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VOL 1 Assumption College. Sandwich, Ontario. October, 1934 No. l P. .

CONNIE M ACKVISITS NEW COURSES OFFERED ASSUMPTIQN AT ASSUMPTION

5 Students Gather in Gym to Hear Increased Enrollment is Result Hun S peak To enable all students to specialize in an O September 7, COlmiC MaCk camc to those branches of learning in which they / A ssumption, invited by Father Frank feel they have a special aptitude, a new \Valsh, Who is a friend 0f 1011?: Stalldingl arrangement has been put into operation Considering 'the numerous other invita— after considerable thought and investiga~ tion‘ For some months the committee ’ tions that Connie had received while in Detroit, his acceptance is mute evidence has been studying the best means of en- , , of their close friendship and the honor abling a new student to become accus- lfi » conferred upon the College. tomed to University work and to draw . As mav be expected' there was much most benefits from it. As a result of * excitement around the school when it was their findingsy eaCh FreShman ChOOSCS one of three Junior Groups. One of these learned that such a notable figure in the groups h asto do chiefly with Mathe— sport world was to be present in the flesh. matics a ndScience; another is concerned After the students heard him speak they with B usiness; the third specializes in V realized that he did not need any of the Languages. Each group is complete in glamorous background, attendant upon a big-league manager, to make his speech itself, a ndno work outside of it can be’ taken b eforethe elected group is com- a success. Away from his surroundings 'RI‘ZV. T IA.MCDONALD, C.S.B..M.A. pleted. W 'henanyone of the Junior in he t ball-park, Connie is still a dynamic Groups is fulfilled, a student may finish personality. ‘ President of Assumption College his c oursefor a Pass Degree in two years, In a s hortspeech. Father Walsh intro— or.f i eligible, may enter an honor course. duced Connie to the assembled students.‘ to'finish in three years. In all groups, Amid a r ousing cheer, he arose to speak. FATHERM cDONALDWELCOMES familiarity w ith such fundamental sub- Connie b rought up 'many matters of iii- RETURNF O “PURPLE and WHITE" jectss a Religion, English, Mathematics, terestn i his talk. General S cienceand Physical Education Onef o the best anecdotes in the dis— When it was learned that the ‘Purple is e ssential. Furthermore, after two years course w asabout his friend and favorite and W hite'would once again come to the of C ollegework in any particular group, pupil, M ickey Cochrane. He told how foren i student life, it was only natural ‘the s tudent is better able to make a defi- his A thleticshad always managed to get that a m essageof welcome should come nite c hoiceof the branch.0f study which the “ goat” of the popular manager of the. from ' onewho is vitally interested in hes i best fitted to follow. During the Tigers, k nowing as they did the peculi— campus ' affaii’s. Accordingly, Father Junior a ndSenior years, the courses are aritiesf o the fiery “Mike.” 011 no occa- McDonald w rote a letter couched in the planned to give special training thatt'ié’s' sion when he played, did his Tigers win,» most e ncouraging terms. The letter' is best. s uited to each branch of the chosen odue t the fact that he could not reach as f ollows: profession. his p eakunder the “razzing” of the Ath— “It a ffordsme the greatest of pleasure The e nrollmentin the Free-Engineering '. l etics. to w elcomethe return of the ‘Purple and White'o t our midst after an absence of Course h asbeen restricted to 'a select ’ ' Atthe end of his speech proper, Connie some y ears, A' College publication serves number of students whose high-school invited t hestudents to ask any questions a p urpose which can be realized fully, record h asshown solid reasons to believe they m ightwish. Someone asked him what only a fterone has tried to dispense with they c ansuccessfully carry the onerous , h isopinion on softball was and whether its s ervices. By it the student’s interest in h isSchool is enlivened; on its pages work t hatthis field of endeavor requires. or n othe thought it would supplant 'base- life—long m emoriesof the past are stored 'The g raduates of last year 'in this par- 0 b allamong the youth of the'continent. away f orthe future; through it practical ticular c ourse have been ableto success- His r eactionto this query was strong, to experience'in literary art and reporting is fully c ompeteWith students trained in say t heleast. He said that in his opinion, encouraged as it~can be in no other way. other U niversities. after-watching the game played since its Besides the ‘Purple and White’ will be To a ccommodatethose who do not wish once a gainthe happy link which joins to p roceedtowards a degree, yet wish to introduction, there was no chance. It is alumnus to old'Alma Mater, and alumnus receive a thorough. yet general fund of a g ameto be played by people between t0 a lumnus throughout the world. knowledge w hich W111 enable them to take

I e ighty and a hundred years old, or. else The p roduction of such a periodical en- their p lacesin the business world, there ‘ , b eforethey are six. The many other in— tails f inancialresponsibilities and moral has b eeninstituted a Commerce and Fi- obligations w hich those in charge have nance C ourse which requires two years, teresting facts, which he brought out,are agreedo t assume. However, the latter at t hesuccessful completion of which the oo n umerous to mention here. enter u pontheir labour, trusting to the student r eceives a diploma from the Col- At t heconclusion of his talk. Father loyal s tudent body and the faithful lege.n A encouraging number of stu- McDonald thanked him on the behalf of alumni to see them through. Your duty dents h ave enrolled in this course this iso t engender a spirit of loyalty to your year, a ndit is believed that in the future the f aculty and students. Father Pickett yCollege b boosting the 'Purple and, it w illprove very beneficialto an increas-l then m adesome appropriate remarks con- White’ at every opportunity. In so do- ing n umberof young men. r-ni‘ng.’ C onnie Mack, the prominent ing, y ouwill be laying by pleasant meni-" With t headoption of new courses, the requirements for graduation have not holi’i‘: l ayman. He landed him as a orieslwhicli y ou will treasure more and nmore i the days that are to be. lessened in rigidity. It 'is still necessary f’ o Christian gentleman to be ad— for g raduation that the student receive at.» I .REV. T A. McDONAL-D,C.S.B.,Presf least a C a veragein half‘of'his credits.

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HETHANKlNG T STAR THE SOPH-FROSH RUSH We have before us an editorial. taken The blase Seniors may give scant at- from the Border Cities Star of Septem— tention to it; the suddenly—dignified Ju— ber 26. In it the writer comments upon niors mayaffect an air of detached am— the increased enrollment at Assumption usement; as for the Sophomores—it is_ l, . .fl‘heStaf’f College.e H also lauds the school as a for them the outstanding event of the FACULTY Anvison: distinct asset to the community. It is cer~ Fall Term. The Freshmen do not know Father S. Murphy, C.S.B., M.A. tainly gratifying to see such a newspaper just w hat to think of it; after all, it is EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: rejoicing in print over our good fortune. something entirely new to them, and they F. Flynn, ’33 ' ASSOCIATES: In v iew of this generous attitude, we are a little dubious of the marked interest P. Gibb, ’36; T. Bacon, ’36; C. Iiraniian, ’36 take this opportunity to express our grat— of the Sophs. The event ?—-\/Vhy, the an- TREASURER: Riley, C.S.B. itude. BeCause of the difference in the nual Soph—Frosh Rush. ADVERTISING MANAGER: relative importance of this paper and the Shortly after the school year (begins A. Liddell, ’35 Star,e w can hardly hope to reciprocate in there is that affair which is innocently ASSOCIATES: ' just measure. Nevertheless, we might M. Levasseur, ’35; G. Farrell, ’35; M. Coughlin, ’36 haileds a “just a‘little get-together, to help CIRCULATION MANAGER: point out that the lack of wide appeal on the boys become acquainted.” It is not E. McCarthy, ’35 our part has nothing to do with the depth ASSOCIATES: ’ until after the Rush is over that the Frosh of our appreciation. B. Naas, ’35; G. ROSsettie. ’36; A. DelPapa, 36 realize the full meaning of that harmless- HUMOR EDITOR: The editorial in question is as follows: J. Oakley, ’35 looking w ord “acquainted.” They. learn, ASSOCIATES: mucho t their discomfiture, just how ‘‘ A. J. Darcy, ’35; F. Ryan, ’36 “Assumption College “friendly” the Sophs can be, when they SPORT EDITOR: “Unofficial estimates at the opening of G. Aitchison, ’35 really try. However, after the smoke of - the fall term at Assumption College yes- ASSOCIATES: battle has cleared and torn shirts are rele- O. Reichardt, ’35; T. O’Connell, ’37 terday placed the attendance at some— ALUMNI EDITOR: thing like double last year’s figure. gatedo t the rag-bag, all enmity is forgot— F. Doyle, ’35 “Nothing could be more encouraging ten and the Frosh are finally on equal ASSOCIATE: than this. Beside the implied tribute to W. Murphy, ’37 . terms w ith the restrof the students. An- the excellence of this venerable institu- HIGH SCHOOL EDITOR: other Rush is over, and Freshmen are tion and its staff, the heavy enrollment J. Sell, ’38 already looking forward to next year, full CLASS REPORTERS: isn a excellent barometer of improving . h, R. S. Allen,. G Rau, B. Bryans, times. of plans and much wiser from the wis- J cavanaug V. Thompson “The fame of Assumption College con— domf o experience. tinueso t spread. The number of Ameri- The Rush, which was held on Friday, can students is higher, some of them com— ing from as far away as New Yor State. October 12th, was the largest of any in EDITORIAL COMMENT “Ase w have remarked on more than one recent y ears. As usual, the Frosh out- occa5ion, Essex County and the Border numbered thc Sophs. The difference in Cities are very proud of Assumption. It' numbers did not interfere with the brand is one of the outstanding educational in— ONCE AGAIN—THE “PURPLE AND of battle put up by the upper—classmen; stitutions‘of Canada today. And it is one- 2i» WHITE” of this community’s greatest assets.” what the Sophs lacked in man—power, they pmade u for in fighting ability. Both » ' Five years have passed since the “Pur- May these friendly relations between ple’and White” has been an integral part sides made very generous use oflripe fruit, the Star and Assumption continue to the fpails o oil and buckets of grease. The an? of the activities at Assumption. For only advantage of both. a" few students, who are here now, does fire hose, manned by neutral Seniors, that phrase have any real significance. completed the job of destruction. The Five y ears ago it had a very important RECOGNITION Sophs then retreated to the side to gather meaning for them; in the succeeding years their spent forces, preparatory to their A child’s eyes saw rush for the goal post. It w as here that x it‘became only a cherished memory. A mother’s face: After this period of inactivity the “Fur- Kindly looks, the real scrappling too place. The Frosh ple: and White” is to become once more Softening grace. had previously greased the goal in order A light of recognition came an event in the lives of Assumption stu- to make the ascent more difficult. While Beyond the scope of Science lame; the Sophs were unable to get the “pot” dents. Yets a evidently true It w ill hold an honored place among As the warm sun and violets blue. from the top of the goal—post, they put, those extra—curricula activities which are up such a good fight that the official ref- Man’s eyesview the broadening world: ‘ eree decided it was a draw. With the Rush important in the development of the truly Myriad stars educated man. For those who have lit- In orbits hurled; of 1934 over, the various contestants gath- e'rary' aspirations, it will afford an oppor- In all nature nered i groups to have their pictures tak- tunity t o see their ideas in print; for See enshrined - - en. tokens of the most spirited scramble those w ho have hitherto regarded the Impressions of the Master-mind, for some time. ' ' terms "‘essay” and “drudgery” as synono- Which are just as plain and true mous, the word' “copy” will, perhaps, have As the warm sun and violets blue. This y ear's crop of Freshmen is to be vaumuch less terrifying connotation. commended for its enthusiasm and organ- 'The-‘success of’the “Purple and White” -— FREDERICK JORDAN. ization. . They co—operated in every way Will'be' Commensurate with your effort. If’ to make the affair a success. If they keep . ' . it, is a failure from the start, it will be up that same spirit in all activities and ' bec‘ause'of yOur lack of interest; if it will Save y our copies of the “Purple and support the upper-classmen in all their take. its place high in the ranks of colle- tWhite.” A the end of the year they can ‘ gi'ate publications, it will be because you be bound in one volume. undertakings, then Assumption will be bet- I have chosen'the better part. ter off for'having added to its roster such '-' The choice is yours... 'Will it be the ** =0: a class as the Class of ’38. ' sy'nical “ Who cares”? or the enthusiastic Assumption. teams _have the “goods”— I “ ONCE AGAIN—THE ‘PURPL‘E AND all they need Is your interest and support. ; .WHITE’?" - * * * Our advertisers are good enough to sup-Ii ii-TATIIER WALSH’S NOTICE If the “Purple and White" does not port u s; show your appreciation by sup-. . J pcome u to your high standards, keep porting them. mu “Everybody is coming to Assumption quiet; if you really like it, then “sing out - a: :0: * . in accents hold.” Gym, Wednesday, October 24. Why? To The great English statesman ,Fox“’wasi .» r ,Billy Rogell, of course! Billy will no: * * once accosted by an irate memb‘ ‘ the’high light, but there will be other was v ery wealthy. . . ractio ,5, too. Boxing. . .. Vaudej As a student of a Catholic college we “Sir.” said the member, “do y

El " ‘ Dija i'ng’l for autographed base- should-support'the legion of decency by that I have a million pounds T mis g'On ?,—Ollly725 cents. patronizing only the movies recommended ‘fAnd that,” replied Fox y‘o her‘é ' ~ the legion.‘ have”; » '

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()ctober, 1934 PURPLEND A \VHITE '0' WITH THE OLD BOYS

AMONGUR O WELL WISHERS THE ALUMNI BANQUET. FR. DENOMEY, C.S.B., PH.D., SAILS. m“I a elated to hear that the 'P. & W.‘s i going to reappear. I know the 011 August 28th the halls of old Assump— After a recent stay with us,Fr. Denomey spiritf o loyalty amidst the student body tion re-echoed with shouts that had long has sailed for Europe, where he will spend been missed. Not the new students, but will help you to guide it to new heights some time in research. Fr. Denomey grad— of success. Best wishes. the loyal boys of the last half century (JOHN F. MURPHY, C.S.B.) were responsible for the merriment and uated from Harvard with very high hon- ' Last Editor. cheer. Each attached a purple and white ors, w inning the Thayer Scholarship, otag t the lapel of his coat bearing his tvalued a $800, and this year the Sheldon name. and the time spent at Assumption;

’t “I hope that the ‘P. & W.’ will be a .L Scholarship, v alued at $1,500. Prof. Ford, great success, as it deserves to be." thismade it possible for the alumnus of a (MSGR, McKEON, London). few y ears ago to meet the alumnus of fone o the world’s foremost mediaeval fifty y ears ago without further ado, en— scholars, editor of “‘Speculum,'y honored s“It i good news to know that the ‘P. hancing the spirit of informality that per— by half the universities of Europe him- vades the Old Boys' Reunion. & \V.’ is being revived. Best of luck to self, rated Fr. Denomey as his best pupil you, and may you receive the support ot Although the majority of those in at- all the alumni." tendance came from Detroit and the Bor- in the last four years. Fr. Denomey's (FR. HUBERT ROBERGE). der Cities, there were some from afar off. studies w ill take him to Iceland, France, First Editor). Frank McIntyre, ever faithful and true, Belgium. and the Orient. After his re— came from New York,, where he has been searches into the literature of mediaeval FR. TIGHE, MASTER OF NOVICES recently starring in the Palmolive Beauty Theatre of the Air. just to be with us and early periods in several European Nearly eighteen years of uninterrupted again. Fr. _I. Hackett came from Kala— countries, he will return to the Institute service and devotion to old Assumption inazoo. Fr. F. Brennan came from Lon— of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. \Ve feel terminated on August 30, when our es- don. teemed Professor of Philosophy, Fr. E. proudf o Fr. Denomey, who spent over J. Tighe, C.S.B., M.A., was promoted to Pat Coyle proved to be a worthy toast- ten y ears here as a student and teacher. master. Fr. McDonald welcomed back the responsible position of Master of Nov— His picture and a write-up of his work nices i Toronto. A teacher of rare talents, the Old Boys in a cordial way. Fr. Hack- have appeared in nearly all the Catholic a preacher of unflagging interest, a friend ett and Dean L‘aurandeau were loud in with the best interests of every student their praise of the old days. Fr. Bren- papers in the US. By the way, Fr. Den- nan made an at heart, Fr. Tighe is sure to be missed. eloquent appeal to the Alum- omey received his BA. at eighteen, an- ni to spread the name of Assumption God‘s blessing and our good wishes go far other rare distinction. and wide and to encourage students of with y ou, Father, in your important work outstanding of moulding the religious character of ability to come to her founts young men. nowledge,wherc of k discipline and good— ouldness w likewise be found. Howard FR.. H COUGHLIN, MASTER OF Pray, president of the Essex County SCHOLASTICS. elcomedChapter, w those from the Detroit Chapter. Bob Flannery, Dr.. H Coughlin, a graduate of of the Detroit Chapter, was sincere in his invitation a few years ago, received the distinction to all to unite in a live Alumni associaton. of becoming head of a Seminary at an Though not an alumnus, Robert Gra— exceptionally early age. The new head ham, of Graham Brothers, a graduate of of St. Basil's Scholasticate, succeeding Fr. SLMary's and Holy Cross,a Knight of L.. J Bondy, C.S.B., Ph.D., completed regory,St. G was invited by Tim McManus courses in Philosophy and Theology in and enthusiaStically welcomed by all pres- Rome. w here he received the Doctorate. ent. Mr. Graham lauded Compliments -Now, after a period of very successful Catholic edu- cation, which does not neglect the teaching, he enters upon a very respon- prim— of ssentials ary e of life; he felt that the sible position, but we know that success ould future w have to build more ewill b his. Congratulations! and more he on t eternal verities and the ethics of MARTIN & LAIRD Christ; he was optimistic of the future, THE LATE MSGR. THORNTON and expressed the wish that he could roll back the years and ‘1} begin his college ca- Barristers .‘9 An occasional and ever—welcome guest, reer this Msgr. Thornton will certainly be missed. autumn within the portals of old Assumption. ' '11— Not long ago he expressed his good will toward the bld school in a very laudable Frank McIntyre held the throng breath— way, donating the beautiful green carpet less for a quarter of an hour, as he gave rugsn i our sanctuary. As in the case of vent to flashes of brilliance and wit in his the beloved Msgr. VanAntwerp, whose rich mellow voice. In the course of his place Msgr. Thornton had filled in De— remarks he mentioned the affection that troit, the gifts he gave serve as a memory he has ever borne toward his alma mater. of him. Msgr. Van’s stations and organ llOf a his friendships there was none that ohelp t keep his memory green here. Re- eplace could r those which had resulted member Msgr. in your prayers. (Continued on page 8) ASSUMPTION COLLEGE Wednesday PRESENTS Evening, Oct. 24th sfis BOXING ! - VAUDEVILLE ! BILLY ROGELL Grand Drawing for Autographed Baseballs

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PU RPLE AND W'H ITE October, 1934 QUILL DROPS

WHY ? It w ould be well. then, for you, my DESIRE child,o t do your known duty. If you It seems that a’school paper cannot ap— otry t free yourself of it. you lose the I desired to drain the ocean pear w ithout some contributions from maximum of freedom granted to man, In a little old tin cup. But w ith other childish notions someone besides the advertisers. So it and become entangled in a mesh of dif- eficulties. B sane, dear one, and let fools It w as lost when I grew up. has fallen upon me (rather heavily, at perish in a fools' paradise." . that)o t fill up some space. I haven't yet Well, I‘m glad I started that new para- I sought to grasp infinity decided w hat to write about, but maybe graph; help came, as it often does, from Within the mind's small eye; if I start a new paragraph, a thought may unexpected sources, and the Duty has And although quite unsuccessful, explode. written‘ w hat I could not. Blessings on The y earning didn't die. Nope, nothing doing yet. The weather the gentleman that wrote on Ode to her! obeing s bright and fine, it is difficult to But, then I stop to reckon stayn i the house stuck to a chair. But How far God is above then, Why not go outside? What is it that FORWARD, YOUTH! Our v ain striving to explain Him keepss u inside and working when we Which should melt in Faith and Love. would all like to be outside and playing? Again the year is started, RT——RO B E TROUT. yThat, m princely friend of Denmark, Once more the halls resound; is the question. The answer is this: The corridors and classrooms "Duty keeps me in, keeps me tied down Are echoing the sound. to w ork which is not always pleasant." The Sophomores and Freshmen THE FAITH And this brings us to the questions, Come gaily thronging by; “What about my freedom? Did not the The College wakens from its rest, I have a star to lead my steps French Revolution mean the victory of To w elcome each and every guest Across the pathless deserts of the day, human liberty? Doesn't the American Who comes to do his very best A gleam throughout the darkening of Constitution say that all men are born And keep the standard high. night. free? \Vhere is my freedom if duty binds No shadow long can hide its ray; meo t do something I do not wish to do?" Again the Campus-Martins lt guides where others seem to lead Patiently, Duty replies with a little lec- Has heard the battle cry. astray: ture, not of the professorial type, but Again the school beholds the sight It fosters joy and never false dismay; more like the clear, cold, concise reason- Of purple teams who prove their might Its lustre —— Truth and Right! ingf o the Bar Room or Pullman Smoker: And Show their College they can fight. “It w ould be delightful, dear child, if And w in as well as try. . — I“RANCIS LIDDY. you could be free, but there is a trifling little obstacle in the way, which you must The “ Libs” once more are busy, first remove before you attain absolute For knowledge is the quest, freedom. It is this': you are a creature; nAnd i the halls of learning a manufactured article; and therefore The w ork goes on with zest; rmore o less subject to the desires of the For every one is striving Manufacturer. It so happens that the To bring his College fame,

Manufacturer, Whom we call God, has By starting into work again ‘e\

pmade u two sets of laws for you to fol- p With hand and heart. and book and pen,

low—one set consists of laws governing eThat h may be among the men ‘i‘ your physical part; the other governing Who make themselves a name. your u n—physical or moral part. It is just possible that you might forget or deny The challenge of our fathers F:

the existence of these laws; you might Is thrown to us today. ' in try to attain freedom by breaking out of They made the world a better place: them. You are rather silly if you d0«so.- Aree w prepared to keep the pace fit Those laws are there whether you keep And never hesitate to face rthem o not, and of course, if you fail to VVhatever's in our way? keep them, you suffer harm: if you keep them, y ou are benefitted. A few exam- Come Youth! Let's stage a rally ples_may make this clearer. It is one of And make the world go ’round; God's physical laws that the body needs Let's get down to the learning foodo t keep alive, and that any pro— Of knowledge that is sound. longed deviation from this law will re— 'Let's learn from the instructors sultn i serious harm, perhaps death, to the Who w ish to give us aid, , individual. So our only chance of free- That w hen we are called upon to stand doms i freedom within the law; by the And make our way 'with brain and hand, 13mm .Qfibmarh very nature of our bodies, we must keep We'll prove a credit to our land the law of eating. , And show we've “made the grade." 39ml The same applies to that law which —H. VINCENT ELLIOTT. governs the un-physical part of man—the moral law; the only difference is that it 3-2481 is harder to remember_just what the’ SEVERAL ALUMNI IN FOREIGN moral law required of you because when MISSIONARY WORK. HARRY RUSH, Mgr. you break it you feel no physical harm. Nevertheless, the law is there, and it is If the -eiithusiasm for mission work at good for your health, figuratively 'speak- Assumption has waned since the depres- ing,o t remember it and keep it. sion, it is high time that it be revived. At Today there is a tendency among un- least fi ve-graduates are working as mis— thinking people to say that this moral law sionaries in foreign lands. These old boys of God is out of step with our progress,. should receive your prayers, your finan-- and must therefore be changed; with such cial support, your words of encourage- Walt. Welcomes the an argument they attempt to justify di— ment. Fr. Beal is with the Canadian mis- vorse, birth-control, and the ancient sin sionaries in China; Fr. L. Trese is with College Business of adultery under the modern name of the Benedictines; Fr. Ben Jacques. erst- “Companionate Marriage” or “Free while football, baseball star, coach and Love.” The poor creatures who are actor superb. is in Korea.’ Not far from WALTER TROTHAM “roped in" by such arguments are dream— hims i Fr. Eddie Barron, who, with Fr. ,ers, fondly longing for a freedom they Jaques, formed one of the finest back— Barber ‘cannot have because God Almighty does field combinations ever to grace an As- ,,not think it would be to their advantage; sumption gridiron. At Shingishu, Korea. " and; after all, He should know. If they Fr. Roy Petripen has his mission. It has 16 Sandwich St. , _ v ,wo;uld- only get down to earth and face been our privilege to receive several let- ~the fa;cts,~they would probably be ‘much ters from these grads, some of which will he titre be published Soon.

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HEAMONG T BOYS NAMET I SO WHAT? The title at the top of this page will Now Bill McSwat was a homely mug, Can y ou dope this out? On the Fresh tell y ou that this is supposed to be humor— I know he dressed like a punch—drunk pug, flat there is a very clear and melodious ous,o s at the slightest sign of anything oBut n one called Bill McSwat a lug— bell. Said bell is supposed to be rung that looks funny, please exert yourself 'Cause Bill McSwat struck erl. to w arn the students of study, retiring and and bellow loudly. especially rising time. As the bell sends . From the viewpoint of non—bettors, the Now Bill he lived in a Texas town. out its sweet and lovely tune at 6.15 a.m., funniest thing around here last week was Where horned toads lived and the sun heads pop out of doors and a chorus of the expressions on the faces of those who beat down; voices shout “Why all the noise? Can't had bet on the wrong team in the World But Bill McSwat struck erl. you see that we are all up and ready to Series. ’ There were several opposing ogo t chapel?" This is really a beautiful camps. The Detroit day scholars, of So Bill McSwat he bought some duds. picture—if y ou can imagine it. course, w ere rabid Tiger fans. A full dress shirt and solid gold studs; tThen a meal times these fellows are Speaking of Detroiters reminds us that No more would our Bill peal his spuds— so shy and retiring that it has become nec— to date, none has shown up among the ’Cause Bill McSwat struck erl. essary for Father Murphy to call them Freshmen w ho quite fills the void left by to their repasts with a bugle. “Dead Butt" McGowan, the peoples And our Bill be bought eight cars, choice. There is, however, a lad by the And for the event he passed out cigars; namef o Cyril Alousius McGuire, who One puff would make a man see stars; PITHY PARAGRAPHS seemso t have attracted the attention of Bute w smoked 'em—’cause Bill struck erl. his classmates. Maybe he will rise to Brisbane. the columnist. reports this the occasion and come through. He does But Bill be felt misfortune's hand. story of Hitler and a fortune teller: Hitler not have that “Dead Butt" draw]. But . And into the jailhouse Bill was canned; was asking her all about his future and characters like “Dead Butt” happen just Passersy b would stare and stand— was told that he would die on a Jewish Oncen i a decade. Perhaps some of us To see our Bill, ’cause he struck erl. holiday. When he expressed his desire wille b here to enjoy the next one (no to know the exact day, she answered, cracks). The judge, a tough guy Sam McGee. “Any day you die will be a Jewish holi- oBack t the World Series. The Roch— day." Upon luckless Bill he put the bee; -« ** ester boys, of course, supported the Car- Now Bill breaks rock at the penitentiary—— dinals. This is because Rochester is a But just the same, our Bill struck erl. Father Guinan would make Houdini St. Louis “farm.” A newcomer to the blush w ith shame—the way he arranges school after seeing several of the Roches- The moral, boys, is, don’t spend your the v arious and sundry schedules for the ter boys, said he thought it was some kind students. dough *** of a farm. We would not say that, how- On real nice clothes, ’cause they soon go; ever, since some of our best students come You could buy studs of solid gold, If “ Schoolboy” Rowe complains that from Rochester—Andrew J. Darcy, for But w ait until your erl is sold. Joe. E Brown bruised his hand by shak- instance. Andrew J. (if you want to re— ing it, we can console him with the main a friend of his, do not leave out that thought that it would probably have been “J”) is of the firm of McCarthy and “Hey, w aiter, I thought I told you I broken at the elbow if he had let Joe Darcy, Household Furnishings, Ltd. His wanted this steak well done?” bite it. an: :0: =0: unshaven face and acrid wit are an es- “Why. w hat’s the matter with it, sir? sential part of fourth year classes. Then It's just a trifle rare.’ Owen's batting average looked like the there is the other member of the firm, “I'll say it‘s rare; I've seen cows hurt U.. S attempt to collect the war debt— Enright “ Clam” McCarthy, purveyor of worse than this and recover." plentyf o attempts, but no luck. mirrors, lamps, etc., at a nominal price to *** Freshmen boarders (advertisement paid During the series the Tigers changed for). 'He is practically a Rochester boy, Bill Coughlin objects to the way the radio announcer pronounces his name. It‘s the name of “Wild Bill" Hallahan to coming from Syracuse. Then Otto “Duke” . “Sweet William." He was the victim of Reichardt, w ho can put his finger on. any- a silent ‘g," says Brother William. their w agon tongues. bodyr o anything, in twenty-four hours’ ** no: notice also hails from the aforementioned FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Rochester. With .“‘Bernie" Naas and “We're going to play mad Mussolini “Terry” O‘Connel coming from the same Oct. ZO—Port Huron College at Port poker.” place, it can not be such a bad city—at Huron. o“What d you mean, Del?'.' least, not now. Oct. 27—L'awrence Tech. at home. “The Duce is wild.” So ends this side-splitting dissertation ** *

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ST. MICHAEL’S LITERARY SOCIETY FOURTH HIGH SNAPS FLICKERS FROM FIRST HIGH Ably sponsored by Fr. Guinan. St. Mi— Mr. Malone—Well, when I had you, you First High: chael's Literary Society functionel< so: French to: Raymond Lelonde and Elie condemned to what Plato termed \"a There is only one Martin in Fourth this Sylvestre speak the language too. “Pete” hand—picked jury.” Socrates occasional year—Leon or Louis? That‘s the ques- is w orking hard on the indifferent college lapses into slumber did not seem to im- tion! fellows. trying to get some cheers out of press the jury very favorably. *: a x: tthem a the football games. “Sparky” had Among the most distinguished present \Vho is good at turning “out—of—the— himself quite a time heckling the Frosh at these meetings is the “Sarge.” Dif— window—scenes" into a Latin composition? and making them tip their “pots” to the' ferent stories have been related about the upper—classmen (while holding close to the forigin o the “Sarge.” Some say that he ST. PAUL’S DRAMATIC SOCIETY said u pper—classmen). Vincent has come is the son of a very famous pirate of the all the way from Teeswater to join the eAs w go to press it is announced that fstaff o this paper. Jack claims that the South Seas, others say that he is a vet— Fr.. W J. Dwyer, C.S.B., M.A., will assume eranf o the Boer \Nar. To Fr. Guinan he swimming pool here is just a substitute is neither of these. but a very personal fcharge o this society, which flourished for the beaches around Buffalo. nbest i the days of Fr. Coughlin. Father friend. w ith whom he taught Ancient His— If the rest of you members of First ttory a the University of Aberdeen, Scot— Dwyer w ill be assisted in this work by .Mr. F Yeager. C.S.B. It is hoped that oHigh d not see your name in this col- land. umn, it is not because you are being slight— 7 The last meeting of the year is especi— the Arts students will co-operate in month- ly entertainments. then. after the mid—year ed—your scribe just does not know all ally devoted to an oratorical contest. All examinations. a more ambitious undertak— your “ handles.” Look for them next who w ish may enter and compete for the ingn i the form of a play, can be pre— time. cash prize, consisting of the sum of one osented t the public at large. hundred pennies (generously donated by the present secretary and treasurer of the ST. DIONYSIUS SOCIETY Society of Scottish Scholars, Mr. Ray— ST. BASIL’S LITERARY SOCIETY Under Father Young's: direction this mond McCormick). Besides the usual cash This society, whose membership includes literary society will be resumed for the ,prize, there is included a post—graduate allf o the registered students in Arts, upper classes in H. S. Its aim will be to courset a the University of Aberdeen (the hopeso t have a successful year. Already foster inter—class debates. public speak— alma mater of said Mr. McCormick). This the sponsor. Fr. J. S. Murphy, C.S.B., is fing o all kinds. especially post—prandial prize is awarded to the third speaker. as arranging plans and signing for several orators. Special attention will be given Mr. McCormick knows from years of ex— prominent speakers from Detroit and to v oice culture. tone, pitch. with a view perience that judges are often wrong in \\'indsor. to help those who would some day be radio their decisions. He has. therefore, made announcers. Those who will represent this arrangement so that the best speaker Assumption in the Senior VV.O.S.S.A. ora- wille b sure to receive his award. torical contests will be chosen from this society. A meeting will be held soon to There happen to be four Allens in H. elect officers and outline a program for S., three of them brothers. Oh yes. the y ear. there’s a fourth brother in Pre. Med. here now. Welcome, Bob! * Compliments of ** FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY And there are three Wansboroughs in Fr. Pickett expects that this society will the fi rst two years of H. 8., not triplets, PETER’S enjoy its best year financially, spiritually, just brothers. andn i every other possible way. Though v >l‘ Pk * RESTAURANT interest in this work has undeniably lapsed A”One “ claims the Meeker brothers; for the past few years, this year is going s r . Fourth claims the Rondot cousines; and toe b different. Live officers, enthusias— there are several bearing the noble name tic class representatives, interesting speak— w ers from outside, movies, slides, and kin. a of St. Louis; many Semandes; several Bondys; perhaps, our list better terminate dred aids will certainly bring about a now. ‘ change for the better. A “Canada’s Finest Shoes for Men” “College ShOes _ for College Men ”

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THE ALUMNI BANQUET JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Harwood and his cohorts in the line (Continued from page 3) (Continued from page 5) made life miserable for the opposing backs from college life. As an exaxmplc. he on a leather—lugging campaign themselves. every time they made a sortie in that told about his meeting with the famed and taking that earlier advice against sin- direction, stopping most of the plays be— Fr. Francis P. Duffy, captain of the Fight- gle points to heartgarnered themselves a fore they got to the backs. who had been ing Sixty-ninth, who became one of his touchdown w hich changed the complexion doing y eoman service on every opportun- closest New York friends. After it was of the whole game considerably. ityt a such work. discovered that Fr. Duffy graduated from oUp t this time it had been one of those Taken all in all it was a very creditable the Basilian College of St. Michael’s. To— classicsf o chivalry; if one team fumbled performance, and shows great credit to ronto, and that Frank had graduated from it became the bounden duty of the other their coaches, Don Desjarlais and Father the Basilian College of Assumption, they teamo t duplicate the feat and so return Killoran, w ho have charge of the workouts became like brothers. It was Fr. Duffy the ball to the other side with that old of this band of desperadoes. More power who fi rst recited for Frank the well-known world courtesy which is becoming so for- to their efforts, is the opinion of the whole versesf o Hilaire Belloc, which can be es- eigno t our present day athletic contests. school. w ho consider them a very great as— pecially applied to the camaradie of Old This incident, however, had no precedent seto t the athletic program of the college. Boys: in the annals of such things. That a team “From quiet homes and first beginning, should score a touchdown when Assump— SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tion w as leading only 12—1 was unthink— Outo t the undiscovered ends, (Continued from page 5) There's nothing worth the wear of win- able.s A a form of protest, the third ning, period saw another touchdown added to years behind them in senior ranks, they But laughter and the love of friends.” the already quite respectable total of the were forced to fight against odds during local lads. Jordan was chosen to be the the w hole game. As the game progressed, standard—bearer on this occasion. however, it soon became apparent that it VARSITY RECEIVES DRUBBING Taking this lesson to heart, Walkerville woulde b no picnic for Walkerville. A (Continued from page 5) never scored again during the afternoon, scoreless fi rst quarter was followed by an were just the beginning of a long night— but just to rub it in, another Purple touch- equally blank second. The third saw the mare for the Purples however. Three down, again by McKinley, closed the day’s first point registered after a fumble by minutes later, after an exchange of kicks, festivities, leaving the total score 25-6 in \Voodcock w ho was tackled just as he re— Meloche received on his own fifteen—yard Assumption's favor. That score is a good ceived the ball after a kick by Sherman. line. Starting a run-back he was smeared illustration of the margin of play held by The ball was carried to the Assumption by a v icious tackle before he got under the Purples. They forced the play through- goal line by Trinier, who fumbled just way, the ball flew out of his hands and out the Whole game and held the balance ase h was crossing the line. The ball flew was recovered by Wayne on the Assump- of power in the backfield as well as in line. outf o bounds over the line and was scor— tion fi fteen. From here, on the first play, For Assumption there were many stand— sed a an automatic rouge. This one point Demaree passed a flat pass to Yankowski outs. McKinley with his two major scores was the sum total of all the afternoon's who ran the remaining five yards for the led both teams in this very important de< scoring, although both teams threatened third score, which was increased to seven partment. but he was well assisted by his all during the game. Every Assumption when Dobbins place-kickedthe extra point. mates w ho recovered fumbles to give him chance w as nullified by untimely fumbles, Play w as dull from this time until near a chalice to score. One of his scores was which turned thetide against the Purples the end of the quarter, when with the ball a classic, coming at a very opportune mo- when the outlook looked best. in Wayne's possession, Demaree threw a ment for Assumption. Rushing in fast A more popular result came during the twenty-yard pass to Bens, who ran the to cover a play he was in the nick of time Sandwich contest, which was won in the remaining forty yards on a beautiful twist— to see a fumble; without stopping to pick third period on a long run by Woodcock. ing gallop to ring up the third score of the itp u he dribbled it to the Walkerville climaxedy b a touchdown. Again in this period and the fourth of the game. This goal line and fell on it for a touchdown. game the ease with which they committed brought the score as the half ended, to It w as easily the best play of a sparkling fumbles Was plainly apparent. Chance n25—0 i favor of Wayne. The Purple at— exhibition. after chance went by the board as the ball tack never got the ball past mid-field. Bobby Ryans furnished the other out- dropped from greasy fingers. Fortunately The last quarter was a combination of standing display of the game, with his Sandwich w as unwilling to allow the home that nightmare, with Wayne scoring two masterful kicking and even more master- boyso t make all the mistakes, and tried more touchdowns to add a more artistic ful'drop-kicking. He converted all four to out-fumble them. They succeeded, af- otouch t the already sound trouncing. coresmajor s besides adding another point ter three periods of effort, and gave the After a blocked kick Demaree scored from by a rouge in the third period. Carrying ballo t Assumption on their own thirty- the ten-yard line after a perfect lateral the ball only twice during the whole game five. Here the Purples made their best from Dobbins. This marked the end of arkedhe m up a fifty-yard jaunt in the effortf o the game, and the year, when a the touchdown parade until the last min- third quarter and another for thirty-five , well-timed lateral pass gave the ball to fute o the game, when McDonnell grab- hein t fourth. He is probably the fast- Woodcock,’ w ho promptly tucked it un— bed a long pass and scampered over the anest m on the entire squad and in spite der his arm and streaked the remaining line for the sixth and concluding score of 'US' of l lack of weight is remarkably hard sixty y ards to chalk up the season’s first the afternoon. to bring down once he gets in the open. major score.

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Vol. I Assumption College. Sandwich, Ontario, November, 1934 No. 2 ASSUMPTION WELCOMES NOTED LECTURERS ,’ i A IMONISIGNOR FULTON J. SHEEN MAISIE WARD. PROFESSOR GILSON. ,. ,, f_ I the reverend director of the newly- The second lecture of the Assumption On December 6th, at 8:15 in the even- .formed Assumption College Lecture College Lecture League will be given by ting, i will be our honor to have with us League beams benignantly when you meet Maisie \Vard (Mrs. F. J. Sheed) of Eng— onef o the renowned scholars of the him, there is a special reason. He feels, land. She will treat of a most practical world, Professor Etienne Gilson, Ph.D., eas w all feel, that Litt.D., Gifford Lec- no finer choice could -~~‘ turer, member of the be made to open the V' College de France, fall lectures than examiner in Medie— thatf o Monsignor val Philosophy at Fulton J. Sheen, Oxford, director of nPh.D., D.D., Litt.D., Medieval Studies, St. Aggrege en Philoso— Michael‘s College, phie, Professor ’Jof Toronto. Philosophy of Reli- Dr. Gilson’s ad- ngion i the Catholic dress, w hich will be University of Amer— openo t the public, is ica, outstanding entitle d “ Christian speakern o the Catli— Philosophy and So- olic Hour broadcast cial Liberty." Al- from coast to coast. though French is the The Holy Father professor's llative not long ago gave language, he is mas- Monsignor Sheen an terf o several tong- hour’s private audi- . ‘ u es, including Rus- ence.n i ,Which he Msgr. FULTON J. MA ISIE W'A RI) ETIENNE GILSON sian, German, an (1 'laUded hls great Ph.D.,D.D., Aggrege en Of England P111)” Littl). English. The later work onthe Catholic Philosophie he learned while a -Hour and especially Prisoner in a German «the scholarship of the “Philosophy of and thought—provoking topic: “Has Chris~ camp during the Great War. Science.” A recent review calls the later tianity Failed?” She has already lectured As a scholar, Dr. Gilson is known and book “ brilliantly written by one of the. in seventy towns of England and Amer- revered everywhere. His painstaking re— foremost Catholic thinkers of our times.” ica and is qualified far beyond the aver- search and acute scholarship in medieval Dr. Sheen has been 'referred to time and oage t express the Catholic view on the thought have profoundly affected the mod- agains a “the American Chesterton,” the nsubjects o which she has specialized. ern academic world. Besides his “His- man w hose ideas forces you to think. sShe i the daughter of Wilfrid Ward, ftory o Medieval Philosophy, there are Each summer Monsignor Sheen preach- the biographer of Newman, and of Mrs. innumerable articles and contributions Wilfrid Ward, the author of “Tudor Sun- from his learned pen. tes a Westminster Cathedral in London, Dr. Gilson was'chosen to give the Gif- - w here he has received the loyal enthusi— set," “ Horace Bake” and “Out of Due asm and support of the English capital. Time." Her grandfather was William ford Lectures in Scotland. following such -He has also lectured at the College of George Ward, the prominent Victorian, famous men as Dean Inge, John Dewey, Ware, England, and at the Summer School the fi rst of the Oxford Movement converts. Arthur Stanley Ellington; it is under- stood that‘ he has been invited to give of Cambridge University. As a scholar Fifteen y ears on the platform in con- them for a second and thinker Monsignor has won the plaud- year. The College de France is the most exclusive organization itsf o men of every shade of opinion from nection w ith the Catholic Evidence Guild, for professors in France; to be a member E. Boyd Barrett to Dean Inge. which her illustrious husband, F. J. Sheed, of that select group bespeaks rare schol— Butt i is not only as a scholar, a think- founded, have given her invaluable experi- arship and is practically equivalent to be- er, a literary master, that we think of sence. A secretary to her father she came ing elected to the famous French Aca— Dr. Sheen. Scholarship and intelligence into contact with the leading figures of the demy. A special chair in Medieval Philos- are admirable, yet it takes something literary w orld. Although Mrs. Sliced could ophy w as created in that college and Dr. sublime and sincere and simple to attract Gilson w as asked to accept it. have given several literary lectures for us, human hearts. Monsignor Sheen has A man abreast of modern thought, sat- littleo t gain from his visit with us; we we have asked her to speak on “Chris— urated'with the wisdom of the past, a have much to derive from him. And the tianity," a v ital and important topic, espe- first—hand observer of conditions in Rus- following excerpt from his last letter be- cially today, when all standards are being sia. Germany and France, Dr. Gilson is ‘ trays some of the magnificent generosity sure to treat his subject, “Christian Philos— questioned, the value of all beliefs at- ‘ and humility of the writer. who has ac- _ ophy and Social Liberty" in a ’manner that cededo t our invitation to lecture for us: tacked. W111 provoke thought for some time to come “I w as glad to'hear of the growth of Certainlye w are'pleased to have, among Professors, students and friends of the recollege a grateful your lecture league, and wish to extend our fi rst three lecturers a representative . to Dr. Gilson for ocoming t our midst. We shall show our of England, one of the most prominent' sincere hopes for the continued suc- appreCiation by attending his lectures in Cessof y our plans. I Catholic w omen in the world. large numbers. ' » i “The title of my lecture Nov. 25 will e'. b ‘Peter or Pan,’ in which I shall present BILLY ROGELL VISITS ASSUMPTION COLLEGE the conditiOn of the Church in the world With hundreds of people present to pay of his efforts by wild bursts of applause . 'today. their respects to the Detroit Tigers throughout the evening. “. .. I look forward with pleasure to through their representative, Bill Rogell, Packed to the roof, the gym rang to a. y‘ ’ m visit with you, and will do all in my stellar shortstop of the team. Assumption thunderous ovation as the program got. powero t make it a success.” College put on one of the most successful ayunder w with two short exhibitions of. Monsignor Sheen, we are grateful to entertainments in the history of the school. boxing. with-Tony De Marco. of Assump- Arranged through the courtesy of Father tion, supplying the eshall ever remember you in our feature bout with a 5 Frank \Valsh. a warm personal friend of isplayfine d of his skill in the manly art. (1 thoughts. May God bless you Roggell. the show was attended by a host of self—defense.‘ One of the most interest utin' the years that are to be. of w ell—wishers who voiced their approval (Continued on .page 8) ;

NDPURPLE A WHITE NovemlEr, 19.34

Editor's .Note.—\Vhen the following con— JOURNALISTIC LIES tribution “ as turned in, the editors de— ocided t have a sort of open forum on Its i not certain, as far as I know, who this subject, in the remainder of the issues. coined the pithy statement, “There are Everybody is encouraged to submit an lies, damn lies, and statistics.” But I sus- essayn o this topic of education, telling pect that the originator would hardly ob- Published once a month by the students of of his own ideas on and his reaction jecto t bringing this pellet of wisdom up Assumption College to, modern educational methods. The to date, to include “journalistic lie_s;3’ For Subscription Rates $1.00 a year treatment should not exceed five hundred the latter undeniably abound. How cu- The Staff nwords i length. The best essay for the phonious now! "Lies, damn lies, statisn month w ill be published in this column. tics. journalistic lies! Fight ’em! Fight FACULTY ADVISOR: ’eni! Fight ’eml” Father S. Murphy, C.S.Il., M.A. Re; EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Descending from the rarifietl ozone to F. Flynn, ’35 THE IGNORANCE or THE the terrestrial concrete, we do not to ex- plore far for evidence. At our elbow is it” ASSOCIATES: . EDUCATED w P. Gibb, ’36; T. Bacon, ’36; H. V. Elliot, ’37 ‘- an article which appeared in other papers TREASURER: It w as in the year nineteen hundred and besides that from which it was clippedu Riley, C.S.II. twenty-nine. I w as in the employment ,It purports tO'deal with Therese Neu— ’i ADVERTISING MANAGER: officef o a certain contractor, where Mr. mann, the stigmatist of Konnersreuth, A. Liddell, ’35 A w as reviewing applicants for the job and the correspondent's name signed is AS SOCIA’ ’ES: . M. Levasseur, ‘35; G. Farrell, ’35; M. Coughlm, ’36 of truck driving. Out of ten would—be Coralie Van Passen, the wife of the im- C.. P Hannick, ’38 charioteers, seven were college graduates. aginative and omniscient Pierre. Sprink- CIRCULATION MANAGER: Mr. A w as struck by the situation, and led generously throughout the article are E. McCarthy, ’35 asked one of the applicants: many instances of the types of prevari- ASSOCIATES: “How is it that you, a college gradu- cation aforementioned. Obviously, the B. Naas, ’35; G. Rossettie. ’36; A. DelPapa, ’36 ate, are looking for such a job as this, datet a the top is wrong, “Konnersreuth, HUMOR EDITOR: June 14, Friday. Friday, whereas June 14‘ J. Oakley, ’35 when y ou are supposed to be educated?” ASSOCIATES: “Its i like this," was the reply, “I have was Thursday; several other major and ' A.: J Darcy, ’35; F. Ryan, ’36 found that sports will not get you a posi- minor discrepancies follow in order. The SPORT EDITOR: stion a a chemical engineer. The first latter w ere intended for consumption by G. Aitehison, ’35 year that I was out of college, I had a the gullible public on this side of the At- ASSOCIATES: placen o the payroll of a certain chemical lantic; but fortunately, there was at Kon- O. Reichardt, ’35; T. O’Connell, ’37 company. A lthough my grades were high nersreuth on Friday, June 15', a bona fide ALUMNI EDITOR: in college, I just could not keep up with witness from Buffalo; hence, Coralie's F. Doyle, ’35 the w ork." fiction has been happily perforated beyond ASSOCIATE: W. Murphy, ’37 This little anecdote is of an actual inci— all recognition by little shafts of truth. HIGH scnoor, EDITOR: dent, and may give you some idea of the tSO, a length it is questioned by many J. Sell, ’38 stereotyped copies that the average col- whether or not the Van Passen spouse CLASS REPORTERS: lege turns out as excuses for educated ever v isited Konnersreuth at all. . h, R. S. Allen, 0. Rau, B. Bryans, men and women. ’ Another syndicated article, giving a sup— J cavanaug V. Thompson The blame‘ for this situation is not to posed interview with one of the modern belaid at the door of the student. It is literary giants, signed “Private Secre- the fault of the college. The majority of tary," appeared to contain copious twad- the colleges today have established a sys— , dle. Just for a mere “lark,” the clipping EDITORIAL COMMENT tem that works on the generalities alone was sent to the victim of the interview. and forgets that all people do not have Not long after, we received a note from OF CRITICISMS RECEIVED. amethe s capabilities and the same out— his real secretary, expressing the victim’s With the arrival of the first. issue of nlook o life. In the language of the thanks and informing us that nosuch lit- “Purple and White,” there came also that streets, “ it is a racket.” The wheels of erary quackas “Private Secretary,” had ever-present attendant of all such enter- education g rind and grind, and hundreds obtainedn a interview, as far as she knew. prises—criticisms. 'One must expect a enof m and women are turned out like so The w hole article was a fabrication of fthing o this sort; in fact, were there no much chaff from the mill._ Like chaff unscrupulous, u nintelligent misinforma— constructive criticism, many an undertak- from the mill they float from place to tion. However, she implied that the lit- ing w ould soon lapse into mediocrity. place, y ear after year, striving to earn a erary giant would not bother to contra— Criticism given-in the proper spirit, is the placen i a world of realism when they dict the stupidities in the alleged inter- element w hich supplies the Vitality. have been educated for a utopian civiliz- view, since he did not wish to take such Notice that qualification, “in the proper ation—~fighting to retain a foothold in a ebullitions of “journalistic license” too , spirit.” There are some who give sug- lifef o facts, when they are fitted only for seriously. . gestions not so much to be of help .to a life of theory. They have been hard- “All I know is what I read in the pa— others,s a to establish themselves as crit- nened i the furnace of book education, pers," reiterates the unofficial court jester icsf o superior tastes and abilities. VVh‘cn but have not been tempered in the roar- of the U.S.A. But do not take Will their suggestions are not received w1th ing fl ames of experience. They are hard, Rogers toohseriously here. Will unlearns favor, they immediately conclude that brittle bright, men of iron—whereas the muchf o what he learns in the papers; he “some people just can not take it." I_ world needs men of steel, who are pliable, laudably questions what he reads. Let At the outset, we might as well dlSll— tough, brilliant. . allf o us go and do likewise. lusion those who think that the “‘Purple Its i not my idea to condemn the stu- and White” is going to imitate the type dents, for the raw material entering the “high-speed production” colleges is, to a Pessimism follows loss of faith as of paper put out by larger colleges. First shadows follow sunset. of all we have not the resources at our great extent, of the highest quality. In disposal; second, we publish this paper the case of automobile manufacturing, only once a month. ' the raw material loses all of its individu- Some w ill be disappointed that,_in com— ality and in the case of education, there is I BASKETBALL SCHEDULE parison w ith other college magazmes, the an analogy. The majority of college gra- numberf o pictures will be small. ‘Due .to duates are turned out to grope in a men— cheaper production costs and larger c1r-‘ tal fog, while those few who keep their Home Games. personality intact, do the work. culatibn, they can afford to do so. ' In, Dec. 5—Highland Park Junior College: viewf o these differences we can hardly Who can say that the day of the rugged Dec. lO—~Battle Creek. be censured for not putting on the front individualist is over? It remains to be .Dec. 14‘—Wayne University. page the picture of every football player seen w ithin the century; until then, no Dec. l9—Western Ontario. , ' man can answer u yea." who makes a touchdown. "Jan. lO—Detroit Tech. ‘ The fact that the mPurple and White” E.. J WHYTE, JR. Jan. l4——L0yola (of Chicago). is not printed daily or even weekly Will Jan. ZS—Lawrence Tech. ~ account, in some measure, for the differ- Cleanp u the movies! Feb. 2—Adrian. ence between it and the college paper i: * t Feb. ZZ—St. Mary’s. which is printed that often. Because it is We are strong in our weakness—ignor- issued only once a month, there are some antn i our knowledge—and savages for Games Away from Home. articles w hich would be news in a_daily, all our c1vxlization. ‘Jan. 26—St. Mary’s. but in. this, magazine would be history. Feb. 4+St. John’s at Toledo. ., For this reason only affairs of general in- Feb. 6—Western Ontario at London -terest can have place. * , .- ,. bef o much interest to others; in such a Feb. 13—Battle Creek. -”‘ There w ill be some "contributions which-' case, every encouragement will be held Feb. lQ—Lawrence Tech. , w ill never see print. This/is not 'due to outo t you to try again. Feb. 27-Adrian. ~anyrsadistic tendency on the part of- the - In the future,‘then, if criticism is a sign Mar. 2~Detroit Tech. editors, to so cruelly annihilate the cher— of y our desire- to see the “Purple and Mar. 5—Wayne University.

ishe‘d' brain children of budding authors. v White” improve, by all means criticize— The dates of the U. of D. series and lot .' “ Perhaps what you have Written Will not in the right spirit. ‘ ' the Alumni series will be annotmced a"

November, 1934 PURPLEND A WHITE ‘0‘ WITH THE OLD BOYS

FRANK McINTYRE IS NOW ON ALUMNI BALL WELL ATTENDED “r; “SHOW BOAT” HOUR The annual Alumni Ball. considered Readers of the *‘l’urple and White" will onef o the high lights of the social sea— l?w, be leasedp to learn that Frank McIntyre sonn i the Border Cities, was held in the (who represents his :Alma Mater, As- spacious ballroom of the Prince Edward sumption College, in the entertainment Hotel.n o the evening of November 9th. oLet’s G ! ’1 world) is now holding forth on the Show— It w as a gala occasion for the old grads boat Hour. He comes on the air every of Assumption, who gathered there with Thursday evening over Station W'II‘ZAF— their w ives and friends to spend an en— eNBC. W predict that many letters from joyable evening of dancing in a setting the Border Cities, as well as from old As— made beautiful by the color scheme— sumption students throughout Canada purple and white. Dance music was fur— and the United States, will be sent to nishedy b the popular Border Cities Or— NBC. New York City, telling the above chestra; the decorations were cleverly broadcasting company how glad they all carried out, and credit is due to Mr. James areo t hear the McIntyre voice on the air. Farron and his committee. We quote from a notice in a radio col- Grads from Detroit and neighboring umn, appearing recently in a metropolitan Michigan towns were present, as well as daily: residents of Windsor. Following the danc- “TheBC N says it like—a~dis in referring ing. supper was enjoyed in the diningr TOHE T to McIntyre. roomf o the hotel—the last touch needed “ 'He is a hearty, genial gentleman who to provide a perfect evening. admits his favorite dishes are roast beef ANNUAL ATHLETIC and Yorkshire pudding. He made his radio debut only recently, but has been a fa— Father “ Con” Sheehan, USU. '26, is miliar figure on the stage since 1901. now stationed at St. Thomas College in Earlyn i his career he appeared in support Houston. 'I‘exas. He holds the position of MrsfFiske and Nat Goodwin. and later -f o athletic director at the college. *: 4 * KENO was featured in many dramatic and mu« sical. productions. including ‘Classinates.’ Father Dwyer. C.S.B.. M.s\., '22. we are ‘Fate Decides,’ ‘Queen' Higli.' ‘The Green— happyo t announce. is back at the college wich Follies' and “Sunny Days'” after completing a two-year course at the Universny of Louvain, Belgium. MORE GREETINGS fMany o the “Old Boys" sent their best .00 Cash wishes for the success of the “Purple HOCKEY SCHEDULE and White." ‘Among our recent well- wishers is Father Mahoney, of St. Peter's lSt Door Prize Seminary, London,. Following is his let- Games Played in Detroit on \Vednesday tero t the business manager: nights. “Dear Sir—Twenty—eight years ago I First Half. had the unenviable job of trying“ to get Assumption at U. of D.—Dec. 12. enough advertising and subscriptions to Assumption at Wayne—Jan. 9. finance Assumption's first journalistic Second Half. 5-Tube Radio venture, The Assumption College Review. Assumption at U. of D.—Jan. 30. Ando s your appeal for help struck a very Assumption at Wayne—Feb. 20. DOOI’ Ton of Coal sympathetic chord in my heart. I am en— Games played in Windsor, on Tuesday closingy m subscription and adding my nights. Prizes 20 lb. Turkey best w ishes for the continuous success of First Half. the revived ‘Purple and White.’ $5.00 Cash "I am, faithfully yours in Christ, \Vindsor Tech. at Assumption—Dec. 4. “A.. P MAHONEY, V.G., Rector." U.f o D. at Assumption—Dec. 18. Wayne at Assumption—Jan. 8. ‘15 ROUNDS FORMER PRESIDENT AT ROME Assumption at Windsor Tech—Jan. 15. Word has been received that Fr. V. L. Second Half. 2 Prizes per Round Kennedy, C.S.B., M.A., a former Presi- U.f o D. at Assumption—Jan. 22. fdent o A. C., has made a very successful Windsor Tech. at Assumption—Feb. 5. coursen i Sacred Liturgy and Archaeology Wayne at Assumption—Feb. 12. TICKETS 50c under Msgr. Kirsch, at Rome. Fr. Ken- Assumption at Windsor Tech.——Feb. 26. nedy has recently been asked to editvan important v olume for the Vatican Library * ** as a tribute to his faithful scholarship. Know all that you say ;'don't say all you Good luck to you, Father. ' now. a: * a: Tuesday FR.. N POLLARD, S. J. ' Success never knocks on a “knocker's” door. Mr.-N. Pollard, S. J., a H. S. grad. of a decade ago, paid us a recent visit. To- gether w ith five others of the Society of 7Nov. 2 eJesus. h is on his way to Patna, India. \Ve have seen Mr. Pollard’s picture in LAING’S DRUG STORE Catholic papers from New York to Cali- fornia, mentioning the fact that he is an Assumption Alumnus. Assumption is get- WINDSOR’S OLDEST AND ing known these days! - FINEST DRUG STORE Assumption .FR. L McCANN, ORDAINED. Recently it was our pleasure to have a 43 Ou'ellette Avenue young Basilian graduate return to offer Windsor, Ont. his fi rst Holy Mass for us. Fr. McCann Gym. ’ took his philosophy at Assumption, his PHONE 4 - 1101 theologyat St. Bail's Scholasticate, and wilt-now go to Rome for post—graduate nwork i :Theology and Sacred Scripture.

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Just for a change front the ordinary In spite of the awe-inspiring reputation INJURIES HANDICAP SENIORS sporting problems at Assumption, the staff of the Adrian football team, which has Father Young's seniors fought their has decided to niake this month's record dominated the conference since its begin- wayo t the end of a long, hard season last week. Handicapped to a great extent by of the activities as'informal as possible,in Hing, the Varsity gridders battled them the lack of capable reserves, and a series the form of a scandal sheet on athletics. all the way, to lose finally, 6—0. It was by of injuries which kept them from fielding ** * far the best game of the year, and al- the strongest lineup at any time, it was Our college friends of the gridiron, after though the loss cost Assumption the oonly t be expected that they would fall by the wayside against the other teams in going down to a bad lacing in the open— chancef o showing in the conference title. the league. To their undying credit, and ing tilt of the year, made a great come— the l’nrples fought Adrian to a standstill. we w ish to be the first to hand them this backn i the second and third contests to (iene Jorae was easily the best man on the bouquet .let it be said, that faced by almost field for Assumption, with ()alanp and bring the season's count to two wins certain loss in every contest, they went ' Harrison giving him a close race. out and made a fight of every game. No against one defeat. During this timeone * =t< * team can do more than its best, and if Conference w in was entered into the 'lieforee w pass entirely from the are that best isn't good enough for victory, record book. St. Mary's College falling feliives o the Varsity squad, it might be there can be no disgrace in losing. So before our lads to the tune of 7—0. a trifle unfair to pass over the work of our hats are off to the High School seniors oand t their coach, Father Young. *a: ' * the older men on the team. Although we Twowveeks‘aftcr the game with the have become accustomed to take the per- Poles, Lawrence Tech, with one of the formances of Captain Oakley and his vet— ADJUNIORS H GOOD SEASON strongest teams in the history of the eran crew of bone—crushers as a matter- The fi nal two weeks of the rugby sea— school, journeyed to the stronghold of of—faet sort of thing, while enthusing' over son w ere disastrous for another of the the I’urples to try conclusions with our the playing of the newer men, let it not school representatives, two losses being local heroes. The game, although end— be thought fora minute that they are being pchalked u against the Assumption juniors. ing disastroust for the homesters, was overlooked. Since the start of the year Sailing along at the top of the league, these oldtimers, who have been doing the best—played contest of the season, as seemingly headed for an easy berth in both teams battled through mud and rain their best in many a hard—fought cam- the city play-off with Kennedy C. 1., our on fairly even terms until the final min— paign, have carried the burden for the kids w ent down before their closest utesf o the last quarter, when the De— team. Oakley and Jorae, despite their rivals, the Vocational team. Numerous troiters garnered a touchdown to gain thinning locks of grey hair, are the out- chances offered themselves to Assumption, their margin of victory. With the final standing tackles and tacklerson the squad. but nothing came of them and the game score being 13—6 against the Purple team, Joraen i particular will long be remem- ended w ith Vocational on the long end of bered for the casual mannerin which he 53:3 they dropped to last place in the Confer- the score. Just to prove the good old ence standing, but before admitting de- goes through his chores, sauntering lazily adage, “ Misfortunes never come singly,” feat they put up a great battle against backo t his place after each tackle with Kennedy tOOk a little time from the ardu— their powerful opponents. all the bored hauteur of a prima ,donna. Doyle 135 pounds of animated dynamite, (Continued on page 8) Rogan, With his classic ‘Roman nose, Sher— man, the “Beau Brummel” of the team, and Butts Meloche, are the rest of the old guard w ho have been doing the bulk of the w ork in keeping the home fires burn- ing. ,‘Sanburn -Pashley a: * s: Limited Capitol Stilln o the trail of the Varsity gridders, it w ould be well to say that in spite of the mediocre showing of the team this Theatre year, there is plenty of good material on . . DISTINCTIVE the‘ squad. Among the newcomes who have shown a world of stuff in the four JEWELRY games played are. Bob Harrison. one of the American contingent who have en- tered school this year, and Jack Alex~ ander, a Windsor lad who has scored every touchdown made by the Purples. Harrison. w ho cavorts on the right flank, has all the apparent qualifications for a great end; tall and rangy, he nevertheless packs enough weight to give him author— ity w hen a play is sent at his position. In addition to making his share of the tack-- les.e h has the happy knack of keeping his feet and running the play into the line. Alexander. w ith his 185 pounds, earned a regular berth at the start of the year. and so far has had little trouble in keeping it. He has enough drive to make him a c011- stant threat near the opponent's line, LaBeIIe Block, 307 OueIZette Ave. while his open and broken field rtmning leaves little to be desired. These two WINDSOR, ONT. men w ill bear a lot of watching before they have completed their work at this school. ' '

PURPLE 4gp WHITE November, 1934 '\..

——His Assistants.

Fr. Young: "Why did you put quota- ODEO T A STREET CAR tion marks at the first and last of your (With apologies to Lord Byron) paper?” Roll n. o thou red and yellow street car—- Reiehardt: “ I was quoting the fellow roll! in front of me.” Ten thousand men run after thee in vain; x * * Man lues b the air with language—Iris Lynch: “ You look as though you'd been control in a famine.” . Stops in thy sight. He stands out in the Pentland: “ Yes, and you look as though rain, you might have caused it." . (His waits are all thy deed) nor is there * >1: left Bill Lowe: “Pop, I need an encyclope— A shadow of man's patience: all is cleft. dia for college.” Then. in a moment. like a drop of rain, “Encyclopedia? Nothing doing, you Heinks s into thy depths with bubbling can w alk to school as I 'did;" groan, . =0! ** \Vithout a seat. unnerved, uncovered and Bus Liddell, who quotes French by the unknown. TI BACON, ,36. hour, w as trying to get a Freshman in- terested in taking up the language. Dur- THUMB NAIL SKETCHES OF ing Freshman Week, he approached Glen OUR BOARDERS S h eQman : “Parlez—vous francais?" ;\ cheap radio With a “Huh?” w as Glen's usual brilliant come— “Tony” Legnini: Chinese program on it. back. Thinking that perhaps the Freshman Oakley: Just a cut—up. Flynn—He scoops to conquer. had not heard him the first time, the Se— Ed.. J \Nhyte: A swimming pool with nior repeated: “Parlez-vous francais?” AS “ BLUBBER” FORMA~N LOOKS TO no w ater in. it. “Sorry, I don’t get you,” said Glen. HIS WINDSOR CLIENTELE. J. Keho: A cracked phonograph rec- “I merely asked you if you speak *** 0rd. French.” “The talk of the “Oh sure, sure, I had four years of it “Clam” McCarthy: The meeting was so sudden, town.” ' in high school." ' . * * =0: The parting rather sad, ‘ Terry O’Connell: Pop-eye, the sailor- To him she gave the only life. Football coach (to player out on the man. The only life she had. Kornbacker: Peck’s bad boy getting ground) “ Are you a eontortionist?” She lies beneath the willows; worse. Player: “ No, why?" Her v oice is silent now, Otto Reichardt: “The man in the know” Coach: “ Well, then, your arm is bro- As generally happens— Andy J.Darcy: “Watson, the micro- ken." ** * VVhen a train meets a cow. scope." - JACK KEEN/\N, ‘43. Bob Harrison: Just a Freshman, learn- Little Herbie Murphy walked into “Mus— ** a: ing fast. - solini" DelPapa's room and became very Bill Komiskey: The Swiss bell—ringer indignant w hen no one paid any attention A.. C Graduate: How about a job? Harry R yan: Collegiate. to his person or conversation. He imme— Employer: Can you operate a type- Bernie Naas: Vanity Fair. diately burst forth with a monologue on writer? . Tom Morley: Fog over Frisco. howe w all failed to appreciate him. There Grad: Yes, sir, I use the Biblical sys- “Stubby” Cavanaugh and, “Herbie” was silence for a moment, then young tem. Murphy: Two trampled toadstools. “Mussolini” popped off with, “That's right, Emp.: I never heard of it. John Hopkins: The bloated thread. we appreciate only the higher things of Grad.: Seek and ye shall find. Cook: “ Pardon my Southern accent.” ’ life.”

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MINIMS HAVE FAIR SEASON. THIRD FLAT NOTES. THE SUB-MINIMS. f()ne o the popular teams of Assump— In all due justice to those living 011 the Its i a tradition around Assumption that tions i that coached by Father Guinan. third flat, we must include some comments the most hotly contested battles are those Many a Sunday afternoon would have on their activities. It is inevitable that that take place on the sub-minim gridiron. been dull had not the Assumption Minims there should be some prominent members scoured the campus with opponents from in this coterie—and at the mention of the This y ear was no exception. Five teams various sections. Although they bravely word “ prominent” we at once recall to fought it out for supremacy. “took it on the chin” from bigger teams, mind none other than that new person- Holy Cross, coached by that master of tney chalked up their quota of wins from age w ho joined us this year, John Daly. strategy, Mr. Clemens, came through the fteams o their own class and weight. John cherishes ambitions to be a banker. season w ith flying colors. being undefeat- Under the popular leadership of Captain although the amount of ready cash in cir- edn i eleven starts. Their captain and Louis Becigneiul, who was assisted by F. nculation o the third flat is not calculated field general was Jud Seguin. Archie Crowley at the quarterback position, they to give this future Mellon any real prac— MacPherson, Jim MacDonald and Nick scored their first touchdown of the season tice. John has an engaging way of intro- Russo composed the backfield. In a re— against Holy Name of Detroit. Much ducingr himself, and takes keen pleasure cent game MacPherson s'cored six touch— blood w as spilt before they conceded a in referring to one and all as his “pal.” downs. “ Mickey” Soulliere also starred 19-6 v ictory to the opposing team. Next In v iew of the fact that there are some on his line plunges. came a trip to Amherstburg. where a cow many characters in this motley band that St. Mary‘s, coached by Mr. Meyer. pasture w as the scene of a 21-0 defeat. pmakes u the third flat. we can not pos— made a poor start, but improved rapidly With such good scrimmage practice under sibly introduce them all in one issue: as the season advanced. “Seotty” Mac- their belt, the Minims then successfully however, in some of the following num- Donald and "Feet" Nolan starred through— finished the season with four successive berse w hope to be able to give you more out the season. wins—three from Sandwich and one from verbal portraits. (It is only fair to state East Windsor Stellar work was done The Notre Dame team (Assumption's that paying subscribers will receive first during the season by “Speed” King. a contribution to the list of the followers of notices). promising y oung; halfback. The Beeig- the Rockne system) was directed by Mr. neul Brothers (The Two B's) won com~ \Vhyte. While they hardly had the “luck of the Irish" with them, they put up a mendation on their line plunging, blocking FOURTH HIGH SNAPS. and tackling. They. were assisted in the good fi ght. The spirit of the Four Horse- backfield by 'l‘remblay, llarvey, Diem. There are no pencilldrummers in fourth men lived again in at least two of their Furhman. King. Browning and Russell. year Latin, as Father \Valsh makes them backfield members. “Bud” Burns and Gene Line w ork was done by the following: keep their pencils in their mouths! Ask Duchene. Reaume. C. Rondot. Byrnie, Gray. littig. Casey. ‘ .I. CAVANAUGH. Bellehumeur and McSweeney at guard: ** a: * no: at: Trout, Meeker. Thompson and I’errault Father lVlurphy—“Rau. you're getting at tackle: Durocher, Stephens. Aldridge more like Trout every day}? We hope that Jack Crawley and Benny and Doumouchelle at end; Petz at centre; Trout—“I‘ll say He's nuts." Crawley w ill soon be' back with us after tNykiel a guard. their serious operations at Hotel Dieu. Do The team was well assisted on the side— *** not forget to visit your sick friends when linesy b Joe Doyle. a promising young Vermeersch has a close contender for ' they are well enough to have Visitors. It fullback w ho spent the season on crutches. the “ jug” preSidency 1n Trout! We’re is one of the corporal works of mercy, *** for y ou, "Moose." and y ou may be on the broad ‘of your Archie MacPherson maintains that Lor— back y ourself some of these days. srain i the “pearl of great price." *** * ** Hannick and P. Flood began the year Bob and Jack Keenan like Buffalo so in Honor Matriculation, but were found well that they actually defend it. ZAKOORS wearing the well-known purple .“pots” ‘ - :t >0: * when Arts opened. How D011 Fraser can describe early * no: :0: morning scenes! The art of satire is FRUIT MARKET not dead. fSeveral o the football players will soon *t a * turn their thoughts to basketball and will Jack Burns is writing a thousand-word experience pains in muscles of which they were hitherto ignorant. themen o “Duties of Immigration Of— ficers." a: :0: at: at: ** We DELIVER Enthusiastic college student—“I'll never Jim Cavanaugh of Honor Matriculation cheapen or commercialize my talents." announces that another Jim Cavanaugh no (Same student, a few years after gradu- relation though has registered, in Fine ation). ... “ And that is the best adver- Arts. tising copy I have written yet."

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JUNIORSAD H GOOD SEASON After a peek at the schedule which the Harrington, the Magician, next held the (Continued from page 5) team w ill face this year, we would say spotlight w ith his feats of sleight—of— tthat i IS just as well that there is every hand, climaxing his act with a trick in ons duties of classroom work to give the prospect of a strong team. Besides the which flags appeared from nowhere in be— Purples a nother lacing, dropping them to Alumni series, which is one of the bitter- wildering numbers and at the wave of a tie with Vocational for the group lead— est and most interesting spectacles in city his hand disappeared into thin air, leav- ership. There is no criticism to be offer- sport (who will‘ever forget that memor— ing the onlookers a little puzzled but cry— edo t the juniors for this defeat. All the able fi ve—game ’series last year?) Father ing for more. people w ho saw the classic will agree that McGee has arranged a single game with From this point, Assumption talent feat— the Kennedy team that took the field Loyola Umversity, one of the strongest ured the show, with Tony Nadalin giving against our boys was one of the best teamsn i the Mid-West. Of course De- some selections from the popular numbers drilled, best-conditioned and powerful out troit University and \Vaync will play the of today, Brown and Beneteau putting tfits i has been their privilege to watcl'l usual home-and-home tilts, while the rest non a act a la Mille Brothers with Harry From the kick—off to the final whistle of the schedule has Conference opponents Brown supplying the missing instruments they carried the fight to the Purples, witl' and the traditional games with Highland for the two-man orchestra and singing Casey, Henry and Krol ripping off long Park, Western University and Detroit fmany o the songs. John Briggs, 13-year- gains w ith monotonous regularity. Bobby Tech. * =0: * old radio entertainer, had the whole audi- Bryans a nd Co. were well stopped by the ence singing with him as he rendered some stone w all put up by the Blue and Gold And now comes another pat on the back of the better known tunes of “()nld Ire- line. From a spectator‘s point of view, for one of the most popular priests in the nland" i his high, clear soprano. the Kennedy juniors look as if they could Then came the piece de resistance on battle many of the senior teams in the city College, (No, he doesn't teach me any— thing) Father Walsh,who has been bustl— the night's menu, as Ed. Young, genial on v ery even terms, so this department masterf o ceremonies introduced the guests isf o the opinion that the kids did very ing around for several months trying to wello t hold them to only twenty points. of honor, who, by the way, needed no such pmake u a hockey squad in the school. introduction, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Rogell *** Appointed coach of the puck—Chasers, he and Vern DeGeer, sports editor of the Incidentally, w hile talking of the juniors, has lined up a formidable entry in the sStar. A a gesture of the school's appre— ciationf o the Rogells' courtesy in attend- if anyone wants a run for his money, and newly-formed Detroit-Ontario league. Due the chance to see a good brand of rugby, ing the function, a beautiful bouquet of to his energetic campaign, new uniforms huge y ellow Chrysanthemums was pre- hes i advised to take in one of these junior are a certainty for his men. Practices osented t Mrs. Rogell, who blushed very ftilts. I the playing isn't as polished as have started and the team is shaping up becomineg indeed as she graciously manyf o the older teams in the district, well u nder his capable guidance. it makes up for the lack of ability by its thanked the donors for the charming gift. fierceness. About the best prospect among Justo t show that Billy was held in just the juniors is McKinley, who has been BILLY ROGELL VISITS ASSUMP- as much esteem as his charming spouse,. outstanding throuin the season. ' TION COLLEGE. Chief Seguin and Assistant Chief Lang- ** * loisf o the Sandwich Fire Department (Continued from Page 1) nstepped o the stage to make Rogell an Andt a this time, with the football sea- ing bouts was one in which our Tony honorary chief of the brigade. Then sonn o its last legs, it seems appropriate fought against three men while blind— amid a profound silence Billy was inter- to give a few remarks on the coming bas- folded. yviewed b Mr. DeGeer in a very informal ketball season. \Vith the impressive rec- Following this brief period of sport manner as if it were a mere casual con— ord set up by last year's aggregation as came the vaudeville part of the bill. with versation between two good friends. an example, a new squad has already as- two v ery talented children putting 011 a After the interview many interesting sembled to try conclusions with this year's clever Dutch dance in the old Dutch man— tales w ere told by Rogell, but space does opponents. Out of the ten men who an- ner, complete with Wooden shoes and tra— swered the whistle in the Eastern Canada ditional Dutch costumes. Although mere not permit their inclusion here. The semi—final series at Montreal last year, ten infants in age, Joey and Margy Painter drawing of the lucky numbers had to be are back in the Purple fold. Mencel, Cos~ gave a great act and were well received madet a this time, with Rogell presenting tigan and Westfall are the only losses on by the audience. They were followed by the prizes to the winners along with a the entire squad through graduation. With onef o the most popular numbers of the hearty handshake, which seemed to be as highly regarded as the gifts. Although these facts before us, it is without hesita- night, Michael O’Shaughnessy, appearing tion that we predict a much finer team on the stage in the costume of a South the program came to a close with this thann i any other year. With Rogin, Sea’s burlesque queen to rock his listeners feature, Rogell was still kept busy auto- graphing the numerous cards thrust at him Sherman, Meretsky, Nantais and Desjar— with laughter as he put on a series of imi— lais, the entire regular team from last tationsf o the leading comedians of the by eager fans. year, all the better for an entire year of day, concluding his act with several songs Father Walsh then thanked all those experience, and many additions from the in his own inimitable manner. In spite who took part in the evening’s entertain— freshman class, it is not too early to see of a clamor for encores it was to bring ment, but it is generally agreed among the promise of great things in the cage his presentation to a close to give the other the students that much of the credit for game. entertainers a chalice to show their wares. its success goes to Father Walsh himself.

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The annual Assumption Theatre Night -A._ took place Tuesday, December lltli, at lii introducing Professor Gilséu to the the Tivoli Theatre. The whole program nstudents o the morning of December 0th, was carried out in the form of a radio broadcast. Some of the features were in Father McDonald announced that a schol- part, original, while many were take-offs éeagnn’s arship is being offered to the institute of

n\ i o nationally known radio programmes. Medieval Studies. Toronto. This scholar— --____,_....____ The duty of announcing the various ship w ill be awarded annually to the stu— . K items fell to Messrs Lidddell. Farrell and dentf o Assumption College who is enroll— I: 1 F. Ryan—all of whom waxed eloquent in @reetingg 7” their best Jimmie VVallingford style. The ed iii Honour Philosophy. The award college orchestra. under the direction of wille b made to the one receiving the high- D. Batty. C.S.B.. played some of the pop— est standing in this course. The scholar— _ u lar college songs. Following" this B. Lid— ship may be held for the duration of the dell plugged Podunk Mineral Crystals in The “ Purple and White” true “ this-is-Kelly—talking" form. E. Bac— graduate course. subject to the condition tens, Assumption's own Johnny Marvin, extends its best wishes, that the student shows evidence of ability sang cow-boy songs to the accompani- and application. It covers all fees except .

up. for a Merry Christmas mentf o his guitar. Tony Nadalin and his University of accordion then favoured the audience with those payable to the somef o the current hits. The orchestra and Happy New Y‘ar to Toronto. :11] he Institute of Medieval Studies, which M followed, w ith John Briggs (who must V T have felt at home in the radio surround— the faculty and Student is the only one ofits kind on this contin- ings) singing, “Sing to me. Gypsy". John ent.s i fast attracting the attention of the Keho w ent on the air as Mr. Lady Fes- Body. tllIl\'CrSltl€S.0f Canada and the United ther doing his best to sell the audience States. it is under the direction of Pro- facespowder. The ever popular Two B's fessor Gilson. who has a world-wide rep— regaled the “tuners-in" with selections in utations a a Nee—Thomist. Professor Mari— their own inimitable style. The next fea— tain. w hose tame as a modern philosopher

®@3@®@3@®@3@ @@&8§@®§E@®WE@Q§§@QW ture w as the central part of the pro— Q&&®@&&Q&&&Q&&&®&EQQ iso n less extensive. also gives lectures gramme—a burlesque on Julius Caeser. there. Coupled with the association of writteny b H. Vincent Elliott. Those who these two men. the prestige of the insti- took part in the skit were: W'. Lowe as tutes i enhanced by the scholarship of the Brutus; K. McIntyre as Anthony; C.. l4 BASILIANS ORDAINED AT graduates turned out. Only a few are gra— Hannick. J. Coughlin. V. Elliott and W. ASSUMPTION COLLEGE. duated each year. the directors believing Comiskey as the citizens; \A’. Rogins a . that quality is_ much preferred to quan- Caeser:. N Legnini as Cinna; H. DeBord On Sunday, December 16th, 14 members tity. The Institute is a part of St. Mich— as Decius; G. Suoan as Lepidus; H. Ryan, of the Congregation of St. Basil were or- ael's College and, as such, it is under the 'T. Morley, R. Harrison and P. Seigfried odained t the priesthood by His Excellen— control of the Basilican Fathers.

as Brutus bodyguards; Rinette and Cav— c-y, Rt. Rev. John T. Kidd, Bishop of Lon— anaugh as undertakers; M. McKenty as don. ' chief tin‘oi‘Jrner. FALL‘SERIES OF LECTURES. As a grand finale the whole cast assem- Because there. were no ordinations in bledn o the stage to sing the college song, Toronto this year the class was unusually Prof.. E Gilson. Ph.D., Litt.D., closed the I “ Purple and White.” large. The church was filled to capacity Autumn Series of the Assumption College with the relatives and friends of the newly Lecture League with a scholarly address: To Father Dwycr and his committee, ordained. At the conclusion of. the cere- "Christian Philosophy and Social Liberty.” .composed of Messrs. Farrell, Liddell and mony Bishop Kidd gave the Papal Belie- Dr. Gilson showed how Thomism setsman- ‘F. Ryan, goes most of the credit for the diction. The privilege of giving avspecial kind free from the tyranny of the mind fsuccess o this year's Theatre Night. Each blessing w as conferred on the bishop dur- _ itself. After St. Thomas it believes that assumed his share of the burden of organ- ing his recent ad liinina visit to the Holy the business of a philosopher is to state _ izing the program. making all the arrange— Father. . “what is. is; what is not. is not." Scholas— _'ineii_ts, and training the players for the ticism leaves God free, leaves man free. He 'gskit. ’ The y oung priests were the guests of thonor a a dinner given for them in the concluded w ith the thought: “If you learn ~‘f-The committee wishes to thank the college. For many of them it brought from St. Thomas Aquinas by what truly .. management of the Tivoli Theatre for Co- back memories of their days here at As- divine gift God has established everyone 7 operating so well in all the details. sumption, either as students, or teachers. of y ou in so high_a dignity, even though Those w ho were ordained: Fathers L. Hig— any kind of state may attempt to enslave gins,. E I’okriefka. E. Garvey, H. Mal— your bodies, your souls will never be slaves. NEW STUDENTS RECEIVED INTO lon,; F Mallon. J. Pope. E. McMahon. J. Its i not only spiritually or‘intellectually. ' SODALITY. Rivard,. F Lyons. H. Nolan, 1). Burns. \V. but socially as well, that truth will set Keyhoe,. O Regan, W. Sheehan, Ad multos you free. - r ’ ' _ The Blessed Virgin Sodality held its first aiinos! On the eve of American Thanksgiving, meeting ofvthe year on Sunday, December 9th.' According to custom, the first Sun- Mrs.. F J. Sheed (Maisie Ward) presented day after the Feast of the Immaculate a keenplogicalanalysis of the topic, “Has BASILIAN STUDENT WINS Christianity Failed?" Mrs. Sheed, unlike Conception is set aside for the receiving NATIONAL PRIZE. of new members. Due to thevlarge class many modernists. has the good taste'tou'V define w hat ,she intends to defend. In a ' Freshmen, this *‘year's reception was George Delhomme, a student of the few bold strokes she brought us through ’ ' rmer years. ' Basilian School; St. Thomas College. the centuries. showing how well the ‘é fth is the tempor- Houston, Texas. won first prize of five Church can defend herself in a field that ‘ceive‘d ‘ the new members hundred dollars in a national essay-con— is not her own; that of mere human pro- thcr Donnelly‘spoke test on Mosquito Prevention. George. as gress. Mrs. Sheed clearly (lentonstrated , irgin, stressing the, fact winnerf o first prize, had his waylpaid to r4 s o Assumption, should Wsthington, w here he met President that Christianity is the "way to heaven,” ‘ 1 avspecial manner to her.‘ Reusevelt, and delivered his essay over and that Saints. ordinary people and sin— wasllmnight to a c10$c by the National Broadcasting Company from f11ers o the Catholic Church unanimously“ IO“. 1 ‘ ocoast t coast. ' , ' (Continued on page 8)

NDPURPLE A WHITE December, 1934

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THE COMMERCIALISM OF GOTHIC. CHRISTMAS The Gothic. which is the official organ An aspect of the approaching season of of the Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Christmas. w hich is making itself felt is celebrating its tenth year of publica- rather u npleasantly with each succeeding Published once a month by the students of Assumption College tion. Like most college magazines, it was year, is its commercialism. Instead of its Subscription Rates $1.00 a year brought into, existence in order to give being a period of rejoicing as we would The Staff the students a medium of expression. Be- *- likeo t consider it, unfortunately. this FACULTY ADVISOR: cause it was to be the publication of a times i looked upon as an opportunity for Father S. Murphy, C.S.B., M.A. seminary. it could not be of the usual col- profit. The anniversary of Christ's birth— EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: F. Flynn, ’35 lege v ariety. It had to be of general iii- days i forgottcii in the world's pursuit "of ASSOCIATES: . tcresto t the whole student body. without gain. The spirit of Christmas is almost 1'. Gibb, ’36; T. Bacon, ’36; H. V. Elliot, ’37 sacrificing the ideals of the seminary itself. entirely absent and post cards bearing the TREASURER: , Lacking either of these two prerequisites. season's greetings have lost much of their W. Riley, C.S.B. it w ould not last very long. The fact that- ADVERTISING MANAGER: it has continued to exist, is proof suffici- true significance. The word» "Christmas" A. Liddell, '35 ent that it has fulfilled t0 the utmOSt the has been shortened to “Xnias,"'thereby ASSOCIATES: v conveying the impression that the expres- M. Levasseur, ’35; G. Farrell, ’35; M. Coughlin, ’36 ideals w hich prompted its introduction. .C. P Hannick, ’38: J. Connelly, ’38 \Vithin the comparatively short period $2011.0f good-Will should be as short as CIRCULATION MANAGER: pos51ble.

of its existence, the Gothic has attained i E. McCarthy, ’35 wide reputation as a college literary mag- _ Greed has transformed the Yule time \ ASSOCIATES: fazine o the highest sort. It has repeat- into a business struggle. Many stores ’35; G. Rossettie. ’36; A. DelPapa, ’36 B. Naas, edly w on the praise of other college papers mail cards, extending the best wishes of HUMOR EDITOR: the season to their customers. We might

throughout the country. The one element “me... J. Oakley, ’35 regard these‘ as expressions of genuine which sets it apart from all other publi— ASSOCIATES: feeling, w ere it not for the usual addition: A.. J Darcy, ’35; F.‘Ryan, ’36 cationsf o that type. is the excellence of We hope to be able to serve you in the SPORT EDITOR: its essays. Particular attention is paid future. Furthermore, the holiday season G. Aitchison, ’35 to this department, stress being put upon is being.rapidly regarded ASSOCIATES: the necessity for a personal. subjective ap— as a splendid O. Reichardt, ’35; T. O’Connell, ’37 oproach t the treatment of the topic. time to increase prices. Charity is re- ALUMNI EDITOR: placed by “graft.” Because of the interest of the “Purple Men, to whom the F. Doyle, ’35 coming of Christ and White" in the success of the Gothic, seems to have no real ASSOCIATE: meaning, are most eager W. Murphy, ’37 and still more because of the close bond to show a beam- ountenanceing c HIGH SCHOOL EDITOR: existing between Sacred Heart Seminary and shake the hand that J. Sell, ’38 heholds t purse-strings. “Big business" and Assumption, we wish to extend our eenhas b CLASS REPORTERS: best w ishes for continued success to extended to include the period. B. Bryans, fwhich I. Cavanaugh, R. S. Allen, G. Rau, Father Haniiick and the staff. o all periods. should be free from - V. Thompson its ceaseless grasping. We could write page upon page in con- THE CATHOLIC WORKER nection With this subject; we could stand “A thing of-beauty is a joy forever." on the street-corner and attack greed for ‘ .1 EDITORIAL COMMENT Never mind about the quotation; if Keats its encroachment on finer religious feel- did not write it he could have and should ings and our troublewould go for naught. have w ritten it. So, down to brass tacks. Suchs i the compleXity of our modern life SCHOOL 'SPlRlT Peter Maurin, that militant author, who thatn a attempt to eradicate all ideas of writes “ Easy Essays” in the Catholic commerCialism duringthe Christmas sea- Should you ask the young modern what \IVorker, has accepted the invitation of the _son w ould be quixotic. The point is, then, the keynote of his ultra-sophistication is, "Assumption College Lecture League to eif w can not change the attitude of men heouldw most likely reply: “Do not be spend a few days with us in February. about u s, we can at least enkindle deeper ,and nobler feeling in our hearts. enthusiastic; it is so exhausting, you know You students will have several opportuni- -—besides being rather ridiculous." fties o hearing him speak; meanwhile. you might do well to learn more about Having thus unburdened himselfntlie him; study his contributions in the Catli- BIBLIOPHILIA. blase outh y yawns with an exquisite air contem— olic \Norker. “Whyo d we Christians bring all this oforedom.b His contribution to An example of his hard brittle style t is made. Back of it all unrest into the world? Who are we that poraryhought follows. From the last lines quoted we we should presume to do so? Why should hope is that he has convuiccd his secret might» take a hint: “I was told by the we think of converting ‘decent’ people? his istenerl that every-day things are too dean‘f o a Catholic college that Catholic is .... Far finer specimens of humanity. unimportant to merit his attention. He professors of Catholic colleges neither internally enthusiastic at appearing exter- healthier minded. more genuine, more wor— have the knowledge nor the courage to thyf o esteem than many of us who be— nally nonchalant. v . bring Catholic social thought to the man Perhaps y ou will wonder what applica— lieve?'-' Should we not leave the ‘splendid in the street . .. yet Communist propa— pagan' w here he is?" If you seek a solu— . tion this has to school spirit. It is only gandists in their ‘teens find enough knowl— sophisticate is most tiono t these contentious objections, read . , . this, that the young edge aiid courage to bring Communist so— 1: anxious to let you know that school spirit onef o the latest volumes in our library. cial thoughtto the men of the school ... is the very thing which is furthest from "The Burden of Belief." by I. Coudenhove. While Communist propagandists yet in I his .conception of “what is being done." their ‘ teens are interested enough in Com- . That last phrase contains the real answer munist propaganda to buy the Communist The Assumption College Lecture League to,the w hole affair. It is certainly not paper, named the Daily Worker, a great owishes t thank its generous patrons: Dr. ebecause h is opposed to it on principle Derry, Dr. Sullivan, and Mr. C. P. Mc- fnumber o Catholic teachers ... have not that our hero refuses to be enthusiastic: yet found a way to gather twenty-five tague w ho introduced the speakers: Bro- t‘ i is.because he would rather follow the cents for a yearly subscription to the ther Nicholas and his fine Children’s ', crowd} He does not want to be in a class monthly Catholic Worker." , Choir; the staff, the student, the loyal apart from other “enlightened” youth. Maurin and his co-workers are leading friends w ho have enabled the infant COWard as he is, the elegant young blade livesf o Franciscan poverty while they leagueo t grow. Watch for the Spring iS-‘af'raid to do that which he thinks is mingle w ith the poor of New York.- Per- Series. I know that you will support it. onltr'a‘ryyto the vague notion he has of haps. if we were to renig on that extra N“ " onstitutes a man of the world. He chocolate bar, that extra street car ride. Do not forget Msgr. Sheen's/Christmas“- olave t illusion. .He is fearful lest that extra show, we might be able to help nSermon o WVVJ next Sunday at 6 pm. i? thought “green.” In reality. he their cause as well as our own souls. Per— He Will be on every Sunday until Easter. , ould be agood subject fOr laughter, were thaps i is your duty—and a thing of duty «he not,_s'o,,pitiful. . v If y oqueflong'tt’othis class, it is about Bring back that 25 cents fortheiillast 7 tim that you e-aliz'e" hCSw shallow such‘ a term subscription of the P. and ' " ' I be afraid to support the leagues last year. If they win as consis- ' activities. To make the vari—- tently'this y ear it will be easy to find loyal a 'success. others are giving 'supporters— everybody likes a winner. Maybe Hazlitt knew what he w energy; if you have neither, .‘However. should they lose, the whole bur- ing about when he said that no '

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'l)eeember. 1934 PURPLFND A WH l'l‘l‘: f ' WITH THE OLD BOYS \

ALUMNIO T HOLD A KENO.

.\nother bigger and better Keno l’arty is being sponsored by the Assumption COMPLIMENTS Alumni Club. lt will be held in the col— OF lege gjym Friday. December 21st. There w ill be 15 rounds with three DR. ROBINSON prizes for each round. a turkey as the first Dentist prize: a (luck as the second. and a chicken as the third, In addition there will be a LONDON ST. $15 door prize. and possibly other smaller door prizes. Windsor, Ont. The arrangements for the Keno are be- ing taken care of by a committee com— posedf o \\‘. llaslani. Dr. 1.. (i. l“t‘llt‘Cll. Dr. \\'. l’JCZlSle. \\'. Russette and {\l. Ciislnnan. This Keno is the second effort of the Alumni Club for the fall and winter sea— MARTIN son. the first being the highly successful Assumption ;\lumni fiall. held at the & Prince Edward Hotel on November 10th. The next affair to be sponsored ‘by the LAIRD club w ill be a iiiinstrel show. which Will be presented early in February. Plans BARRISTERS for this presentation have been completed and rehearsals were scheduled to begin this w eek. ‘ Pictured above is Fr. Benny Jacques. The purpose of this Keno is to provide star player and coach of Assumption a scholarship for some boy. in the Border teams. now a missionary in China for the Cities. The scholarship Will be awarded last few years. to the one, who wins the public speaking Sell Your Old Gold Direct contest. the finals of which will be held in March. FATHER GLAVIN HERE to a Refiner Let‘s g o, all ye loyal supporters of As— liather (llavin. C.S.B.. the Bursar of St. sumption. Bring your friends to the Keno. AYWE P THE HIGHEST Michael‘s College. preached the Retreat Don't forget the (late, DECEMBER 21st. PRICESN I CANADA this y ear. Father Glavin is one of the old BEST WISHES TO boys. and we were all glad to have him BENSETTE’S FATHER BRISSON samong u again. 30 6 OUELLETTE AVE. Father I). Brisson, of Sacred Heart Th: Oldest Established Jewellers l’arisli, \Vindsor, is celebrating his silver TWOLD O BOYS MADE jubilee in the priesthood Monday. Decem— In the Border Cities ber 17th. Many of Father Brisson‘s young MONSIGNORI charges attended Assumption. His atti— FatherV. \ Murpy. D.D.. and Father tude has ever been one of encouragement. So.n i the name of Assumption. we wish Marron, two of our alumni.’ were recently him God's choicest blessings. invested as monsignori in Detroit. Both have been interested in their Alma Mater. . .. Congratulations! The Michigan Network carried an ad— CHAPMAN.’ S (9%.; dress lately by Senator Asselin of Bay City. w ho was the first one to escape from The pastors of the Border Cities were the Lansing fire. Senator Asselin attend— present for the, Immaculate Conception MEAT MARKET ed Assumption between 1910 and 1917. banquetn o l)eceniher 8th.

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LOVE

I,m~e~—1he purest passion ever granted man. - eTo b enjoyed by all in tenderness of heart And merging of plan. 0 let not evil mar its perfect edge: Two think as one the sweetest thoughts That ever golden pen set down in heaven's ledge. ’ Man rises close to God upon the chaste /’ i , f white w ings Of sacred Love.

There let him rest, for ‘tis too brief a stay (MTV, That disillusioned Love should seize him for her prey: Life's one consoling ray is that of Love Which binds two hearts “Forever and a day."

HEAT T GAME There w as a mother. to“ and prim, ‘ \'\r'ho came to see her little Jim— (The only boy she ever bad. And just the image of his dad! She came to see her Jimmy play And battle in the roughest fray, And didn't wish to see him hurt

“ Or { all and smear his face with dirt.

.4, She groaned each time he hit the ground, (He only weighed two hundred pound.) voke'theAnd \ bleachers with a scream wT-wr— W'henever that the other team Did trip her sonny—make him fall, Just because he had the ball! She vowed he was her pride and joy alledAnd c him “Little darling boy." FRANK MclNTYRE Who is‘ now on the Show Boat Hour

THE STRIVINC WORLD

W'hy must we slave! slave! slave! along And cry! cry! cry! when wealth we can— life's w eary road, not ‘ hold?

And drive! drive! drive! to hear our lt's speed! speed! speedl—top speed all heavy load? the time— Why should we strive! strive! strive! to A din! din! din! in never ceasing rhyme. take the worst from life, There’s a beat! beat! beat! like tom- And strain! strain! strain! iii never ceas— ntoms i the brain ' ing strife? . That makes me wonder! wonder! wonder!

. Why do we sweat! sweat! sweat! for more if our‘ age is sane. than daily bread, Sleeping. w orking. w a k i 11 g. playing— , And n'io’urn! mourn! mourn! for someone sweating. slaving, driving, slaying; » ifirime (tithing swho i i dead? Fighting. mourning. never praying. we live ‘VViith countless hours of toil; we work till a life of endless straying V flautel “we are! old—- From the path that leads toward right. 3-2481 :F‘orvgleaming y ellow metal, ten thousand We never think that by His \Might sonls are sold! - . He could strike us before: we are old,and HARRY RUSH, Mg“ " Why‘mus’tVWe fight! fight! fight! [to leavle'to someone else— our gold} gather, gather gold, ' , ,- 13. 71].} WHYTE Jr. ' ‘I

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VARSITY PUCKSTERS TAKE FIRST PURPLE CAGERS SWAMP HIGH- ASSUMPTION TAKES SECOND TWO TILTS. LAND PARK IN OPENER. GAME FROM BATTLE CREEK. \\7hile things are going along very nicely \\'ith the inaugural of the basketball Nextn o the list of cage opponents. for the basketeers. the other major sport season. Assumption athletes traded their Battle Creek invaded the college to open the Conference title chase with the Pur— representatives at the school. the hockey football togs for the lighter regalia of the ples. Heralded as the team to beat for players. have been enjoying a highly suc« court. and with the trade came the step the. M O. crown. they lived up to all the cessful y ear in the ice sport. To date into the stage of athletics where they fear advance (lope that had been sent to As— they have come out on top in their two no team. Long recognized as the one sport sumption. Although they finally bowed before a furious last half attack by the contests. defeating their local rivals, the in w hich the I’urples excel. the cage game Assumption forwards. it is sufficient to W'indsor-VValkerville Vocational squad in came into its own in the opening game. say that it was not until that time that the fi rst game. and coming back to trim when the Varsity squad took the High- they y ielded, forcing the locals all out to snatch the verdict. the University of Detroit pucksters in the land I’ark quintet into camp by the amaz— In spite of the extremely close score. second. ing score of 62—16. Last year. it was its i a mistake to say that the Creekers It w as in the first tilt that the boys thought that the score of the game which ares a good as our boys. This may sound made their mark in the hockey world. ended w ith the score 56—16 for the Purplcs, a little queer, since the Americans kept Facing; one of the best teams in the dis— set a new record for scoring in the As— the Purples humping all the time and re~ ntrict. i spite ‘of their youth. the Purples mained a threat until the game ended. sumption gym. but the opener this year battled through sixty minutes of torrid butt i was only the terrible shooting of oplay t emerge with the verdict by a score smashed that record all to smithereens. the w hple Assumption forward line that of 1—0. It was easily the best of the games Before the echoes of the initial whistle kept the Creekers in the game at all. If played in the loop so far this year. and had (lied away the boys found the range the team had had justalittle of the abil— will probably be noted for the same thing ityo t find the hoop that they had in the of the hoop. with Bill Byrne stealing un- after the smoke of battle has rolled away Highland Park game it would have been at the end of the season. From the open— der the hoop to drop in a perfect dog. a different story. Time after time they ing w histle the two teams were in there From that point on the Purples were un- got the ball under the Creek basket for lighting for all they were worth. with no beatable. rumung the count up to 12 be- perfect dogs .and then blew them front quarter asked and none given. fore the astonished Parkers managed to hereo t there. It was one of the worst Forty minutes of the game passed into break into the scoring column with a foul displays of shooting that the Varsity has oblivion. and still they were locked in a shot. Byrne took the leading part in the been guilty of in many years. scoreless tie. with Vocational forcing the scoring parade, counting seven of the 12 play. but with the Purples having the best markers, and giving a great display of Half time found the score 15—14. with the locals holding a big margin in the play scoring opportunities. Sheedy. Flanagan defensive w ork to keep the Parker for- and Jarvis, the first forward line for the wards from being threats. but held to a small lead in the scoring. Either the rest (lid them a lot of good. Varsity. in spite of their fine game. could Half:time found the score mounting to not succeed in piercing the Technician or else they ran into a little encourage— the skies. with no Sign of immediate re— mentn i the dressing room, because they defence for any telling blow at the goalie. lief for the Detroiters. who could not cope who played a great game in the nets for came out for the second stanza with a‘ w;th the Islashing attack of the Purple loadf o the old zip. Sherman was the

1rd? the Vocs. Finally. after four minutes of

.- ine. To give them some mea- 1 forward l firsto t show any of his old form. running

s playn i the final canto. beautiful team suref o comfort. an entire new team went in two buckets before the game was well 'workn o the part of Sheedy and Flana- into the fray to start the second canto, gan made the first and only score of the under w ay again. Then Meretsky and more as an experiment than anything Rogin began to click. and with them the ' game possible. Flanagan worked the else. Unfortunately it turned out to be puck into the Vocational defence and then whole team took a new lease on life. a v ery unsuccessful experiment for the popping shots from every angle to run shot a lovely pass across the ice to his Assumption cause, for in spite of the fact team-mate, w ho placed the disc behind up a more comfortable lead that the Parkers had been going for the Playing his first game of the year. Red the Voc net-tender to give the Purples entire first half, they managed to their margin of victory. out— Nantais played the feature game of the score the reserves during the first ten min- evening. . A regular last year, Red had (Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 3) the misfortune to grow a fine set of blis— nters o his feet during the early prac- tiees, w hich kept him from doing muchin the w ay of basketball for the first game. Then w hen Bill Byrne played the game Wilkinson’s Sport ShOp of games in the Highland Park contest, Red seemed to be shoved into the back- 333 OueIIette Avenue ground. But red hair and a strong heart make a combination that is hard to beat. COMPLETE SPORTS OUTFITTERS ando s Red stepped out in the second halfo t replace Don Desjarlais in fine style. BADMINTON, HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, VOLLEY BALL HEADQUARTERS C.C.M.’S \Nith two games played. Rogin and HOCKEY SKATES and UNIFORMS Sherman are running a close race for the CHENILLE and FELT CRESTS honors in the scoring department. Sher— sman i topping the list with 24. while his SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR STUDENTS pal. lx’ogin. is close on his heels with 23. PHONE 3 - 7411 WINDSOR, ONT; Meretsky is trailing the two leaderswvith a few less points than they have amassed in the first two tilts.

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For this issue the editor of this page This.y m dear friends. is what is known The Level Crossing. A feels quite justified in receiving“ his jokes among the boarders as a “bull” session. Stop and let the train g'o by. from old manuscripts—such an action on which is liable to start up any time of It hardly takes a minute: his part is merely exemplifying the Christ— Your ear starts off again intact, the day and in anyone‘s boudoir. “Clam” mas spirit of receiving. .\nd better‘still—yon're in it. McCarthy is press—agenting for Syracuse. ——'l‘he Campionette. Optician‘WVeak eyes. eh? \Vell. how while Doyle still claims that Smiths Falls many lines can you read on that chart?" is the largest railroad center between To- Patient—“\Vhat chart?" ronto and Montreal. ... “l’resh” O'Con— \like O'Connor sings only when he is What w as the significance of Frank nor remarks that Pompeian cream and in the bathtub. No wonder he is out of Ryan's remark.“Kelly speak— practice. ing." w hen he saw Stan Ga— loup all dressed up like a Judging from all an- clothes tree and ready to go nouncements concerning the across the creek? graduates pictures. we sur— mize that someone is start- H—"Are y ou Hungary?" ing a comic paper or rogues" A—“Yes. Siam." gallery. - H—“Den Russia to the ta- ble and Fiji." Our motto: “Late to bed A—“All right. Sweden my and early to rise keeps your ‘thlfyfee and Denmark my room—mate from wearing ')1 . your ties."

Farrell—“What is the (lif— The Blue Bells of Scot— ference between the North land may be blue. but they and South Poles?" are w hite compared to that Liddell—“All the differ— 6.15 hell on a cold winter nence i the world." morning. Flynn: “ Did you editors write thOse jokes your— The Humor Page is sorry selves?" to report that Edward jo— Editors of this page: scph \Vhyte broke a finger “Yes.” ——these breakages are hap- Flynn: “ W'ell. you are openiner s regularly that it is older than you look." funny.

Theodore. Dreiser, American author. powder keep that skin so soft and smooth. It always helps—A prison warder says says that he will end his life when it be— ... Oakley is not to be seen in the pic- that u niversity men are always well—be— comes (lull. Well, if it is as (lull as most ture.s a he is in some vacant room. deeply haved convicts. This makes one more ar— immersed .in his books. .. . Someone opens gument in favor of higher education. we»

of his books, the end is not far off. ., the door with a whole cigarette and there is a general cry of “butts"—-needless to say. our Mr. O'Connor overpowers the boys and gets the much—sought-after ROYAL, weed. ... The session is rudely interrupt— See Our Display of PORTABLE ed w hen the door opens again and some— one w ith an authoritative voice says: CAR RADIOS TYPEWRITERS “Study, y ou goms, study." and $30.00 $45.00 $00.00 NORTHERN ELECTRIC MANTLE RADIOS ' COMPLETE WITH CASE QUALITY CLEANERS Anything and Everything Reconditioned ’ lfypewriters WE SPECIALIZE IN CLEANING and PRESSING INHE T ’ $20.00 AND UP REALM OF RADIO TRYUR O SYSTEM A. WHITLE-Y & CO. ' OOFFERED T YOU AT ‘ VERY REASONABLE RATES Scout Radio Electric Company - Guaranty Trust Bldg. ‘ Telephone 4-4744 Windsor 13% Sandwich St. West 27 CHATHAM ST. WEST Phone 3-1915 - Typewriter Service Sandwich, Ont. PHONE 3-6721

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ST. MICHAELS LITERARY SOCIETY FOOLING SANTA CLAUS FLICKERS FROM FIRST HIGH St. Michael's Literary Society also met Hugo Rossini. St. Vitue personified. sym— since the last issue of our paper. The bolizes the spirit ot 1-C—some spirit, eh? Sarge w as there, and Trout demonstrated thats a a speaker he is a wave of the first Mike Diem, of l—.‘\. will conduct a spe— water. Others spoke, but the H. S. re— cial Algebra class from 4.00 to 5.00 am. portch have been so busy with examin— nSend i your name and registration fee of5 2 cents to Iturham, Ilinzy or Churchill. ations ! 3,! ? F that no more information has been sent in. New Year's is coming and Revolutions ! '. 3 l l'etc Griffin and lack Keenan are still the outstanding personalities in 1—C. It you are in doubt as to why they are so ST. DIONYSIUS LITERARY .\bo\'c is pictured little Joey \Voodcock. outstanding. just ask some of their SOCIETY The look of sweet innocence is only a teachers. St. Dionysius Literary Society held the blindo t convince Santa Claus that he has first meeting of the year under the direc— been a good boy. The trick hat that he ln 1~.\ Father Young and the class have elected .Ioe ("Red") Doyle as president: tionf o Fr. Ii. Young. J. J. McCormick wears w as donned to cover up the trickier eulog’ized Msgr. Sheen in a masterly ora— "'l‘ony" Mahoney, secretary; and Romeo tion. I). janet gave several reasons for haircut. Those short legs are somewhat I)ufour, treasurer. local patriotism. 'I‘he Sarge was not there. longer now, but the added length has not increased his speed as far as his beingr a ST. BASIL’S LITERARY SOCIETY good w aiter is concerned. OSCARHE T HITCH-HIKER St. Basil's Literary Society had one suc— cessful meeting, in the course of which If the “Purple and \Nhitc" does not Ken McIntyre, Wm. Lowe. H. Ryan, C. P. comep u to your high standards, keep Hannick, and J. Oakley delivered interest— quiet: if you really like it,then “sing out ing speeches. Mr. Keith Laird, prominent . in accents bold." \Nindsor barrister, spoke to the society, giving much interesting information which showed the necessity of a League of Na— Man is an animal with a body full of tions. questions and a soul full of answers.

Your roving reporter recently visited Ray Marentette, who though still in bed, is improving, cheerful, and interested in Assumption life, via the P. and W. ZAKOOR’S FRUIT K.. K K. stands for. Kenny. Keenan and . SHOP Kenville, all of whom exude culture in flth Hi. FOR CHOICE VEGETABLES ' and In keeping with the best Scotch tradi- FANCY FRUITS tion, Vincent Thompson of l—A. wishes to Telephone 3 - 8234 extend through the free advertising of the class-notes a Merry Christmas to all his OUELLETTE AVE. friends. _“Ab0ve is pictured Oscar. the perennial lntch~hikcr. on his way home for the Nanny—“But. Czymanrias means ‘King Christmas Holidays." of Kings." Fr. Dwyer—“In what language?" Nanny—“Hebrew. I guess." Fr. Dwyer—"VVell, you'd better ask somef o your friends and find out." Compliments Nanry—"Well, does it?"

“Brevity being the. soul of wit. weren‘t of I, there some .funny haircuts last Fall," says ‘ Schoohe. TIVOLI

Which is more inviting: A scholarship THEATRE 'o t come or a college degree to leave? v “And here is the usual expression he -w“\/Vho ever loved not at first sight?" nsees o the faces of drivers as they whizz V ~ -_:sa_ys.~Marlowe, Shakespeare and Enders. v. ‘ ~ . , SANDWICH LUNCH. The Students’ “Something Good is Always Here” Barber , H oOpen 7 t 2 P.M.

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FALL SERIES OF LECTURES VARSITY HOCKEY VARSITY BASKETBALL (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from Page 5) (Continued from Page 5) agree that it is they, and not the Church. utesf o the second half. while holding

In the second game of the year the Fur— EU othem t the grand total of three points. which fails. Christianity is not tried and . found w anting; rather it is found difficult ples made their most impressive start of W'ith only six minutes to play in the and not tried. Mrs. Sheed's rapid—fire an— the season. Facing an untried University final period. Father McGee sent in his swerso t many questions from her audi— of Detroit team, the Purple went about regulars for the second time, with orders to run the score to fifty points. This ence w as especially interesting. their w ork with all the skill of veterans. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, Pli.l)., l).l)., called for ll points in six minutes. but l.itt.D., L.l,.I). visited our midst on Sun- Before the echoes of the opening whistle the team rose to the occasion with a burst day, November 25. and preached an un— had died away in the spacious ice palace of scoring that set new records all over, forgettable sermon in the chapel after re— in Detroit. the Varsity had notched the the place. Not content with a mere fifty points. they managed to reach the sixty ceiving a fi ne spiritual bouquet from the first counter, Matt Sheedy skating through students His lecture, “Peter or Pan," mark w ith seconds left to play, and then that evening, attracted a large enthusiastic the entire Titan squad to tally on a fine add one more basket as the final whistle crowdo t the Statler Ballroom, where the shot into the upper corner of the net. blew. “A.C.L.L‘. sponsored his lecture. Msgr. From then on it was simply a massacre, Sheen contended that the Church today is the Purple forwards dazzling the bewil— not faced with a strong intellectual oppo— WE SUGGEST FOR CHRISTMAS sition; the difficulty is not against the dered defence men with an assortment of We suggest for Christmas—— lone rushes and scintillating team play. creed. but against the Commandments: For Naas. an up—to—date song sheet. so ' the Church is no longer engaged in a civil Frequently they broke down the ice in thate h could learn all the words. war; it is, however. faced with an invasion three and four—man rushes with the puck of paganism. Msgr. Sheen held strong For his room—mate. Terry O’Connell, ear going from one to the other with such hopes for the future: the pagan world is plugs,n i case Bernie should get said song rapidity that the astonished Titans made hungry for truth, and its very confusion sheet. i gives it its greatest chance; secondly, the no pretence of checking the actual puck For D'Arcy a sedative. to overcome the monastic spirit, contemplation as the carrier. The final score of 16-1 is about fsource o action, must awaken mankind. difficulty of sleeplessness. the best indication of the difference in the “Social amelioration will come as a by— For Firth, an Emily Post—now that hef- fproduct o Christianity. . . . Christ was im— calibref o the play of the two teams, al— is rooming with Mike O’Connor. practical. ... In the future there are two though there is no doubt that the Pur- For DelPapa, a textbook 011 how to train groups: the world of Peter and the world ples could have increased the margin to of Pan, those who feel the need of that an incorrigible nephew. which is more than human, and those who a much greater extent if they had so de— \' For Doyle, a letter 'opener. believe in only the human. But there shall sired. For all our relatives and benefactors, beo n Peter Pans. They are either on the The game itself finished with the As— new check books. rcross, o shaking dice at the foot of the sumption team setting a whole flock of cross." For all 'the Seniors, easels for their new records. The total of 16 goals in one graduating pictures. I game broke the 01d rink high record, WE WOULD LIKE. TO KNOW— while the work of Matt Sheedy in piling If Frankie Cretsinger has learnt the up the amazing total of five goals and as RECENT VISITORS. combination of Christmas, New Year’s many assists made him the undisputed Fr.. J L. Stacy. prominent grad. of the i and Easter. . holderf o the individual scoring record. M v ’ teens, now a priest in Edmonton,Albefia. A Besides these admirable marks, the team ‘ If Harry Ryan arranges those chic en- estal)lished_,another w hich is not so good. 1 Fr. W. G. Rogers, of the Sacred I-ieai't'i’ii sembles himself or does he write to Dor- A new low for the number of people othy Dix. . . . watching a game at Olympia was set dur— Seminary, Detroit. who taught here for If John Keho is really going to get a ing“ the meeting of the two teams, when several y ears. I - somethinglike 100 people filed into the nyacht i his stocking at Christmas. .. great arena for the contest. Why Bus Liddell is so strong for the Fr. Guinan would make Houdini blush However, in spite of the lack of inter- with shame by the way he arranges the “Queen” City. V est shown by the patrons of the sport, the If Griffin stays up late at night think— school is represented by one of the great- varied schedules of the students. ing-0r is that too strong-drivelling ques— est teams in the history of the college. tions for the next day‘s History 43 class. . fMost o the men have had some measure The great English statesman Fox, was i if the boarders still holler “Buts” when of experience in the game while playing with the various outfits around the city once accosted by an irate member who othey g out dressed in their brothers' Tux— was v ery wealthy. "Sir," said the mem— edot a New Year's. . . . before enrolling at the college. 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ASSUMPTION HAS FIRST CANADIAN ALUMNI CLUB TO PUT ON SHOW MORE FAMOUS LECTURERS SHOWINGF O PICTURE, “PLAY BALL.” The Assumption Alumni Club is once The Assumption College Lecture League George Moriarity Is Speaker. again returning with its animal show. This announces a series of at least three year they intend to present for the ap— Spring Lectures. Among the new Hon— Through the efforts of Father lirank provalf o the under—grads, the grads and \Valsh, Assumption had the rare privilege orary Patrons of the movement who have of having the first Canadian showing of friends of Assumption. “The Showboat." sent most encouraging messages are: His the picture, "Play Ball." This picture is It w ill be staged at St. Francis Hall, Sand— Eminence Cardinal Villeneuve of Quebec, the property of the American League, and wich,n o the evenings of February 27th several Bishops. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was w ritten and directed by George Mori— and 28th. This undertaking. is being (li- and Shane Leslie. narity. I it is to be found the "inside rectedy b Austin J. Denean. Others who l’eter Maurin of the “Catholic \Vorker," dope”n o the great American game. The wille b lending their suport are Andy Mc- scenes w ere “shot’ during the season of Guire. Bill Haslam, I’ip Pelticr, Ray Mar— who w rites the famous “Easy Essays” for that periodical. is going to be with us for 1934. Traveling to all the important cities cottc. Jim liarson and others. The ad— of the American League. George Moriarity mission price will be nominal—so come several tlays in February. Maurin’s lit- and his staff took pictures of all the great one. come all and give them a hand! erary style is quite original and bears a starsf o the game. l’itchers went through The proceeds are for the Alumni Schol— certain resemblance to that of Eric Gill. their motions of delivery, baserunners arship Fund. Its i indeed a privilege to have a lay streaked around the bases, and infielders leaderf o Peter Maurin's type as a visitor. "snagged" grounders. In order to show -FATHER PLOURDE, C.S.B. Shane Leslie. former editor of the “Dub— the perfect timing in all their actions slow lin Review," poet. critic, essayist, perhaps motion pictures were made of the players. In the old days. so the Alumni tell us, onef o the greatest living authorities on Ted Husing, ace sports announcer, was the there w ere few pitchers that could match Swift and on certain phases of English “Gig” Plourde. as he burnt them in to commentator, drawing attention to the im— literature, will give a public lecture here portant points. Nig. Clark, later :1 great professional in March. 7 ‘ player in the American League. Father The purpose of the picture is to arouse Rev.. G B. Phelan, Ph.1)., Aggrege en 'an interest in the national pastinic—_—an in— Plourde w as a teacher here for many Philosophie, of the University of years after his ordination. In his recent Louvain, terest w hich is fast dying out. However, Profeser at the Institute of Mediaeval its i not in any sense a “ballyhoo” produc- illness.e h came to his Alma Mater. He Studies was only here a couple of days when the in St. 'Michael's College, Toronto, tion, rather is it intended to show, the ivewill g a public angelf o death called and found .llllll un— lecture in April. Be— finer points of baseball. Besides being iii- sides being a psychologist of structive to those who do not follow the afraid.e H was cheerful in death as in world—wide repute, Dr. Phelan is a ' sport, it showed many things that even sea— life,n a inspiration in a jaded world. In keen and penetrat- ing critic of modern soned fans could never see at the ball park. your charity, pray for him. thought and move- ments. His address will be interesting Before the picture started, George Mori— and instructive. I ' arity spoke. In his own humorous style he Tiere is also a strong recalled reminiscences of his days ‘as .a possibility of. The faculty and students of As- having a lecture‘in May by Jacques Mari~ player, manager and umpire. Some of his hotain, w has been most interesting remarks were concerned sumption College wish to express called by the London Times "the most profound with stories illustrating the umpire's View- their sincere condolences to: and most penetrating phil030plier in France.” .I point. At present he officiates in the Ain— The Father 'Ruth, on the death of his nd fame a the wisdom of Maritain have cric‘an League. Mr. Moriarity. accom- brother, James Ruth, C.S.B. extended by now to all parts of the in; panies the picture in all its showings, and tellectual world. A recent ti- i was due to his hearty coioperation that R. Marcotte‘, on the death of his visitor to Mus— father. solini found the latter attentively reading ‘Assumption w as able to bring it here. "The Things That Are The Ford Motor Company of Canada Not Caeser’s.” We The bereaved relatives of Father opeSincerely h that Prof. Maritain will be ii w as kind enough to loan its projection Plourdc and Roy Hennin. able to come for the machine for the occasion. last lecture in the John Keho, on the loss of his Spring Series. ‘ mother. NLETTERS AND NUMERALS GIVEN TO, ‘ COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL Francis Cretsinger. on the sudden PAPAL DELEGATE Visrrs ATHLETES deathf o his brother. ASSUMPTIQN R.. I 1’. ,‘ Football Night, which was formerly an His Excellency, the Most Rev. Andrea , annual occasion, was revn'ed this year. Cassulo, Papal Delegate to Canada, re- On the night just before the Christmas Holidays the students gathered in the gym cently v isited Assumption. Arriving'j' to w itness the athletic awards. J. Oakley. oran, coach of the Junior High, School the afternoon, he was welcomed by captain of‘this year’s Varsity squad, acted team, then gave out the letters to his faculty and entire student body";

‘as chairman. After reviewing the activi— deserving w arriors. Much of the credit sembled in; the ,college chapel «

v ties of'the Purple eleven, he called upon for the success of the team went to his FatherM ‘ Donald .‘assured him 'of Father McGee to award numerals and. let— assistant, Mr.” Desjarlais, he insisted. VL; ters to‘those who had earned them. Father Gosselin, Howard, Griffin. Jordan, H 'MgeG'ee‘ explained the qualifications nec- Bryans; 'Lepin o‘i ‘ ' t win a__letter, stressing the fact 'Was not Just for mechanical.abil- ‘ hat they were given; but-{rather for ‘' ' h 'os’e

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argue correctly from premises which are EDUCATION, AGAIN! fundamentally insane. “How true Arnold "0, w hat learning is!"— Nurse in “Ro— Lunn’s w ords in “The Flight From Rea— meo and Juliet." son" w ere borne upon my mind on New With It). J. \\'h_\'tc's scintillating indict— Year's Day, as I encountered a charming mentf o modern education in the Novem— little Behaviourist fresh from a large ber issue of this paper, I express strong ' Published once a month by the students of State University. sympathy. However, it would have been Assumption College “Making any resolutions?" I asked him. Subscription Rates $1.00 a year better had he first defined what education “To Halifax with such stuff?” I do not ris o should be; then. it would be more The Staff believe in free will.” simpleo t show wherein the present sys— "But, this is New Years!" tems i a sorry failure. At the same time. FACULTY ADVISOR: “New Years or not, I do not have to Father S. Murphy, C.S.B., M.A. Mr. \Vliyte prc—supposcs that the purpose EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: follow the outmoded superstitions of a of a college is not to “turn out men to F. lynn, ’35 less enlightened age!” ngrope i a mental fog—fitted only for a ASSOCIATES: ‘ “Of course, you don't; that's because flife o theory—for a utopian civilization." P. Gibb, ’36; T. Bacon, ’36; II. V. Elliot, ’37 you have free will! You are perfectly This certainly has a pleasant smack of TREASURER: freeo t follow the assinine superstitions of truth about it. W. Riley, . . our age.” Education, to my notion, should make ADVERTISING MANAGER: He did not seem to laugh at all; he used a man fit company for himself. should A. Liddell, ’35 eto b so quick to see a point; apparently ASSOCIATES: . bring out as well as put in. Modern edu- M. Levasseur, ’35; G. Farrell, ’35; M. Coughlni, ‘36 his sense of humor was not functioning. cation fails lamentably in these three C.. P Hannick, ’38: J. Conley, ‘38: E. J. White. '38. I quoted Professor Broad's description respects. Man is only fit company for CIRCULATION MANAGER: of Behaviorism, “an example of those himself w hen he is in the state of grace E. McCarthy, ’35 theories w hich are so preposteroust before God. The average educator nei- ASSOCIATES: , silly that only very learned men could ther teaches that nor takes it for grant- B. Naas, ’35; G. Rossettie. ’36; A. DelPapa, 36 have thought of them." He seemed still ed. There is a Hades of a lot of putting HUMOR EDITOR: more perplexed. Just then, I happened J. Oakley, ’35 in—I mean, cramming the mind with to slip on the ice and in grabbing 011 to facts; but too often they are the unim— ASSOCIATES: him for support brought him down with A.. J Darcy, ’35; F. Ryan, ’36 portant facts. The greatest, the. most real, SPORT EDITOR: me.e W both indulged in unseemly laugh- the most important reality is God; now, G. Aitchison, ’35 ter.t I seemed so funny. We would not the average university graduate today is ASSOCIATES: have laughed at two horses falling; but going from his Alma Mater mentally be- O. Reichardt, ’35; T. O’Connell, ’37 this w as a case of the fall of man; and yfuddled b “loads of learned lumber" to- ALUMNI EDITOR: man has dignity. tally ignorant.of who he is, why he is F. Doyle, ’35 I11 a moment I was up; that helped him. ASSOCIATE: here, and the Author and goal of life. He thanked me; which was one more evi- Modern education fails to “bring out;" W. Murphy, ’37 fdence o his free will. as I told him. He HIGH SCHOOL EDITOR: sit i too preoccupied with the wrong sort J. Sell, ’38 smiledn i earnest as he walked off. Give of “ putting in.” Educators—mis—educators CLASS REPORTERS: him a w hile longer and he‘ll be all right. who are ignorant of the prime truths of J. Cavanaugh, R. S. Allen, G. Rau, B. Bryans, The "dumb certainties of experience" and life are especially prone to fail in this re— V. Thompson T‘laughter," two of God‘s choicest gifts, gard. They imply that man is not made will eventually crnsli the preposterotis to the image of God. that he has no soul. nonsense taught in all seriousness by Thinking is silent talking. There is no I’H.D‘s w ho in their hearts must know free w ill. Hence. thinking does decline; EDITORIAL COMMENT r, better. moral training is ignored. Catchwords Meanwhile, I resolve ...... to work, play replace arguments. People believe in edu- and pray harder. I resolve ...... but I‘ll cation w ith a capital “E,” Progress with need God's grace, for I'm a fallen man. “I HEREBY RESOLVE . . .. .l” a capital “P,” “Democracy” with a capital —ROBERT KEENAN ’40 "1)," never stopping to question what As far as it can be accurately observed, these are. They glibly speak of freedom New Year‘s Resolutions are common only when they mean enslavement——to sensu— KENTON KILMER ality, debauchery, the seven deadly sins. amongen; m to wit, among Christians and being still Tempus fugit! And how rapidly! The But their consciences are soothed by post-Christians — the latter changing names. "Self-expression" sounds though other day I happened to be mooching somewhat Christian in sentiment, through the well-stocked Assumption li- better than fornication; “rugged individ— increasingly more atheistic in ideas. 1 brary. Two volumes of,]oyce Kilmer's ualism" is more pleasant in association like New Year‘s resolutions for one rea— met mygaze. I glanced through some of than daninable'injustice. Thus the igno— ble experiment has gone on. sont a least; they provide an almost uni- his beloved poems, such as “The House With Nobody In It"; “Trees”; “The But, strictly speaking, modern educa- versal indication of man's freedom. Peacemaker"; “ Multiplication.” Among tions i not to be blamed—a mere abstrac- Canines, felines, bovines. of the highest his last letters, from over-seas there was tion expressed in a few letters of the al— "I. Q.‘s" never make resolutions at New oneo t his spouse, Aline, and one to his phabet. The mis-educators are to blame: Years for the obvious reason that they seven y ear old son, Kenton, commending you and I are to blame. Education still lack the power to make them at any time. him for learning how to serve Mass so remains to be rescued from the blind who Walt Whitman. one of the fathers of young. are trying to lead the less blind. A civil— “Free Verse,” in a poem professed to "What's Kenton doing now?" you ask. ization u sually gets just what it deserves. envy the beasts in so far as they never mI a not too certain. But I do know that Whenever I look at the mess of modern groaned ovér their _sins. Surely Walt he w as graduated not so long ago from St. education, I strike my breast in humility: must have realized that the beasts did not Marys, Kansas; that he has reviewed apparently w e deserved and are getting groan over their sins because they did not books for certain periodicals; that he New “ CHEERIO or 1939” have any sins; they had no sins, because seemso t have some of the talent of his without intellect and free will they had no illustrious “ pere” and “mere.” Evidence! WHITHER HUMANITY ? fpower o sinning. We might also add Here's a Christmas poem by Kenton Kil- How long did Grecian culture thrive that they have no power of practising vir- mer w hich appeared in several periodicals after its religion began to evaporate? otue, n chance of meriting reward. If one under the title, “At The Crib." Modern research is finding out that Soc- is going to set out to envy, why stop at rates, Plato, and Aristotle, not to men- the beasts? Better envy cabbages. They His tiny, wax-pink fingers Like y oung vine-tendrils curled, tion other honoured names would not have do not weep for their sins; neither do been w hat they were, if it had not been There lies the Vine whose vintage mushrooms, nor dandelions — and for a for the religious tradition behind them. very good reason. They all lack the Will bring life to the world. powerf o making New Year's resolutions. Caeser Augustus, that great man, did his “His eyes, bright sparkling, radiant. obest t restore Roman culture, but his I gravely fear that their New Years is Give promise of the light success w as short-lived, because the virile flat, stale and unprofitable; their chance f. O heavenly truth, triumphant freligion o the old Romans had been sup- of even knowing that it is New Years Over the dark of night. yplanted b a materialistic and rather low and not the Fourth of July is even slim- philosophy of life. And we find the last mer than that of the half—baked jaded His soft white hair will darken To brown—gold of ripe grain. few spiritual prophets of Rome deprecat- Babbitf o 1934 who has boozed the old ing the sad and hopeless confusic'm that year out. His flesh, at times of harvest Will give us life again. was Rome. Our civilization must pay the “God gave us dialectics to refute the same penalty if it insists in travelling errorsf o men who‘argue incorrectly from His w arm red mouth will open down the same tortuous and dark path of sane prcmieses. He gave us laughter, and To speak the word of love, destruction. Our noblest men. too. will "the dumb certainties of experience‘ as He lies there, smiling, silent. be turned against the sorry path to which -our only adequate answer to those who As Mary bends above. God-less materialism ‘will lead. V ‘

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ATTENTION ALUMNI! FATHER PETPIREN WRITES PERSONALITIES (lfficers and Directors of the Assump« FROM CHINA Jimmy Burns The old students of a dozen years or so I tion Alumni Association have launched a American Catholic lioreign Missions driveo t secure a complete roster of all Maryknoll would have looked at you in amazement Sliing'ishu, Korea if y ou happened to ask who Jimmy Burns former Assumption students. This is no December 1, 1934 twas. I would be just about as serious 'easy task, since we have students here, Dear Editor asf i you walked into your neighborhood there, and everywhere. Success in this Dear Friend: barber—shop and feigned complete igno— matter depends largely upon you, Mr. ‘A Merry Christmas and a Happy New rance as to the identity of President Alumnus. Unless you—and every one of yYear'. M 'sincerest wish is that the Christ Roosevelt, Father Coughlin, or Babe you-co—operate'with u s in this undertak— Child w ill bless you and yours on His Ruth. ing, the future will be black. Assumption Birthday, and throughout the coming Jimmy had been an almost essential part never failed us. Are we to fail her now? year.n O Christmas Day my Christians of “ Assumptionism”——if I may coin the Understand. that there is no personal and Catechumens,,now numbering about word~for about ten years or more. As a gain. It is rather a personal pride in our 1301), v ill unite their prayers with mine, Alma Mater that motivates this action. member of the Rhetoric (now plain Sec- asking God to bless you for your kindly Collectively, the work will become simpli— ond Arts) he had been responsible for fied. Our plan is an earnest appeal to interest in us. “wangling” more holidays out of the re— every former student who reads this ar- This y ear is my decennial~ten years of luctant Superior than any man before or ticleo t send to the secretary the names nservice o the mission field. Our Society and addresses of those students who live since. That alone should have perpetu~ rules permit a vacation at home this year, within the confines of his parish, commu— ated his memory, had he not been an ex- nityr o memory. You might add that the and I hope to be able to return in the traordinary athlete and wholesome per- annual fee is the negligible sum of one Spring. Naturally I look forward with sonality par excellence as well. dollar—no more—no less. This fee is as— eager joy to seeing my parents, relatives sessed only to cover the cost of paper and After his departure from Assumption, and friends again, and the visit to the postage. It is particularly upon the later he “ told it to the marines" till the world editions of students that we wish to stress homeland w ill also afford an opportunity had been safe for democracy on Nov. 11, the fact that it is they who should show to renew myself physically and spiritually. enthusiastic efforts in this drive. If every— During the past twelve months sev- 1918. A little later he was elected as the one w ill do his part. the secretary's office eral noteworthy mission works were youngest member of the Michigan legis- wille b swamped with mail within a few started. Two schools for the neglected laturen i its history. days. \Ve'll be going places, and soon At present he is an Investigator in the the Assumption Alumni Association will children of the very poor—one of them in \Nayne County Building and aims to toss .take its rightful place among other asso- the basement of the Church. About five ciations of a similar character. Assump— his hat in the Democratic nominations for hundred children attend day and evening a higher office soon. Not long ago your tion w ill be broadcast far and wide, ad— rovmg reporter met him and Harry Heil- vertised extensively in diverse ways. Re- classes, and a number of them will be mant a the Wayne County Building. Jim- nsult: a increased enrollment — the chief ready for baptism in the spring. A group mys i a hundred percent loyal to his Alma aimf o any loyal alumni association. \Nhat of Christian children are also being. pre— oMater, s much so that all his many a bang-over! pared now for First Holy Communion. friends are forced to admire, from Jim- Are y ou with us? Sure— ! Sure !— a thousand times sure! In two of the out—mission stations meet— my's accounts, life at Assumption. Be- ing places for Christians and Catechu- fore leaving, 1 was introduced by Jimmy EXTRA! to \Valter Dunnesan alumnus of the VVar- mens w ere also provided, and in all the ’iig homecoming, Commencement week. tdays a Assumption, one of the best base- Best ever! Details later. villages and country districts large groups ball playcrs ever to grace our diamond. ADOLPH BOUCHER, ‘0‘). are coming into the Church. now a successful lawyer with ambitions to become a judge. mm” ‘ fl ~ _, Officef o Secretary. A dispensary under the direction of Sr. 834 Penobscot Bldg, Mercy. :1 medical doctor, assisted by two pCome u andsee us some time, Jimmy. Detroit, Mich. “Holtday—wanghng” is as dead as the do- other Maryknoll Sisters. is another new (lo now. Tell us how it worked in the old work w hich, through charity to the sick . (lays. PERSONALS poor. is proving a valuable means of Mr. Edgar Clement, B.A.. of East V’Vind— bringing many into the True Church. sor. has received his “big chalice” in Ham— Alln i all this has been the most event— OUDO Y KNOW? _ ilton. Best \Vishesl ful and fruitful year since coming to the (1) That the present Master of Disci- missions. Financial burdens, however, pline (of Sacred Heart Seminary) Rev. E.‘ were correspondingly heavy, and after Hannick,Ph.D., w as a rec—master a “A J. Chas. Murray, the “Blond Adonis" of using all the funds I could gather I was sumption'a couple’ of decades or, so go other y ears, has taken unto himself a obligedo t borrow to pay'some outstand- (2) That “Liberty” in connection wi spouse. Congratulations! Mr. and Mrs. Now w ith only nine US. ..ing expenses. its articles‘on Father. Coughlin has, W dollarso t my namé I must obtain the occasion to enlighten the United, Sta "Doc" Ballard has been presented with wherewithal for the passage back HOME. and Canada on the inherent worth of As another.~1ittle girl. He claims that his girls The journey will take abOut eight days sumption College. H V , oought t balance the boys of Andy Mc— by train and twelve on a steamshi‘, with (3). That Rev. John Finnegan, Ph.D Guire and Denny Denean. ' an average daily expenditure of £20.00— tso i looks as if I am still a long way from onef o the brilliant members of the catho- home. , lic University of America, Washington, spent several years with us after the war. V Thanking y ou for your many kind— Dr. Finnegan was then, as a recent visit COMPL‘IMENTS' nesses, and asking the Divine Babe of tor from the Catholic University says. {Bethlehem to grant you His choicest thate h is now, “the incarnation of So ~ OF blessings, I am,‘ (4) That Dr. Vashalde, C.S.B., Ph.D. DR. CHARLES» OKUN Sincerely y ours in Christ, former professor here, is professor ROY. D PETPIREN" Oriental languages at the Catholie' ' . DENTAL SURGEON ' and one of the leading Egyptoligist W! the w orld. ~ ’, ‘ 2220' Douglas Bldg. . (5) That Rev. J. T. Muckle, (3253., andotte, E Cor. .Ouellette The Alumni Expresses Its Professor of palaeology at thez‘I‘ns‘

Windsor, "Ont. r Sincere Sorrow at the Death of of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, ' - Superior .11ereéhas recently ’ Dr. Wallace Beasiey. illiportzitit "hoo‘k f.‘ 3 Algazel." s -

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“A VISIT TO ETERNITY” A BELL RINGS “HELL’S BELLE’S" I w as seized last night by the bird of A bell rings shrilly, and suddenly the “Dante Vivo." by Giovanni l’apiiii, fancy and taken away to a distant land. myriad scrapings and coughings which‘ fOne o the greatest litteratenrs of ltaly. This journey in reality took but a few characterize a congregation, are silent. was recently acclaimed by the “English Mercury," seconds, but those countless millions of The air is tense with expectancy; the hit the "Mercury" reviewer was amazed. miles that 1 passed through would put the muffled mundane sounds which seep in at something: ordinary imagination to shame. At the from the outside are unheeded. All eyes, ** * fend o this breath-taking journey, my all minds and all thoughts are focused on She found Papini's belief in Eternal Jus— eyes fell upon a sight that I shall never the marvel about to take place. tice “ disconcerting,” forget. There. in the lingering shadows The bell rings again. There is an al- Fore h had discussed the possibility of of another world, I beheld as it were an- most imperceptible rustle through the Dante's damnation, - Warm? other race. This‘race strange to relate Thoughe h strongly opined that the Flor— bandf o worshipers, akin to the soft stir— entine today was made up of those souls, who as we 'ingf o nature before dawn. Slowly the is probably in Purgatory or Heaven. say, have passed beyond. There they were white disc is raised above the head of the * >1: * surrounded by what I termed a twilight priest, like the fair form of the sun push- Like many of her neo—pagan contempo- of happiness. Upon closer examination ing over the rim of the horizon to pro— raries, I learned that care and trouble did not claim a new day. For a moment all else Miss modernist book—reviewer apparently existn i their happy world, and instead is obliterated. The profession of Thomas Possesses an instinctive dread of death And a hellish, if vague, phobia of Hell. Celestial ideas and practices dominated echoes and re-echoes in the adoring minds * ** this, their great eternity.’ These souls in the presence of the Divine. thrive not on the crude materials of sub- A third time the bell rings. The Host So that strong suggestions at times, stance, but rather they feast upon the is w ithdrawn from sight. A wave of By poten‘t pensive artists, That certain uncomfortable realities are spiritual foods of virtue and grace, being sound among the worshipers seems to real, entertained as it were by the beauty and tellf o a Spirit which has brought contact with them. God again has walked With ls, indeed. not too assuaging. splendour of God. The wonders of this Hence, Death and Hell are unpopular; HisuPeople. beautiful land cannot be described, with Notwithstanding, Death keeps on striking Finally, in the test of rationality, he is modernists iriy w eak mind and limited vocabulary. one With St. Thomas in affirming the mu- \Vho. ostrichvlike. try to avoid it greementtual a Unfortunately my stay in this heavenly of natural sciences and In a peculiarly unprepared manner. supernatural revelation; world w as cut short. And so I was ush— He endeavours a 4: * to render more digestible for unbelievers ered back to this world, back to where what Mr. Chesterton calls “the audacity And after Death? —\\7ell! beauty is only an imaginative quality, of the act of faith" that is demanded It’s far from clear that all will backo t where happiness is only momen— of be well. them. So, why think that out? tary. The pain of disappointment pierced , The Death! Responsibility! Forget my heart as I compared this material value of the book lies not in the it all! world w ith that happy state of those souls fact that he has expounded many new ** * fmeans o storming who have passed beyond. the bulwarks of skep- Hurl tiCis‘m, thyself into the maelstrom of Jazz- but that he has made the old mania; REFLECTION means available to a far greater number Life‘s for self-expression, eople. of p The dust not repression; and cobwebs of age Let more" have and more “smoke get in your. .RESTORATION——By ROSS HOFFMAN been carefully brushed away, and eyes; the Vigour and freshness of its atmos- “\Vho knows? —« Ah, “Cocktails We smile at the application of experi— ender phere r it exceptionally attractive. for twp.” mental science to the mysteries of our buch promise warrants our expectation «A. QUILL yFaith b many moderns in general, and a he of t great future success of the author. prominent English churchman in .particu— G. WHYTE, C.S.B. lar. But here, within the very fold, is a 'man w ho puts that holy Faith to almost . scientific tests. Ross J. S. Hoffman, a young professor of history at New York University, and a recent convert. in his Compliments of first endeavour in the field of Catholic

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ASSUMPTION COLLEGE SPORTS. look the likeliest choices for the “All VARSITY HOCKEY For the past month the record of the City" team for this year. Assumption man— Returning to the hockey arena, it seems various I’urple teams has been the best in aged to take the measure of Walkerville in a scheduled game, but since propero t mention some of the men who the history of the school. The two major the VValk- have been most prominent in the great ervillans have yet \l'arsity squads can look behind them and to win a start, the vic- showing of the ice—men. Since the start see no tory loses much of its impressiveness. Ken— blemish, the basketball five, with of the season the Assumption team has traightnine s nedy Collegiate and Sandwich also wins, and the pucksters took undergone many changes. Jackson and boasting the measure of the seniors, but by much eight starts in league competi— Meadows are among the best of these re- smaller scores. The Sandwich tilt might tion without a setback. l’laymg' in organ— placements, and have been outstanding in have been much different but for the ized hockey for the first time, Father .recent games. At the beginning of the severity of the official. No fewer than 26 Walsh's strong sextet won the first half year Jackson was attending Kennedy Col- of their schedule in a romp. and from pre- fouls w ere called during the game, with twof o the l’urples taking an enforced legiate, but with the increased interest in sent indications will be at the top when the the. ice sport, he decided to change schools second half is ended. To date they have rest v ia the penalty route. and take advantage of the educational fa— won their first two games in the final sec— * :k 4: cilities at Assumption. How much harm tionf o the schedule, including one win Father Guinan's juniors are making his departure did his old school will IIEVEI' over their strongest rival, the \Vindsor— much more impression on the teams in be known, but his arrival at Assumption \Valkerville Vocational six. the junior division of the city loop. Their surely gave. the pucksters a very valuable * 9.: * most remarkable showing was the surprise addition to their ranks. He has the hard— oNot t be outdone by their puckchasing fdefeat o the Kennedy kids at Kennedy. est shot in the entire league, and his size —fellow students, the cagers have been d0- The blue and gold quintet, coached by and ability make him one of- the most ing “ right noble" on their own part. So George Chapman, one of the old boys of feared men on the team. Jack Adams, of . far they have managed to avoid the sting the school, was picked as the best team etroitthe D Red \Vings, picked him as of defeat in any game, league or exhibi— in the league, and had been unbeaten up estthe b prospect in amateur ranks in this tion. Perched on the top rung of the to the meeting with Assumption. At the nddistrict. a staked his reputation that he Michigan—Ontario Conference, they are in endf o the regular time the score stood at— e would b in the major league in four a good position to look serenely over the a deadlock, but a strong finish won the years. His running mate, Harold Mead- restf o the reason. None of the Confer- day for the Purples and kept them in the ows is not far behind him in ability. ence games so far‘have been taken by the running for the title. They have the word ggressiveSpeedy. a and fairly heavy, Mead- wide margins of last year, but they are ofo n less an authority than Eddie Daw— ows is at his best when the going is tough justs a acceptable in spite of that fact. son, coach of the Paterson juniors, that est. Against the heavy \\"ayne team, Mead— the w inning team will lose four games. If ows w as in the thick of every rush. match- thiss i the case, the juniors have a fine ing body~checks with the best of them HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL chance to cop the crown. The toughest and a constant thorn in the side of the In the High School ranks, the boys had game is played, the Gordon McGregor Detroit goalie. 0n the defense, he is an tadept a little misfortune. Entered in the strong— juniors w inning a close one at their own a stopping dangerous rushes, and est league in this section of the country, gym. This means that the Purples will when on the attack has a hard shot from they have not quite equalled the calibre of have most of their remaining games on ingthe w and a beautiful backhand that the opposing fives in the B.C.S..S.A. Pat— their home floor, or on regulation courts. has caused opposing net tenders anxious moments. itherson, w one of the best High School Somef o the credit for the showing of the teams the City has had in its ranks for juniors should go to Enright McCarthy, some time, is leading the league without who has been devoting much of his time NEWCOMERS mPROVE efeat.a d On the last meeting with As— to helping Father Guinan in his coach; The main topic of conversation at the ,..u—s sumptionbthcy handed the Purples ,the in: duties. ' - games has been the amazing slump of 1;: eatingworst b of the year, dropping the Matt Sheedy from the form he showed at collegians to the tune of something like “David knew nothing of the space—time tartthe s of the year. At Detroit he scored 39-7. Father Donlon's charges couldn’t continuum nor of “light ‘years”, but he ten points in the great 16-1 win over hestop t rushes of Neal and Farmer, the knew that the heavens declare the glory the Titans, and in almost every one of the utstandingtwo o men for the maroon and of God, a scientific fact which some of early tilts he was the best man on the hiswhite. T is,not,'to be wondered at our scientists are in danger of forgetting." ice. Although thereis no doubt that the when it is considered that these two boys ——Arnold Lunn other teams in the league are on the watch I for the red-head, herhas the speed and trickiness to be much more effective than has been/the ,case‘for the last four games: s'nOtThis i a personal opinion, but a sum- Wilkinson’s Sport Shin f mary- o the various writers who have overingbeen c the games both in Detroit 333'Ouellette Avenue indsor.and W Still the most popular player in the league, he is losing a lot of olorhis c for the experts in the press box. COMPLETE SPORTS OUTFITTERS hoJarvis, w is the most improved player on the Purple squad, has been the target BADMINTON, HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, VOLLEY BALL of some of the most complimentary ' _ HEADQUARTERS C.C.M.’S , re—y fmarks o the Detroit critics. He has been v HOCKEY SKATES and UNIFORMS the spark plug in the assault ’ - V , CHENILLE and FELT CRESTS on rival nd teams, a his tremendous speed makes onstant him a SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR STUDENTS c threat. O’Neill and Doran PHONE 3 - 7411 WINDSOR, ONT. are also looking particularly good after an unimpressive start, . , h _ (Other Sport News on Page 8)

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The editor of this page rises to remark thatf i these jokes are not as funny as THEME SONGS formerly (F) it is due to the fact that he I. Hurry up to chapel in the morning— had nothing to do with making it up. "\\chout a shirt." 2.o T the Seniors who are sure of grad— Onef o our dear professors says that uating«“Congratulate Me." college students are like coffee— 98% of the active ingredients are taken from the 3. Crannning for exams—«“W'hataNight." bean. 4. Tip for exams——“I)on't Let It Bother You." Billie W'ilson had a goat, 5. For that English spot that doesn't And a cold that was unbearable, comeo t mind—«"The Very Thought of Billie couldn‘t smell very well You." ' And the goat too, smelt terrible. (i.o T the fellow across the aisle—“SO Help Me." Andrew J. Darcy, our brilliant asso- ciate editor, says that pan-handling is a 7. After the exams—“I Never Had a touching occupation. Chance." 8. The day after the reports come out— JOJo Whyte likes Assumption so well "\\'hat a Difference a Day Makes." ethat h went home all broken up. 0. The club—rooni~—"Snloke Gets In Your Eyes." Guys w hose room—mates do not smoke findt i tough when they are broke. SHAKESPEARE’S MOTORING It seems as though Herbie Murphy is 7—’ THE monume-i l 7Arm. >‘.m ‘ goingo t be a surgeon. He's quite a cut— STORY up now. mam ‘ BETORE..... { “1 l ike the new tire—excellently." (Much Ado About Nothing: Act III, Scene IV.) Fred Flynn, to Enright McCarthy: ow “0. h the wheel becomes it.” (Ham— ‘ “What is that bird-cage for. Mac?" let: Act I\r', Scene V.) Above is pictured Joe Colege who has Mac:0 “ that's for the homing pigeon "To climb steep hills requires slow pace I sent my girl for her birthday." just written home "Dear Ma & Pa: Am at first." (Henry VIII: Act II, Scene I.) studying very hard these days." W'hence is that knocking?" (Macbeth: SPORT FLASHES ActI. I Scene I.) ' Football is a writhing game. “Will this gear never be mended?" Professional w restling is just a catch as (Troilus and Cressida: Act 1. Scene I.) catch can existence. “A horse! a horse! My kingdom for a Soccer—Somebody‘s always kicking. Kinghorse!" ( Richard: Act V, Scene V.) Track—It covers a lot of ground. Tennis—-—Just a racquet. Hockey—A slipping "sport. CHAPMAN’S rominent A p do ct or says everyone A Basketball-“It’s a hooping good sport, akeshould t a hot bath every day—Brother, Go1f~lt's coming to the. fore. were you ever a boarder? MEAT MARKET

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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DIES ODE TO A BASKETBALL PLAYER ()ne). 1 lost one of their cheerful class— He rims down the floor with all his mates shortly before Christmas in the might. fdeath o Roy Hennin. Roy knew that he Ready to play fair or ready to fight. was going to die and met the Grim Dc— He jumps up with the ease of a frog stroyer bravely. fortified by the Last Sac— And with very little effort. he sinks a “dog.” raments. Somehow in the presence of Death when it has struck down youth. He has to be skilful or he loses his place. Maybe in sorrow, the words of the soldier-poet. Sassoon. but not in disgrace. He does not give up as some people keep floating in my memory: would, "It hurts my heart to watch you beneath But strives harder and harder to make the candle's glittering gold: himself good. You are, too young to tall asleep forever." How I admire those well,‘ performed But two truths rescue our hopes: God's plays. divine. providence I'Illt‘s the world: no man fut they require the practice of many falls asleep forever. Death is no victor. (lays. The grave has no permanent sting. Many times they are despairing. to say the least. Ilut they are repaid when a harvest they reap. ‘ FROMHE T LOCKER ROOM J. EANSOR. THE TUGBOAT.

Two \vell—knmvn day scholars. "Doc" .\n old murky tugboat Morand and John \\'all. fearing for their Came sailing down the hight: health. have become boarders. and have She had sailed for many years takenp u their new homes in the locker And w asn't watertight. room. They are rapidly recovering under \\‘ith small. strong. puffing engines, the fresh air system which the rcc~masters ugboatThe t sailed have installed. along. ~ hen :\n(l w 'twas dinner time on board— Joe \\'oodeoek. once of the locker They didn't have a gong. room. has moved to the third flat, but he The captain was a sturdy man, continually comes back to borrow a cigar— ette. _ And owned his dear old tug; And when he did but speak the ()ne of the word, rec—masters has a large col— The engines they would chug. flection o hockey sticks which he has confiscated from the smaller set. and it That little hard-worked tuguboat umored is r A recent action photo of R. Allen (call that he intends to sell them me “ garcon”) Could pull along with case to Father Walsh at half price. A large and foolish freighter, And never even wheeze. Charles Nanry and Pete Griffin agreed A. \VATSONS. not to comb their hair until they had re— ceived a letter from one of their admir— room is still holding on to Trout and ers. After a period of two weeks. how— hoSalmon. w arrived from Cleveland a As high School students we can boast ever, they have given up in disgust. few days ago. of one thing at least. Though the Arts nonopolizcdhave Mr. Hinzy. the noted bell-ringer, has Since “ Pete” Griffin has taken his i much of the news and humour in the installed a radio in his locker. and the headquarters to Hotel Dieu. Nanry has “P. & W." it is largely. H. S. subscriptions locker room boys all JOIII in on the morn— been walking about the locker room in which run the paper. ing program. It has added considerably a daze. seeking vainly roportionThe p of H. S. students sub- for his brother— scribing to the bedlain. and starts off the school in—crime. ' to the. “P. & is large. By (lay perfectly. comparison, the Arts must be apathetic. Hardly a week passes without some hallenge\\'e c them to get as high a per- The locker room sends gentleman from its best wish— the third flat coming to centage of their number to subscribe as es for a speedy recovery to "Bob" Kee— spend a few days in the locker room to we have. nan and "Pete" Griffin. regain his failing health. Checkers has become the most out— Ver Hoven is so deeply in love that It seems that star footballers easily standing game of the locker room. with he has a picture of his admirer glued to succumb to appendicitis. First there was aces like Trout. Ver Hoven, and Ster- his mirror so that he can look at it while oyle."Joe" D a Minim highlight, fol- ling leading the way. putting those lovely locks in place. You ylowed b that tower of strength of the have probably noticed that his hair igh Senior H team, "Bob" Keenan. _tIt seems that Father McIntyre is Just has always combed. the other day the flashy Junior back. given up his fish hobby, but the locker J. ENDER. “Pete” Griffin, joined “Bob” at Hotel Diell. Jr. D‘AY.

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VARSITY BASKETBALL "The hammer of the geologist may re- PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST veal the secrets of the rocks, but the writ— Defending champions of the Michigan— The finals for the Public Speaking (011— I ingn o the rocks bears mute witness. not Ontario Conference, the \‘arsity eagers are. test. open to the boys of the Separate onlyo t the incredible age of our earth, doing quite nicely in the race this year. Schools in the llorder Cities, will be held s but also to One who. was before the l Echind the fine work of Rogin. Meretsky, in the College ()ym on March 7th. This Sherman, Nantais and l)esjarlais, Father mountains w ere brought forth." contest is sponsored by the Alumni Club. i —.\rnold Lunn. , McGee's lads faced a hard schedule of >t< * nine games in good style. Starting the "llias must be allowed for in estimat— season, they ran up some tremendous (‘().\l I’LIM liXTS scores, and almost played themselves out ing the value of evidence, but not in esti- of the consideration of the fans. Grow— mating the validity of arguments." ()li ing accustomed to 40 and 50 points a —.’\rnold Lumi. game, the onlookers began to think the x< ** Adelman’s Underselling team “ off” if they failed to throw them “Naturalism. in other words. is a polite in a mile a minute. Naturally, when the‘ synonym for ;\theism."—.\rnold Lunn. Dept. Store team began to get into the tougher games >t< >t< * “Naturalism is bankrupt. It offers us they couldn't match that hurricane scor— 54-78 PITT ST. EAST ing and the totals dropped. Loyola, which a u niverse without significance, a creed without a code, and a life without hope." came here billed as a good team, gave one Windsor, Ont. of the best displays seen in this gym. ——Arnold Lunn. Their coolness under fire and the calm unhurried w ay they went through their duties w on the admiration of the packed house that attended the tilt. Very few of Next Best to Home the spectators thought that the Purplcs deserved the victory, but there is no doubt Sheridan Restaurant Try that the Varsity played an inspired game in the final minutes. and clearly earned THE LINCOLN HOTEL the v erdict on that showing. The next few 42? games saw the whole team in an unex- plainable slump. Nothing seemed to go 401 OUELLETTE AVE. Meals Reasonable just_right, and even teams that should have been beaten by 20 points managed PHONE 3-8322 Courtesy and Service Guaranteed to extend the Purples to the limit. All the Phone 3 - 3 4 l 5 old spirit and team play was lacking, and it w as a very disorganized outfit that took 427 Ouellette Ave. Windsor the floor. In the filial game before this issue goes to press, they came back into form w ith a vengeance, and at a good DIAL 4 - 4 6 3 1 Windsor time. The scene was the Vocational gym. FitzGerald, Macdonald & Company the occasion the first game of the city Chicken, Fish and Frog Chartered Accountants series. The Purples‘ were fighting to retain ARTHUR S. lil'l‘ZGlCRAIJ), CA. the crown they had won last season. Dinners against a team that had just entered the also series, the \\'indsor Y Arrows. A slow Fellow, Michigan Association of start, and then the boys found themselves. DOMINION HOUSE Certified Public Accountants Without going into the harrowing details. Member. American Society Certified sit i sufficient to say that the final score \V.. H BUYER, l’rop. l’uhlic Accountants was 57-22, with the squad clicking in old— and Regular Meals and Lunches time form. On the showing that night H. lx’. MACDONALD. CA. the opposing teams will have their work 50 Sandwich St. Sandwich, Ont. 307 Canada Building cut out to down the Varsity for the title. Rogin is the leading scorer with the total Windsor, Ontario 7of 8 points and is trailed by Meretsky with 79. Sherman has been handicapped in the scoring line by illness, and the type of passing game that he is playing, but Hot Home Made Bread is one of the main cogs in the machine. FRESH FROM .“ 7 _ . I w... ' ERNEST SERAFINI We are Wiser than Dav1d 111 our MOTHER’S KUBBARD knowledge of this world. less wise in so fars a we have denied his knowledge of ' GOOD REPAIR the next world."—-Arnol(l Lunn. DAILYT A 10.00 A.M. ** * 10 Wyandofte St. West The Home of Home-Made Pastries “Our telescopes sweep the skies, but the starsn i their courses still declare the Miss Greta \Vilcox \Vesley gloryf o God and across the face of the PHONE 3 — 7082 firmament the ancient message still stands in letters of fire."———Arnold Lunn.

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Vol. I. Assumption College, Sandwich. Ontario. February. 1935. No. 5 fiISTINGUISHED VISITORS COACH ROGELL . SHANE LESLIE HERE

ORHERE F LECTURE IS NAME NOW NSPEAKS O NEWMAN AND MANNING BISHOP GALLAGHER ACCOMPA- Bill has brought Assumption to the at- NIEDY B FR. COUGHLIN tention oi the sport writers: . On Sunday. March 3. the Lecture "Lakeland, Fla—Although he has been League presented Shane Leslie, Irish poet ln connection with Shane Leslie's lec— in camp only a couple of weeks, Bill Ro— and lecturer. Mr. Leslie is at present ture, the college was further honored by gell, the Tiger shortstop, has bobbed up giving a course of lectures at Notre Dame the presence of His Excellency. Bishop with a new nickname. He is Coach R0— gell now. University and made the trip to Assump- Gallagher and Father Coughlin. .At the Bill w as given the tag when he. ap— tion Saturday, returning to South Bend conclusion of the speech of the evening. peared at the ball park during a recent immediately after his talk. I the Bishop was called upon to say a few cool spell all dolled up in a purple and s'l‘a.king' a his subject,- Cardinals New- ewords. H congratulated the Lecture ‘white sweater bearing the initials of As— man and Manning, Mr. Leslie charmed his nLeague o being able to secure such a sumption College. Inquiry by his team- mates revealed that the fire, chief of 1934 audience w ith the proverbial Irish wit. notable lecturer and went on to recall had become. the hockey coach at Assump— Many amusing stories were told through- somef o his memories of Assumption. lle tion during the winter, so Bill was out the talk, which gave it human appeal. said that he was proud to be numbered promptly given a new title." Mr. Leslie painted a graphic picture of among the alumni of the college and paid The above was taken from a recent De— i the conditions in' the Established Church fine tribute to the work 'done by this in- troit paper and is indicative of Bill's just prior to the Oxford Movement. He stitution. both for \Vindsor and Detroit. whole hearted interest in the affairs of brought out many interesting sidelights Father Coughlin was then asked to Assumption. Not only has he given his in the. characters of the two churchmen, speak. He, too, devoted some of his talk support to all the activities that have extolling at the same. time Bishop Ulla— to the (lays he spent here. Father Cough— benefited immeasurably by his support, thorne. w ho acted in the capacity of in-. termediary between the cardinals. As a lin w as at one time professor of English but now he has given some good publicity sympathizer w ith the trials of the work- and dramatic coach at Assumption. After to his adopted Alma Mater. ing classes, Cardinal Manning claimed v , some humorous references to experiences muchf o the speaker's attention. , He ehere h became serious and spoke feel‘ stressed the importance of the role played ‘ ,iuglyf o the devotion we owe to SLJO- by that dignitary in the famous London :seph. especially during this month of Dock strike. That the two men did not March. The faculty and students of As- get along better was due, Mr. Leslie in— The ovation that followed both the sumption College wish to express sisted, to‘the fact that they were ofenm . Bishop's and Father Coughlin's talk was their sincere condolence to: tirely different temperaments, , n indication of the pride felt by the stu— While the audience was disappointingly dentsn i the achievements of two such dis— Father McIntyre on the death of small, those who did have the privilege of 'jtinguish‘ed 'men and the fact that they his father; ' V hearing Mr. Leslie ‘w’eref deeply apprea * ‘ ' w ent, to Assumption; _. _ Mr. Muhilnll, C.S.B., 0n the death . o'iativef o his enlightening lecture. ‘The Mr.,Paul Martin, a well-known VVind- of his father; , yA’ssumption Lecture League is to beacon- o lawyer, was-chairmantor the evening. C. Hannick on the death of his I g‘ratulated on its success in gettingfsuchr, grandmother; ’ ’ ‘ a speaker on the programme. . The ' bereaved relatives of Leo ‘ Boufford. _ HIGH SCHEEL—l—{AS' .. ._ ;,“‘,SEMINARY DEBATE . STUDENT COUNCIL , ;_ :‘SFMINARY WINS SODALITY. REoRGANIZED ORGANIZATION NEWLY FORMED ming. over from Detroit to engage With the initiative coming entirely =fro’mi ‘ gflie‘_Assumpti011 debaters, the team from ' MEETING-HES) T0 ELECT_ . OFFICERS . the students themselves, a High Schotfl‘. Student Council '.has ‘been‘ forméd.‘ The: superiority. Messrs Bresnahan. Bush. hompSOn, representing the semin— The Blessed Virgin Sodality got off to first meeting was held for the purpose V electing officers. As a result, W. Cough ns tOOk the negative side of the ques— a new start recently when Father Pickett lin w as elected president; Mareitét’te esolvecl‘that the NRA. is sub— called the members together to elect of- ficers for the present term. J. Oakley' Vice-president; _J.. Crowley, Secret~ detrimental." The affirmative was elected prefect; Andrew I. Darcey, treasurei". ‘ i V i Iby, Messrs Lowe, McIntyre, k... ~ ‘ secretary; VF. Flynn and W. Comiskey. Meetings are held once awe College councillors; J. Ender and R. Kee- which thosezproblems‘ of discipline an i’e decision based solely ou'the deportment are discussed" from the stu and .délivery‘df- the various nan. High School councillors. » dents’ standpoint; A'setof ,rules 'oul‘d'have been a difficult It w as decided to hold the meetingS” 'draWn tip, regulating the co ‘ eI h winners; The dectsion every other Tuesday at. 5.00 ‘o’clock. students in the‘ corridors “dim dges w ent to~the v151t0rs because Father Pickett invited the members to periOds. InfractiOns sof, the ‘rule ’dealt w ith by the Studént'Co 11 In suggest those topics which they would present "no special activities‘la" olike t hear discussed atfthe meetings. sponsored by the Council, but pla . “An u rgent appeal was madeg-‘to take an this line fare under" consideration active interest‘iii the Sodality and make ’.""’l‘-h’os, V ommenc e’ h society“ which has always formed showny b ll partiof the tradition‘ . V ’

PURPLEN A D WHI’I‘IC February, 1935. POLITICS \thn a man has grown too old to play “cops and robbers" and practical~jokes EASY ESSAYS alls i not lost——then he can turn to politics By and amidst dignified and time-honoured Published once a month by the students of PETER MAURIN ‘ Assumption College surroundings he may continue to be a Subscription Rates $1.00 a year boyt a heart and may shout at his oppo— The Staff nents, bang desk—tops and spend other Big Shots and Little Shots FACULTY ADVISOR: peoples’ money. America is all shot to pieces Father S. Murphy, C.SZ]5., M.A. Like all other games _therc are tWo since the little shots I EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: oare n longer able F. Flynn, ’35 oteams t politics. These are the Ins and ASSOCIATES: ‘ the Outs, and to distinguish themselves to become big shots. P. Gibb, ’36; ’1‘. Bacon, ’36; H. V. Elliot, ’37 thcy'sitn o opposite sides of the room \Vhen the little shots TREASURER: go W. Riley, C.S.B. with a space between them sufficiently are not satisfied ADVERTISING MANAGER: wideo t exclude any chance of throwing to remain little shots A. Liddell, ’35 and try to become anything w eightier than words at each ASSOCIATES: ' big shots, M. Levasseur, ’35; G. Farrell, ’35; M. Coughlin, '3 other. then the big shots C.. P Hannick, ’38: J. Conley, ‘38: E. J. White. '38, The object of the game is simply that are not satisfied CIRCULATION MANAGER: the Ins try to stay in while the Outs try to remain big shots E. McCarthy, ’35 and try to become ASSOCIATES: to get in. Mathematically the game may bigger shots. B. Naas, ’35; G. Rossettie. ’36; A. Dell’apa, ’36 be explained by the following formula-— HUMOR EDITOR: J. Oakley, ’35 the object of the Ins varies inversely as And w hen the bitr shots become bigger shots ASSOCIATES: the object of the Outs and is a constant. .A. J Darcy, ’35; F. Ryan, ’36 then the little shots SPORT EDITOR: To become a, player requires no special become littler shots. G. Aitchison, ’35 preparation other than the ability to con— ASSOCIATES: vince the public that he can spend their 0. R‘eichardt, '35; T. O’Connell, ’37 ALUMNI EDITOR: money to a better advantage than can Doyle, ’ 35 your opponent. It is not necessary to ASSOCIATE: ., W Murphy, ’37 sayo t whose advantage. For the privi— HIGH SCHOOL EDITOR: legef o playing this game the contestant J. Sell, ’38 CLASS REPORTERS: receives a salary, a race-track pass and J. Cavanaugh, R. S. Allen, G. Rau, B. Bi'yans, an u nlimited amount of abuse. V. Thompson

THE MISSION SOCIETY A Basilian Father, who has had plenty EDITORIAL COMMENT of experience to justify the statement. re— cently declared that the history of Basili— THOUGHTS FOR LENT an schools is filled with the records of “He came unto His own and His own societies that have flourished for a while and then passed out of existence. The received Him not." What a pitiful state— ment for the beloved apostle, St John, to reason for this state of affairs, he added. is that the students have not shown utter. Jesus Christ, King of Kings, who condescended to make reparation for the enough initiative of their own; they have dire grievances of weak man. “Greater always w aited for some member of the love hath no man than to lay down his ofaculty t form a society and having once formed it, they expect him to furnish all lifefor his frienc.” And we claim to love And w hen the little shots God;e w claim to be His children; we the sustaining energy and enthusiasm. become littler shots .assume the priceless name of catholics, Thus, w hen the influence of that particu— because the big shots . become bigger shots, ‘ and pretend to be people of God. Yet, lar priest has been removed, interest in the w ork he has begun dies out. Such has then the. little shots we have not enough spiritual will—power get mad at the big shots. and manly spirit to reject one moment of been the case at Assumption, where the And w hen the little shots the w orld's precious time to visit Jesus in Mission Society is_an outstanding ex— ample. get mad at the big shots, the Blessed Sacrament. 0, how He loves because the big shots The Mission Society was once vigor— ,to see us, and how He embraces our pe— by becoming bigger shots - titions and ejeeulations. Can-you not see ously alivc~so alive that it gave two of make the little shots littler shots 7’His beaming grace ‘pierce the tabernacle its officers to the Foreign Missions, they shoot the big shots door w hen you visit Him? How magnetic Fathers Petripen and Jacques. Now it is fullf o little shots. .e h tabernacle, how soft the kneeling dead——so dead that not even a dollar’can be raised to help Support those same mis- 'Buty b shooting the. bigshots ' ,eh,‘how fast the _time flees, in the ‘ full of‘lit‘tle shots” res-ence ‘ of Jesus. r 7 sionaries. V. the little shots But now glance over His daily visitors. _ The fault is ours. The Mission Society ‘ do not become big “shots; ‘ ‘Out of- an attendance of hundreds of stu- 15 a student organization and,if it is. not they make everything all shot. a success, the blame falls Aonus. Fathers-_ . , ts’who are practicaly underthe same reef," only about '0ne:fifth ’ever stop on- Petripen and Jacquesmas students were ' And I don't like the perilsom'e : way. of’ life ,to express a active members} ‘We will“'niot'.all follow to see the little shots rule; love for- their Heavenly Father. in etheir"‘=ef_ootsteps becoming mission: shoot the big shots ariesz jgscan imitate their. e-Xample by fullf o little shots, ' L s id‘ of ,Ass bringing back to_;life'. a defunct organiza- thats i why r 0 'r tio‘n. Im a trying to shoot w'IIet not be saidithat what they have both the big shots \ dOne We. can not do! and the little shots ‘fullf o hot shots.

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ALUMNI BANQUET TO HONOR MISSIONARY WRITES FROM INDIA GRADUATES Letter quoted in Full Frank McIntyre Among Speakers l NEWS FROM ASSUMPTION Father Donlon recently received a letter On Monday. May 6. the .\ssumption J.from N Pollard. S.J..\vlio is at present , ALUMNI CLUB .\lumni Club will hold its annual banquet in India. \\'c give it in full: ‘ to honor this year's graduating class. “Khrist Raja School. The Assumption Alumni Club provided sThis i a feature always looked forward Bettiah, Chaniparaii Dist, nso i c great entertainment with their toy b the students of Assumption and India. "Show Boat Revue." proveso t be one of the outstanding events “Dear Father: *: a * in the social calendar of each graduating I have at last got settled down over Assumption A l u m n i Club deserves class. Besides being an opportunity to praise for the way in which the Separate welcome the Seniors. the Alumni Club has heret a my new home on the mission. and thought I would drop a short line School ()ratorical Contest was conducted. sponsored this affair in order to show Jean Paul Morand of Riverside. was the their appreciation for the work done by backo t let you know what things are like over here. I sent an account of my trip winner and thereby receives a year's tui— the Basilian Fathers. tiono t Assumption. This y ear's banquet can claim special oback t Toledo. and you will get a copy * >2: * oft i from there soon. attention because of the fine program to The last meeting of the Club brought be presented. Frank McIntyre. the Cap— “Our mission here comprises the two provinces of Biliar and ()risso. just north out0 5 members. Let's get in line for the tain Henry of Show Boat Hour. is to be next one and have another good turnout. the main speaker. His ready willingness of iengal. and about 300 miles north— westf o Calcutta. As a rough estimate. Don't forget — April 29, Prince Edward to come is another evidence of the active Hotel. 8:15. parte h has always taken in Alumni af— 1 w ould say that it occupies a territory >t< * considerably smaller than ()ld Ontario, yet fairs. (’)thcr speakers will be Bishop Kidd Here is an opportunity for every mem- of London; Very Rev. T. A. McDonald. has a population of 22.000000. You will probably w onder how they could possibly berf o the Assumption Alumni Club to try President of Assumption: Mr. F. L. For- to exert influence on some fond parents' ster. Principal of Sandwich High School puto s many people in such a small space. and I did too. for that matter. till I got to send their boy to :’\ssu’mption. Use and Mr.’ Hanrahan. While it is not defi— your influence! nitely settled. it is- hoped that Dean over here and saw. Very few live in the fNevilc o the University of W'estern On— cities. but the territory is covered with little v illages. in each of which are about Rev.. } M. Lynch. B.A.. of Dettinan & tario. w ill also be able to come. 0Lynch. 6 yard-pass fame, had his St. Mr. Gerald Kronk is general chairman 400 souls. The people are mostly Hindus and Mohammedans. besides a number of Thomas High Basketball Team of Ann for the banquet. All friends of Assump— Arbor in the Michigan finals. tion are cordially invited. It will be held animists. or devil—worshippers. These last- nanied sound rather forbidding, but as a Monday. May ‘6. at 7.30. ‘The tickets are Ed Dawson. former basketball star at being sold for $1.50. fmatter o fact they have shown them— selves quite ready to listen to the mission- Assumption a few years ago. lead his ary. for they have neither the cast system \Vindsor I’atts to a championship . .. . . MSGR. WHELAN of the Hindus to restrain them, nor the Nice going. Ed! On Feb. 15th. Msgr. \Vlielan. Vicar— deep prejudices of the Mohammedans. Gcneralf o the Diocese of Toronto, passed "Heret a Bettiah about one-third of the for the occasion. They made three nice to his eternal reward. Msgr. W'helan at— people are Catholic. The high school is outdoor repositories. and along the path tended Assumption iii the nineties and doing w ell. and in it are trained teachers. of the procession they had oil tapirs light— has ever been one of our most loyal alum— catechists. and future missionaries for the edn i front of their homes. and grass mats ni. His death is mourned not' only by whole territory. The students here are a outn i the center of the street. The pas— his Alma Mater, but by friends through- queer mixture. compared to anything I tor w as the only one around who could out Canada and the States. have been used to. Yesterday I went over speak English. So you can be sure I didn't to prefect an examination. and the boys get much out of the singing or preaching. were w riting their answers to a hygiene FATHER TAYLOR 0n the Saturday before the procession paper. some in English. some in Hindu. he took me over to a native fair and gave Rev.. E 'l‘ayl‘or. a devoted alumnus and and some in Urdu. just as they chose. I me a ride on one of the native's elephants. friendf o the College. died on Feb. 28. He v.'o,u1d hate to have to correct those pa- ‘The w ork of conversion is going 011 was pastor of St. Rose's parish. which he pers. That givesyou some idea of the with encouraging results.but as I see has seen grow from humble beginning to it. confusion that reigns here in the question it will take nothing short of the abundant its now great proportions. His loss will anguages.of l However. a knowledge of grace -of God. and a lot more missionaries be deeply deplored by all his wide circle ndEngliin a Hindu is usually sufficient to to w in this vast multitude. with all their of friends. who loved and revered him. get along with. I have been put to study pagan superstitions and prejudices, to the Ilindu here for the first six months. I faith of Christ. I am sure that you will tfind i a very simple Among our recent visitors_\vas Father language as far as orget not f us in your sacrifices and grammar Rogers of Sacred Heart Seminary, De— is concerned. but the vocabu- prayers. and have the boys too. pray for laries are seemingly endless. troit. us. If there is anything I can do to help “The'other (lay I went up to a plave fiyour student mission unit. don‘t hesitate ilesthirty m north of here and within The “ Campionette” mentions Joseph sight to ask. I haven't any snaps as yet. but he of t Himalaya mountains. to help out at oevpeet t have before Dobbs 011 the student Honor-Roll. Joe long. With the best orpus3. C Christi procession. The natives egardsof \‘sent here a few years ago. Congratula- r to you. andsall the rest. ' eryare v enthusiastic about these celebra- - ’ “Yours tions! ' tions, in Domino. and had the village nicely decorated N. J. POLLARD, SJ.”

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*OUR HEROES THE BATTLE A MYTH “Eanlt,e y gods, the man who stays There lies a breathless silence , An island stands far out to sea, Aloof from mortals' wicked ways, O'er all the men that stand, yVacated b humanity. . And works with humble heart and hands, in triple ranks across the field— o:\nd n one knows just why they left— tUntil a last he justly stands— Like hardened heroes who are steeled (:)r w here they went. The object of his nation’s praise.” To fight with ne’er a thought to yield Who are heroes? The Zulu with the An inch of hard—won land. ' v . A hundred pedants wished to give .The w orld a lesson how to live, largest head—dress, the neighbor with a The Red-coats move in slowly, Ando s they drew apart to form new car, the rich uncle, the influential As oft they’ve done before, A government. But now the dusky‘ enemy ,politician, the star hockey player, or any— one w ho has something more than we Sweepsn o in fierce hostility; .They all had letters of degree: Like breakers in a heavy sea, The highest a university . have or can do something better than we That crash against the shore. Could give to show the lowly world can. Their greater lore. Now a new type of hero—worship pre- Their king with regal majesty, dominates, due to the use of the radio Wreaks havoc at the fore, And closes in to show his might; ,These great didactics were all‘skilled, and the network of newspapers and based In how to talk, and learn, and build, generally on the frequency a person is Fast followed by his men who fight To put the carmine force to flight, And everyone was well supplied heard, seen, or mentioned in public. There \Vith books galore. ' is certainly nothing objectionable about And terminate the war. the exaggerated popularity ,of radio ar— Alas! How oft the victor's reach, No one missed the pedagogues, , tists, movie stars, authors, thelatest speed Until one day a pack of dogs Will quite exceed his grasp— ace,r o the Dionnes, but human interest Dugp u a heap of their remains The Reds sweep in upon the flank is . not confined to harmless channels. Andy b a cruel, fiendish prank, Upon the shore. Never before has the public consumed He falls with many of his rank ‘ such ainounts of kidnappings, murders To breath his dying gasp. Some say they built a world of worth and other cr'imes with such morbid eager— So fine it vanished from the earth, ness. Never before has a notorious mur— All hail the few remaining men, And thus a part of Paradise derer received such quantities of fan—mail. Poor remnants of a horde! was formed therewith. Never before has a jury decided to go on Let all proclaim the Victor's name, a v audeville tour and capitalize on the And mock the one who lost the game, Perhaps there is a moral here, -. popularity obtained from sending a man And sees his men, with awe and shame. Buto n one seems to be quite clear to death. Never before have “well—bred" Swept off the checkerboard! Just w hat it is we should conclude society ladies crowded the courtrooms of From such a myth. murder and scandal trials, or lowered H. VINCENT ELLIOTT. , their standards of decency to wear ladders ‘TlS EVER THUS -7as souvenirs—as badges of ghoulish ado— So dark the night and long, ration for a vicious child—murderer. “The assumption that the external So much to do; “: ~ “Are we losing all sense of propriety? world exists as the basis of science, is no Aree w tired of idolizing the time-honored So slowly lifts the dawn; the hours more open to doubt than the assumption 'heroesr o the latest public idol? Of light so few. that there is a difference, not only of de- So short the day and drear, The spread of objectionable popularity gree but of kind between Shakespeare So little done; and a sewing-machine.”———Arnold L'unn. of hold—up men is due partly to a natural So many false steps taken, tendency to admire the “big bad burglar". Each one by one - As’ children we play “cops and robbers” Laboriously retraced, and now without scruple or distinction. Now we m“When I a dead,»I hope it may be‘ At set of sun said, U have a tendency to do the same. Vast loom the unfinished tasks, and far His sins were scarlet, but his books” The u nderlying cause of many unseemly The goal unwon. were read."—Hilaire Belloc. -‘ actions seems to be the uncontrolled and extensive system of news distribution. Scandalous crimes are brought to our homes through the news, and many' sob ‘ver the thugs who may be thousands of miles away and yet whose faces are seen ' ,so‘ often in the papers that we feel as if § BROWNE they w ere intimately connected with us”. '

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In one of the finest displays of scoring teams seemed destined to meet in the bench that has served as an inspiration power Assumption fans have Seen this playoff for the Ontario crown. A short in close games this year. . year, the Assumption Varsity went out time ago. Toronto made an announce— Branching away from basketball for a :‘~.; " ‘ against the University of Detroit and piled ment that they would under no consider— time, there is not much Change along

p' ‘ u the remarkable total of 35 points in ation take part in eliminations, but would hockey‘s front line. Assumption, under the closing half to walk away with the de— hangp u after their last game with West- the canny guidance of Father Walsh, is cisiono t the tune of 51-37. This game ern. Thus there was ended the possibil— still a standout in the Detroit—Ontario has always been the high spot of interest ityf o seeing these two great teams get league, and has yet to taste defeat. A nexto t the Alumni tilts and for the first together to' settle the dispute. mixed—up schedule has resulted in a short time‘ since the beginning of basketball re— Then came a surprise. Western, 3. 'season for our puck-Chasers, but they are lations between the school, Assumption quintet that had gone under before As— suref o taking part in the Windsor—Wale was highly favored to upset the De— sumptions assault to the tune of 51—16 kerville Vocational, which is unbeaten by troiters. took the highly—touted-Toronto five into any team but Assumption. Dates have The first half was anything but en- campy b one point in the last fifteen sec- not been definitely set yet, but the series 'courag‘ing for the fans who filled the ondsf o play. In the meantime, Assump- will probably be two out of three games , gym. The Purples took a sizeable‘ lead tion hung up its 17th straight win at the for the title. A long spell of inaction at the start of the game, but loose dew expense of Wayne Univer ity. ' has not dulled the keen competitive spirit ' fensive w ork in the closing minutes near— In spite of 'the claims 0 many news- of the ice-artists, and they are in top-r. ly lost them the lead. Detroit forwards paper experts lfl‘TOfOl’ltO, that the Blues form for the post-season games. ’ _ romped away on sleeper plays and sank had a fine chance of taking the Canadian Assumption has a “forgotten man” ‘in , four baskets on dogs. With this exhibi- senior. hoop crown, most of_our corres- its roster in basketball this ,year. Fre; tion there was a little more anxiety on pondents, including Joe Mencel, a mem- quently over—looked in the Company or” the part of the loyal followers, but pla‘y ‘ berf o their team, tells us there is no hiS'teammates, Don Desjarlais has been had scarcely begun when their fears were comparison in the two teams, which is a the mainstay ofvthe defense this season. settled for all time. Out of the first sev- . nice bouquet for the Purples. In every game he has taken-on the job en shots taken by the team, six whistled While most of the talk is of the team .\ :of guarding the toughest man 'on the" op- ” through the hoop for counters. This was posing team without a murmur. So Well ‘ and its doings, there is one man standing _‘ just a little more than the Titans could in the background, who is responsible in hase h performed his» work, that “cage _ “ bear, and from then on they were beaten. no small way for his squad's continued fans expect him to do a goodjob in every '; '."Even the injectibn of subs by Father success. This is Father McGee, who is game.o S it was with a good deal of puzei ‘ v, ‘McGee had no effect on the slaughter zlement that the news of the “All Conw . the busiest man in the school at present. and the massacre went on merrily until His w ell—known manner of saying noth- ference” selections were received- Don: , _ g the ‘eiid of the game. was chosen on the second team, although -' ing. and saying it very voluably masks "With the Win,‘Assumption stepped .into ' the keen interest he takes in the well—fare 'he seemed a standout at guard; Assump- " ‘ the rulers throne in college basketball in of his men. Unlike most coaches, who tion managed to place two men ‘01]; the the Detroit area. Two wins over Detroit, first and two more on the sécond, Rogin’ have high—pressure ideas in sport, Father two more over Detroit Tech, and one from McGee, even in the midst of along win- and Meretsky making the charmed circle .‘Wayne assures it of--.th-e title. The vic- ning streak, never took a chance of hurt- and Sherman and Don capturing the two ory w as the 18th straight win.of the year placesn o the second. Draime, whose fine ing a man to continue. it. In many of the ,and ‘ s‘the‘first unbeaten season in the games this year, he has held out impor- work w ill be remembered by fans, 'was ii or’.of-th'e school. “ * choseno t team with Toots on the £01“.- tant cogs in his machine because they were not feeling quite up to the mark. He , ward line, while. Gouge, of Adrian, arid ,has even risked losmgiganies to save his Adamski of St. Mary’s were picked as guards. ' , I _ ‘ .I . ._ ,talk»,coiicerfiiing' bas- -men injuries, which is unusual to say the th0 center, afound‘the re— least.’ With three teams in the playoffs, In the voting for the best game of the erit,f o Toronto University and she i faCed with the problem of being in' year, there will.be novdoubt in the 'fninds BOth teams‘Were thunder— three places at the same time, which is of basketball followers that the battle ‘ theistret'chwith an equal nuin-v a problem fit for a Houdini. In‘spiteof with ,Alumnifi‘mis preeminent. Before a1- _ successivegWins. Loud and long his w orries, he always keeps achee'rful 'gm'ostv 1400»rabid rooters, these two tra- r g the argument on comparative abil- front for the players, and it is the sight "‘ditional"foes,_met in gory combat With the ity, made more interesting as the two of his familiar figure hunched-on the. cityrtitle at'stake.' When the smoke of .33 _ the fray. rolled away, all that was visible was the lone figure of Red Nantais, who went back to his high school days to take 7 a leading role in the downfall of the 'Wilkinson’s Sport Shop Alumni. In the lastgeight minutes of play with the Purples trailing by seven point Red dropped in five buckets for a-gr A ' , 333 Ouellette Avenue _ totalf o 10 markers and a city' champion ship. When questioned by the staff of COMPLETE SPORTS OUTFITTERS this great journal as to the secret of his. BADMINTON, HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, VOLLEY BALL success, Red, with customary and refresh- HEADQUARTERS C.C.M.’S ing modesty, replied, “shucks, It can’t see

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Those w ho are interested in saving special delivery stamps might consult Bernie Naas. ' a: ** SINCE “ TERRIBLE” TERRY WAS MOVED TO THE TABLE OF VWOLVES Bettero t have gone to college and L . flunde than never to have slept at all. n: * =i<

SKETCHES'F O THE DAY SCHOLARS \V. Byrne: He trusteth no man. Pome R. Parks: A cigarette girl. . Now I sit me down to sleep: E‘.Morneaiu—The lastof the horsemen. G. Aitcheson Winchell with his eyes This course is (lull; the lecture deep. Red iNantais—Chief Me-hurt-inicet. closed. It prof should stop before I wake. “I. Rogin: Siiozrcle Durante's little boy Punche m hard for_my grade's sake. r. C McGuire—~Hotcha. \Villie. I‘Farrell and Liddell—Squeak and Squak. G. Lynch: .The well filled dinner pail. ——Lawrence Tech News ’i .-,V. Elliot—The decomposed composer. E. Brown: “Brother can you spare a =6:** G.’ Hartford-fiWritin’ cramp. dime?" Constant exercise will enlarge any part' "\I‘Jackie Donlon—Q—Love is blond. J. Badour: A legionnaire gigolo. A. Nadlin: On the wrong end of the of the body —— why, then, doesn't McCar- IV. ' -Mooney—Assiimption Public An- string. thy look like Joe E. Brown? nouncement 'Sy’stem.» ' ** >1: M. ‘ FishéreLightnin'. “So y ou Hicks are from Indiana, eh?" 'Gil‘fe ‘: H knows all the questions. "Yes.e w are.”

~ cIn‘tyre: The student prince. “W'cll. y ou don‘t look like Indians." * ** ~ _ dexan‘de‘r: Why girls leave home. :I. Mere'tsky: Why they go back home. liogin: ‘ Hey. Glen. there must be some- CHAPMAN’S' thiig w rong With you." g'GXVSh'e'rman: A pair of dumb-belles. Sherman: “ Yes, but sh—l I keep it un— “G. Chapman: Kelly selling himself. yd:r m hat.". , A MEAT MARKET _

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THE DEBATES THE HOLY ANGEL’S SODALITY During the past three weeks the young— The Holy Angel‘s Sodality has been sters held a series of debates. Paul Beu— startedp u again under the direction of ‘glet and following opposed John Keenan Father Pickett. after a lapse of about_ and his group on the question of whether seven y ears. The regular meetings will or not Grandfather's times were better be held'every other Sunday at 9 o'clock. ,than modern times. Paul Beuglet and his The first gathering was for the purpose men w on for Grandpa by one point. Jack of electing officers. N. Delisle was cho— Day proved the influence of the radio to sen prefect and A. Burns, Secretary. 3., exceed that of the written word as sup— The general aim of the sodality is to in- yported b Vincent Thompson. As for the stilln i the hearts of the younger boys a relative u sefulness of the cow and the strong devotion to their Guardian Angels. horse, Jerry O'Brien and John Briggs ar— FIND pour ThINK It also intends to acquaint them with the guedo t a draw, though the horse as pie— ShL I'IIAITI meaning of the Catholic Action League. .s. tured by O'Brien seemed to attract the i’ ' audience the more. THE MINSTREL SHOW sit i commonly agreed that the minstrel , FROM THE LOCKER ROOM show, directed by Mr. Miller, was a huge success. Final proof of the show's suc- Cess w as afforded by the volume of ap- The Teutonic sense of humor of one of plause from the sedate members of the the masters leads him to quietly lock the faculty. odoor t the boys smoker, thus leaving The part of interlocutor was played by the w indows as the only exit. Bob Keenan in the most confident and Mister Flannigan is late to bed because accomplished manner. His jokes brought of his fear lest any of the boys in the forth much applause, even though he did dorm retire in their underwear. incur the. wrath of the Texan element in the audience by his reference to “igno- Jim Driscoll receives so much mail that FOURTH HIGH SNKPs rant Texas niggers." The end-men were: he plans to build a paper mill when he Joseph Woodcock, "Edward Herships, returns to Sarnia. Father Donlon doesn't go for the snor- John Ender, Charles Nanry, John Fox, ing solo featured by Martin Rondot. and George Salmon. These six boys re- . Charles Ealand will soon be giving vio— *** lin lessons at Assumption. He also has vealed u nusual ability, both in humor and. . ' Burns: When I was a baby, I was fed song. They had the old “nigger” talk,- i‘inmind a concert program for the Tivoli

on buttermilk. . \ -———when they have Sunday shows. too. Perhaps it was acquired from“ Mister ' . 4 Erland:o S that's why you have that Meyers and Mister Yeager. The chorus r Onef o Nanry's admirers sings on the sour "puss." * * :1: was composed of: Preston Osher, Frank air: w ith the “Sour Pickles" program ‘tis Lowe, John Walsh. John Barry, Joseph Now that spring is here, Kenny comes ' said. Thompson, Harry Phillips, Harvey Ettig, _ .EXPowers is still the biggest beefer in to class once a week. - Edward Hackett, Bud Burns. Richard Kall w ill have to drop R.K. if “Cow” the lockerroom, although E. Pety is in , Day. Norm DeLisle, and the pianist, Ben— “the running and coming up fast. ’ MacKinnon continues to clean his pipe ny Bensett. during class. fOne o the Arts men, referred to as the a:k : * William Murphy opened the show with a discourse on the work accomplished by .f‘Walrus", is unwelcome in the dorm. It's Why does “Mistah” Casey flinch when Saint Patrick in Ireland, and of course [reported " that his snoring deprives the Father Donlon comes near him? *other boys of their accustomed night's won much applause from the loyal Irish- nmcn i the audience. Mr. _Ha1 Sherman cleep, and it would be greatly appreciated ‘lfrthe flatmasters did not send any more of Detroit. entertained an attentive audi- delinquents to the dorm. ence w ith several humorous skits in poetic eform. W look forward to, the pleasure Bobby Bryans would appreciate the re- COMPLIMENTS of having Mr. Sherman'with'us again in urnf o his soap which was lost, strayed, OF the future. John Briggs, Assumption’s o oystolen, for he plans to take his spring own tenor stirred the'hearts of the audi: rowersoon. ‘ ence w ith several old Irish melodies; Al— Since Pete Griffin had part of his an— TIVOLI though this is John’s first year with us, he. tomy removed he has apeared a changed has'already w on‘great popularity by his? marvelous voice. ' ~' ' Theatre 7 'Beuglet is continually hounded . J Murphy for some unknown ."‘Gosh‘, but'Nanry is dumb} Father Lee e'ason.u b 'so far he has “successfully ex- sent him for a Corona-Corona, and in—I ‘SCd' himself. ' stead off-bringing back a cigar, he re- / turned with two typewriters." 5 7 ‘ DOWLER-S Ltd. . mull Laing’s Drug Store"... Made-To-gMeasure Shop WINDSOR’S OLDEST YANLD 1-. ‘vForA Smart Collegian, Clothes FINEST DRUG STORE

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If Father Walsh creates as good a base— The Varsity basketball team is still lid Mornean is the last of the baseball n ball team as he did a hockey squad. As- \vorkine'out in the gym, preparatory to Morneaus at Assumption. Lou is work— sumption w ill have daily notices in the the final game for the provincial title. ingn i \\7indsor, while Charlie is goingr to Sport pages. , \\'ith a game each, St. Catherines and St. l’eter's Seminary, London. * =0: * .\ssumption meet Saturday to decide the =¢< :k 4:

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vol. I _ 7 Assumption College, Sandwich. ()ntzn‘io. March. 1935 No. 6 BISHOP DIGNAN ASSUMPTION TAKES CATHOLIC ACTION ' CLUBS MEET CONSECRATED PROVINCIAL TITLE Ceremonies Take Place on Feast of Father Dwyer's and Father Lee’s Groups St. Joseph Present Programmes Defeats St. Kitts In Third Game The first formal meeting of the Catholic St. Peter's Cathedral was-the scene of ...,... After they had each won a game, As—' Action Club of Assumption College took fone o the most impressive ceremonies in place Tuesday, Mar. 26. His Excellency, Catholic liturgy, when Most Rev. Hubert sumption and St. Catharines met for the Most Rev. John T. Kidd, Bishop of Lon- Dignan w as consecrated Bishop of Sault third and deciding tilt in London. The don, together with the other faculty (1i- rectors, w ere guests of honor. Ste. Marie. Most Rev. Andrea Cassulo, Grads bowed before the superior ability of the Purple squad — 50 to 32. Father Dwyer spoke first, outlining the Apostolic Delegate to Canada, officiated, aim and ideals of Catholic Action. G. with their Excellencies Bishop Kidd of III the opening minutes of the first half, McNabb followed with a short talk on London and Bishop McNally of Hamilton the score stood 13 to 3. largely through PiusI. X The three next speakers took the efforts of Aitcheson and Sherman. as their subjects the threefold character as co-consecrators. Witnessing the cere- of Catholic Action: \V. Comiskey, the re- These two gave some fine exhibitions of mony w ere 13 bishops, representing vari— ligious side: F. Ryan, the intellectual as— ous dioceses in Canada, as well as 17 sniping from center—floor. At half time pect; and B. Segner, the practical appli— monsignori. Most of the Catholic col— _»’\ssumption led. 35 to 12. cations. .At the conclusion of the student speeches, Bishop Kidd congratulated the legesn i the vicinity were represented,- In the second half DeBord played cen— tern i place of Rogin and was the star of Club and added a few words of encour- Assumption by Very Rev. T. A. McDon- ageinent. ald, C.S.B., and St. Michael's by Very that period. rolling up seven points. The The second meeting, conducted by Rey.. H Carr, C.S.B. ()rads did the most scoring in the second Father Lee's group was held 011 April 11. half. outpointing the Purples, 20 to 15. Messrs. Cassidy and Sweeney both read Bishop Dignan is an alumnus of papers. Mr. T. Melady, Inspector Of Michael’s College and has always shown \Ve quote now from the St. Catha- Separate Schools, was the guest speaker. great respect for the work being done by rines Standard: “To Father McGee and His topic was “The Catholic Press.” To the Basilians. While the pastor of .Im— the Purple collegians. best wishes for a Show our indifference to Catholic periodi- macnlate Conception parish in \Vindsor, happy landing. That's the best .and the cals, Mr. Meladycomparedfihe popula- he w as a loyal supporter of Assumption. least from a vanquished foe. the earnest tionsf o Canada and Holland; while the As evidence of the esteem in which he is hopef o St. Catharines Grads and their latter is much smaller it has 30 Catholic heldt a the college, a banquet is being executive to a better team that won the dailieso t our none. He gave some sta— given here in his honor. Ontario title.” tisticso t show the possibilities of starting _ The faculty and students take this op- To that, we students add our apprecia— Catholic dailies in Canada. A plan for portunity to Offer their congratulations tiono t Father McGee and the squad for a Catholic \Veekly, modelled after the to Bishop Dignan and wish him success bringing this honor to the college and we secular press was also presented. in his new work. pledge our best support in the fight for At the conclusion of Mr. Melady's talk. the Dominion title. Father Lee thanked him in the name of NOMINATIONS HELD The Box Score: his group and the others present. FOR COUNCIL OF ’35-’36 Fgs F Fm Pf Tl ORATORICAL SEMI- Sherman 3 0 4 4 6 Mcretsky '2 «l l I) 5 FINALS HELD Elections to Follow After Easter Rogin l ‘ 4 (l 2 6 Desjarlais l (l 0 3 2 Finalso T Be Announced Later Departing from the custom of past .\itcheson 5 3 0 2 l3 years, the Student Council is holding the. Nantais l 2 0 2 4 nominations and elections apart from the ()11 Friday, April 12, the semi-finals of DeBord 3 l l l 7 ' the oratorical contest took place. Seven annual banquet. It has been decided that (la-laup I) l (I 1 l' having the elections on April 29, will avoid remained out of the number that first many difficulties besides lending spirit to ’iyrne. 2 0 l 0 4 started: Messrs. MacIntyre, Lowe, Han— Harrison 1 0 0 3 2 the occasion. The elections, like the 110111- niek, McGuire, Elliott, Daley, Yeager. inations, w ill be held in the gym. The This number was narrowed down to three municipal system of elections will be fol- ——Mes.srs. Lowe. McGuire and MacIntyre. lowed throughout. It is to be hoped that SEMINARY PRESENTS At a date to be announced later, these this procedure will set a precedent for men w ill compete for the O’Connor prize, future elections. _ PASSION PLAY emblematic of the oratorical champion- ship. ---—- . A change has been made in the repre— H sentation to the Council. Previously there Presented on Successive Sundays AN EXPLANATION had been a fourth year president, a rep- During Lent The “ Purple and White” has not died, resentative from the same year and a as some excusably thought, before the president of the Student’s Council, who The Senior Class of Sacred Heart Sem— February issue fluttered across the early s‘ i also a senior. inary. Detroit, have just completed a long f(lays o April. This present copy is really ‘: The nominatIons are as follows: runf o the Passion Play. The Play pre- the ghost of the March; an April number. President. of the Council: F. Ryan, and a larger one for May are still remote Coughlin. P entland, Gibb, Aitcheson. sented. in Very graphic form, the story possibilities. if enough advertising space "Fourth y ear: R. Lyons. Hartford, Ros- of the Mass. A novel presentation .was cane b sold to pay for the printing. settie,“ Byrne, Klosterman. madey b enacting the Old Testament on Frankly. seventy—five percent of the per» ‘ [Third Year: Chapman, McManus, Mor— the front part of the stage. while the cor- sonnelf o the paper has failed to function pea‘u,‘ Macintyre,’ Petrie.‘ ::i.;_ . for the last few months; that accounts for responding parts of the Mass were en- ,1 (1 year: Morley, Comiskey, Roth, the tardiness. the slimness, the precarious acted behind a transparent screen. ffuture o the “Purple and White. ,How- ‘We w ish to congratulate Father Han- ever, if sufficient cooperation and spirit niek, w ho wrete and directed the play. ecan b revived, the last number in May ' and also; the Senior Class for the inspir- should help to compensate for the vicis: , f 5 mg' perforinancewt‘liat was given. fsitudes o the past. I ‘.

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Published once a month by the students of Assumption College Subscription Rates $1.00 a year The Staff FACULTY ADVISOR: Father 5. Murphy, C.S.B., MA. EDITOR-IN-CI‘IIEF: F. Flynn, ’35 ASSOCIATES: P. Gibb, ’36; ’1‘. Bacon, ’36; II. V. Elliot, ’37 TREASURER: W. Riley, C.S.B. ADVERTISING MANAGER: A. Liddell, ’35 ASSOCIATES: M. Levasseur, ’35; G. Farrell, ’35; M. Coughlin, ’36 C.. P Hannick, ’38: J.Conley, ‘38: E. J. White. '38. CIRCULATION MANAGER: E. McCarthy, ’35 ASSOCIATES: B. Naas, ’35; G. Rossettie. ’36; A. DelI’apa, ’36 HUMOR EDITOR: J. Oakley, ’35 ASSOCIATES: A.. J Darcy, ’35; F. Ryan, ’36 SPORT EDITOR: G. Aitchison, ’35 ASSOCIATES: _ O. Reichardt, ’35; ’1‘. O’Connell, ’3/ ALUMNI EDITOR: F. Doyle, ’35 ASSOCIATE: W. Murphy, ’37 HIGH SCHOOL EDITOR: THE MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST J. Sell, ’38 Graphically, Ade Bethune, the twenty clarity 011 religious matters there would CLASS REPORTERS: year old Belgian artist of the "Catholic fbe i all followed them. Christians would J. Cavanaugh, R. S. Allen ‘G. Rau, l}. Bi'yans, V. Thompson Worker” has illustrated the concept of know better just what they are defending; the Church—the Mystical Body of Christ. the attackers would at least know what Its i a concept of St. John, the Evangelist, they are attacking. or St. Paul and all the first Christians. Thanks to Bowlby and Gluns, a public Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen on the Catholic address system brings these sermons to } Hour is giving, each Sunday evening, ns~here at the College each Sunday. EDITORIAL COMMENT sermons on the Mystical Body which Thanks to Ade Bethune and the "Catho— many think represents his best efforts lie Worker", the “Purple and White” is since his radio debut. How much more ) o.able t present this illustration. CATHOLIC ACTION AND PETER MAURIN recently appointed children's aid inspec— When the Holy Father defined Catholic i NEWS FROM ALUMNI ‘ tor for \Vindsdr ... that “ Jazz” Morris— " Action as "the lay collaboration With the ssey i teaching in Welland . .. that, i Apostolic Hierarchy in their apostolic Gcorge “ Gunner” O'Leary is holding forth work” he might well have had a layman Yes, the Assumption Alumni Club is in Latin to the pupils of Kitchener C.I. such as Peter Maurin in mind. The aim holding its annual graduate banquet on that Rev. Joseph Cook is superin- of he t hierarchy is to bring the .people, May 6th. VVe‘ll see you there. tendent of Separate Schools in London ' * >i< * through the utilization of means glven by . that Cliff Blonde is with Dominion oGod, t 'the attainment of their lastwend— Congratulations are due to two of the tSugar a Chatham; he is frequently in— God orever.f Since the decline of the -.Alumni as a result of Provincial appoint— terrupted by the travelling trio, Andy Middle Ages there has been an overem- ments ~ Harry Lassaline who is secre— McGuire. Bud Cronk, and Doc Ballard phasis in the lives of the people on the taryf o the Chamber of Commerce and .. that Frank McIntyre, the Captain means toward that end and a dwmdllng Milton (Butch) Rochelean, who was ap- Henryf o the Show Boat Hour, will be consideration of the end itself. The .whole pointed deputy—sheriff for Essex County. coming from New York to act as toast- energy of man has been expended 1n~the *** master for the Alumni banquet. achievement of financial success and fame At the last meeting of the Club during until the ultimate goal has been forgotten. a. classification roll-call. it was learned ‘R.D PHELAN LECTURES Peter Maurin not only teaches but lives that eight of the members are employed Last Lecture of the Season at ,Chryslers. a life in true perspective to the spiritual. I >1: >1: >2< The Assumption College Lecture League Hes i a twentieth century model of Saint pwound u a very successful season with Francis; his ideals baffle the world: he If perchance you should‘ meet Jack Dr. Phelan's talk on “Artistic Freedom 1. ' is another “God's Fool." Like the early (Sheik) Beck, who is employed at Briggs, and Aesthetic Slavery." This was the last Detroit, ask him what he said to the St. .ranciscan,‘ F Maurin finds Christian inter- of the current series, which has brought " ‘ pretation most needful for the exploited Catharine’s coach. {many distinguished speakers to the col— masses in our industrial cities. His prin- ege. ciples are the logical Christian explana— DIDOU Y KNOW? The thesis of the lecture was contained tionf o economics as a means to eternal That Norman “Zig” Langlois is married in the.title: artistic freedom comes from salvation. ' sand i the proud papa of two children . . . the adherence to definite rules, while the Catholic Action implies lay-leadership that Carl Dittman is now located in Ham- modern so—called freedom is, in reality, and that in turn postulates a training of ilton .. . that B. 1. Murphy is selling hams only slavery. To extol art for art's sake the eye to see so that the heart may feel . and w hatnot for Armours out of Pt. Ar- is the same, heinsisted, as regarding viré 7 thur, Texas , .. that Rev. Remi Durand, tues a .its own reward. The art seen at‘ .‘ . and thus transform every force into ac- tion. A force that gets results is dynamic who dished up, a one hit game against 'present in our churches was denounced 7

—7Maurin is dynamic. Pt. ~ Huron of the M. 0. League, is pastor as “ Repository Art.” The lack Of morality " ' J. J. SANBORN of Precious Blood Church. Windsor . . . in some modern art is due. he pointed‘o'ut,‘ . I that Bill Haslam, in the Labelle Bldg, to the fact that artists regard themselve (Phone 3—7401) will take your reserva— ,' sonly a artists and forget that they are: (we become younger as we approach tions for Alumni banquet that Dr. men. _ . . v ‘ 105er the source of life”, Raymond Coyle is located in the Macca- Dr. Phelan is the director of the . ' ‘ ' ‘ .. I '—Fulton J.‘Sheel1 bees Bldg., Detroit . thth Rev. John A. f‘tute o Mediaeyal Studies,,a' grad McMillan is: assistant to that loyal .As- school u nder the sponsorship of sumptionite, Father McCabe at St.‘ The— ' , devotional, chael’s College, Toronto..;A'jcl“t .‘ resa’s, Detroit that congratulations stgr.h S are

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.' HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS much for him to (lo, since the team has because he stopped him cold. The twin Throughout the year, there has been a developed the lamentable habit of losing nact o the forward line put on its best constant complaint by the high school the ball on the slightest provocation. On performance of the year both offensively students that there has been too little the forward line, Jordan struck a late and defensively. Keith seems to be fol— space devoted to high school athletics in stride, and is now playing the best ball on lowing in the path of brother Don, and the columns of the "Purple and \Nhite." the team, with the possible exception of is the coolest man on the team. In response to this talk, it has been (le— Crowley. who however has been so closely Unfortunately the juniors have the habit cidedo t give over most of the space to watched this year that he has been of dropping the games which they are fa— the junior athletics of the college, from stopped cold. voredo t win, and winning some in which It seems that which the college team will be formed in the juniors are to be the they are the under-dogs. In addition to the future. Before starting on this phase standard—bearers in all branches of sports the fine coaching of Father Guinan, which ear.this y Father of school activities, the sporting staff Guinan's kids have been nis i no small way responsible for the fine making sortie would like to make its position clear on remarkable strides since showing the team has put up this year, its apparent neglect of the high schoolers. getting away to a bad start at the begin- Enright McCarthy has been unstinting‘ ning In the first place, college teams, espe- of the season. In the last two weeks. with his time and energy. Given the posi— ncially i basketball, have been enjoying they have taken .the measure of two of ftion o assistant-coach, Mac is one of the the greatest season in the history of the the best teams in their league, Patterson and Gordon loyalest supporters of the boys. At some college. In the three groups in which McGregor. Any of the fans considerable sacrifice to himself, he has teams have been entered, the college has who watched the last game with Patter— tbeen a every game giving them his moral son will agree qualified all. three for the Ontario play— that the juniors fully de- help as well as his considerable served their win. knowledge downs. Naturally most of the interest, From start to finish heof t game. Bobby Bryans eldthey and Doc even among the high school students, is h the highly-touted Patts well in Moran have check. come into prominence as two centered around the Varsity in its fight Murphy looked like a midget of the main cogs in the Purple machine, lanz, against G for the Canadian championship in the who is the best and tricki- and have been putting up some fine games an est m in the league, only group recognized as real title-holders. but Murph hadn’t lately. Bryan’s chief fault is a tendency he read t writeups oBut t get back to ,the high school of the Patterson games, nsertto i some football tactics into his sports. After beginning the year with all playing,’ the result of which is a grand the prospects of a bad season, the As— collection of fouls, none of which help his sumption high school cagers filled all pre— Putn O Your New team in the least. Faced with a shortage dictionsy b embarking on a year that finds ubstituteof s material, Father Guinan was them, w ith the season almost completed, EASTER BONNET! forced to call for help from some of the at the bottom of the heap. Only Walker— noon-day league players. In response to ville. w hich is still -looking for its second 1] New Co'ors the call, Delmonte appeared on the scene, swin, i beneath them. and this is no boost II New Styles and rapidly showed ability at centre or for the Purples. Father Donlon, who took forward. over the reins of the seniors for the first Speaking of noon-day league, brings to time this year, has done his best with the mind the stirring games that have been material, but there is a shortage of good 3 .959 ngoing o in the gym each day at twelve, court prospects in the school, which puts when the smaller kids get together with him u nder a definite handicap in the city mayhem and man-slaughter in their series. Patterson, which opened the sea— hearts. The attendance at some .of these son w ith a fine team, is still in a com- games is larger than at many of the high manding pOsition in the race, and there is school tilts. The numbers in the gym little doubt that the strong Red and White .Spring Neckwear 55c speak w ell for the future of basketball in will capture the crown. The team is a Z for $1.00 the College. Among the most popular throwback to the days of Dowd, Edwards, players in the loop is Mickey “Dynamite” Turville, King and Dawson, who formed Soulier, called the “Mighty Mite," the the team that won the Wossa for five Calhoun The Hatter “Doughty Dwarf” or what have you. Al- straight y ears. At the present time, how— ethough h cau‘t tilt the scales at much ever, there is much better competition more than 70 pounds, and is not much nthan i those days, when the old Windsor 323 Ouellette Ave. more than four feet six in height, he is Collegiate w as one of two high schools the smallest ball-handler among the in this district. Now. to win, a team must hordes of boys in the league, and the' go through the ranks of the strongest pride and joy of the masters who run the high school league in the country, which teams. It's a shame that “Jiggs” Gignac in itself is no mean achievement. Outside has forsaken the game this year. One of of Dumouchelle there are not enough tall the most stirring sights last year was I men‘ of the squad to make it threatening “Jiggs” defending the fort with a host of .,o t the rest of the teams. Even Dumou- forwards sweeping down on him. A few ’chelle is not making the best use of his A... applications of his muscular hip, a couple advantage this year. In most of the games. A. of w ell-timed pushes and the danger was he has been head and shoulders above his :5 usually averted for the time. Two of the

opponent, but the scoring column has not recent graduates of the noon-day league . eflected this ' superiority. If memory f.- ii are Ken and Keith Desjarlais, who are serves raright, he is considerably below now the mainstays of the juniors. It is

nowley i the very important matter of 31 in this league that the hopes of the high .s oring, and “sleepy Jim” is certainly no eamsschool t will be t.- found in future giant. Bensette has been doing yeoman ndyears, a the progress made is carefully n‘wo'k 0 the defense, but there is too watched for prospects. * -' ,LYTTLE’S LINCOLN Bakers and Confectioners RESTAURANT reach-land. Danish Pastries firtnte QEh’tnarh 425 oueuaué Ave. " Homemade Candies iautd ’ ‘ “Next Best Place o't Itam Tea, Room , 3.2481 To Home” V

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Ken McIntyre. has had that pale com- Our seeret operator reports that our The baseball team has an abundance of plexion and sad expression since the best quiet Frank Devlin is not so quiet when spirit and pep; the great need is to have partf o \Vindsor moved to Philadelphia. he v isits Sarnia. Moral —— “Still waters some w arm weather so that those glass * * * run deep." arms might begin to melt. Note. G. Chap- Glen Sherman thinks that he might be x* x * man and 12. Morneau. an excellent ball player because there isn't The staff of the "P and \V" wish to ex— \ a: an t much memory work attached to it. press their appreciation to McCarthy for Congrats are in order for the speakers ** at the u se of his telephone. in the Oratorical Contest. Cy McGuire We w onder why Ed. Morneau is always *** pulled a coup—d‘etat. beckoning to some one. * * >0: F-l-a—s—h: Another edition is off the *: x a: presse — w certainly love that personal Chapman w ishes to state that he will be Our Hoiby Moiphy is making great suc- touchf o the “F by N," our Burst publica— an outstanding candidate in the Confer- cessn i his journalistic. efforts—it is with tion. ence next year. great fear and trepidation that the boys a: :0: =0: it x or * look for their names in the “FLY-BY— Ray Lyons will blow an car off Aitche— Assumption w ill be well represented on NITE." sonn i class some day if he doesn't modu- *: a * the highway this Easter—there will be late his horn. Society Note —— Terrible Terry has had plentyf o tanned thumbs. *** many v isitors this week—Congrats. *t a * *** Ed Brown wishes to make it clear that Little Michael Patrick O’Connor is per- Enwrmig McCarthy is now writing to there w ill be trouble for those that try to turbed because little birds are wondering muscle in on his territory which extends Dorothy Dix about his graduation per— why his visits to Detroit are becoming less * plexities. from London to \Vyandotte Streets on the 4: ** frequent. east side of Ouellettc. '* x : * We are sorry to hear that 15. J. VVhyte *‘ ** permitted his classes to interfere with so— Congratulations are due to the hockey The college tennis courts are not a very liciting for ads. players of Assumption who played for encouraging sight for those who hope to * * * Windsor Motors in the MO. playoffs. wield the racquets this spring—there will Let’s make the coming Student Council They aided in defeating Chatham, 6-2; haveo t be some wielding of shovels first. elections 2 big success. Don’t be bashful Farm Crest, 4—3; and held the powferful Devotees of the sport are anxious to form about v oting for your own choice — be Fords toa tie. That's for the two Har— a team and engage the various teams in sure y our man is elected. olds and the two Freds. the Border Cities.

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“wt-mu -r‘ . “r 1: .\s umpt'fl.“ t .94.“ l‘).%5 7 N” 7 , plu‘ ARTS BANQUET COLLEGE PAYS TRIBUTE ELECTIONS TC STUDENTS ~ T0 CONNIE MACK HUGE SUCCESS COUNCIL HELD Faculty and Students Honor Each other n Crowd In Assumption Gym. Large Number of Votes Cast ‘- a-urv-nm :e of Wit, With Toasts have —— v - #:ililjlt' .\~ a climax to heated speeches and ar- glass Monday. May ?th. 'waIs THREE GUEST SPEAKERS ha _ Nightat Assumption. le \viat .t man i‘ dcnt campaigning on the part of the vari— 'l'ie tlim:i\ of student Jill-Jill‘s for the D was. Besides the veteran manager oi tin ous candidates. the elections for the Stu- lie present y ear was the si\tli annual .\rts several stars of the I)t'll'itll \thletits. llnnmict. held Monthly. .\pril 1“). at MS“. dent (‘onncil was held in the gym on Mon— present. :\ crowd oi some LU“ i.»erswere in the \ortonrl'almer Hotel. The guest day. .\pi'il 22'. .\s an evidence of the in— kers was on hand to clK’Cf the ("and HM Mil” if baseball and his rivals lrom across lllc sptltlxt'l‘~ w ere l\'l. Rev 1". \. Laurendeuu. terest created by the inauguration of a iuirr river. Dean of lissex; Rev. (lerahl ll. I’helan. regular election day a larger number of l'h. l).. head of the lnstittttc of Medieval The platform itself was in keeping" with votes than ever before was cast. Besides created by tbc Studies.Toronto: and l’aul .\lartii1.l..L..\l. the baseball atmosphere Toasts w ere proposed and responded to elections for the offices. there was a pic- presence of so many: luminaries ot theudi'ae 1| be by \Vt‘l'y lv‘ev. T, .\. .\l.'tvl)onald. USP... biscite v ote held to decide whether or not decorated as it was with the oiticial mend. M.\., President of .\ssun:ptioii: Rev. V. 1f" uniforms of the Athletics and the ’I‘ie'ers. student health insurance would be eit— l. liltlllétll. (5.1L. M..\.. Registrar: Rev. V, hasehall bats and balls and a large picture forced ne\t year. L’pon payment of six of Connie Mack. L[5. ( Lee. (5.11.. ll..\.‘. lx’ev. I“. .-'\. \Valsh. (ISM. l"...\.:l{dward L. Mornean: lx’obcrt dollars from each student medical bills the-l Tod Rockwell. himself an athlete of no mean repute. a former quarterback on l. l’;o‘l\'s;_lohii l\'. l‘entland and Frederick oup t $75 will be taken care of by the odd! Michigan's 1924 football team. was the 15. lilynn. John [5, Oakley was the Toast— insurance. fmaster o ceremonies. The business of master. The race for some of the offices was the evening got under way with a brief "lit‘t'l'tlst' there is not time to toast all very close, The results are as follows: that and diversified programme, ‘of singing and the activities oi this year." Mr. Mahley President of the Student Council: _l. ,Ho dancmg. followed by a session of slighttot pointed out. "it is necessary to mention l'entland: [fourth year representative: \V. - hand tricks by the "Great McGlaughhn" smilcf o them now and give the credit for llyrne; Third year representative: li. 9" v lio mystified the audience with his rab— their success to whom credit is due." He Mornean: Second year representative/1‘. itht. tits. handkerchiefs and what-nots. wentn o to show the new impetus given .‘dorlcy. K. Macintyre was elected Pres- '.\lr. Rockwell then introduced the ptlcsl c illege lie by the introduction of Cathw identf o the Literary Society and T. of honor. Connie Mack. (‘ireeted as one lic .\ction Clubs and declared that the Morley. of the I’m—engineering Society. (if the outstanding men of the diamond great part of the credit for this activity The health insurance was carried 96 to 24. very sport. Mr. Mack lived up to all reputav was due to Father I)\vyer. He also re- ,co t lions as he stood in front of the audience \ic\vcd the fine work done by the As— foralittle better than an hour. telling of sumption College Lecture League and ORATORICAL CONTEST lllSl'C‘Cellt trip to Japan and of the tnanv paid tribute to its organizer. Rev. J. Stanv Ifirst.‘ txptriences of his fifty-odd years of cam.- ley Murphy. CS. 1.. M.:\.. not only for the FINALS HELD i0ffh, Wishing under the big tent. He added interest he showed in this. but also for the manner in which he made this year isl m that he was more than pleased to bc at yWon b K. MacIntyre ’37 ‘lssumptloit and would always be. dad to more pleasant for all the students. ' ‘ lMHtthiiig that he could for the colege. M'ontiiined on page 3) The finals for the oratorical contest Paid tribute to Father Frank \\'alsh. "' :‘c'figoggbalngfd the gogramme and was took place ’l‘hursday, May 2. Those tak- night. . e or Mr. . acks presence that ALUMNI BANQUET ing part were: K. Maclntyre '37. \V. Lowe ‘ 5‘). C. McGuire '38. Mr. Macin— .it the conclusion of the HONORS GRADUATES main speech tyre took for his subject. "Just an Idea"; ' «if. ockwell then introduced the various Mr. Lowe. "Moulding Canadian Charac- hifzctgoliz’cgih Despite their reputations “Captain Henry" at the Helm thletes . a sur . er t an words the DCU‘OlI ! ter"; and Mr. McGuire. “Has Democracy .\ssnmption .\lumni Club gave their .. Prised the audience with their ‘ 'l he hailed?" NataZillllllV v in honor of the graduates to say a few . well-chosen word annual ampict i lidward Hotel. Monday That the contest was close may be seen as some of them are for their si- f at the l’rince t . ‘ i was further from the fact that the judges decision S “‘3' . their brief talk-s came as a pleasant ‘ \ Mav oth. This year's affair , . enlivened by the fact that l‘ii‘ank Macin- was it it unanimous er. Maclntyre won iii-3:25:30 the ardent fans. Bill Rogcll. Sliowboat by a v ote of Z to l. \ PIOH baseball coach.. promised his . tyi’e. he t Captain Henry of the :‘ti . was a 1 ppm“. the college tune and offered to' ~..‘ Hour. was the toastinastci‘. There The judges were Judge Coughlin. l)r. come over the presence of such Morand and Mr. (lowdey. to the co liege frequently to large crowd. due to liflp Father Walsh a celebrity on the programme, ‘iact wi th the team. The; \\'hile they were preparini‘r their deci- that he did con Mr. l’.‘.\lc.\lanus. as President of the sion. Mr. ()‘t'onnor called upon Mr. Ii. __, much 'of ie_ here. fsacrificingk [ha his free‘ time . is proo sufficient .\lnmni Club. opened the speeches by re? lirown. w ho favored the audience with a \7 of the past year and onto? 1”ngst were not mere flights viewingr the activities piano solo. "Rhapsody in Blue." of /‘ \velA ken th-e logg‘l was. followed by (3. \Val— extending to all present a hearty harlie ? to the graduates whom Gag: mg hitter of the league: come.speciallye l Front then on. Mr. v” Tigers. gaff. ace second baseman theanquetb honored. GERALD ROSSETTIE of usually mm m ‘ Cloolhoy Rowe. the .\lc|ntvre took charge and the sensa— l attested to by NAMED EDITOR > 'mU‘IE PitCher: Marvin Owen—he fine rib i he did of it was Cm" let-WINS baseball hands: the several rounds of applause that greet— Falhér "Flea" Minie Schuble and Clyde llamf ed his sallies. To Assume His Duties September, 1935 \th an H EC. onald presented Mr. Mack {Continued on page It . - {yuamglatetl address on behalf of Mr. Gerald lv’ossettie. Corning. New we sit] dstudents. F. Flynn. speak- hialumni: ents. York. was recently chosen as next year's presented the Phila— iii,Lr the programme possible. _l‘ath_cri of :t’ editorf o the "Purple and \\'hite" to suc— athc, Walshger With a spiritual bouquet] \Vttlsl‘i then made a presentation 955 of we a. I“. Flynn. Mr. to whom credit in the suc— purple silk loungingr robe .to Mr. Mack. ceed the present incumbent. Gwing Mb air must go. came in for a lack .\dams. manager of the Red \\ my». lx’osseitic has been in the circulation (le- . lit 9 from 1| . - oI tle \\'indsor its 1 and ans. n ‘0.- “Lister (ll t‘ertu lohnhick. C manager pnttmcni this year, Milli-r editors will be fthauks to 3"“th \yith a hearty vote ‘I’i 'lltlogs :iuil lll’. \\', \. lx'czinc. cln‘i phy Vt namcd later. 0 had assisted in mak- sician of the 'l‘igcrs. were also lltll‘ivtltlt‘t/l.

PURPLE AND Winfrig H V a.-. Laxmt STRICTLY GERMPROOF *' WHEN I AM DEAD The .\llll\t'1lllt‘ liricnds. when I _ Till” ;11 , \\'hen l mu dead, Dcar llc l’up ' l d 11“ Prophylac- am dead: . \\'crc playing in thc garden when will shine as cycr overhead, the The stars bed.‘ lliinny :nnbh-d up: Theun s will rise and set on tlcccy They looked upon the still will chature with moon her borrowed lustre a of The bathing u ndisguiscd; a month by the students Published once shed. it w asn't llisiiifcctcd and it wasn't Stem Assumption College on as she has always Rates $1.00 a year The earth speed int-(i, " 3' Subscription sped: red V Thu _ s'iid_ it \\'l\. 'l \l" \i The Staff From rosy—fingered dawn to cycn . . itrobs' i certain All l)!st'.’i.\c; dud a Hotbcd , l) Theay d will follow night with FACULTY ADVISOR: . I They _ _stormed. it in .1' \'(l)t)l‘ ‘ i :. S. Murphy, C.S.B., M.A. tread. ‘ ) ‘ Father summers sand odd The spring, the wmter, fall in degrees; I H a thou. E EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: y F. Flynn, ’ _ _ I ‘ 'I‘hcy mm-._ it in 'li t rcczcrA th' - - . ‘ ' ’ stem 1 ASSOCIATES: ' eke out_his daily bread. as Ilanishcd llope at “as “M N 37 Mankind will still Bacon, '36; H. V. Elliot, woo and .\nd w ashed. . it in ptrllldll' - B P. Gibb, '36; T. lts ons s and daughters still “'1” anat- " TREASURER: bolatcd map. E t “1th car. - H wed. _ W. Riley, C.S.B. be fed, .-\11 living things by Providence In s_ iilphiir'itcdt . hvdro'_ gcn they 5 i ‘ d‘ ADVERTISING MANAGER: still hc A. Liddell, ’35 Poorupes d by cunning trickstcrs ‘ w iggly cars: ' team“! m ‘ ‘ y ‘ ASSOCIATES: bled, Ihcy trimnicd its frisky whiskers with ’35; M. Coughlm. 36 be led, .WW '35; G. Farrell, by shrewd demigogues M.evasseur,L '38 The people T1 pair of hard—boich shears- a '38: J. Conley, “$8: E. J. White, wont from A to/.—— .u C. P. Hannick, Events transpire as icy_ donned ‘their rubber i”nittcn: MANAGER: Dear I‘riend. when I CIRCULATION When 1 am dead, \ they took ll by thc hand i and A E. McCarthy, ’35 ’ am dead. _ nd ‘lcctcd it a member of t} ie E‘ 1 ‘ i ‘ l ASSOCIATES: 36 na: i :0: 1439.... '35; G. Rossettie. ’36; A. DelPapa, iand. u mgaied l; 4 . B. Naas, HUMOR EDITOR: brethren, pray that at the summons Pray, There's not a Micrococcus in the garden J. Oakley, ’35 dread c ASSOCIATES: he I where they play; F The thrilling words: “\\'ell done", A. J. Darcy, ’35; F. Ryan, '36 Hit-y bathe in pure iodoform a tloven 5 Wan-ah. EDITOR: kindly said, times a day; . SPORT soul's repose have Masses G. Aitchison, ’33 And for my .\nd each imbibcs his rations from a Hy- I‘ ASSOCIATES: read! (3.....- glt‘lllC Cup— C T. O’Connell, ’37 I. DUNNICLLY 0. Reichardt, ’35; REV, V. lhc Ilunny and the laby and the Pro- \ ALUMNI EDITOR: J», * a: it F. Doyle, ’ phylactic l’up. M. ASSOCIATE: m Herrick, gone blind) _\rthur (iuitcrman in the Farmer's Sim

W. Murphy, ’37 (The poet,

a. . HIGH SCHOOL EDITOR: I begin to wane in sight—— J. Sell, ’38 Shortly I shall bid good-night; ALUMNI BANQUET HONORS CLASS REPORTERS: no gazing more about GRADUATES R. S. Allen, G. Rau, B. Bryans, Then J. Cavanaugh, are all out. V. Thompson When the tapers (Continued from Page 1) (The poet, Father Tabb, going blind) _.\ls5;'r. Staplcton. Detroit. recalled some or the memories that made his years at Back to the primal gloom mfleuwfinwa .\ssinnption so enjoyable. Mr. Flattery, \‘Vhere life began, l‘resident of the Detroit Alumni, brought , EDITORIAL COMMENT to any mother‘s womb As greetings from the club from across the Must a man, river and announced that they were giving Return: an athletic bust for the championship WE ARE PROUD OF oNot t be born again, hockey and basketball teams. Msgr. YOU, VARSITY oBut t remain: Laurcndeau, Dean of Essex, paid fitting And in the school of Darkness learn tributeo t His Majesty, George V, and expressed the loyalty of all Canadians on produced one What mean, This year Father McGee “The things unseen." this his Jubilee. .\lr. Hanrahan, past of the best basket-ball teams ever in ac— State Deputy of the K. of C, spoke on. (Father Tabb, gone blind) propaganda! tion in Canada. Not only did this As— the menace of Coimmmistic those present of its conse- ' excell individually, but The day is nearer unto night andarnedw sumption squad .\lr. I“. Flynn expressed the grat- Thano t any other day; quenct-s. more mportanti still, it functioned all sea— class for the hon— ,1 If closer to Thee. Lord of Light. itude of the graduating son as a harmonious unit. Until Assump— 4 or shown them. Rev. T. A. MacDonald. In darkness let me stay. pointed out the 3'" tion encountered the Victoria Blue Rib- President of .\ssmnption, *** help the Alma Ma- rir no opposing fduty o thc .-\lnmni to bons in the Dominion finals, to alwéll'S F gal THE SMITER ter and reminded the graduates team was able to cope with the Purple principles which have * m be faithful to those quintet. They bound Thine eyes and questioned. been inculcatcd in them while at Asstimp' . at It was the ardent desire of the students "Tells u now, tion. ‘ \Vho smote Thee." Thou wast silent. year it is customary for one of the th: and friends of Assumption to see our liach m I When today, Hiin School Principals of the Bordtf team bring home the cup from the west. This jar Mme eyes are holden, and again they say. speak at these banquets. Cities to But though in this we were disappointed. "\"Vho smote Thee?" Lord. I tell them it year. Mr. Forster, of General Byng 18' ,3 0’ our squad is more popular than ever. Abil- is Thou. Sandwich. ~spoke. praising Assumption and then 3 ** i‘ the great work it has been doing ity. courage, and endurance were not , (It, Editor‘s Note :—The above poems are spirit of (Ki-operation of the various litem' lacking w hen ASSumption bowed to Vic— educationa. pm taken from “Father Tabb, His Life and bers of the faculty in matters toria. The western team held the advan- McIntyre 011 1% Works"y b Jennie M. Tabb. The Strat— As a conclusion Mr. the graduates succesi ftages o height, a home court. and, shall ford Company, Publishers, Boston, Mass. own behalf. wished we say, somewhat biased referees. and asked them to DU ever loyal Alumni of he t college. _ . '1. The third game, the crucial match of at various intents the series, tested the calm and patience west coming cast for the finals, perhaps Music was supplied - there Will be a different ending to the by the school orchestra and 3165.5” Broil" of the. Assumption coach to the utmost. audience “It . Fhe Ribbons. With the support of the ref- story. So. here's to tomorrow with a con— and regaled the fident smile and a cheer for our team some well rendered and much aPPrm erees and an unsporting audience, were today! ed solos. determined to capture that game at all M costs. From the bench. Father McGee We w ho have been your ardent sup— . . -. lilo” sari witnessed the maltreatment of his men till may be contradicted?! porters all year were only sorrv that we . “lruth . ro in'a moment or protest he considered the could not be in Victoria to cheer for you. tunes. but that only proves Ala‘sssas‘jlt‘y Withdrawal at his team from the series. However. at home, we followed the games to survive a thousan ‘ enourh J- Shem However, the battle was continued, and closely and. as one of the speakers said 1‘ Fulton

Assumption 'went_ down fighting. on w elcoming: you back, we felt every set- #_____,_,_.— And now it is time for us to turn from back y ou felt and we were buoyed up by th. I t the past aud_look to the future. Next every advantage you gained. 'Had voii "The day that the year. Assumption will have the same team, won,e w should, of course. have been glad paganism bccomcs practica. l the .mser and more experienced, again. seek .btit losing .as- 'ou_ did we can not be less have an cud ot the really 1..

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ARTS BANQUET HUGE SUCCESS t . . t6_ 1 tV. ’1‘ (Lon tiiiiitd- troni lape" r) l) .\lina Mater" was )ro— t l Uzist to “Our ie posed by lidward 1.. Morin-an, '37. 1who a . — 19v 1: \1 I: g ) : H \ H declared that the service rendered by As— its student body is " ‘ " ' I 'I- Isl" l. “1””le (WHEHC to 'L a" ghcrmanAuumth“(forward)C°nege ' 5 L 1 3 7 0 11 not surpassed in Canada. 5 1. 35 In reply Father MacDonald wished 5d ‘' ,iteretsky' this (guard(forward)cent“)""""""""""""""""""""""""" I 1/_, 1 3 5 (I 5 every success to the graduatingr class and > Data US guard) ----- 15 )1 h 1 ‘7 dwelt on the institution‘s growth. “- i Rimm- (cen ‘ v d fuflvnd) 1 ) U (I )1 "\Vhalerer you do in life and wherever that you are graduates Aitchison (guar ‘ ‘ j ) i _ ~ you go. reineniber it with af- ,id Namais (guard) ...... , .. . . -. . - - a . . -- ~ 4 ~ - » - t -t — 4 7 U 8 9t .h55lllllllllt)tl and remember 3 5 (l i) 2 “mm 11”“ “‘"WV‘W?" 1‘“ said- 1 Bynic (forward, guard) ever a loyal “ n l) 3 l) 4 _ _.\lonsig‘nor Laurendeau. ' Harrison. (guard. forward) lrlt'llld o1 Assumption. urged {ht (.m'irc t) (l l) i) (l 0 : degord (centre) ...... -_ _ a, n _ stinent body to be fired with Christian Toads ), 4” fit) 2 1;; confidence. . . IH‘ i‘ \1 I: l ‘ H ‘ ’ Paul Martin introduced the main Rev. Gerald B. Blue Ribbons— .-. 5 l.|‘. [.1‘, I speaker or the evening. Martin (forward) ...... 3 3 l 0 30 lhelan. and landed his great work as an H ediicationalist and philosopher. Andrews (forward) 5 O 7 U Hm...... 31 t 1:, Q U 4; Dr. Phelaii. addressiny the rra ' duatmg A.C ChapmanChapman (guard)(cet ) ''''' I. H 6 4 U H)~ class. . Itirietly,- - detined-- thel‘ status i”of a bach- leii ' 11 19 9 0 41 “or ” an" Pcden (guard) ------0 U (l U 0 0 “He is a man." he declared, “who has in edu- :eii lcheaChle ( 0N3“ """"""""""""""" measured up to certain standards ROSS (guard) '.__._‘ .. . .. (l t] (l (I U 0 cation: who has culture. learning, manli— Iy- Cmg (forward) 0 {l U 0 0 U iiess and character. ' 11>“— y - ' "()ur clutur‘. "' our ‘3“""1"'t'""1 1°" "1“ ‘1 "5" r0_ “at lliS (guard) ...... _At) _v 0 _U #(l a() _(l mg. eonierred by Christianity. for through Tomls 21 .11 3‘) U H; the Church the culture of Greece and “IL Rome were transmitted to \V'estern Eu- First game—Assumption. 22: Blue Ribbon-N 47 rope and to this new world. culture 21. 1 "The trad‘ititlins of Christian Second' game—Assnmption.P _ 44;. Blue Ribbons,. _ ., lave inspirer tie teachers of Assum tion . ) i V r . . p . Thu-dF th game—Assumption,meflAsmm mo” 20,37' Bluemm: Ribbons,Ribhom no.39 College. and the growth and influence 0t 3our g . 1- . t . t . I . the college, shows how great a labor they PWfOFUWd-n me Blue Ribbons \\’lll series. three games to one. lo win Canadian senior men's ha"? t I at champlonshlp- - Ro'iert _l, l’arks proposed the toast to I the facultv of the collen'e and expressed 3r.ggt SCOT? b} v Qlldrter“' s: . ) ‘ a the student' bodys- appreCiationa ‘- ‘ ot~ iithe 00 30 —133 work. time and energy given by the the Assumption, College‘ . (Sandwich._- , < ()nt.) ...... -1- 30 ( ’ - - . . ' ,ng Blue Ribbons (Victona. bk.) ...... _ 33 34 2) ~17 ~14: priests ot the Basilian Order, who form the college faculty. hip Referees: Ralph Thomas and Alt I‘errin. \ aneouver. Father Guinan responded to the toast F.(}.~field goals: Rat—fouls made: F.5.~-fonl shots: RF. Zingsgr. [ ~personalKey to boxfouls.score:r1«.F.__mChnica1 {01115; ’piwtal points. and emphasized the benefits to be derived and trout the courses which went into effect on r at Assumption this year. mt ’ ‘ He landed the graduating class for the fspirit o optimism shown by each incin- HEmi. 1 T DAY-SCHOLARS Frank \Yansbrough: Archie Browning: ber. and the fine efforts they have put "Scotty" MacDonald. Thanks are due to forth throughout the years. He wished iii: BASKETBALL TEAM Jack Crowley and "Doc" Anderson for them every success in life. managerial and coaching assistance while aid The Sub_miuim basketba“ trophy was thc team was on the mad. John R. lientland proposed the toast to bv Assumption 5 aihlctcsi He Ina-15??! the Ma_the annexedVirtue ofthisth yearif byV, the. Dav-Scholars‘ fl 1— college athletes tor_their fine exhibition of y‘avsl' e “ mmng NYC? Strdlgll sportsmanship during the .year and gave :_ games front an enthusiastic Boarder quin— credit to Fathers McGee and \Valsh for the fine work they had done. tet. The winning team was royally feted 39mm Qfihtnarh Father \\'alsh replied to the toast. in at a banquet given by Fr. Lee in his the name of the Athletic Board and '_diambers on the Holy Angels‘ flat. The stressed the part played by athletics in team. w as ably captained by Stewart Des— school life. To those who do not make Ii‘arlais and included such luminaries as the v arsity teams. Father \‘Valsh paid warm triaute: they play their part in 5 Babe" Wansbroug‘h. Esmond Lappall, arousing the school spirit. he insisted. Bab Desjarlais. Jack Lewis. Jack \Villis. Toasto t the graduating class was pro- he Soulliere freres - Ernest and Mickey. posedy b Father Lee. who analyzed some “d lack Watt. Now that the Day-Schol— of the misconceptions other undergradu— sltave the trophy it is fervently hoped ates have of the seniors. Their apparent indifference to things about them is due, hall'th will retain it in their rightful con- Possessmn he declared. to their whole—hearted for many long years. templation of truth and the complete dis- regard for the mere mechanics of ex- Headquarters For-— istence. ROTARY CLUB The reply was made by Frederick E. MINIM TEAM KIWANIS CLUB Flynn.ho. w in the name of the graduates. GYRO CLUB expressed their gratituth for what had IME‘W'SCltolar Minim Basket—hall Assumption. CLUB betn done for them while _ at A not MORAMOS SHRINE waver! successful season. was one oi the most suc— _ of tihxir 0THMAR GROTTO The banquet wmning a large majority cessnt ever put on by the student body ' L CHAMBER OF COMMERCE h and he t credit for its success goes to this as e Border Cities with the ex- year's ouncil. C Michael P. O'Connor, President of the Council. was general Patterson, a feat which argues 3-2481 chairman nd a was assisted by a committee *ft‘iture in therjunior ranks. RUSH, Mgr. eonlposetl of: John F. Oakley. '35; Matt- (“the team included —— HARRY rice Coughlin. 'St); liniile Camus, '37 and Beauvais; Gene Huro- Thomas. Morley, 38. _ ‘Mel Quenneville;

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clothes for men). llis obseru-d deep in conversation The prospective graduates are leaving for light eolored DV sox. though heelless. looked clean. It is naniic Detroit “as well represented—even us by degrees. uniting: rumored that the diamond t?) on his en— the high—brows, we saw Robert It I! it (Kidd, Ill l‘arks, The boarders took it on the chin in gagement finger is worn merely to keep \\l1() “as among the speakers- Blond Mr. lultn thisear'sy elections. Hmvever they have the boys guessing . .. “Pretty Boy" l“red« ()riiiin. Assumptions animated natcs (pit-stionnan‘e a fine representative in Tom Morley. die Doyle was swanky in his \vine-eol- “as at the graduation table. ’l‘lu are in order for all the ored suit, with the latest neuspaper stick— . . t‘y Kli’tluire. orator. philosopher and by F Congratulations lSt. l ing out of his pocket, Just the right (iernian student. was seen chatting successful candidates. with toe b t =0: :0: shade of complexion was on his face to ere friends h and there—a popular boy scrim \Ve are glad to see that the departure match the (‘Olor of his scarlet tie. His that L‘y. . lid. "Hammer—head" Moi~ Conci of a certain person for Philadelphia did hair w as \vaved most fetchingly, featuringr nothernean. a of the after-dinner Demos- stdl t lllt'llt's. entertained said ‘ not leave Ken Maclntyre speechless! several quaint curls. ...Mr. linwrong a select gathering of even McCarthy received at the (lom‘ of the friends at I’eter's later in the evening. cozice banquet hall with the very latest salt and lore THE ARTS BANQUET AS pepper effect from Syracuse. He direct- ourei today ed traft‘ie in a very souorous tenor voice. YSEEN B OUR Cathl .. . Mr. 'I. ()akley. the toast—master who have SOCIETY EDITOR lost his joe Miller. sported a fresh shave their math and w ore a very red car on the left side Mr. Fred Flynn looked lovely at the CHAPMAN’S gent] head table during the banquet. He was of his face .. ...\niony‘ the literary lights tian dressed in a blue checkered coat with long epresent w saw Mr. \\'m. Barry Murphy. Cath opants t match. His shoes were well pol- the editor of the l“. by .\lr. \\'in. Lone MEAT MARKET ished. w ith a brownish tint. His coiffure still trying to look studious: Mr. Andrew \vas striking—being slicked back and ruf— J. Darcy, Assumption's representative on fled slightly around the ears. .. Mr. Mi- the ()ecidentalia; Mr. Frank Ryan. the chael Patrick ()‘Connor looked particu- deposed editor of the aforementioned I“. larly chic in his dark dinner jacket with .:by N J. J. Sailborn. constant contributor knee-high pants (he is a strong advocate to our paper. as also Mr. V. Elliott. were 9 Wilkinson’s Sport ShOp 333 Ouellette Avenue COMPLETE SPORTS OUTFITTERS BADMINTON, HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, VOLLEY BALL HEADQUARTERS C.C.M.’S For Finer Meats math HOCKEY SKATES and UNIFORMS on y CHENILLE and FELT CRESTS lullt: and Choicer Fowls RY SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR STUDENTS lie PHONE 3 - 7411 WINDSOR, ONT. will - idle may been finer . bum . lave

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\'ol_ I. Assumption College. Sandwich. Ontario. .\rla_v—June. 1935 No. 8

BACCALAUREATE MASS MESSAGEO T THE GRADUATES THE ASSUMPTION COLLEGE LECTURE LEAGUE The activities of the Arts Seniors tcr» The time has arrived for you of the ininated w ith the }accalaureate l’ontifir Classf o '35 to go forth from your Alma For the first time in this section of cal High Mass in Assumption Church. fol~ Canada or of the United States. there was Mater. You are entering into a world 7 ylowed b the banquet in the refecory inir begun a non—profit organization whore niediately after. I'Iis lixcellency Bishop fraught w ith Spiritual and 'l‘eniporal op—

79?: sole purpose was to contribute to the cul— Kidd, assisted by Father Doe and Father portunities. Your lives have been mould—

wt tural life of the community by presenting l’dOiide sung the, Mass. at which the grad~ edo t link both. for the greater glory of internationally—known exponents of Chris- VJ sex iiates attended in cap and gown. (iod and the greater heiiefit of mankind. tian culture. Its first speaker was the il— The sermon on the occasion was given lustrious orator and scholar, Monsignor The w orld is trying to neglect the idea by Father 1.. J. iondy. C.S.I'}..l’h.l).. oi Futon J. Sheen. whose voice has reached Michael's College. Toronto. It proved of God and emphasize the human alone. millions of homes through the fifty—seven eto h one of the most thought—provoking Yours it is to combat worldliness and to stations of the National iroadcasting sermons ever given on such an occasion. enlists a leaders under the- banner of Company. Its patrons were some of the Conciselv and clearly. the speaker stres- lay—leaders o‘f \Yindsor and Detroit. with- Christ. Your crown will not consist pri- sed the Catholic concept of education. lie out \vhosc generous co—operation. no lec— marily in temporal honours; rather it will said that the corruption of ideals was oi tures could have been held. Needless to embrace the unsurpassed fruits of right even more serious consequences than the say. the willingness of speakers. like Mon— conduct based on the example of the Mas— concentration of wealth today. Never be— signor Sheen. Maisic \Vard. If). Gilson. ter. Assumption can ever view with pride l’eter Maurin. Dr. G. 1’). Phelan,and Shane foren i Christendom was Divorce so hon— the lives of those who have reflected lion— oured and lying so exalted Advertising oLeslie. t address our league helped to our u pon her: she hopes that the princi— today is nothing more than polite lies. show the patrons the importance of the ples w hich governed those lives will also Catholic colleges like Assumption still work being accomplished. guide y ou to the goal of genuine success. have the lofty Christian ideals; whether Next autumn will bring Monsignor slay God bless you. their products practise them is another Sheen. Arnold Lunn. one of the greatest matter. However, the cultured Christian ’1‘.. A MCDONALD. C.S.B..M.:\. controversialists alive. Christopher Hollis. gentleman is he who always acts on Chris— whom Chesterton calls. “the wisest and tian principle. The contribution made by HISTORYF O THE CLASS OF ’35 wittiest man in England." Dr. Gilson. and Catholic graduates will not be most use- others. ’ Whene w rc—entered this institution of fully made in the way of new statistics .Among‘ Honorary Patrons of the As— higher learning for the final time this year and graphs. or in mere technical methods; sumption College Lecture League who. we began to experience that pride and his contribution will he holiness—the most have sent best wishes for its success are: joy w hich is the aftermath of worthy toil. needed quality in our starved world to— Cardinal Villeneuve. several bishops. Gov- day. Action flowing from Christian con— Our class had not suffered appreciably ernor—General Frank Murphy. G. K. Ches- as regards the original number. Of course templation w ill shed more benefit on man— terton. Shane Leslie. Arnold Lunn, and kind than the blind policies of the spirit— some had enjoyed an ephemeral career. Christopher Hollis. ually blind. Starting out full of hope. like the youth in \Vordsworth‘s Ode. they 'soon lost their As w as largely to be expected the first eagerness. \Vould that they could be with year, the support. of many students. es- HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION usn i our happy exodus. pecially in the Arts course. was almost The long awaited hour of graduation \’\"e have acquired much in our stay entirely negligible. Yet there were some encouraging signs of a cultural rcnnais— has struck and some fifty very promising here. “ Doce me bonitatem" certainly sauce among them as the year wore on; young men merrily receive their High shoulde b deep in our heart's core. The .School Diplomas and go forth into the knowledge imparted by our good pro- and there was sufficient interest manifest- fessors should likewise come to our aid in yed b those who occasionally penetrate world. Surely after these four years of beneath the superficial to make the Lee- tutelagee w need not advise you further. after life. \Ve are entering a world not You have been instructed that the world yet convinced of the necessity of social ture League feel that it had by no means justice. Perhaps we can do our part to failed. of today is starving for Religion and Perhaps the best free advice to the gen- Christian Leadership. You have been further that glorious cause. In conclud- omade t realize the duties incumbent up- ing. may we ever Conduct ourselves tle student-reader would be this: Some Illl‘OllglitHlt life so that when we approach time during the summer. when you have on y ou as graduates of a Catholic Insti— been sufficiently bored by the "funnies." tiit‘io'i. In parting I can only say. CAR— the place whence there is no returning, each one can say: “I have fought the the “ sport-page." and by your “local an- RY ()N. nouncer." find out who Sheen. Lunn. Hol- 3c men of action. men of principle. You good fight: I have kept the faith." lis. and Gilson are. Read some of their will not better conditions in the world by OTTO. H REICHARIH‘ '35 idle twaddlc. however elegant your speech works: realize their importance in‘ the may be.. Live in the world as you have building of a new Christendom. You will PURPLE & WHITE STAFF find that their contribution to our century been taught to live in college and your iii— APPOINTED FOR FALL is a million times more important than f'uence for good will be inestimable. Coni fthat o four hundred Greta Garbos. six otinue t frequent the Sacraments. as you .-\fter due consideration the authorities thousand Walter \Vinchels. one million have frequented them here. and you will have decided to appoint the Editor and Huey Longs. and one billion jazz—artists just naturally be Catholic leaders of migh— his assistant editors next~ Fall. after a fseries o examinations that will determine and jazz—litterateurs. Perhaps. the point ty influence. is now clear. . Our College is no better or no worse. just w ho will be most fitted for respec—~ than our graduates. Each of you bears tive positions regardless of Class or other the reputation of our school with you. distinctions. Nothing but credit is due CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES! You are the greatest medium of adver— Fred Flynn for the masterly way in which UNIVERSITY: he w eathered the storms of the past year. tisemente w have. Let your life in'the Emmanuel Baetens. Thomas Batty. Per- eworld b governed by the ideals and prin— The same praise is likewise due to those who conscientiously helped him. cy Beneteau. Andrew J. Darcy. Gilbert ciples y ou have garnered here. and““you Farrell. Fred E. Flynn. Ulidge Girard. 1 _Will do your school a wonderful service: Fred Doyle. John Griffin. Marcel Levas- your good example will direct innumer- “A modern university consists of three seiir, Alex l.iddell. Enright McCarthy. able students to our portals; your Chris» thousand stiidents'looking for a religion." Raymond Meloche. Bernard Naas. John ian condrict Will Win for you the crown ~~MONSIGNOR FULTON J. SHEEN F. Oakley. Michael 1’. O'Connor. M. 'immortal—fiiiy sincere good wishes to the “Some-rot the newest modern religions Adrian Record. Otto H. Reichardt. Al— Graduates of’1935. fconsist o three persons and no God." phonse St. Pierre. Norbert lx’euss. William V.. I ‘McIN’I‘YRE; C.S.B..M.A. —:\I{Nt)l.l) LUNN Sanshurn.

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you expected or if it (lid not contain those MODERN CATACOMBS features that you come to associate with publications from other colleges, it was \\"hatcver the Divine Hand of the becausee w had to stay within the bounds Church has touched, she has sanctified of a rather limited budget. and made beautiful. Splendid and volup- In giving credit where credit is due. we tuous Rome rejected her, and she dug her Published once a month by the students of must first thank Father Stan Murphy for way u nderground, and the flower of her Assumption College his interest in the success of this paper. Subscription Rates $1.00 a year It w as he who thought of bringing the sanctity left its fragrance immortalized in paint and mosaic on the walls of the cata- The Staff “Purple and White" back to its former position; 'it was he to whom we went combs. She plunged into the forests of FACULTY ADVISOR: ewhen w lacked the experience necessary Germany and France, and she blessed the Father S. Murphy, C.S.B., M.A. to meet some situations: it was he who EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: constantly encouraged us and suggested long columns of stately elms in the arches F. Flynn, ’35 and aisles of Medieval Cathedrals. She ASSOCIATES: omeans t avoid difficulties. P. Gibb, ’36; T. Bacon, '36; H. V. Elliot, '37 Credit is due to the editors of the vari- stormed the stronghold of ignorance and TREASURER: ous departments who gave wholehearted nsin i Mexico, Texas and California. She W. Riley, C.S.B. co—operation and who too often received baptized the sun—baked sand and stone. ADVERTISING MANAGER: only abuse and post—publication sugges— A. Liddell, ’35 tions for their efforts. To those who col- and u nder the guidance of the vivifying ASSOCIATES: _ Spirit. the desert blossomed into missions M. Levasseur, ’35; G. Farrell, '35; M. Conghlm, ’36 lected advertisements and tothOse on the .i C P. Hannick, ’38: J.Conley. ‘ '8: J. White, '38 circulation department our‘ thanks are and churches beautiful with a beauty not CIRCULATION MANAGER: here presented for making the paper at of time. . E McCarthy, '35 all possible. To the business—men whose To-day the Church still has that Divine r . -' ASSOCIATES: advertising w as generally of the good—will 'B. Naas, '35; G. Rossettie. ’36; A. DelPapa ’36 variety and who bought space 'mainly to vitality.’ The soul of the Church, The ‘ 7 HUMOR EDITOR: .. help‘us out, we express our keen appre— Holy Spirit; Whom we are commemorat— X J. Oakley, ’35 ' ciation. In short. to all those who in any ing during this Octave of‘ Pentecost. is ‘ ASSOCIATES: . A.. J Darcy, ’35; 'F. Ryan, ’36 way‘ helped to support the “Purple. and still breathing: love. Int the b )(ly of 1':-

SPORT EDITOR: \IVhite" w e' say in aceents sincere— Chnreh is sick. Catholics have compro— G. Aitchison, ’35 THANK YOU. ' 1 mized w ith the world. They have accept- W » ' ASSOCIATES: ' ‘ Our best wishes for success go forth to 0.;Reichardt, ’ 35; T. O’Connell, ’37 ed its views. its standards. They do not ‘ALUMNI EDITOR: the staff of next year. The foundation F. Doyle, ’35 begun this year is yours to build upon—_— know their Faith. For them the Cruci- ASSOCIATE: under y our hands .may the “Purple and fixion w as over 1900 years ago, and Christ ' W. Murphy, '37 has never'riscn from the dead. Our Holy HIGH SCHOOL EDITOR: \Vhite" become an institution of like pro— Religion is‘not a living force but a dying '. I Sell, ’38 portions to that institution which it seeks CLASS REPORTERS: convention. Many hold on by the weak— ’ I. Cavanaugh, R. S. Allen, G. Ran, B. Bryans, to represent. . V. Thompson 1". I’LYNN, ‘35 ening thread of a lukewarm faith; many fall away. , _ But the Mouth of the Mystical Body LITERARY SOCIETIES AND does not cease to cry. out both the reme— ALE THAT. (ly and the antidote. Pope Pius X gave ‘_ EDITORIAL COMMENT us the remedy —— frequent communion. The annual Oratorical Contest was more P.0pes Leo XIII, Pius X, Pius XI have SWAN sonc. closely’contested than any in previous given the antidote — Catholic thought. years. From a group of fifteen in the Many are taking the remedy, but it ca"— not cure a sick Christendom without the has always seemed to semi—finals, three emerged, Ken McIntyre. “Tempus fugit" antidote. The supernatural can function be a rather trite phrase, frequently on W. Lowe, and Cyril-McGuire; and of the properly in the natural only with the help -".the lips-of those who have little to say and rthree'Ken came first for the coveted of the natural. The grace of the Sacra- ments strengthens only those who wish. . “all the time in the world to say it. Nev- O'Connor prize of twenty-five dolars. eto b strengthened, and the humble all trite sayings, it has its No W.O.S.S.A. competition took place .f‘ertheless, like enough to admit that they are weak. ‘ day‘lland then it appears no longer trite. this y ear in the High School. However, Because the Church is compromized in'

HFo‘rthose of us who have been working several interesting meetings were held. her members, she may again have to flee _ ‘on the, “Purple and White” since October, The “ Sarge” was usually on hand for the to the desert. Just as in decadent Rome . the good things of tl‘liS‘WOI'ld were tainted .' junior, group to symbolize the spirit of :‘this' phrase 'is fraught with meaning. It by misuse, so to~day. Now, as then, we_ msfbut a short time ago that we .. past y ears; and .Mr. McCormick returned emay b on the thresholdof a period of bf ’ ght outithe first edition of the paper- in the f1eshfthough he did not wait for a ascetiusm, and it may be necessary to re--- .frt e1 husiasin and with high hope for meeting. Some discovered during his oturn t the catacombs and leave the world to its Prince. Movements like that of the ‘ " short stay, though, that his feet were of “Catholic Worker," and writings like » . more than common clay. fthose o Pope Pius XI, J. Maritain: and

urial. ' Sometimes V Asone keen student observer from the Eric Gill, seem to point that way. , ape w as a labor of, Commercial Department remarked, there 0 .rr . oseems t be so much non-literary activity after hours. around here, that such “sissy” AN EXPLANATION AGAIN thingss a literary socreties. sodalities, an’d T‘If sufficient“co-operation and i'spirit’ debating—clubsv’have no time to in ction. :Maybe he was right._ ‘Or was it umPZ , can begrevived,‘ the last numberfin Ma

’ \ ‘ I’, , l " ' WINE AND WATER ‘ “Old Noah he hadfian oStri ,’ nfowls o the. largest scale, He ate his egg with a ladle in an eg' ‘ big as a,pail, " ' a « And the soup he took was Elephant soup and the fish he took was Whale, VB‘ut they all were'small to the cellar; he" took w hen he .setqout to sail,

n'diNoa'h» he often'said'to his wi‘fe':whfei I he sat do'Wn" to dine. _ I. r care where the water goes it doesn’t getfinto the, wineff'f . G' 1 ,Kf CHESTER'IION 3' , “In “ The, Flying ’Inn."~ '

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DIDOU Y KNOW

That the Detroit .-\himni put across a line Athletic liust at Detroit Leland lio— tcl, May 21st. .. That the M—0 Confer- ence-track meet looked like a campus ac— tivity w ith the local Alumni in prominence ... That Don Monaghan, the St. Thom— as railroad flash. is to be ordained in London next month, .. That lx’cr. lihner .i Naeyf o Lincoln Park has more hair than “i usual. ... That Rev. Frank Stack ol Grosse l’ointc is reported to he reducing. ..'l‘hat the ’%eii(lix Eclipse reminds one.f o an Assumption Alumni Club-room as Larry Hanley, Jack Hay, John Finn, Miles Cyshman and Harry Coles receive their pay checks there. .. That the Alum- ni Cluh held an informal blow-out at Danny Bell's. . . That Dr. Louis Morand is located in the David VVhitney‘Building, Detroit. . . That if you are an interested Alumni located in and about Detroit, get in touch with Larry O’Neil, secretary in the Buhl Building. '. . That Ed. Sckricyki is basket—hall coach at St: Mary’s, Or- chard Lake. . . That Father Phil Mugan has a baseball team in East Windsor. .. That Charlie Murphy and Ed. Debaene are married and living in Detroit. ... That Nelson Zatt is king of Centerline. . That Dr. E. Duroeher is practising medi- cinen i the Border Cities. .. That the townf o Sandwich‘will be no longer after July lst. . . That Lawyer Roger Desro- siers says that he is a KC. now. . . That Francis Marx of Wyandotte is active in HIS EXCELLENCY, DENIS 0’CONNOR,§&D.D. .' the Detroit Alumni. . . That Ray Mar— fBishop o Peterborough i cotte is selling insurance to the nurses Faithful Alumnus. Annual Donor of the “O’Connor Oratory Prize”

about town. .. That lan Allison reports FROM TORONTO that he. has purchased a marriage license. Joe Menccl '34 visited us not so long . . . That James ,Holden and Leon Mc- ago and reports on the boys who are down Pherson of City Hall can verify same. .. _at faculty. The two Joes—Mencel with}. Thate w should all boost the college this Costigan, played basketball for Varsity summer and get some more students. this Season and showed Torontonians just whyiA‘ssumption has gone places in the court game—Congrats, boys. Joe Flan- nery, it seems. has become quite the tea Assumption College drinker of late—Lemon. Joe? We were not told as much definitely, but we suspect Lecture League“ ‘ that Tom Barrett still does his studying g PRESENTS , _ 4n i front of a window—how‘s for a Camel, _ Tom? DURINGHE T AUTUMN or 1935 “‘ Its i reported that Ted Demuy does not ’ stay put long enough for any of 'his per- Monsignor FULTON J.‘ SHEEN sonal data to be'noted andf‘écorded'here. ' ARNOLD LUNN V ,N’loNsfiICNQR P: .1. MCKEON' CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS st Mertih’fsjP‘ahrishyLondon, 0m. ETIENNE GILSON The next meeting of the Assumption Alumni Clul) is schedulediodrJune-10th yal‘ ind faithful-iiAlumnus. one of the I at the Norton 'Palmer' Hotel. , Thea! ppor‘ter of’thefl‘fP.’ & W'Vas well OR‘WATCH F DATES! nual election of the officers will take ‘f A ‘ t > . Lecture 9 ’ 'i tplace a this meeting; Agfull tunaou~ requested“ M ' ’

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POST-COMMUNION THEGE A OF UNREASON SCISSORSND A PASTE Faith. 1 Emmanuel so good, The phenomenon known as the Refor— The following is culled from Jorgensen's §.Thine own pure flesh and blood, mation w as more than a breaking from if, (the “ Newman” of Denmark. Poet, Biog— eBy m have been received, the authority of the Catholic Faith; it was rapher, Mystic. and Prose-artist) biogra— For truth may be believed. phy:I “ celebrated the seventh anniver— the beginning of the break from reason. saryf o my reception into the church. As . 3 * * * The psuedo-Reformers discredited Cath- the priest lifted up the consecrated Host Adoration. olic Theology; their devotees were not the sun broke out (the morning had been ; Kind Lord. “1110 madest free longn i discrediting Scholastic Philoso— heavy w ith clouds) and it was as if the i Each one to follow Thee, golden light suddenly filling the church “g Absolve my evil ways; phy, the philosophy native to the human radiated from the chalic with the sacred 1 Accept this mite of praise soul. And if the contrast between the Blood. It was as if a ray of gold pierced , 4: :0: n: period since the sixteenth century and the my heart; and with a strong, deep emo— Humility. . period preceding it seems so violent, tion I v owed myself forever to the truth. . Dear Lord, I'm only earth, search not too far for a reason. In the It ** : A w orm——and yet of worth; Middle Ages, Reason reigned: to—day “Holy Thursday. In the evening". in the .rWho see’st a sparrow fall chapel before. the Sanctissimum. The si- May heed my lonely call. slushy successors of the Rationalists dis—— lence that seems to speak, the peculiar. dain man’s noble reason. a:k 3 :0: somehow compelling power issuing from Love. So many of the contributions to human the tabernacle. Thought a great deal and 0 Love, how noble Thou! thought, so many of the driving forces of a long whileof Him Who on this night O’erwhelming, pleading now! the great social and political movements was betrayed. Outside the light of the Consume in sinful me during the past four centuries have~been . full moon is cold and clear. Deep, deep Aught that is not of Thee. basedn o principles rationally unsound. stillness. Over the moonlit mountain The Calvinism of Calvin clung to predes- ridge. a few stars in the blue sky. My _ _ _ * ** tination a purely philosophical error; and God w hat a wondrous World is that into Thanksgivmg. Calvinism has had a large share in breed- , w hich we have come. Is it not my task 0 Sacred Heart Divine. ing the intellectual and moral disease of in spite of everything. to repeat this again Not w ith the lepers nine— the modems. The eighteenth century and again." Ingrates, indeed, they were— “Rationalists” w orshipped Reason instead But w ith the tenth, my share! of u sing it; they were essentially irra— tional, and their “pure reason” was not it w as so peaceful and quiet in First ' * a: * Arts. that a pigeon flew in, and following ableo t reach God. Nominalists and Ab— Self-Offering. the example of the majority, closed his solute Realists simply missed the impor— little eyes in a most gentle sleep. A body pure as snow, tant point in Philosophy, the problem of 1 A heart that’s all a-glow, the Universals. So many of the simple: 3 A w ill, a soul. each breath, minded materialists defend their assump— Be thine, dear Lord, till death.‘ following the alleged Dark Ages: there tionsy b an appeal to subjective experi- they have found Light. And the re-exi— :0: ** ~ence, and not to Reason. Confidence. amination of the philosophical vagaries of The bewildered nlodern agnostic, a sen— the last few centuries in the light of timental creature, says: “I can have no The tempter' may assail, sound thinking, has led many to drink Yet all his wiles will fail; confidence in Reason; hence, I‘ll suspend from the founts whence Aquinas and Au- For Lord, let Thou sustain, judgment on most of -» the important x gustus drank. To daring. hard, clean' No hope can e’er be vain. things.” And so he cheerfully goes his thinkers, w ho trust their reasonpthe own irrational way. a: 4: at choices a ever lies. not between Rome or- jFor'Others. 7 Buts i there no hope in this irrational Reason, but between the irrational hage? A .yes! Men are beginning to Mod- jiThe Church is Thine to keep; ernism on one hand and ROME and Rea- awaken. They are growing sick of the son on the other. Both sheperds and the sheep; stench that arises from a hundred irra— . Frail sinners, loved ones true, tional errors that have hastened corrup— 5' Them all we trust to You. tion.n I our own dark period many have. ' ' FATHER J. S. M. already glanced backwards to a period l 39mm. « Ehmarh utel, THE FACULTY-ADVISOR COMMENTS

School days are preparation, not only cter the fruit gained from Good— for temporal life, but for Eternal Life; ‘ « isciplin‘ and Knowledge. hence, the irrreligious are bound to find ’ =13 * too much religion here. sfrom-within the. in- :* . 4 * students; it cannot “Therein thewpati'ent must'minister unto . ustardlplaster; nei- himself." These words also apply to stu- dents. Without co—operation no teacher, can succeed in teachingycmL . ‘i ' * ** ‘ Happiness is from within. .some"§eék happiness in change without success. They are right in seeking change, only the. ' change should be in themselves._. ‘ :1,

*** If the rules ‘of the school were always I - .. easy to keep, it would be a fair sign that w ;We w ere developing “Sissies” instead of' Virile men. _ I 7 ' * a: a: . ‘ Consider that the seventh command- rnentiis v ery, wide .in its scope whenever. eel a primitiveurg‘e to smash win- ‘ , and other property.

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COLLEGE ATHLETICS 1934-35 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS ASSUMPTION HOST TO TRACK TEAMS _To w rite of the Athletic Program at In spite of the fact that no Association Assumption College during the current High School team won a championship, I Takes S‘econd Place in Meet Y years i but to continue the story of other think that we may say that the high school 011 Saturday, May 25th, Kennedy Col- 1‘ oyears. N radical change of policy has had a satisfactory athletic year. True, the legiate Stadium was the scene of the an— " been attempted; no great departure from senior foot—ball squad fell on evil days and nual-O M Conference Track Meet, with established custom has been initiated: and absorbed several defeats, but the junior Assumption in the role of host. Five the results to date have been increasingly boys made up for that and only lost the colleges competed, the Purples taking satisfactory. 7 \VOSSA title by one of those freaks of second place. Despite fine showing on The athletic program of the past year fate that happen once in a blue moon. the part of the local team. the affair was Conkratulations and condolences to the shas, a usual, been not sclf—suppirting fi‘ strictlyn a Adrian field day—the boys Junior foot—ball team and to Coach Father 'nancially; however, it has enabled every Killoran, w ho has the faculty of getting from there garnering 97 points. Assump— student to take part in some healthful the best out of his players. , tion followed with 32 points; St. Mary’s, fform o physical training. From the ear- In basket—ball the school had a more 17; Lawrence Tech, 14; and Battle Creek, iily ’ part of September, over two hundred successful season, judging from the num— 5. The marks set in some of the events fber o games won and lost. Father Don- were sertainly not up to the standard of boys w ere actively engaged in foot—ball. lon’s Senior tea-m put up a scrappy. brand a college meet; in the jump events, the Teams for different ages were organized ofplay, but were handicapped bp lack of following marks were made: p01e~valut— and coached by jriests of the staff.'L'arge- height. They lost to Patterson. but that 10$23nhigh'jump—56%”, and broad jump 1y because of the twenty minute Calis- waso n disgrace. In the junior g up we thenic drill, the athletes were whipped had, T think I may'say, the best team. Adrian took 12' firsts; Assumption, 2; The boys had .nokdifficulty in defehting -into excellent condition. In fact," there .,and St. Mary’s 1. Adrian got 9 seconds; ,Were hardly any serious injuries. during the strong teams, but hobbled badly when Assumption, 4; St. Mary’s, and Lawrence the entire foot-ball season. « it came to taking the. weaker teams into. Tech one each. Besides“ this Assumption {By the '.€ll(l of November, Basket—ball towu. We 100k forward to a; strong Se- took 4‘thirds and 2 feucths. ‘ ’ ‘ nwas i 'ful swing, and participation in this . nior teani nefxt year When several of thei'i. ji . , -..‘As~for_ind’vidual, wscog'ing chKiiiley at? juniors, step up. i A further incentive sport surpassed thatcf any seasén here-_ .to.. ~ I ‘Adriafi .took- theilit'tle “golden track-shoe, , tofore‘. ime—tables, schedulés,- practice— {increase interest. in this great sport and "collecting 20% points. ,He was followed xperiovd w er' ,3ar‘ranged to; accommodate make Association High ' School , Basket: by Glenn Sherman, Assumption, whohgot” 'all w ho, desired ito play." The thrilling ball conscious is the fact that the‘sch‘ool 13%,: points. IChapman was the next high "story v of’Ba’sketéball has already been told ' wille b represented at the Catholic High est'Purple s‘corer—'—7%. . 9 " . r _n i previous Ss‘ues ;of the paper. SChool tournament in Chicago next win- Besides the‘ above named men thewf'ol; _ chef iii-d, sports 4 ‘ Were ~th neglected ‘ ter. Let’s bring back the bacon, eh, what! lowing u pheld the college colors: Alexana In the spring a very successful (luring the winter," w classes, hand-' der, Grooms, Mulvihill,‘ Reichardt, Rogin Boxing, Vand rWrestlinngTrac-k —'wo‘1_ik, ‘ re; 'ba’ll tournament was run off, without a and Van Wagoner. eeived their proper attention. . _ hitch, by the Students’ Council. The en— ” Hockey claimed. the attention of the tries were grouped according to age, size, HAND BALL , . . whole school for the, first time in years. ability, and Hoyle. ,When the smoke of_ A v ery successful handball tournainent The teams made a splendid showing; battle cleared away, the tumult and the - w as [staged this year by the High School * and from now on it will be hard to deny shouting died. Jordan and Crowley emerg— Students’ Council undenth‘eguiding hand; _ ‘edas w inners. Hockey its proper place among the major of. Mr. Sheedy. The entries, in both the sports; ‘ ,3 ‘ Swimming w as indulged in by some of . Junior, and Senior divisions neared the “ ,.the hardiest Baseball revived with a vengeance this students. Fortunately it did hundred mark, The Juniorsputnumberi ' " not Despite the foul weather and the, degenerate into an organized sport ' ing thei‘Serijors 3 toleJordan'and 'Crow- fVity o the season, much interest was but was elevated into a source of-recrea- ‘tion enjoyed fey annexed the Senior titleaf'tervde'feat- ,, akened. by all. Under the tutelage ‘ing "last year’s champions, Normandeau_‘ ‘ ,0 ’ Mr.- Switzer many passed the qualifi- and“»-Martini_in ‘ a'zseries thatlasted three cations requ'ired to receive a, degree in Wans, rough and. Tourangeau 7 Life Saving; (No, home. should be w ith-2:: ‘ Junior ‘ victors; Beautiful Ass}... ; out one.) V, '0 '" , [Handball crests h ave b e e n As the balmy breezes; y awar dfto‘eachiwinner, thanks "to the .ackn i both High School and inter— green campus the. air ;.'resou ‘ds ,, . ,. , N‘t‘hb'u‘gh tfulness._of Fr. Walsh. H j ' " ‘ilegiate circles‘ was successful: .The of ‘ ash versus horsehide, andxth‘e; .ngi p ‘ It»:s i hoped “thatj‘the' enthusiasm des: 001 w as represented in the» Michigan— base hits is heard in the’land. . , played this year by‘ players ,and, specta— Two fast loops operate. ‘At noon the ' tors alike will lead to an even moresuc- day—scholars seintillate, andwin the after- ‘ cessful Spring ‘TOurnanient in “19,, . , j '_ noon the star boarders "shine; - *Sev'erail ‘ WILLIAM CQUGHLIN visiting teams were playedai‘id a good time w as had-by‘all. As we go topress urposein providing rec'reation for ups n and spectators. It has done tennis is coming into its own, and a golf- gave the enemy a touchdown, or he faile festering school spirit and in team, has been spoken of. The future of: .to basket a “dog”. A spirit Tof goodfel e.’respect and good will of the the latter is a secret of_ the fates. lowship and optimism prevailed. Th Reviewing the athletic 'year' as a whole» players played‘hard and cleanly, consid sc s01 ,Co-operation of staff. . ird the many loyal supd we may say it has servedaits purpdse, ering athletics primarily: as a means'of 'd ‘ e in conclusion which,s a Mr. G. Derais so. fittineg said ’ ‘ bodily recreation. 'May “that spirit ‘ a few summers agoLis to develop ,‘fmens tinuel May you' playbn as you} di

sanain corpore sano”. Sport has'not be: _ past year with courage, loyalty; 91",;

,comc the major._subject on the vciirv'ricu: common seiisel We ' I him. " AthleticsN ,yvere not" ei’msidered .the: of .AssOCiation fl” S . l d H t p‘or‘taiit'thing in the school—life. est,_'bod‘y‘, t " school.

PURPLEND A WHITE May—june. 1935 , MOSTLY MELANGE

DETROIT ALUMNI HONORS “Im a the state", said a French King. "\thre religion is weak, the ascetic in- PURPLE ATHLETES Whate h meant was that nothing but a stinct finds expression in the more stren~ government could be that mean and get uous sports.”—LUNN Many Notables Present away w ith it. ** * On .May 21, the Detroit-Leland was the ** 4: “An error is more menacing than a fscene o a sumptuous banquet in honor of -“It’s too bad the colleges couldn't work crime, for an error begets crimes."— ' G.. K CHESTERTON Assumption’s v ictorious hockey and bas- their w ay through some of the students." . 4: 4c * ket-ball squads. There was great diffi— The gent. that made that remark must have dyspepsia. “Science boasts of the distance of its stars; 0 fthc terrific remoteness of the nculty i getting the dinner under way, a:k 2 -* since many of the players and Alumni lin— thingsf o which it has to speak; but poet- English teacher: “An anonymous per— ry and religion insist upon the proximity geredn i the lobby renewing past ac- sons i one who does not wish to be known. of the things with which they are con- - quaintances and maknig new ones. _ W’ho's that laughing? cerned—Always the Kingdom of Heaven I The tables were arranged in the form Voice: “ An anonymous person, teacher." ist a hand, and Looking-glass Land is of a huge “A” with the hockey men on *** only through the looking-glass."—G. K. C. the one arm of the letter and the basket- Principal: “ Why did you leave the last 4: ** “There w as probably more real liberty ballersn o the other. school y ou went to?" Student: “ Because 1 didn't know what in the (lays when the fires of the Spamsh Judge Maher proved to be an outstand- this one was like." inquisition w ere blazing than in the mid- dle—class republics of to-day, wherein ing toastmaster, keeping the guests in a =0: ** spirit and religious conscience are them- continual u proar, with his jokes and witti— Venczelos: 'l‘i‘avelling is an education. selves (lenied.”——BERDYAEV. cisms. Rev. W. P. McGee, coach of the Daley: \\’h_v don't you take a world *r = * Dominion finalists, reviewed briefly the tour? “l,)emocracy recognizes the sovereignty' activities of the club for the year. stress- , *** of the people, but ignores the people it- self—Democracy is indifferent to truth ing the fact that they had remained unde— Griffin: Surely seeing,r is believing, isn't it? because it has left its discovery to the ‘feated in the M-0 Conference and had Showacre: Not necessarily; I see you votesf o the majority, for it is only 011 the not dropped a game to any American Col— every day. condition of ignoring or not believing in lege. His remarks were greeted with tre- 1: at: it Truth that one can accept and revere the opinion of a crowd."—BERDYAEV. mendous applause. Father Walsh was the My doctor told me 1 should have to eat * * * i _ next speaker of the evening anl n his own less meat. “A single and common will cannot be ininiitable, peppy'style told of his coura- Did y ou laugh at him? found outside the organic domain of the geous band of athletes—the hockey gladi- “I didat first, but when the bill came, funity o religious belief."—P. WUST. ators. The success of the team, he insis—g I decided he was right. * It a: *: A a: “Culture is not an end in itself. It is 'ted, w as especially noteworthy because it the automatic result of a life steeped in was practically a new venture in the field Doctor: Your son will never-be able to the liturgical consecration of religion. It work‘again. ‘ i . ' “bf-“sport at the college. The squad also is the visible andexternal fruit of hidden Mother: I’ll go and tell him; it may ' and internal piety'é’L—PETER WUST. immer’ged Victorious in their league—ha cheer him up. , 4: at ' ing to go is faryafield as Pittsburg' before a: an: ’* , M “The decline in belief'in inevitable pro- meeting defeat at‘ the hands of the pow- Driscoll': I’ve got a new story, but I' can't greSs is at least in .»conf01=mity with this essential f erful _YellovV~Jackets. He concluded by , remember Whether I’vei'told it already.) act—that the history of man-’ J ro’mising bigger and better things for the Kavanagh‘: Is itfunny? v . kind is bound up with Original Sin.”—— . ’ , ockey,’ outfit in succeeding years. _ Driscoll:f O course ‘it’s funny. ' B. WALL The next on the programme was-Jack Kavanaghg Then :you; haven’t told it >Adams, popular coach-and manager of g i ,~-already.~' ~ _ ' i ‘ 7" " ~ herD‘et t Red' Wings- ,Mr. Adams said .-I

"‘jcoNT'iGUOUs APATHY d CH'APMAN’S . ' . . I 7 ,:(_A . pasta)

8'. firesf o lucid lice MEAT MARKET- Step? sadly sideways on 'a slice

id‘lasti w .e I He ‘ '- Of, hemispherical ooze. ' n closer co—o’peratio’n a. ageinent and that of the a Like liquored ladsWith lacquered looks ‘ y ear.’ ‘ They think thick thoughts in scattered “(3000 L‘ uc' ‘M'D nooks . ' ' ' Adazen i dazzling dooze. Gone are these gangs/of gumful ~ Wistful w ith washes of wandering winks A Into the land of sinuous sinks _ Understatistieal;. stooze..WILLIS .WONKg;

PLEASE NOTE z—There are no mis— . .gspelled words in the above.

;. i ationalismlhas been destroyed by the r-atronalists,,and1we. shall lookinvain for ‘ a" y_ anceof reason, until Europe‘re—fi e 'ly rationalismyworthy of the he. .ationa sm, of the Faith} ,;

.\lay\'1[nne, l‘)35

HIGH SCHOOL BANQUET (ln May 23. the High School Juniors and Senit 's held one of the most sueces» fnl gatherings of the year in the College refectory. 'l‘he orchestra played: the eni- sine department provided excellent food, which “ as gladly received: and .‘l spirit of good fellowship pervaded the whole ai-' fair. lir. \'i. Melntyre in a brilliant little speeelz. gave the graduates encourage— ment and advice. l“r. l’iekett recounted ntany humourous incidents and told the young men \vhat Assumption expects of them, lir. Young: and lir. l)onlon spoke of ll. S. Athletics, the former significant— ly stressng the proper place of .\thleties in school life—about third or fourth. never in first or second place. l'ml) Keenan,the l’res.f o the Graduates. made a sincere and informal toast—master.

JUST IDEAS l. and Co. the hardest-\\',irl;ine nclass i the school, wish all their teachers a ple'sant and restful summer. 'l‘hey need it¥the teachers! a: ** “Jug” Mossman has not yet planned the extra—time on vacation between 3:30 and 4:15 *** “If I live lone; enough. there are sev— eral things l must find out." said Bill \Vin- terso t John Barry. his noble sponsor. “l should like to knO\\‘:" \Vhat will ever be- fcome o Trout: why Mackinnon did not get a ‘ permanentz' why Burns was called 'l{osy: w hat Diem (lid when he'd leave l)orm.: Where Driscoll got his sunny smile; how many hearts Nanry has bro— ken: how Fox grew that heard: why some of the Allens take pictures and others don't: w hy bees sting as well as that strap: w ho invented ‘the ‘Little V’Valk:' how often the masters get chicken and ice cream; how Hinzy gets all the trumpet- ingn i between bells; why there are so “BEAUTIFUL_ HABITATION'S, AURA‘S 0F DELIGHT." many “ dumb” waiters; why the students can't get double-headers for a nickel; who won the “far of 1812; why one rec—master in the halls and dining—room would not Now that the scholastic year is over, .E. J W‘hytc and bride rcecntly paid us be enough: why there are not more gen- some w ill probably begin to work. a charming visit. eral holidays; why Mr. Girard is so ear- * =0! * an :0: It 'nest about basket-ball; why there can‘t and Dufour express weighty Giles Reaume has taken up studying as ' be less work. better cats, and more fun opinionsn o most things. Why not? a hobby. in 11fe.‘ #1:»: * :1: a: The "Lower Flat" has been the stalest “\V'hcre are thy songs. 0 Spring?" Gone I \Vhat wo‘ild Fourth High School Eng- ,of flats: it needs a generous sprinkling of and forgotten. the way of all ephemeral olish' d “ithout their static 2—Trout? “Fresh"-meu. jazz!

CONGRATULATES THE GRADUATES iii NEAL "BAKING OFHE T HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT

Allen, Richard S. Browning. Archie Devine. Alex Greenan. John McCormick. J. J. Arsenault. Gaspard Casey. Francis Dufour, John Janisse. Vincent Maitre. Alfred Arman, George‘ Cavanaugh. James Eansor, Joe Keenan. Robt. Marentette, Chas. Baillargeon, Clovis Charlton. Arthur Ender, John Kolalowski. Stanley Martin. Leon Bennet. Joseph Colitis. James Foley, Ronald MacKinnon. Rod. Morand. Don. Bridge. William Coughlin, \Villiam Gosselin, Lawrence McKinley. James l’hilp. John

Pope. George Schooley, W'ilfrid Woodcock, Joe. Gunn. Garnet Quenneville Lawrence Semand. Leo Bechard, Hector Lazarus, Joseph Renaud. Armand Sennett. Eugene Bennet, Joseph Leonard. Lawrence Rihbany. George Venizelos, L. Blainey, Malcolm Robinet. Ubald Robertson. Peter ‘l’ermeerseh. John Deniers. Conrad Spray. John Roncy. Vincent “lull. John S. Deniers. Roland \\"hit\\'ham. George

rtnn)1.1§:.\.\'i> \Vnrrii Alayilnne. l()35

VARSITY BASKETBALL ines handily in two games. This added Strangely enough. it \Ailn a blue ri'hon the (lntario crown to their array of scalps, eclzt W in more ways than one. The w'es— Climaxiug two of the finest years in the butt i was the final success of the season. tern clamps were the lllue lx’iibons of history of the College, Assumptions Var— In their first bid for the liastern Canada Victoria llt'., conquerors of the \lmnni sityasketballb aggregation made its title. the l’urples lost two straight to in tile l‘Lli title ti.t. l‘ull of high hopes. strong,ut b vain attempt to lift the senior .\lontreal Nationales. the first by one th‘t rdcil an :lllllt).~l royal reception. Asa hoopitle t of Canada at Victoria during point and the second by five. suingtion made its way to the far west. the latter part of April. Behind that tale This y ear's record is too well—known to llut v ictory was just not in the books. istorya s of hard work, ending in further bear repititiou. Admittedly a power in liaced by an huge band of athletes. before honor for the Purple. basketball circles, Assumption lost no time a strange crowd, Assumption bowed to After three years of endeavour. in the proving that assertion. The regular sched— the w esterners in three of the four games city layoffs with the powerful alumni five. nle w as completed without the loss of a played and the title rested in the west for perennial w inners of the district crown. single game. with Alumni. \Yayne Uni- the seventh straight season. Assumption, in 1931, led by lCddie Dawson. versity, Loyola University and Detroit There w as no disgrace in losing to the himself a former Alumni stalwart, suc— University falling before the locals. In Ribbons. although many people who had ceeded in taking their rivals into camp the Ontario playdown, the l‘urples again followed the course of the l’urples were by the narrow margin of two games to managed to cop thetitle. but not without disappointed in their showing. Control of one. Full of hope, with a possible chance meeting the steruest kind of opposition. the tip—off and excessive size under the of taking the trip to the Pacific coast. Toronto Danforths almost knocked them hoop proved too great an obstacle for the they managed to.overcome Broadview off the pedestal before the playoffs were collegians and the only wonder is that YMCA. in the first Provincial playoff well u nder way, but a smashing drive in they made the going so tough for the and so surged into the finals against St. the return tilt eliminated the Toronto- homesters. One. more minute in the final (‘atbariues Grads. nians and sent Assumption into the finals game, and it might have been a different In the first game, the locals earned the against St. Catharines again. In this.rub— story. w ith the series all tied up. int ydecision b plenty. but in the return game ber meeting between the two teams. the time w aits for nobodyfso the story of the at St. Kitts. the Purples were forced to I’urples came not on top: by virtue of a 1935 expedition ended in failure. bow before the size and strength of the 50-32 v ictory in the third gain‘ at London \\"ith the identical team on hand for homesters. This made a third title neces- Tech. This game was made necessary by next season, there is every hope that the sary,hich w was fought out in London, a one-point loss suffered in St. Kitts, Canadian title will return to the l‘last. The theraditionalt home of final struggles. when the unfortunate blowing of the finals w ill be played somewhere in East There,efore b a small crowd, Assumption timer's w histle robbed Assumption of a eru Canada. with Eastern officials on a dropped out of the running by the mar— well—earned w in. r home floor. If. with this set—up. Assump— gin of one point scored in overtime. So Representing: the cream of the East, tion cannot carry off the honors. the team ended the first title trail. St. Kitts went Montr‘al Notre Dame de Grace invaded shoulde b satisfied that the west is the oon t take the Eastern Canada title and \Vindsor for the liastern Canada title. better team. The only word from the team sallynto i the west for the Canadian lau- Here the l’urples rose to their best and is. “ \Vatch our smoke next year." relsgainsta University of British Colum- downed the invaders in two straight games nbia. O the shores of the Pacific they by comfortable margins. Now after years How many read Malcolm llignay in the lost both games and the championship of trying. Assumption had finally made liree l’res His column should be with they had travelled so far to seek. its w ay into the blue ribbon classic, of the “ funnies.” because he‘s such a joke Skip over the next year and again the basketball in Canada even w hen he aims at seriousness. next. During both these campaigns the \Vindsorlumni A again asserted its su- premacy. although losing out in St. John in 932 1 and in Victoria in 1033. in both these easons.s Assumption fielded one of ' N EVERY HOME the weakest teams it has even been its misfortune to produce. there ought to be Then came the banner season of 1934. At the beginning of the year. Assumption a wasn a unknown factor in the race. True Personal enough there had been an influx of ath— letes that boded well for the Purple cause. but just how these men would fare against Underwood the well—known strength of the Alumni was another matter altogether. Toots Underwood Elliott Fisher Limited Mcretsky and Glenn Sherman. former 58 Pitt St. West, Windsor, Out. Alumni players were certain to be big Maden i Canada andn i all other Canadian cities gunsn i the coming test, but the remain— derf o the squad Willie Rogm. Don Des— *arlaisj and Red Nantais had no such back— groundehind b them and it was just a toss-up hether w they had the stuff to make the team a winner. From the opening games. there was still nothing upon which the experts could go. \Vesternas w beaten and .also Highland Park,ut b there was small credit in these SERVICE THAT S é victories.hen T came the first game with the Alumni and the worst fears of the [TE Assumption supporters were realized. In all branches Alumni won the tilt 24-20 and seemed —at all places headed for another city championship. Two games later. the Purples dropped the —- always second game of the year. losing out to University of Detroit in Detroit by nine points. FALKNER With the score standing at four wins against two losses, there came one of the most astounding reversals of form ever STUDIOS nseen i this district. Playing against the COMMERCIAL. ART AND hardest teams on the schedule. Assump- ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHER tion ran up a string of 13 straight wins. including v ictories over Alumni. Detroit PHOTOSTATS and Wayne Universities. It was not until the final stand of the Michigan—Ontario College season away from home that the third loss was suffered. Adrian swamped the l’urples 48-29 to throw the conference into a tie. In the return game. Assump— tion reversed the count to take its first championship. Havingr w on the city title in four games. 2?» Assumption w ent on to take St. Cathar—