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John Carroll University Carroll Collected The aC rroll News Student 11-13-1942 The aC rroll News- Vol. 23, No. 5 John Carroll University Follow this and additional works at: http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews Recommended Citation John Carroll University, "The aC rroll News- Vol. 23, No. 5" (1942). The Carroll News. 125. http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews/125 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student at Carroll Collected. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aC rroll News by an authorized administrator of Carroll Collected. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE (ARROLL NEWS EDITED BY AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF JOHN CARRO:CL UNIVERSITY VOL. XXI1I CLEVELAND, OFDO, NOV EMBER 13, 1942 NO. 5 Committee Sets Program For Debaters Meel Gorman Heads Commil:t:ee International Stud.ents' Day ~~b~~:~:~i!f.:~~~: For ThanksgiVing Dance In America the l.amp of learning still burns brightly. In foreign Speech Cl ub will be in full swing Crowning the social activities for the first semester will be the lands the light has been blown out by the cold breath of the Axis Nov. 20 and 21 when represent Senior Thanksgiving Dance to be held at the Allerton Hotel Fri monster. No more fitting proof of this cam be offered than the atives will travel to Toledo tv day evening November 27th. Music for the dance will b by 'Gene story of the Charles University massacre. parti~ipate in the debating tour Beecher and his popular ~rc hestra. The story begins during the dark, ------ --------- nament to be held at Toledo Uni This dance will honor the football players wh~ are seniors and evil days of November 1939; when the versity on those dates. Teams 'llso t!~e seniors who are graduating in soldiers of the Third Reich overran from all over the state will debate the LTS January. Due to the war-time restric Czechoslovakia, br!nging chaos and question, "Should we have post war Inaugurates tions, this affair will undoubtedly be death to a peace loving people. No organization on a world-wide basis." the last off-campus dance of the se vember 17th 1939, was the day set for Ted Saker and Ed. McCormick will re- mester . Because of thls fact the com the funeral of Jan Opletal. Jan had present Carroll on the affirmative side. enes Of Plays mittee is urging all to cooperate and been machine-gunned by a German and Toni Burlage and Jack Corrigan make the dance an overwhelming suc soldier, and his fellow students at the will take the negative. The Little Theatre Society is making plans to hold a formal meeting once a cess thereby expressing our gratitude Charles University, Prague, turned out A week later, teams from Boston to the seniors and to the senior foot month at which some sort of a pro en masse to witness ·the last rites of Uniyen ity will debate in Cleveland. ball player.s their beloved comrade. As the body of The place of the debate and the Carroll ·ram will be presented, such as a one The committee, headed by Bob Gor their friend was lowered into the grave •earns have not been selected as yeb. act play or a speech by some noted man, includes Bob Cleary, senior class the students broke under the strain of On Dec. 5, the Northeastem Ohio De critic. president, Bernie Brysh, Neal Carroll, the emotion which they felt, and they !Jating Toumament will be h eld at Some time near the end of the Jack Corrigan, Tom Daly, Joe Demp protested against the inhuman treat Westem Reserve University. Carroll month a one act play entitled "THE sey, Ed Hyland, Ray Hodous, Clayton will enter teams in both the varsity GHOST OF GREEN MANSION" will be men which one of their own kind had Matowitz, Bob Obringer and Bruce received. Der Fuhrer doesn.'t like pro and novice divisions. presented. The cast will be: Jack Was mer, Tom O'Brien, Frank Sexton, Bill Thompson. The committee set the price tests. The iron heel of the Nazi came In addition to this, the Speech club for bids at $2.20. down. The cold, staccato bark of a 1 is continuing its weekly variety pro Comte, Jack Baugh, and Bob Bearen. Complete details will be published 'machine gun stilled the voices of 160 ·,.am meetings. The Freshman Club is The play will be under the direction of in the next issue of the "Carroll News." young people who had dared to oppose now well under way. The upperclass Robert Persche. The staging will be tyranny. men meet on Tuesday at 12:10 in room handled by Leo Frantz. 228, and the frosh on Thu,rsday at Plans are underway for a major pro- Notice Seniors Nov. 17th has now become a symbol. duction to be preser; late in Decem- Edward J . McCormick, Jr. 12:10 in room 202. Negatives for Senior Pictures A symbol that the freedom lovin.g stu ber or the first part dents of the world cannot be stilled. and- these were closed down MUST be returned by Mondayd The society also November 16, or the selection Nov. 17tli has now become Internation months later, leav;ng Jewish people a standing stage will al Students' Day. On this day, pro without a chance to educate their Union Sends "Nf!ws"- grams ~ll be held throughqut the children. .!ews were perserul)P.d relent l"l;-, ,..,. .....,JI.M>in · which. young people 'wiil :rna lc:o::oly, cor the crime of being Jewish. To J(Jtf Servicf'~Men iors, Sophomores, their determination to fight to Hitler issued a decree that all Gentiles Fr-eshmen In. conjunction with Alpha Sigma Nu Prints of the Class Pictures . Here in .Cleveland, all of were to wear swastikas on their arms. the Carroll Union has unde ken tc any freshmen are in the Publicity Oflice fl,,d r.olleges will stage a com Then he sent out the order that all send the CARROLL NEWS to forme· interested in dramatics to join the So bined program in Cleveland College Au- men found on the street without an can be seen there during office students now in the ar;med forces whc ciety. hours. ditorium at 8 P . M., Tuesday, Nov. 17. armband were to be sent to a concen a re stationed within the territory o The affair. ao; now nlanned, will fea tration camp. Miss Arvay often found the United States. A committee, wit· ture a talk by a well known speaker, it necessary to hide her father in the Mitchell Saker, as chairman, and Torr music, and interviews with foreign re basement of their house, while Gesta Dunnigan, and John Whelan as assist J-lere Are Opinions Of Younger fugees who are now attending college po agents searched the premises. ants, is in charge to forward every issu' in Cleveland. Besides Miss Arvay, there will be in of the CARROLL NEWS from this datr Carroll Men Concerning Draft Edward J. McCormick, chairman of terviews with people from Czechoslo- on, to alumni of the last four years. the students committee, has promised vakia, Yugoslavia, China, Puerto Rico, The list of forwarding addresses use'' . ~eca u se the new 18-19 Draft Law will affect the remaining some interesting guests. McCormick has Ecuador and others. A citizens com- will b e the same as that obtained from ne1e-to -fore dralft free student body, t his reporter questioned a already talked with Miss Eva Arvay, a mittee and a student committee are the response to the solicitous letters few of th'Ose affect.ed and herein sets down the results. Jewish refugee fro Vienna, who is now planning the affair. The members of sent out by those in charge of the .. It was found, w1th one or two exceptions, that the majority of attending Cleveland College. Miss Ar these committees are as follows: Honor Roll. In all fairness to t he men .. hose approached prefered to make the sacrifice themselves rath~r vay came to the United States four Citizens' Committee in uniform we ask the student body for than the married men, who claim fa mily ties. It was also noted, that, this years ago, unable to speak a word of Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Donnelly, S. J., cooperation in obtaining ;.~ complete Carroll List:s 177 time without exception, the 18-19 year English. She ·left Vienna two months President of John Carroll. list. To date there are 255 returns to after Hitler's invasion. Miss Arvay told the 400 letters ma iled. old would prefer a service of his own Frank J. Lausche - Mayor of Cleve As Service Officers McCormick that when Hitler came, he choice, raher than be inducted into land. The purpose of this move is to ac brought many changes in the educa quaint our alumni with what is The n ames of one major, nine cap the Regular Army. The reasons for this Dr. Winfred G. Leutner-President tional set-up. J ews were immediately going on at Carroll, to stimulate an tains, and almost one hundred other varied. Some wished a better opportu of W estern Reserve University. separated from Gentiles. Separate active interest on their part, and to commissioned officers were included nity to continue a Medical career in schools were founded for young J ews, (Continued on page 3 ) establish correspondence with them. In among the latest returns in the drive the Army or Navy Medical Corps, this manner we hope to add new spice to obtain the names of all former Car where they believed that valuable ex to life at Carroll hv receiving news roll students who are now serving in perience was to be glaened.