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It's here because it's true, not truebecause it's here. VOL. 2. No. 25. PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, PROVIDENCE, R. I., MAY 7, 1937 5c a Copy. 100 P. C. SENIORS Swing Music for Maytime Festival MAYTIME DANCE INVESTED WITH WILL CONCLUDE CAPS, GOWNS SOCIAL SEASON

Father Dillon Addresses Jimmie Walsh's Orchestra Graduates; Geary and Will be Featured Hughes Speak at Festival

Addresses by the Very Rev. John J. The Maytime Dance, final event of Dillon. O.P.. president of Providence the collegiate social year, will be held College, and by Andrew J. Geary tonifcht in Harkins Hall under the md E. Riley Hughes, ranking mem• auspices of the Junior Class. "Jimmie" bers of the graduating class, featured Walsh and his orchestra, long popular he traditional Cap and Gown Day with Providence College dancing cir• ceremonies here Monday morning. cles, have been engaged to provide the musical entertainment. Celebration of Low Mass by the Rev. John B. Reese. O.P., Chaplain, According to an announcement at a meeting of the committee yesterday, opened the investiture ceremonies, a floor show featuring Mr. and Mrs. and was immediately followed by the Larry Simonds. well known local investiture of scholastic caps and dancing team, will be presented. gowns of one-hundred members of •Jimmie" Walsh and his orchestra, the Senior Class. Afterwards Father which have been featured at numer• Dillon addressed the assembled grad• ous dances, both at the College and uates and students. other collegiate and high school Making his first Cap and Gown Day dances throughout New England, have address, the President congratulated been again selected for a Junior class the graduating class and reminded dance. The group, which includes solo• them that their work "does not ter• ists, both vocal and instrumental, have minate with commencement and played at several previous Providence urged them to continue to labor and College dances. Jimmy Walsh's Orchestra which "ill furnish the music for t might's Junior Dance, the con• to persevere in their "habits of in• Novel decorations will be carried cluding event of the '36-'37 social season. dustry, constancy, and self zeal". out in the color scheme of coronation "Live By Truth- blue and white with an attractive He warned them against pride of center piece. Refreshments will be intellect and advised that they "seek Dinner Planned served. :he truth and always live by it, no ALUMNUS SPEAKS STAFF ENJOYS This dance will be the last activity natter how difficult it may be. Your By Debate Union sponsored by the class of '38 before rained minds and wills." he said, the completion of the present term. along with the grace of God. will ON JOURNALISM President and Dean Will ANNUAL PICNIC Some of the most successful dances lelp you on the road to success." Speak at Testimonial in the history of Providence College have been conducted by the class of Reminding them of the chief obsta- Publication Group Revels Edward S. Doherty, Jr. to Moderator '38, and under their direction floor les to a trained will, he cited lack of Discusses Make-up and At All-Day shows have been introduced. Orches• effect ion and indecision as exterior A testimonial dinner to the Rev. Headline Writing Outing tras not within the reach of other lefects. and false human respect and A. P. Regan. OP. moderator, will be classes have been continually brought >ad example as the two exterior ab• tendered by the members of the Edward S. Doherty. Jr., ex-presi• The entire staff of The Cowl ac• to Harkins Hall by the appreciative bacies. "The discipline of the will is Providence College Debating Union. dent of the Providence College Alum• companied by the Rev. William R. response of the students. mportant because it means the dis• Sunday evening. May 9. at the Bilt- ni Association, returned to his Alma Clark. O.P.. moderator, and the Rev. The committee, headed by Harry cipline of the entire man." more Hotel at 8 o'clock. The dinner Mater last Tuesday to lecture to the Paul C. Perrotta, O.P., under whose Brennan. includes Bernard McKenna, After encouraging his listeners to will be attended by the Very Rev. supervision The Cowl was established, journalism class on newspaper make• John J. Dillon, O.P.. president, and Frederick Rogers. Dominic Minicucci, lave the courage of their convictions held its second annual outing yester• up and headline writing. He was the Rev. Arthur H. Chandler, O.P., Frank De Pasquale. William Dodd, in matters concerning your holy day at the Cavanaugh Pavilion at graduated from Providence College in dean. and William Thompson. faith and in questions concerning po• 1924 and has been employed as a Slack's Reservoir. Greenville, R. I. The customary semi-formal dress The formal closing of the 1936-37 litical, social, and moral topics," he newspaperman for the past 13 years. With the destination a mystery to all will be worn. debating season will take place, when concluded by saying that they should but the leading driver, the party left Doherty. who is now makeup edi• the official announcement of the new

weeks students have been industrious• when highways are so much more ly combing picture puzzles for exotic heavily travelled when there will and esoteric clues. probably be one hundred cars on the We wish them success. As a favorite road for everyone during these early Through the indoor sport puzzle-solving may fur• months. nish much intellectual stimulation and The figures mentioned above lead Microscope provide an interesting contrast to one to presume that over 50.000 per• By E. F. and P0. P. more sober studies. But we abjure sons will be killed by automobiles this these earnest student solvers not to year. We stand aghast at the late Texas school tragedy, but such a Established—November IE. 1935 delve too deeply into the devious In the field of intellectual investi• The COWL Is published every full achool week by tne students of mazes of these to the injury of other catastrophe is almost inconsequential gation there are two extremes. At one Providence College. Providence. R. I. in comparison to the heedless waste pursuits. It is pleasant to see so many end there is the wise man and at the Office: Room IS, Harklna Hall Telephone: DExler 4M9 patrons clogging the reference tables of more lives, and especially of chil• Bubacrlptlon: S cents, the copy. 11.25 a year. If mailed. 8 cents the copy, $1.50 a year. other the idiot, and as is to be expected of various libraries, but we would not dren, by indifferent and reckless auto- Entered as second-clasB matter October 2. 1936. at the post office at Providence. the good old College Grad "in medio like to see this mania destroy the mobilists. Investigations will be con• Rhode laland. under the Act of March 3. 18.9 stat" with "virtus" . College initiative which is necessary to carry ducted in the Texas catastrophe, but THE STAFF Grads are quite numerous; the idiots on for the next few weeks. will investigations be conducted into Norman J. Carignan and Robert C. Healey are many, but wise men are few John H. Fanning the causes of needless automobile The pot of gold which shimmers on Laurence J. Walsh fatalities" It is not of the college grad nor of the end of the rainbow is a powerful J. William McGovern the intellectual giant that we wish Mere legislation, education, and ap• Joseph Isacco Francis M. Croghan stimulus to intellectual activity. That to speak, but rather of the little peals will prove no panacea. Strict en• ASSISTANT EDITOR! CIRCULATION huge first prize is stimulating mil• Leonard Morry, '38 known but often mentioned idiot George T. Scrowcroft. '37 lions of Americans to a mad frenzy. forcement is the only solution. Care• Robert B. Nadeau, '39 E. Riley Hughes. '37 less, reckless and drunken drivers To begin with, a distinction should Michael A. Coyne. '39 It has been reliably reported that the REPORTERS be drawn between the idiots and the Francis M. Spillane. '40 should be restricted by revocation of Allan Smith. '37 mails have become clogged through demented or insane Certainly they Enzo Fruggiero. '37 all this activity. This return to the drivers license after the first offence. ADVERTISING Pasquale Pesare '37 Periodical thorough examination of resemble one another in many ways, William G. Beaudro. '38 days of child picture books may bring J. J. Mahoney, '39. Mgr. but actually they differ radically. J. Joseph Bielizna '37 John Graham, '3B with it a thousandfold reward. We motor vehicles should be compulsory, Robert W. Murphy. 38 Fred J Rogers, '38 •The idiot, the imbecile the feeble- I Albert A. Ahearn. '39 only hope that one of our earnest as in Connecticut at present, to certify Daniel Murphy. '39 minded lack something," says Dr. Providence College aspirants may be \ the trustworthy conditions of the SPORTS Harold Plvnick, '39 cars. And "ticket fixing" will never William A. White in his book. Out• Israel S. Siperatein, '38 Joseph Byron. '4.0 able to snare even a small share of Austin L. Conley. '40 lines of Psychiatry, "the insane are Albert Paine '38 the tremendous prize money. aid in stopping this sinful shedding William Thompson'38 Robert J. Orme, '40 of life blood by conscienceless, suffering from a disorder of that drunken, irresponsible would-be auto- which they possess." In brief the de• National Advertising Service, Inc. mented have the power to reason and Calltlr Publiiktn Rtprrttulatlvr mobilists. We are not worrying about A2Q MADIBON Ave N«w YOUK, NY. AUTOMOBILE DEATHS them. If they injure themselves it is think correctly, the feebleminded nev• CmCAOO - lOiTOH - BAH FMANCKCO er had any mental ability to lose. LOIAnOILII PORTLAND •IATTI.I INCREASE but their just dues. But it is their The National Safety Council re• innocent victims for whom we should The causes of feeblemindedness are Vol. 2. No. 25. EDITORIALS May 7. 1937 ported last week that 8500 deaths in take precautionary measures. many. Some idiots owe their disabil• automobile accidents occurred in the Texas awoke when it dug for days ity to defective heredity. Among oth• first quarter of 1937. an increase of 'neath scattered debris for the mutil- er causes we may enumerate acci• the activities it sponsors. Up to this ; AN OBLIGATION 26 per cent over the same period dents and injuries suffered at birth, time this spirit has been sadly lack• ! ated bodies of loved ones. Shall we last year, and that those 8500 persons such infections as typhoid, menen- The duty of Providence College ing, even to the point of being overt• j too awake only when goaded by such were killed during the months of gitis. pneumonia, and syphilis, to men• Students to support the Catholic ly ignored. a stimulus. As young Christian col• January. February, and March, per• lege men. blessed with all the abilities tion only a few. Charity Fund cannot be overempha• In other colleges, this deficiency has haps the three most idle months of the i that the phrase denotes, we can aid sized With the great part of our time been corrected through the formation Feebleminded people, too. fall into year with regards to automobile traf• I immeasureably in this crusade by safe devoted to collegiate activities, we and maintenence of a student council, many classes, and they are classified fic What will happen during the i and sane driving in the ensuing care• are not often able to directly fulfill properly supervised and regulated. usually according to the degree of halocaust of the summer months. free summer months. our obligations of caring for the poor. This organization, it is felt, would intelligence they exhibit. The imbecile We are apt to lose sight of the ef• give the students a deeper interest in is considered to be a feebleminded person whose ability can be somewhat forts of those men and women whose the activities of the College, and "materially improved by training but lives are consecrated to such work. therefore, would solve the problem of not sufficiently for the subject to take Nevertheless, we cannot escape the low attendance and general disinter• a place in the world" There Is the responsibility imposed by the precepts estedness in extra-curricular events. College Clippings "moral imbecile" who lacks the abil• of Christian charity. Providence College now finds itself in the same predicament, and therefore ity to make moral judgments. The For years we have been familiar we propose the same remedy as used idiot is the lowest type of feeble• with the principle of love of neighbor ECONOMY "you're an old softy" to male college in other colleges. minded individual. As a class, they for love of God. History shows us the presidents and professors from Dr. Thomas Schroth and Sol Modlen. are divisible into many types of outstanding part played by the prac• This student council would consist Virginia C. Gildersleeve. dean of University of Newark chemistry stu• grades according to the degree to tice of charity in the spreading of of elected representatives of each Barnard College. dents, conducted an experiment in which they are able to learn. The low• Christianity. Our study of the cur• class, the presidents of each class, and economy with a contraption modelled —Brown Daily Herald est grades not only are unteachable rent scene reveals an alarming ten• representatives of every school spon• after an Indian "Hookah" to deter• but they cannot help themselves; they dency to regard the needy as poten• sored activity. This would give the mine whether or not two can smoke must even be fed by their guardians. tial enemies who must be placated students a particular interest in the as cheaply as one. They say they Economists must soon make a i The common moron is the highest rather than as brothers of Christ. student council and a general interest have "pipe dreams" that it'll be a suc• choice between two kinds of ships. I type of feebleminded person. He is They are too often given relief to in the activities of the college. The cess. The first is the BATTLEship. We re• reputed to have the mental age vary• quiet their cries, rather than to en• duties would be to approve the sched• —Collegiate Digest. lied upon its program in 1914. Look . ing from seven to twelve, while the able them more easily to save their ules of all athletic and cultural teams, at the costs. Total number dead imbecile has the mental age of seven souls. A renewal of the spirit of Christ to foster intramural activities, such as soldiers in World War: 10 million. or less, the idiot has a mental age of is necessary if the idea of mechani• plays, debates, and sports, sponsor A SOCIAL VIRTUE This is equal to 3.333 student bodies three or less. cal relief, relief not inspired by love "pep" rallies, and in general be the Affability is the virtue of the moral the size of ours at Carolina Or to of God. is to be defeated. students' representative in all matters Time and space does not permit the order which makes us conduct our• put it another way. if the 10 million concerning the student body. description of all the different types selves agreeably toward others in returned to the University. 3000 each The institutions and services bene• of idiots However, for a student to be a manner, words and deeds It demands year, it would take 33 centuries to en- fitting from this fund are well known member of the student council, he that we treat our neighbor with kind• roll. Being dead they make excellent1 To the person who can think, the and widely appreciated. The judi• would have to be recommended by ness and consideration and so afford students. The hourly loss of life in I realization of the unfortunate cir• ciousness with which its monies are his respective professors as to scho• him pleasure. It is not merely the the war was equal to one of our! cumstances of these poor people expended and the absence of admin• lastic aptitude. He would not be practice of conventional good manners freshman classes. The total cost of the brings the comforting philosophy that istrative costs assure the donors that allowed to be a member while carry• which observes the customary pro• war was 337 billion. The cost of one ] no matter what ones material or fin• their gifts will be made to the great• ing a condition. prieties but does not necessarily hour of the war would build 14 gym• ancial status may be. he has some• est possible good. How can one better manifest a gracious spirit. Affability nasiums and 14 women's dormitories thing to be grateful for and to cher• comply with the command of God We believe that through such an shows a real concern for the feelings the size of those now being erected, j ish for the duration of his life. He hai and join in His work than under the organization a stronger school spirit of others. the power to think and be a man supervision of His clergy" could be fostered Students given a The other type of ship is FRIEND- I among men He has the power to be certain amount of power in the man• —The C. U. Religious Bulletin. ship. The funny part about it is that Merely to assent to the abstract rational. Is not this the greatest power agement of school affairs would have it doesn't cost a cent. principles involved, however, is not which a creature may have'' We greater interest in their ultimate suc• —N. C. State Daily Tar Heel enough. Our beliefs must be demon• HERE AND THERE should be thankful But are we' cess Although we believe that this strated by good works. No Catholic Yale University has the addresses proposal is belated by virtue of the student is unable to participate ac• of all but 80 of its 31.003 grads—At WEATHER REPORT time of the year, we believe that this there was during days of prohibi• tively in this campaign. First, let us Ohio State U. a tree is planted in plan should be given a fair amount Grandpa, in a speedy car. tion" thinks V. I. Moore, dean of each make as large a donation as pos• honor of each student named on an of attention and consideration and its Pushed the throttle down too far: student life at the University of Tex• sible and then encourage others to All-American football team.—Football adoption into the curriculum of Provi• Twinkle, twinkle, little star. as He contends that there has been do so by direct solicitation: there is has been discarded for rodeo sports dence College for next year be con• Music by the G. A. R a marked increase in both temperate need for workers to assist the parish at the Cheyenne School at Colorado sidered as more than a possibility- —The Student Prints. and intemperate drinking among priests. Secondly, let us respond to Springs. Bucking horses and wild students since the repeal of the the request of the Bishop for a gen• steers are considered less dangerous His Guest Is As Good As Mine Eighteenth Amendment eral Communion this Sunday for the A NEW MANIA by the school officials—Prof Isaac M Carl Sandburg slammed his stein on —The Daily Texan success of the appeal, and recite the Cochran of Carleton College enter• the table, clapped his free Spencerian In the wake of a picture contest official prayer for divine help tains by solo-acting scores of Shakes• hand over his mouth, erupted to his conducted by a national company pearean plays. He has memorized feet and r^-ired, 'Poetry. Fisher, is "I Received a Condition" there seems to have come an amazing over 1.000.000 words! Prof. Cochran nothing more, nothing less, than the One of the boys at Polytechnic increase in the use of libraries of the uses no makeup and by intonations WE PROPOSE A STUDENT synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits " wrote in to his editor with a bright country. Librarians throughout the and actions lets his audience recog• COUNCIL Then, cramming his hat over his left suggestion: his scheme is that at the country have been be seethed with nize the characters. eye. he stalked off in medium to end of each semester students should The cultivation and strengthening tremulous inquiries concerning the —Northeastern News. medium-high dudgeon But not before mark their professors on Leaching of school spirit in Providence College origin and development of an acorn, I had reiterated snappily 'That's all ability, general knowledge and per• has been an exigency of long standing. possible variants on the spelling of well and food, my dear fellow, but sonality. These grades should be pre• It was felt at first that such a spirit Esmeralda, and the practical use of WHERE IS HIS ANIMUS? what about Edgar Guest? After all sented to the Dean, who should deal was lacking in supporting athletic phonetic spelling The New York Its the men who are the softies' he must be faced. . . ." with the teachers the way he treats activities, because of the few home Public Library has even been forced of higher education I base that on —John Fisher in The Varsity News. us Its cold-blood but. games. But a remedy to this difficulty to adopt stringent methods to with• observations of university and college —The Torch. was applied and no appreciable re• stand the hordes of puzzle-mad fans, board meetings over a period of many Prohibition * Panacea? Cant you see someone saying, sults were realized However, school and we even fear that the mania has years. When some important decision "Howd you make out in Literary spirit is imperative to the ultimate not left Proiridence College un passed is to be made, the men are more often There la now more drinking and Criticism. Dr. O'Neill P success of the college itself and to It appears that during the past several swayed by emotion than women " A more drunkenness everywhere than THE COWL, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1937 3

ALUMNI COMMUNION DINNER PLANNED BREAKFAST ANNOUNCED Large P. C. Group CATHOLIC ACTION At Croghan Rites BY DEBATE UNION POETRY SOCIETY The Providence College Alumni (Continued from Page 1) PROGRAM OPENS Association will hold Its annual Com• the following members of the union: munion breakfast Sunday morning, Father of Frank Croghan, '37, HOLDS MEETING Frank G McGovern. president, John May 16th, at the Narragansett Hotel Buried Monday Students Distribute Pa• H. Fannin, vice-president, Norman J. following reception of Holy Com• Carignan, secretary, Robert C. Healey, Discussion Period Fea• pers at Local Labor munion by members at a Mass to be The funeral of Dr Francis E Crog• Michael A. Coyne. Walter F. Gibbons, tures Meeting of celebrated by the Rev, Daniel M. Offices han. a practising physician in this city John A. Graham, Eugene J. McElroy, Galliher. O.P.. in the College chapel New Group for many years, and father of Fran• Albert E Paine, John A, Rock, end at 8:30. The Communion breakfast cis M. Croghan, a member of the Timothy F. Crawley. The program of the Providence Col• marks the opening of the association's The second meeting of the local lege Catholic Action Committee, which graduating class here and Office Man• The debating union closes its 36-37 Spring program. unit of the Catholic Poetry League opened here Friday with distribution ager of The Cowl, was held Monday season with five wins and three de• was held Sunday at 4 p. m. in the old of copies of the Catholic Worker, The committee, headed by Freder• morning with a solemn high Mass of feats. Victories over Boston Univers• ity. Connecticut State. Maine Uni• auditorium of Harkins Hall. Profes• militant Catholic labor newspaper, ick M. Langton, '28, includes Dr. requiem at St. Marys Church. A large versity <2l. Colby, and defeats by Bos• sor Arthur J. Donovan presided. was completed late Saturday after• James Flanagan, '23. Dr. James F. delegation of priests and students Colgan. '31. Joseph P. McHugh, '25, ton College, Rhode Island State, and noon as members of the committee represented the College at the serv• At the meeting, it was decided to William V. Griffin. '26. John W. Ma- John Marshall, were scored. delivered bundles of the papers to ices. name the unit the "Rhode Island roney, '27. Francis Mullen. '29, Louis various labor headquarters throughout G. Wust. '30, Joseph D. McGann, '31, Catholic Poetry Society." The elec• the State. Financial support furnished Seated in the sanctuary were the ALUMNUS^SPEAKS John R. Hackett, '32. Vincent C. Flem- tion of permanent officers was de• by Mrs Joseph Cahir. State Secretary Rev. Austin J. OToole. pastor of the ON JOURNALISM ming, '33. John C, Grant, '34. Corne• ferred until the October meeting. The of the American Federation of Labor, church, the Rev. Peter Croghan. the lius J. McCarthy, '35, William F. Flan• last meeting of the current series will and wife of Joseph Cahir, Assistant (Continued from Page 1) agan, '36, and Dr. Daniel J. O'Neill, Rev. Bernard F. Lennon, the Rev. Commissioner of Labor in Rhode Isl• live interest in P. C. sports and he be held June 2 in Harkins Hall. '24. Lawrence Borque. M.S.C, and the and, enabled the members to circu• following members of the Providence was instrumental in bringing the Bos• The meeting was featured by the late the paper without making any ton Red Sox to Hendricken Field last College faculty: the Revs. Pius P. reading of the first poems submitted charge. June for the Jack Flynn memorial State Headquarters of the A. F. of L.. Heasley, O.P., Joseph M. Sherer, OP., by members of the Society, followed Under the direction of the Rev. the C. I. O., at the Swedish Working- game. Paul J. Redmond. OP and Robert by criticism of the poems by those Vincent C. Dore. OP, the Committee men's Hall, the Olneyville office of G. Quinn. OP. present. Miss Lila Hurley presided vill continue to develop a definite the C. I. O. Textile Workers Organiz• Fathers Sherer, Heasley. McNam- ilan of positive Catholic Action for ing Committee, and at the Pawtuc- GIVE TO over the discussion period, and Sis• ara. and Tally officiated at the com• 3rovidence College students. ket office of the United Rubber Work• CATHOLIC CHARITY ter Mary, of the Blessed Sacrament mittal services in St Francis ceme• Bundles of papers were left at the ers of America. FUND Convent was the reader. tery. -55>" SMOKE CAMELS

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BY T. CASEY M.OHER B> E. RILEY HUGHES The Scowler challenged me to write trousers on. this week. He looked like The Jukes on You A poem long or short the breath of Spring, but then, maybe From Greek tragedies to Kentucky To vie with his poor efforts in Springs best friends wont tell her. hills grumble dramas may seem like His Scowl column of rot (Get it?) a long step, but the Scowl witnessed

both within a week without much He questioned my omniscience Personifications loss of sleep or even consciousness These stanzas prove him wrong Attila. the barbarous king of the The occasion of the hill billy vignette I have the power, ay. and more Huns: Phillip Brine. was the "Soup and Fish" party of Even to write a song Tuesday eve. It was all about the Personal nominations for Kollefe Jukes Blackfiar piece de resistance and that from the annual Cowl and Alembic group performed nobly and well for festal day. Seen and Heard seems to These quiet afternoons one hears an appreciative audience of actors and have seen and heard enough to sur* efforts at harmony issuing from the chorines who were enjoying an eve• pass his earlier efforts. Perhaps tht auditorium They all seem to be hav• ning off highlights of the day may be briefly ing a fine time and the results are not Bill Cunningham, white jacket a^.d summarized under two headings: The too bad Of course, upon investigation. all. did his stuff from the show and attempted disposal of Mr. Scowcroft, Cunningham was found to be the cen• also a little number, unfamiliar to our erstwhile revered editor, and the ter of hilarity. This fact gives rise to most of us. called "Sweet Sue." The no-hit, no- pitching of the Scowler, the fact that an outdoor sing might al• Pike person was on hand with a dra• low some of these boys to get rid of Rumor has it that a plot, hatched by matic reading from the Lord knows excess energy. It is done at our sister the aspiring co-editors resulted in the what Dr Albro obliged with a warble institution across the city, with much near loss of the pride and glory of this from the late not at all lamented pro• CAP AND GOWN STAFF ENJOYS enjoyment and with no expense. N.B. year's Cowl. As the story was told in duction. One of the most striking bits Campus Club, it's a suggestion garbled versions by the participants, of entertainment that the evening af• EXERCISES HELD ANNUAL PICNIC Scowcroft was suddenly hurtled out forded was the performance of the of his comfortable canoe position by (Continued from Page 1> Macker in a series of impressions. His Dan O'Connor. Junior, has already Norman J. Carignan, whose purposes compared the growth of the tree to (Continued from Page 1) first was of a sports announcer of lo• received three offers of summer jobs he avers, were completely noble stein. Sporting Editor. A Softball game cal fame, his second of Al Marathon the fruitful development of the Class 'rom steamship companies. It would When last seen. George was bravely Smith but it sounded like three men of 1937. "During four years." he said, and a horseshoe pitching contest seem that ships coming up Narragan- withstanding the rebuffs and laugh• on a horse. Just another occasion when "loving hands have guided and nour• marked the forenoon period .An ex• sett Bay need fog-horns in murky ter of his fellow picnickers and pa• the Macker was ready. tiently warming himself by an open ished the Class and have founded it tensive menu, including coffee, rolls, weather. Dan's voice is without pre• The Gun Club is a secluded, pine- upon a firm foundation. We are de• fireplace. "hot dogs." hamburgers, beans, baked cedent. fAnd control.) sheltered affair with a private lake parting now." he concluded, "not to potatoes, doughnuts, cake and pie, The Scowlers pitching is too colos• and all that sort of thing. The rural fulsome expression of Providence Col• sal to be mentioned For two solid Maybe the next time. Vin Greene atmosphere supplied an appropriate• was prepared at an outdoor fireplace lege, but to branch out in fulsome ex• minutes New Haven's Public Enemy will not ask the young lady to help ly rustic background for the dance by the refreshments committee under pression of Providence College Number One had such experienced push the car. Tsk-tsk-. Vin. have you which followed the performance. The ideals." the supervision of J. William McGov- batters as Izzie " always see the ball" forgotten that a Providence man is a big mystery of the affair was the sud• ern and Joseph Isacco. Siperstein and Albert "We are three" etc., etc. den disappearance of Danny Roberts Honor Men Announced Paine on their heads. For the records: •tie was there in evening dress) when Soph Steve Bagrowski made a night At a Senior Class meeting before Following the dinner, one group or• the exertion was too much for the an evening gowned damsel appeared of it Saturday last. What will he do the morning program the list of honor ganized a baseball game while the Scowler and in the afternoon he re• when he's a senior? in the doorway. There's a story be• students was released by Father others engaged in canoeing, rowing, tired in a nap to aid his fatigued mus• hind it. The long and short of it: Father Chandler Thomas L Mullaney heads cular system. fishing, swimming, and card games. Chandler investing Nick Massard in And No Place To Go the list of honor men with a magna cum laude rating for an average of The committee in charge of arrange• Cap and Gown. Noteworthy also was the expression Many have called attention to the I worn most of the day by Joe Isacco, 90 or over. Nine others receiving cum ments comprised: George T. Scow- unhappy fact that the undergraduates laude honors for an average of 85 or Correspondence "assistant treasurer" of The Cowl. Joe here have no informal meeting place croft, E. Riley Hughes, J. William Mc- over are E. Riley Hughes, John J. There wasn't any. readily admitted that it had nothing to enshrine in their memories as have Govern, Joseph Isacco, Joseph Bieliz- O'Connell, John F. O'Connell. Andrew to do with Sunday night nor even those of other colleges. Yale has its na, Frank M. Croghan, Enzo Frug• J. Geary, Michael J. Harvey. George I won't mention the fact that Com- with Tuesday night, but was just Harry's Smoke Shop for example, the McSweeney. E. Alan Smith. Henry F giero and Pasquale Pesare. stock had yellow pants, yes pants, not "something." mecca of each succeeding class. In McDonnell and Enzo Fruggiero. our exchanges in the office here we read of the gay times and happy as• The Cap and Gown Day program sociations other colleges have and our concluded with the Senior Dance E VOU SEE THE INDIANS USED MANY OBJECTS AS PATTEONS| loss hits home. It is a vital factor of Riley Hughes, speaking at the Dance, FOD THEiR PIPES — "THIS college life to have a place where the said; "We can look back on four years PIPE WAS CARVED BY SOME boys may go. a smoke shop or ice of successful achievement, let us look INDIAN VJHO WAS HlGHLV MPRESSEL? BV A STEAMBOAT cream parlor whose athmosphere is ahead. God willing, to ten times that such thai it almost seems another col• many of purposeful, intelligent, digni• lege building. One can swap yarns fied living. It is fitting that we here by the carload, talk over things with resolve," he concluded, "to dedicate a proprietor who can give one the in• ourselves to the ideals and objectives side on this or that custom, can get it was the wise purpose of our Alma Freshmen acquainted with upper- Mater to instill." classmen, can bring together fellows of the same mind and bent because

of the simple fact that he knows the rubbed off in our case. The boarding whole student body personally, in• students, true, feel the loss more than timately. the others, yet it effects all. There is Many a grad returns at reunions to a crying need for a gathering place the campus sward for the purpose of that can be enshrined forever in our talking of the old days across the fa• hearts as part of our college heritage miliar counter, of watching the young Such a place cannot be established lads there and comparing them with too soon, such a place would be as• the giants of his day Nothing is so sured of our hearty patronage sentimentally enshrined in a college Speaking quite unofficially, we give mans memory as the favorite college our hearty endorsement and support hang out. None should be. for it is to that splendidly intentioned group there more than any other place that whose purpose it is to seek out such the human, personal contacts that en• an establishment and to inaugurate hance the great value of a college ed• the tradition that we lack so sorely ucation are made The local students, we feel, should The situation here is antipathetic lend their considerable support to this to any tender memories in that direc• movement With their co-operation it tion of our bright college years. The cannot fail of success. Are we men or edge of joy has been successfully are we mice"

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VARSITY BASEBALL P. C. BASEBALL Bitting StitlstiCI Friars Will Open Three-Game JUST BETWEEN Q AB R H TB AV HAGSTROM .... 3 6 0 3 H ,6011 Martin l 2 1 1 2 ,00 Home Series With Brown NINE DEFEATS Brooks 4 7 1 3 7 .429 Us* Doyle 2 7 2 3 4 .4H Moge 6 19 6 7 7 .368 I. S. SIPERSTEIN Sherry and Hagstrom Bobinski U 35 7 11 16 .314 ON RECEIVING END Ploski 11 42 7 13 21 .311) Probable Batteries C.CN.Y., TUFTS Colline 8 17 4 G 8 .294 Hazell 11 36 f. 10 12 .278 Hammond ...... 23 2 6 8 261 Tomorrow BEARS VISIT SMITH HILL Bow to R. I. State, 2-0 in Gariepy l i o j i 25

P. C. Represented FRIARS WIN TWO, four runs and sent the Tufts start• "SOUP AND FISH" of music; Thomas Fytla was selected LOSE ONE IN SERIES ing pitcher to the showers. Ham• TROUPE FETED for Stage Manager; Raymond Baker At Peace Meeting mond's fly-out sent Bobinski home as Finance Manager; and Eugene Mc- with the fifth run, and then Hazell Elroy and Robert Healey as a script (Continued from Page 5) and Deuse scored on the latter's sin• (Continued from Page 1) committee. gled, moved to second on a sacrifice, FR. Reilly and Durnin Attend gle followed by two Jumbo errors. such a hand for his first song, "I'm and scored on Jaworski's single. Meeting of N. E. The visitors scored two runs in a Lone Cowhand", that he gave an Hines was master of the situation ASSISTANT TREASURERS Federation the fourth on two walks and two er• encore of "Roll Along Prairie Moon". throughout. Only six Providence bat• rors. Weeks' home run accounted for Mr. and Mrs. Larry Simonds of the FOR SOPHS APPOINTED ters reached first, and only one got The Rev. Philip P. Reilly, O.P., three more tallies by the visitors in Modernistic Dancing Studio, ana cre• as far as second. Sherry allowed Moderator of the Providence College the seventh. Then, after two were out ator of Soup and Fish's original The complete list of Sophomore eight hits in the seven innings that International Relations Union and a in the ninth, the Jumbos threatened dances, gave their interpretation of students to assist the treasurer of the he worked. Collins pitched the eighth vice-President of the Catholic Federa• to tie the score when a single and how a scene from the musical come• class in the collection of dues was an• and held the Rams hitless. tion for International Peace, and a double gave them their sixth run dy should be done. Joe O'Rourke of nounced recently. The two teams will meet again on Thomas Durnin, '38, recently elected and put the tying run on second. the Blackfriars Guild, the neat en• The list follows: Business Adminis• Memorial Day at Hendricken Field. President of the New England branch However Collins forced the next bat• tertainer, presented a specialty tap tration, Joseph Martenello: Philoso• Defeat Tufts of the Catholic Peace Federation at• ter to pop to Gallagher to end the dance. The climax of the entertain• phy, Robert Johnson; Arts. Robert A seven run rally in the third inn• tended an executive meeting of the game. ment program was reached when the Healey: General Science, Frank As- officers and council of the New Eng• ing featured in Providence's 7-6 win Gallagher, Crowley and Hazell were Blackfriars Guild presented a one- selin; Pre-Medical, Thomas Conley. land group last Sunday at Albertus over Tufts on Wednesday at Hendric• the heavy hitters for the Friars. The act play entitled, "The Jukes Family". Magnus College in New Haven. ken Field, Ten Friars went to bat relief pitching of Galuszka featured This family of imbeciles (according in this big inning. The visitors ral• A tentative constitution for the New for Tufts. to the script) portrayed the inactivi• lied in the latter innings but Lefty New England Federation was presented and ty of a hill-billy family with Mor• Collins managed to get out of the TUXEDOS for approved. The officers of the Federa• tough spots. FRESHMAN WILL ADDRESS pheus triumphant. tion and a group of representatives RENT from the Relations groups at Albertus The Friars loaded the bases in the COMMUNION BREAKFAST Father Nagle brought the program Full Dress Magnus College were present. The first, but failed to score. Tufts' lead- to a close with a brief talk on the Capa and next meeting of the executive council off man in the second reached third John E. Wilkinson, '40, of South importance of planning far ahead in Gowns, Etc. will be held in October. A treasurer's base on an error, but Collins retired Portland, Maine, will deliver the order to insure successful presenta• report on the first meeting of the the next three batters in order. Mother's Day address at the Knights tions in the future. He then suggest• Read & Federation on March 6 was read to In the third the Friars went on a of CoIumbuS Communion breakfast ed that a committee be appointed to White the assembly. batting spree. Successive singles by in the Holy Cross parish hall, that arrange for the '38 musical. John An• READ 6. WHITE 214 Woolworth Providence College was selected as Gallagher, Ploski, and Collins, fol• city. dre was selected as General Produc• Next to the site of the second annual confer• lowed by a walk to Fischer, Bobin- Wilkinson, a member of the debat• tion Manager: Peter Bricker in charge City Hall ence of the Federation. February 19 ski's being hit by the pitcher, and ing union, will be introduced by the of costumes; Harold Conte and Ray Building was chosen as a temporary date. a single by Hazell gave Providence president of the local K. of C. council. Pettine, the piano team, in charge

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