a taining in ,the coaching world. DEBATE TEAM of the university pointed out t•o plays in extra-curricular activi Christmas carol group of twenty the assembled fathers oi Xavier ties,· from his own industry, ap A·lso at the meeting, Joseph R. TRYOUTS HELD men has •been formed. students at a meeting last Wed- placation, and concentratipn up Kruse and Harry J. Winterman They will sing on Sunday af nesday in the Mary G. Lodge on the daily problems of life were appointed as a sub-commit ternoon, December 24, at the Reading Room on the campus. that are _presented to him." . tee to· arrange a novel admission Scheduled Philop Meet Good Samaritan Hospital, the The Rev. Laurence J. Lynch, S. In instructing the fathers how ticket for the affair in addition Postponed Little Sisters o:f the Poor Home, J., dean of freshmen, and Wil- to evaluate their sons in relation to the unique program already the Bethesda Hospital, St. Mary's liam J. F. Roll, president vf the to studies, Father Benson ex arranged., Hospital, and at the Seton Moth- Dads'. Club, also addressed the plained that it is impossible to James P. McQuaid, general Tryouts for the intercollegiate er House. On December 2Q they group. measure quantitatively and qual- chairman of the banquet, stated debate team were scheduled to will carol the homes of their 1,Par The meeting was sponsored itati-vely such an intangible mat that four hundred guests were be held Thursday, December 14, ents and friends. by the Dads' Club in an effort to ter as the spiritual development expected and that all or·ganiza in Room 10 of the Library Build- (Continued on Page 3) give the fathers of present stu- of the intellect and character of tions of Xavier are cooperating ing, according to an announce- ------------- dents a better understanding of man.