GUZMAN HALL IN FLAMES! Story on Page 9. PREPARE NOW BUY COMEDY FOR A TICKETS GOOD RETREAT EARLY THEIt's here because it's true, COWnot true because it's here L VOL. 3. No. 23.—Eight Pages PROVIDENCE COLLEGE. PROVIDENCE. R. I., APRIL 1, 1938 5c a Copy Coach Devore TITUS AND SARAH "Friar Away" The Junior Class has arranged Will Describe for a daring innovation at the an• Dancers and WANT SPORTS 403-17; nual Prom this year. The Com• N. D. System mittee on arrangements has en• Cast Rehearse gaged the ever popular Titus and STUDY 16 HRS. W'KLY Sarah team to do an acrobatic turn Friar Mentor Will Explain Es• during the intermission. Joint Rehearsal of Groups Held sentials of Plays in A feature of the act is the es• Last Night In The Cowl Poll Reveals P. C. Men Agree With Roosevelt Cowl Series cape of Titus and Sarah from a Auditorium 219-182 But Are Against Third Term 285-145; tightly bound Case. Hatpins, hum• an torpedoes and fiends also play Will Fight In Defensive War ROCKNE ORIGINATOR a prominent part in the act. TICKETS GOING FAST (The complete and final results of Part I of the Cowl poll are presented today. The tabulation and analysis of Part II, since it is more high.lv in• "Individual Blocking Keynote", Completely Original Musical volved could not be prepared in time for this issue. It will be published Says Devore in First Score for 1938 Show is next Friday. Ed. Note). Article Finished Providence College students expressed an overwhelming College Paper desire for an intramural sports program this week, when they cast 403 votes for the adoption of such a program, and only 17 (Tbis is the first of a series of A joint rehearsal of the chorus and against it. The poll, taken over a seven day period, brought a total articles on the Notre Dame Sys• Enlisting New cast for "Friar Away", annual college of 429 ballots. musical comedy, was held last night tem of Football as given to The The average student devotes only in Harkins Hall under the direction of Cowl by Hugh J. Devore, former Staff Members 16 hours and twelve minutes of his the Rev. Urban Nagle. O.P.. direc• All-American end at Notre Dame week to study, the poll reveals. In tor and John J. Andre, '39, assistant and present head football coach Paper to Be Seriously Under• Cowl Will Give the midyear examination period he director. Musical numbers for "Friar at Providence College—Ed. Note.) doubles his ordinary effort, and stud• manned Unless Increase Made, Away", which will be presented in ies 31 hours. Fr. Clark Says Harkins Hall late in April, have al• Students Five By Albert E. Paine, '38 The Athletic Department this week ready been chosen. Exactly seven years ago yesterday, promised a complete intramural sports Joint rehearsals for the twelve prin• March 31, 1931. the immortal Knute A renewed invitation to the stu• Dollar Bills program, including touch football, cipals in the cast and for the chorus Rockne. recognized as the greatest dents of the College to participate basketball and softball, for next year. of fourteen will continue on Thurs• football coach that ever lived and the actively in the work of The Cowl is First Five Students to Present Due to lack of space and a crowded issued today by the Rev. William R. day evenings. The cast is rehearsing originator of the famous Rockne sys• Themselves at Noon Today student schedule, (see editorial), it separately in Harkins Hall on Mon• tem, met his death in an airplane Clark, O.P.. faculty moderator. "Un• has been found impossible to inaugur• day and Tuesday evenings while the Will Benefit crash. The "ideal coach' and sports• less an immediate increase in the rolls ate a softball league this Spring. of the Cowl staff,'" Father Clark said chorus practices at the same time at man went to a better world seven Asked whether or not they knew this morning, "there can be no guar• the Modernistic Studios in Providence Today, at high noon The Cowl will years ago, but his name and the sys• what they wished to do upon leaving antee that the excellent record thus under the direction of Larry Simonds, distribute five brand new one dollar tem of football which he developed college 287 said yes while 140 said no. far maintained by The Cowl will be dance director for the show. bills to On first five men to present will live as long as football lives. The scope of the poll Included one- continued next year." themselves at its offices. The gesture Today, the Notre Dame system of Three out of a total of twelve orig• half of the students of the College. marks the continuation of its annual football has become firmly established It is planned to place the paper in inal numbers to be used in "Friar Over 1100 copies of the questionnaire good will policy, begun last year, and in almost every section of every state the hands of a new board of editors Away'' have been selected and are were distributed. is in keeping with the new spirit of in the country. The men whom Rockne in the second semester of the 1938-39 now in the process of orchestration. Want Increased Armaments camaradarie now existing between the trained and in turn, their disciples, scholastic year so that a "stagger" Those writing music for the show in• A vote of 359-75 was recorded in paper and the student body. have carried this system to thousands system of executive succession may be clude: Ray Pettine, '39. chairman of favor of increased armaments for the As has been said before, the good of boys and young men in over a inaugurated. Practically every mem• the music committee, William Cun• United States, while the opinion that will offering was innovated last year, thousand schools and colleges through• ber of the present editorial board has ningham, '39. Herbert Siegal. '41, and there will be a world war within the and was well received by the student out the United States. been with the paper since its founda• Archie Oliveri, '39. next two years was voted down 111- body as a whole. However, some tion in 1935. The "stagger" system Raymond A. Baker, '38, business 312. The present system of neutral• Here at Providence College, we wel• grumblings were heard here and there will allow a new group of editors to manager for "Friar Away", announced ity was declared not practical, 279- come the innovation of the Rockne concerning the spirit in which the take over the management of the pa• yesterday that sale of tickets has 139. system under Hugh J. Devore. former event was engendered. But all scep• per while the retiring board is still been good, stating that one-fourth of Considerable confusion was appar• All-American end under Rockne at ticism proved groundless to the com• available to act in an advisory capac• the available seats for the Friday ent in the reply to the question, Notre Dame and line coach at Ford- plete satisfaction of the majority con• ity. night performance have been taken. "Would you go to war willingly for ham for the past three years. "The cerned. Paper Undermanned Baker added that tickets for the show, the United States?" More than three- Cowl" will carry a series of articles In order that such will not be the Practically every department of the purchased for any night of the four fourths of the voters distinguished explaining the history, development, case this year. The Cowl hereby serves paper will be seriously undermanned night performance, may be changed their answer, stating that they would and workings of the Notre Dame sys• notice to all and sundry that it is in September, Father Clark said, if for tickets for other nights at any be willing to go to war of defense tem so that the students may wit• prepared and is happy to make these capable students do not come for• time before the day of the first per• in case of invasion, but unwilling to ness its effects more intelligently next benefits, bereft of ulterior motives ward. Freshmen and Sophomores es• formance. Tickets for "Friar Away" wage an aggressive fight. fall. and with no strings attached. Of pecially are needed, he said. No stu- are priced at $.75 and $.50, and may As far as possible the tabulation Previous to 1912 when Knute Rockne course it will be necessary to ob• (Continued on Page 4. Col. l) (Continued on Page 7, Col. 1) of the votes was made mechanically. began his football experimenting serve certain conditions to maintain The use of adding machines and oth• while a student at Notre Dame, foot• some semblance of order er facilities of the Business Depart• ball was more of a game of power Cutting of classes will positively be ment insured the utmost accuracy in than of skill. The mass on tackle Father Clark, Cowl Photographer, verbaten. Any undue breach of con• the computation of the totals. About plays were the chief gainers, and a big duct, such as running, yammering, 50 hours was spent in the work of powerful line possessing a driving Gets Recognition in R. I. Salon yelling, or fighting, will not be tol• counting the votes. force was productive of touchdowns erated and will only serve to delay On the question of agreement with Those were the days also of the flying Carl Miller of Brown University, par• the presentation.