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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. WholeTown's December Talking SPECTATOR 2and3 SEATTLE COLLEGE ' VOL. V— No. 5 Seattle, Washington, Wednesday, November 25, 1936 14 President Names the FIRST Students, Alumni Play Next WeekIs Round-Up Homecoming Bill Murphy Hy JKKRY DIKMKRT Plan Maroon Coach Talk Of TheTown Will, my Jo.vuuh 1> r«■ Ili ren, Former GonzagaStar Thanksgiving conies with the red- Week of Activities Debater Fine Color; College Drama Guild lettered morrpw. And thereby Takes Directing Post Maroon IS hangs a drooping tail; for in a To MarkNew Step For And Maybe Not Such Opens1936-37Season spirit of time and taste honored Basketball Season tradition we are about to pull Mr. In College Progress Feeble Emblem Either WithPopular Comedy Wednesday night Turkey's succulent leg. Which Is the Rev. Affair First of Kind Ki.iiu'is C'orkery, S. J., president EDITORIAL no matter of a joke, either, but a M.H "«ii a 1 of Seattle college, cleared up the is in.- color! Anil Providence Auditorium matter of dental seriousness. overshadowing the Bpectater has conic to real. The only npology we can make Includes Game, Banquet, doud the athletic situation by naming William Mur- i/.<- that iii:i.t lir it's not such a Will Run at to that rara avis that will grace Vehicle Start Dance, Play, Concert phy head coach of the Maroons. feeble emblem cither. our tables tomorrow, is to reas- For now, 8:30 P. M., December Murphy promptly took tWO months that 2 sert the Darwlnistic creed of the over the Homecoming, student-alumni ThurHday night. traditional title has Withstood survival of the fittest. We, the a mentor reins The whole town's talking, or college, the fire of those, who, either, celebration new to Seattle Roosevelt high school, a sliiniii- it will he soon if th c expecta- hardier species, will be the gob- having forgotten, or having gobbler. will be a reality this year, accord- ground many college bas- tions of the Seattle College Drama bler of the iiiK for never known, the.joy and pride " « * Ing to plans now under way. The keteers. graduated Bill Murphy in guild are fulfilled. Under the is scheduled February. then- wa.s in cheering or play- "What v manI> womiiii!" was event for l;iL\s. While attending that school direction of Charleß Bras, a three- arrangements ing under that beloved flag, bright remark of youngster Tentative include a be won laurels as a great center act farce entitled, "The Whole the a banquet, open house the Col- would have us strike our colors at the Sacred Heart orphanage at under "Pop" Dvorak. Town's Talking," will be present- lege, a homecoming basketball ami do battle under a strange on seeing "Miss" Eugene Galvin Starred nt (ionzjiga ed December 2 and 3, 8:30 p. m., game, rallies, a production of the and Itisterless banner. in the Sodality's Amateur Radio Entering Gonzaga as a at the Providence Hospital audi- Drama guild, and a Glee club con- fresh- The Spectator refuses longer Hour. Gene was "lady for a day" iiian 1928, Murphy began torium. cert. Recommendations for a In a ca- to be a party to this junking of at the affair, strutting about in maple surpass- The cast includes Thor. chairman for the week will be reer on the court tradition! We will not withdraw William skirts for the benefit of the kid- ing anything in the Bulldogs' his- (son, Lucille Volkey. Mary Bu- made at the executive committee Jur offer of a cross-state trip tory. Bill chanan, John Peter, Vivian Cren- meeting next Tuesday. cavorted in the center for a new name. a Larson, And xpcaking of confusion of iiirtesy slot for three years, and during We (io not believe another n.i. Donald Eugene Gal- Kolmtl Smith Approves Seattle Times vln, sex, one of our teachers got mixed the '31.'32 campaign he enjoyed suitable name can In- found! Jeanne Testu, Peggy Dough- day. Robert Smith, president of the Angela Magnano 18 one of the erty, McHugh. up in his speech the other his best season. We do believe that we must Ellen Mary Fran- talk, associated students, expressed students who will represent the Launching upon a part of his Scheduling games in loyal to ces O'Connell, Phillip Hargreaves, — himself as favoring the celebra- College in the debate meet to be three Htiind the name and he started, "as man to man" states, Gonzaga Marian Glasier, Betty Tobin, Pat- tion. "Seattle college has long held here December 11. Maßiuino northwest whip- colors now no rich with the then added, "or as woman to ped Oregon Btate, Oregon, spirit devotion ricia Weckert, and Betty Oolburn. felt the need of closer relations was a member of the team that and Co- and of those woman!" tour; struggled (inlvlii NitiiK's Siji^f * * * with the Alumni association," he won the Northwest Debate Tour- lumbia on one swing of their who under it and Oew Washington Huskier, college! Eugene Galv In, production siiiil. "An alumni homecoming nament held last year at Oonza- lost to the built this Last time »"!■ made mention of manager, has posi- week will aid greatly in bringing ga.. and then licked Washington state announced the some rip-roaring doings of our spectacular tions for the stage Joe about such a condition. Both stu- and Idaho in strug- crew. Rus- dignified dramatic society. Not gles. sel will be stage manager dents and alumni have been en. Thus under Murphy anc! Pearce ToInvite the for to be outdone, another group of cohorts, both nights, while John thusiastic their support of the Bernier and their Gon- Tobln and students recently got together for in Debate Tournament John White proposal. If present plans mate- zaga beat all but one of the two Leaders To Confer will alternate as as- a "wild" party (wilder than the sistant stage managers. Assigned rialize, and there is every indica- To Be Held Here conference contenders as well as Republican party right now). overcoming also nights tion that they will, the homecom- the independent col- OnPublicity Drive for both are Jack The scene of the bender, or leges on Archibald, electrician; Neil ing celebration be the most December 11 their schedule. Bris- (more properly) "puller" was the will Murphy graduated Pearce, recently lawn, master of properties; An- of Mary Powers. Here a outstanding project yet under- from Goii- llernard elect- house publicity, gela Young, prompter; Bernardino collegians taken by the associated students." College debaters will be hosts Y.nnu iinil obtained a master's de. ed director of revealed gang of Seattle last thp Casey, costumer; I^isle McDonald, taffy- I'uMiriij to speakers from Seattle Pacific gree in physical education. He was yesterday that he would ask Sunday night engaged in a Dirri'tor IMiins make-up; Gerald McHugh and ..ipimlJitir.fiit collect) iiud the Col!. ol ;i|)])(ii^'(l frosh coach at the Spo- Executive committee to approve pullliiK ltjvel that lanU?d tar Into Wi*J) MC of v st»ge ;> three-Waj if *; t'y taught puuts pt'iiiiiuii-iH publicity Frank ?foone, handw. the ante meridiem (3 o'clock, to chairman, arrangements will be-! Sound at whife he "ifof*~i be held Friday after, for year the high school. department. The operation of the Charles West and Jack Ouelette be exact). Magnano offered mute gin Immediately. As to the def- meet to here a In noon, played organization would be modeled will do the curtain-pulling proof of these goings-on this inite date of the affair, much de- December 11. Thiß will be Since then Rill has in on the third a the community league closely after the "activities' con- Wednesday and Thursday respec- week, a sizeable blister on pends on the basketball schedule, j round of series of Northwest with section of his platform tively. Addison Smith his.hand! as it is hoped that the celebration tpunuunsnd held between thi> for the Italian athletic club and ference" and Frank three the Knights Columbus quintet. in the campaign for the student Hay&s will alternate as house All of which goes to prove that will be held during the week that schools. of represented presidency May. manager, and Jerry you've got to have a "pull" to the hoop niPii play their most for- The question to l>e discussed is Both these teams the last Diemert and Northwest the Denver Andrew Prouty will take cb&rge get at the eweet things of life. midable opponent. the one used in all inter-college in A. A. I. stressing the point that univer- " " yeur: playoffs, the Italians going as far cooperation participation of money and tickets at the door. « Recording to Bernard Pearee, dtbatSl this Resolved: Thiit sal and right as the (|uaitei-finals. any Ostennan Heads Ushers Who says' It's a man's world? publicity director, the student as- Congreu shall have the to is necessary for the success of With Genevleve Osterman al Judging from the present influx sociation and the Alumni will con- regulate minimil in wages and Itall Pomesaion Is Important student project, Mr. Pearce stated industry. their head, the ushers include the of women Into our institutions of duct a vigorous campaign to ac- maximum hours for . "Top flight condition, last ball that he would invite leaders of al! Misses Blanche Mitchell, Eleanor higher learning, the men are go- quaint grad Four teams have bpen tenta handling, and agile blocking are activities, organizations, and every- of Seattle col- Beechnor, Jane Prouty, Jeanetto ing to see some widespread femi- lege with the plans the affair. lively ehOMB by Clifford Ciivroll my main objectives in rounding Croups In the school, the Alumni for Granger, and Agnes Valiquette for nine competition in the future. Mr. Pearce said that they would S. J., debate moderator, to repre it Beattle college quintet into and Mothers' clubs, to meet in an Wednesday night; and for Thurs- Just by way of illustration: endeavor to bring every Seattle Bent Beattle college, form," stated Coach Murphy in a extra-legal co-ordinating confer Spectator ence. day night the Misses Dorothy Bau- there is one class in our school college man back to witness tlu> teami expected to statement to the press. This group would mold the Several are publicity er, head usher, Margaret Pea- that numbers twenty-seven stu- renaissance of institution and by "Wliih- iii Denver I picked up various efforts into a tbe Im entered the other roller's. body, Betty Williams, Rosanno dents. Of these twenty-six are renew quite a t'i>\v pointers on attack unified whole. his contact and Interest! Inj Aa tin' third of a series of threi Flynn, and Mary Powers. (but lonely) iiiiri imii bawklng which really s;i women! The lone not the New Seatle College. tii Mr. Pearoe i«l that he would — cornered debate* between c your and holds your Tickets are now on sale at the male is Adrian de Leuw I boosts score also recommend the official an. * * Whole Town's ;ill.in^ ichoote, this meet will mark the > book store. The Rev. Adolp.i * opponent's down. I do not li i- pointment of several assistants. hist o! the preliminary contests Bischoff, S. J., moderator or (iridlion newai T<-<1 Terry, local lieve in the metbological attack, These lie hopes will form the nu- McCullough before Oie opening of the regular dramatics, inses all students to vendor of the famous Wimpiun Asks bul rather in the "iistm-n style i>r cleui nl :iu experienced organl tournament Beaton, Sin.cc these give the first play of this year tid.bit, passed out free hambur. play." ziiliciii that call continue work Applications are Introductory clashes, there their heartiest support. of our pro. More .\iuipiiy tbrougtl llie and an Kers last week to one will be no formal elimination of Coach ".< a eonscien. summer have — — and a number of College tious worker, plays program working Whole Town's Talking fessors For Yearbook Staff teams In the dsbatei, although no favorites efficient wh*i students. and demand* strict obedience on gchno! opem next fall. Next day in class, the said pro- the court, it is purely up to the Mass Tomorrow According to Edwin J. MeClll- According to Mr. Carroll, dfti fessor dedicated a reading to the placer it DC wants to be in condi- J. (Major Bowes) lough, president of the executive hit t.he vis Peter benevolent Mr. Terry. The essay accommodation* tor tion, bin ii isn't, will tell in committee, applications provided. hi' it At St. Joseph's "I'll Take Roast for thi itiiiß teams will b« And His Amateurs was entitled: poaltioni of edttof and buiineai teriminage and In the tnaneuveis. Beef." Let tin' player the breaks, ■nuiiager proposed College have Give Hour For Kiddies Will Close Retreat » ♥ ♥ of the Play Tuba null nsi- t lie quintet 10 publicise ■< ' ——— * yaitrbook bave not bMn ai numer- —^— ■ Mary Frum-i-n OVonnHI, ■ - Greater Seattle college, are 1 Ii .Mass at eight forty-l'lw mi ;is the Importance of ib« pro. And Washboard "Miss" 1 young lady as you <)::i i »s of Genie Oaltin drew hei tomorrow morning, at St. Joseph's black-tresaed jael Warrant*. contention! coacli the soprano know, required by the n<-ript At Women's Mixer coloratura skirts about Church for the men und women 1b Maroons. her, Town's Talking" Only two application! for the — Talking — iind reached for a hiKli "('". students of the College, will marW of "The Whole Whole Town's ■ office of She" got it, and shrieked on to to appear as a platinum blonde. editor nave baen ra Vniiurr.s into the "Mixer Bull- the close of a three day ratrsal yues- ceived. one applicant is profitable .mother and another, while B Hence aroae the weighty Tom Cun- oau" »ra prorlng and Real XmasSpirit made thin iTMk liy the itudenU niiiKliani, ;i r< itui of ripi p i 11 c tion: should she bleach lier hair newcomer tO Sen11It- popular io the aaiociatod woman rer d children li.ii.ilMiiuii of tho Blessed Sncra- college, who has hud good BX> found out just what crand opera for the part, or use a phitiiuim itudanti. riii- Mixer held last Fri- For College Night mi-ut anil a special blessing will pi'i'iciiti' lie mice y;)n blonde wig. Contrary to her own in ihis line, having been ilhv alfhl was wii attended, but can attack it in the OOmpleta the annual spiritual ex- has been pre- iisHociuii'd editor of the itnok put conalderablt number of wbal proper ipirit. The rafters trem- ercise. original wish, she ■ "Coma ah. Vim Merry Gentle- the wig. out by the Diokenaon siiitc Teach. tnlgbt in1 "loyal bled with apparent delight a- vailed upon to don called ■tudenti" men" and ladies, too, when !. The Key. Francis E. Corkery. play: the ers' collage, i>y John Peter stood i>\- with tin And speakinfi of the were made eontpiououi tbair lege itndenu, their parents, and 1. J., president of the College, con- originally Issued bor« Margaret Quasi baa iiiH<> applied ab.Sfiice. gong. tickets as friend! «'■! together for the ;>ii- ducted the men's retreat at St. November, Instead of for the position of editor. Sin- haj .\In^ic for (lancing was liuii- Mmion Olatier was the in Joseph's church, the date niiiii College X ik lit to be held De. one while the Key ■ December, 2 and 8. At present. been active in the last two monthl isiied by anyone who wanted to ■trumental in bringing all this tun Daniel Reidy, S. J., conducted the rightly dated; anything cetnber II al Providenoe audi- and good thp youngsters Icw.ver, they are tatkarloi data soMtrning tin* play ''"■>■ could play. torium. cheer to women's retreat at Columbus hoH. nothing is wrong with them ex- technics! and artistic aapaeti ol Dorothy Barman wasn't mulling At her Instigation, Ilie Sodalin pltal. The reverend dean, Jaine- The ciiii.stiiKis spirit will be organised cept that they are largely unsold. nn' unnual. inn she iiiii bare iwaafa board an afternoon*! enter B. McGoldrick, S. J., opened the note; ub fine The Seattle Spccaloi nung about btr uek, wbUh iha carried out throughout the entire tainnent tor the children of the Ticket-sellers pleane CoUh> " - program, Vivian Crenna, women's three-day schedule with play aa this one deserves our lU4 made application to 111 <11 ■ -■ liKhtly tapped from time to time. obalT Baered Heart orphanage, Bunda) Mass in the Columbus hospital a . of the affair, announced.The support. the publication of the annual but lack Archibald bl«w long and man November IS. The affair «rai pal chapel. The Raymond finest " * * evening'! entertainment will fea- Rev. Nich- mi individual applications for the lustily i>n a tuba hut not h in X terned after the currently popular ols celebrated the dally Mass for ladH tnre .1 abort play and ttit- Initial Soiih- of our imliiHliious position of business nUMKCtr him much happened. amateur radio hour the men. preaeniatloß i>t tbe Qlee clubs. have been digging holes in the been received. The rythmic knoekJtnook »f ■ The nemoere of the Bodalitj The retreat is the three-day pc. The purpose of College Night College lawn for putting in fertil- Selection of officers will hi plliß.poiix ball was heard now and who did their Mtilff for the little rioil the Cdllckp students take out by ylxxly enjoyed is to give Lbs paxenti and friends izer. made the executive OOtnmittAt thfin. Kvei a kUsh Kills were Phillip Har^rea v.s each year for the appraisal or spi- stu.-r. 1932. rubimhed WILLIAM THORBSON Wedneaday, bi-weekly durlns the "cholaatlo >'"<"" I!v Bualnesi addrew: Broadway MM ■. Marion. >!">'< P»r I The little theatre Tlir editorial stafcf of tM body. Adrprtlatna ratM on MW'loatloa. has developed along definitely modern lines. Scat- By Robert Smith rclvi- criticism and comment from the student NIPRKSKNTKO FOR NATIONAL ADVKRTISINO BY States there ore nu- a Student Forum. Advertising Service, i.r.,1 throughout the United For this we are inaugurating National Inc groups, composed of drama shop for express his"opinion to Celltf Publhkm KtprntmUtlw merous dramatic each Sooner or later the Issue of a closed Every student is invited to Aye. , learning drama reproduce In this 420 Madison- -New York.N.Y. iithusiasts and all interested in all labor will come to a head. With the Increase the staff. Each issue we will Chicago BOSTON SAN"PRANCISCO end. The little theatre. unions, a is sure as many letters possible. LO> AKHIII ■ PORTLAND ■■ATTLI from the beginning to the in power of the such situation column as It means deposited Spectator th.>n, does not mean a small theatre. to come about. Labor leaders are quick to assert All letters may be in the iTftTINAUO L,. PKAHCK, Editor-in-Chief aims at quality of produc- goal of current located by the main bulletin board. Managing Bdltor Jerome Wemerl rather a theatre that that the closed shop is the ultimate box " * " Newi Bdltor Pranh b»m tion more than quantity of production. .u-tivittes. When the Issue will come to the fore <,„,,! Kilwanl Bchwelttei Bdltor uncertain, will come is inevitable. Dear Editor: Sporti \ mt« William Marx. Mmund Donohoe Advantages of Mttlo Thontro is but that it Maixai.t Peabody rule, of h»s Women's Bdltor The little theatre offers the amateur actor or Arguments in favor of a closed shop are based Parliamentary or rather lack it. Alumni It pr— nUtlTe Arrhle UlchHrdHon opportunity to experiment chiefly upon supposedly existing conditions. In caused a good deal of discussion at Seattle college Carr the student of drama an iiu"JTi,eiii. Mitnaner Wlllla>» acquire a shop past weeks. Juliii' !""*"' with line dramas, and at the same time to brief, It amounts to this: Without closed in the few vi t I'M ir weight. elections, vlvi'i-mh; Manaiiei Addl»on Smith stage-presence, poise,improved diction, and a work- labor is powerless. Their demands carry no The fall quarter is the season of one during aue«t, knowledge of the theatre. Furthermore, the Conditions are such that the strike, the admittedly of the most important of student activities Mewß Htnrrt: Roianne Fljrnn, Bfarjcarel Frja iiiK Robert tyOorman, Phillip ■''■"''"'" makes it possible for a dramatic weapon of labor, Is ineffective. If the con- the year, for the efficiency of the 'Organization. Heberi Oaterman, WilliamHar^eaTe*Brown. Ardath little theatre Just Te.tu.'Qenevleve true, shop is recent elections among some of the most Deßoit, Charlotte Vlckatrom, Thomai Boanlon. Jan-- group to bring a deeper appreciation of drama to ditions are the closed Justifiable. In opportunity the existence of unions if prominent of campus organizations, nominations Haven, Koliert 9mlth Wll- those who might otherwise have little Then? is little sense in Petttara WrUmt Qlenn" argue closed made of order, official authority has l an, Thornon, Robert ilmmona, loaepb Quinn. hldon to see and enjoy worthwhile stage productions. their activities are fruitless. So the have been out I'avis. Vallquette, John Archibald. totally disregarded, and other similiar irregu- Airnei o— ttlflColh'RP'w Theatre shop proponents. been It would be very larities have taken place as a matter «f course. Member Realizing the tremendous cultural importance Do such conditions exist? 1935 1936 But suppose they do exist. Is If each newly elected officer, and each faculty of the little theatre, the Seattle College Drama difficult to prove. look the adviser for a student organization, were to take Pbsociated GoUeftide Press building towards the beginning a closed shop then justifiable? bet us at guild is this year look up the conducting of a College Press Association present there situation from the standpoint of the country at twenty minutes to Member Jesuit of a Catholic little theatre. While at conducting large. be benefited by such a situation? meeting in Rules of Order, the proper of are many difficulties connected with such a project, Would it Undoubtedly would not The mere condition ot a meeting would be a simple matter, and the or- students of Seattle college feel that obstacles can it shop detrimental effect, ganization benefit as a result. Maroon be and at least a beginning can be made. a closed would have no overcome probable situation which Wednesday evening, November 18, might be a Seattle college is to sponsor the first Catholic but the possible and A particular sense for the word "maroon" If shop would play havoc good example. A. B. C. little theatre In the West, it is imperative that would arise from a closed " " " Indies was used to denote a fugi- of millions. closed shop in the West every student co-operate with the Drama guild In with the welfare The however, specialmean- of business. tive slave.Today, that building a reputation that will warrant so progres- puts the worker in absolute control Dear Editor: off with the worker at my opinion, the "Spectator" is a dry, rhetor- ing has become obsolete. In fact, "maroon" sive a project. With a view possibly to inaugurat- Would business be better In Judge by past per- sheet, newspaper. A newspaper contains verb, meaning"toplace next year. But it is really up hte controls? Not If we can ical not a is used as a transitive ing a little theatre facts, Interesting plays, starting formances! stories, not only of but with some to every student to support these column, or abandon on a desert island." 1 closed shop who would determine the sidelights on college life. Even a "Snoop" with "The Whole Town's Talking." Under a A parallel development may be ascribed to policies of a business? The workers in that par- would be better than some of the "canned" feat- college. No longer are we avoiding ticular plant? The head office of the union de- ures which have been appearing. Seattle policies now. If the union says What's the matter? boys" in any of our activities. In the termines the — the "big MANY MAGAZINES HOLD "strike," the workers strike whether they want A Student. stepping up to meet basketball field we are to or not. What reasons have we to believe it Editor the Spectator: such teams as the universities of British STORE OF INFORMATION would be different? The situation bears striking Isn't there anything Interesting to put In the against Columbia, Portland, and Gonzaga. And resemblance to absentee control which Spectator, Of course the features are O. X.( but and magazines, prophecy that "maroon" When the average student thinks of unions speak so strongly. why not give us some of the inside dope? We all it isn't a reckless thinks of tehm in terms of ones subscribed to Obviously Tights. around, of miss a few things which many case to put he there is a conflict of Th* get but some us will be used verbally in a home, perhaps the motley array on news living wage get of in his or worker has a right tv a and the owner we would like to in on. our foes high and dry on the desert island stands of numerous pulp publications arranged of a business has a right to control that which So-o-oh! Let's have a column of some kind that defeat. with a few of the better literary periodicals. He he owns. Until the worker has exhausted every is fun to read. I'm sure we can all take it! usually thinks of periodical reading as a sort of other means of attaining a living wage he is not And, by the way, we hope the Editor can take it llKlit recreational and pleasant pastime, not as the justified in demanding control. It would seem too, when his turn comes. Whole Town's Talking source of valuable educational information. that a minimum wage amendment to the Constitu- Yours, (in hope of the column) No doubt it is surprising for you to learn that tion would gain the desired objective. Let us hope (Signed) JUST KAY. thing which the College And another in in the United States there are some six thousand that the unions launch as concerted a drive for the is no longer taking a back seat is amateur periodicals published. This number does not In. minimum wage law as they are now exerting in elude house organs and continuations, or news- favor of a closed shop. dramatics. library ALUMNITEMS next week of "The papers. Your Seattle Public receives over With the presentation nineteen hundred of these. Ido not believe there By ARCHIE RICHARDSON Talking," guildgives 1 Whole Town's thedrama Is any subject or profession which does'flfot JitavB SCIENCE OF THE TIMES — the first public evidence of the tremendous a magazine dealing solely with that particular Alumni lately encountered on the avenue work it is doing in the field this year. All field. Educators today are more and more stress- European Health Customs smiling Jack McMullen— sporting one of his chain, that this fall's ing the Importance of the use of magazines in se- store scottie ties "Mose" James Mullally fresh advance information indicates By ROBERT O'GORMAN given by any curing a more liberal and thorough education. from chalking up bananas at the Pacific. Fruit offering will be the best ever Ipersonally could give several examples of peo- Walter Scott dodging into the only than exchange— attorney— college drama group— not better ple benefited by the use of periodicals, did space Europe must be a quaint place! And Europeans Smith Tc-wer John Hoban looking into space for rivaling the interesting — any past production, but even permit. The most woman Iever knew must be peculiar people! At least that's what I a rental customer -Texaco Joe Richards— with a equipped and larger estab- was a good Illustration. Through her reading of thought when first told of the strange customs personality greater than Eddie Cantor "Wits" work of better largely — organizations. periodicals on the subjects, she contributed of the people on the other side of the Atlantic. Eugene Manca at the cafe where epicureans eat lished to her husband's success as a mining engineer. rarely, if ever, drinking fresh water, prac- without a word about politics popular vehicles, Imagine John— Young to say Turning to the currently Moreover, her family, though always more or less tically living on wine and beer, drinking them at Dan Fortune scouting for merchandise to ware- fol- ißolated, grew up generous knowledge — the guild is endeavoring to establish a to a most of all three meals, even giving these beverages to house handsome Don McKay, one of Seattle's fin- lowing that will justify the founding of a the better things of life, through the media of babies and small children, closing the window est, leaning against the Fourth and Pike Building priodicals concerned with current trends and de- — definitely Catholic little theater movement tight at night, and sleeping in stuffy rooms. reminding us that James Logan's dental offices velopments. Those foreigners must be crazy! Yet, Iwondered, are several floors up. Black Friars players, so popular truly acquaint — such as the It would be worth one's time to after a second thought, could there be any reason A few former S. C. Irish at the K. C. Clvb in the East. oneself with the use of the Reader's Ouide and behind all 'these queer customs? Idecided to In. McCarron, MeHugh, Murphy, Monahan— and the periodical (ound other Indexes to literature at vestigate. Malone brothers. Library. your Public You will always find the Before attempting my explanation of the cause There once was an S. C. orchestra wherein played War In Europe librarians glad to help you or direct you in find- of these customs, let me emphasize one point. They musicians. Bras, Grass, Lass, Hass, or was it Vass? ing any you information desire. quaint silly! They practically Wonder how many of this year's student body If ever there was a time since the signing are not or are a necessity under the general conditions in which have brushed back the green leafed laurel to dis- of the Armistice that the common-sense - the Europeans have lived and are living. cover the cornerstone of the building, that houses teachings of the Church on the Christian BRAIN BUSTERS For example, It Is reliably estimated that with, your 676 students of today, was laid in the year— brotherhood of man as against the insanities By GLENN HAGEN out the "quaint" use of alcoholic beverages during 1893. world, of war should be listened to by the the middle ages, the Black Death and the many today. A certain explorer made a trip to the Nor^fr Pole. other epidemics would have practically depopu- it is When he arrived there his plane crashed, and he lated Europe. For wine and ale were the only slaughter of hundreds of BOOK REVIEWS The senseless was obliged to radio for "help. The rescue party, source of sanitary drink during the middle ages. By AGNES VALIQUETTE thousands of people, the destruction of doz- however, became lost on a barren ice field and had Rivers and lakes at times wereadmittedly so pol- " " ens of cities,the devastationof countrysides, to send a radio message to the explorer to find out luted with filth and germs, that anyone drinking THE RENAISSANCE threats of embroiling the which Way to go. fresh water was courting death. Alcoholic drinks, By FUNCK-BRETANO and finally the explorer, antenna, such fury The with a beam found, from however, through the application of heat in the and 1 whole of Europe in a war of the direction or the radio waves, that the rescuers process of fermentation and distillation, ster- In this book we have a panoramic view of Euro, civilization, were intensity as to destroy western must be exactly thirty degrees east of south east ilized; thus offering a certain amount of protection pean life after Columbus made his discoveries and Copernicus should make the nations take time out and from him. to those using the beverages. opened up the fund of knowledge con- What direction, disregarding compass deflection, you right tained In astronomicalstudies. From this time on, think it all over for a while. Well, admit, perhaps it is all for adults should he tell them to go to find him? perpetually to drink wine or beer; but what about we may say the Renaissance progressed. revenge for past injus- l.;isf But the spirit of Answer to Week's Problem the Surely they have milk. Per- From these two great discoveries, life in Europe warfare, children? should tices, the blind folly of class the A reaches school at 8:15, B at 8:30. A's house haps the peasants didn't reason logically in giving seems to have received the impetus which resulted 21,333 feet from school, Bs Is 19,000. in the most chaotic and artistic history. greedfor future gains, the utter disregard for is them wine instead of milk, but they did prevent era of With the influx of Christ will undoubtedly lead to general war. a high infant mortality rate. For in most of Europe, wealth to the various countries, especially in France, health inspection of milk is there resulted a system of banking previously un- necessary. CALENDAR practically nil even today, and the milking and There arose such groups as the capital- distribution still crude and careless. ists and the financiers, and the entire framework Vandalism of society, as regards distinction, — Mass and Communior For centuries death-dealing mosquitoes have class was modi- is by November 26 Retreat fied. The fact that we have artlats in our midst droned up from the lowland marshes, striking Some of our — Money was made powerful object no means purely a matter of pride. November 26-30 Thanksgiving vacation. under cover of darkness. After years of observing and an to be gone in lately for doing deaired above all else. Next appeared the parties, aspiring aesthetes have cause and effect, the peasants, naturally, If not Actually! One classroom — usually rich families or groups, having power murftll on the premiHes. November 30 Sodality meeting. scientifically, kept their windows closed and them, and 29— boasts such fiendish de- voice in the matters of the state. Among these in particular— room selves inside at night. Mosquitoes weren't definite- sidewall, blending a number of December 2— A. S. S. C. meeting. the better known were the Medici, the Ouelfs, and i.u.-mont on its ly associated with the diseases, and so screens with a muddle of sur-realistic the Ohebelllnes. fantastic pictures weren't used. December 2,3— "The Whole Town'sTalking" Against this background the places such scratching*. America, milk, author We can be thankful that in the personalities as Boccaccio, III, budding young Blastaftelda! — Erasmus, Calixtus Come, come, you December 6 Alumni meeting. most perfect food, yet the most potentially danger- van- Savanarola, AlexanderVI, Francis II,andCatherine College men are supposed to restrain these ous, can be fed to our children without qualms. deirtccarving and — di Medici. The entire book breathes the spirit of dallstic Impulses. Such stuff as December 9 Mendel Club banquet. We owe this partly to sanitary precautions and in. place In our college the times, the early ages of the Church, the so- Interior decorating have no spection, partly the fact that free, December 11— Debate tournament. and to we are called Reformation, the creation of magnificent curriculum. ing ourselves from the ridiculous idea that pas- tongue-cllclcingly youn, edifices, and the underlying faith in the hearts of Indignantly and December 22— College night. teurisation destroys a vital part of the milk. Wednesday, November 25, 1936 THE SPECTATOR Page Thret

Book Worm Paging Youth On Stray Notes On G. K. C. Shows Angles Way Into Youth For Student Pag Books By Bookmen Truth In Well, Points Of View The poets: "There is no frigate Literary World We of the Spectator believe like a book to bear us lands But Not In Wells that today there is no question away" (Emily Dickinson) By TheCover Won't Tell . . . Hy Kl>. lIO.NOHDK of more vital concern to youth "And what, for this frail world, Jnrlrth Itlry than Youth. Hence the topic Now there once was time What's that, my esteemed prog, a were all that mortals do or suf- Lest I cast stones in seeming for next issue's student page. fer, eny? You want to know the In- When a book or a rime did .. no pen memorial trib. personal Innocence: I, too, have Surely this is a subject that ute offer?" (Wordsworth). trinsic value of a pre-read book? .. read Horatio Alger. And that was permits of plenty of "Points of Was a document truly amazing-; "All lovely tales that we have the of my Well, my cherished offspring, — least bookish indiscre. View." For instance, it is short, heard or read an endless foun- tons; as a lover of reading, I throw another claimed the In it was hinted, chair on the fire, that outlook of tain of immortal drink" (Keats) wasted many an hour in filling my youth today good precious roll up a log, and I'll divulge to is an exceedingly "What's fit to be printed .. "A book is the Indiscriminate young mind with dark one. Then, again, the llfeblood of a master spirit, em- you some Interesting facts (I Is surely worth reading and praisiny." modern literary trash. One can- Catholic church is intensely in. balmed and treasured up on pur- not help wondering hope) on the perplexing question. at all this cur- terested in the cause of youth pose to a life beyond life" (Mil- rent prattling .of "progress," Ionce knew a family that today; so, ton). was in another way, are . ! when one notes the meager out- Communists, noted— for Its economic dafflness the the Fascists, But lately we've found, "Reading," said Bacon, "mak. put of genuinely good books to- psychasthenic In its ways (an. and the Adolf Hitlerists. Let's eth a full man ... if he read day. hear from you subject; may little, other word for a sidewalk crack on this Though a book be bound he had need have much And ho it is with all the greater you cunning, skipper). The baby brother can think of many other to seem to know what sorrow that one remarks the re- angles In a binding that speaks with a roar, kleptomaniacally lifted the bed ac well. he doth not." cent passing of the great G. K. C. study Charles Lamb off its casters in order that the Come on, you— students. This You can for days called his be- Irealize that some of my friends next door neighbor could practice is your page make the most — loved books hie "ragged vet- have long regarded my love lor In a technical haze erans" his trap-shooting (not a dice of it. In this College there is ... he hated "books that Chesterton as something almost — — encyclo- game) So the father had to lots of thinking going on; why Theresult: you know less than before! are not books" such as bordering on the fanatical. But, pedias. use books to support the cast«r- not think out loud In print? after all. one can't be indifferent less hed. That is one good use for or— half-hearted about Chesterton books. Books Of the man is much too positive in HaiMly In I><-|>ivsh|iiii Napoleon Didn't If you're'one of these guys Dead his appeal to be taken lightly. He's one that never wrote a When the crash of '29 That makes use of his eyes care- rever- Hate Still Treasure less line. You either like him im- berated in centers and Dictionary; financial By indulging in books, you'll discover, mensely, or you just as definitely the family's began house to leak Why Should "Life Beyond Life" don't like him at all. And not to from of roofing materials, We? The books you are reading lack like Chesterton, to my mind, is big brother shingled the sieving — By MAXANNA KKKXM Have titles misleading By JOE QUINX not lo understand him. house top with the Harvard Clas. Was Many have \l.|. sirs. That was the same year the it not true that Napoleon You can't tell a book by its cover! books been written -I I<.<.;■} ist throughout the ages. works of Hilaire Bel1o c and took with him into exile only two And much Those unfortunate few among books, dictionary has been us Charles Dickens came In so handy the and the Bi- written about books. of no marked cultural tastes ble? us, Modern Critics Are Deficient; "Except a living man," (no for our own furnace fuel problem. To even the most intellec- said implied egotism, Iassureyou) tual of us, this just Charles Kingsley, "there is noth- may Why, you wouldn't believe It— sounds a little — not mourn his death so much "far-fetched." Readers Must Discriminate ing more wonderful than a book world; that older brother (now stirring The Bible is long — as a loss to the literary enough as it is, the dictionary a message to us from the dead may passing it in the Iron hotel) hid his used but Hy Artolph Itiviholt, S. J. KngllKh l)<-|>nrtineiit not mourn his as .! The idea of a man of affairs from human souls we never saw, such, razor blades in Roget's Thesau- .. Isay, even though he was pouring this dry, unalhiring When Alice walked through the looking-glass she found who lived perhaps thousand that his mother wouldn't over a the ablest essayist of our times. rus so beyond away. yet these, volume is our comprehen- herself in surroundings that were delightful but confusing. miles And in But all of us as Catholics, or at eever her infernal corns with slon. those little sheets of paper, speak Also, sister, The modern reader, passing through the reading-glass into limsi Christians, cannot help them. little the Dictionary I'npopular to us, arouse us, terrify us, com- cut.up, the realm modern literature, mourning his demise as a stagger, clan's found books most Nearly all of us can recall at of fort us, open their hearts to us as accessible for hiding her vermll- finds himself in similar confusion. (literary critics are coming to real- ing loss to the Christian world. some period of our lives beating a popular brothers." lion-marked report card from her Unlike Allcb, however, the modern ize that book reviews are For without doubt Chesterton was hasty retreat from that useful but always Men have long sought comfort reader is not dreaming; he is not reliable criticisms. the most vigorous and brilliant introspective parents. undesired o r manuscripts. The Critics, and solace in books, turning to fully conscious when he the of whom some are pre- defender of our Faith as opposed Hooks Ijeave mere' word, dictionary, evokes dis- turns them for encouragement in mo- As PF9MM pages sellers," sumably'gifted with the wisdom of to the drab materialism and the of the current "best despair; taste In our minds. Should a per- the ages, have developed a verit- ments of for humor dur- devilish irreligion One fall morning the father rude, only to find himself at a loss to that are de- son be so so indiscreet as to able cult of superlative. ing spells of fatigue; for relief wondered where all the autumn explain or evaluate the confusing the So vastating the world today. hand us a "Webster" with well- lavish praise they, so from boredom; and for an escape leaves vanished to; on investiga- ideas that confront him at every of are and Nor was he merely a master meant and ever so innocent advice ready they from the dimmed perceptions of tion he found the whole tree's out- are to bestow national lay apologist. He was splendid on to make use of it, we would soon obviously inferior books, their minds. This intellectual bless- put hibernated so Impressively in honors on the offense as well, and toppled see to it that he became a social Mimli-i'ii Hunks I'nphlloNophtcal wondering ing has been man's since the world the Encyclopedia Britannica. that one cannot help — such modern addle-pates and outcast. There are beings in hu- Contemporary writers, and In if the critics trouble read the first rejoiced In the ancients in indeed, son, are to pseudo-thinkers as Barney Shaw Yes books val- man society noted for their over- particular modern novelists, have they praise condemn. the classics. uable; priceless (without books or and H. G. Wells with the least in fact use of the good American lan- penned books every you go for taste. Have Ini\ii-.il Appeal possible effort imaginable. a tag). Oh, yin! Before guage whom we have Ingloriously Some of these fine, CVItIoN 1 niHhil.l.- G. K. books are re- showed that truth may lie the I'd like to recommend the two dubbed as. "walking dictionaries" liable works; but many of our . Formerly we relied on critics This blessing haB reached larger at They — bottom of a well, but best books of the month. a term of extreme derision. How most popular books are to tell us if and why a book was numbers through the neo-classic- not at the "Encyclopedias crowded bottom of Wells. are and their many times our friends have found with a motley array of false con- worth reading. The critic's chief isis and spread still further In young," by Stoopwell H. G. and us forlornly facing a dictionary, cepts that are unsound in both job was understood to be "to tell different veins and at different I*rovok«-s l.aiiKlitvr Buddnagle, and the ravishing only to learn by our well known philosophical and literary prin- the public where to place their times, yet all have been pleasing The really delightful— thing novel, "Left in the Breeze," a se. "air of a martyr" that we have ciples. And today, while false no- money; to protect them from trash to their readers. about Chesterton— aa Father Gil. quel to "Gone with the Wind." been assigned as a conip. lesson, a tions, or at least careless notions and tohelp them to good reading." "Literature," says Cardinal lis pointed out is that we come dictionary lesson. of art are evident on all sides, the Now, however, one wonders If the Newman, "is a personal work." It to him— to laugh, and remain to Yet (Tactful Friend lack of adequate standards is most critic Is not interested more In his is the individual effort of an think if we can. He approached " FOR DELICIOUS own theories than in what the au- author to instruct or entertain scholastic philosophy— which per- But could we not be wrong In noticeable among modern novel- thor writes, and intent more on through the general media of po- vades the greater part of our attitude towards this poor ists his HAMBURGERS what the publisher wants than on etry and iprose, with their various — lonely, deserted book? After all There are several reasons for work with such a hearty gaiety what the public needs. ramifications. A casual glance over and gusto, 0 l<>K MIZZLING who are we to contradict Napo- the mediocre standards modern that de won't realize Inovelists set before themselves. In One need not follow any elabo- the innumerable pages of litera- how much profound thought we leon? Are we not often glad of its argumentation STEAKS the first place, the novel, which is rate to prove mod- ture reveals articles of all types, are absorbing, so busy are we lengthy definitions and vivid de- ern criticism deficient; evidence by representative men from all tails When find ouaelves the most fluent and living form laughing at the man. Chesterton we con- of its deficiency almost every nations, each writing word of literature, commands a wider la in at a different believed and proved, strange fronted with a stubborn literary Journal of the day. Con- time and for a different class of smoothly and usiiiiiiy less discriminating though it may seem, that Faith BROOME'S which Just will not fit fused readers will testify that they people. Yet, these works have we audience than most other forms of can actually be approached into our sentences. And have have been so frequently mis-led lived on to delight the souls of 814 North Broadway resolutely gone the diction- literature. Furthermore, the ma- through the sparkling portals of not to they no longer thrust the dubious men. Exercising a universal ap- ary — say— word jority of those who read novels nonsense. 1401 North Forty-fifth In search of the wisdom of these critical sages. peal, they have withstood the amnesia, and find ourselves blush- areso intent on the story that they — Prom all of this the reader may This does not mean that all crit- ravages of time they have de- ing tremendously being caught seldom stop to question the truth Infer that Ido have a great love at ics are unreliable, for there are fended themselves nobly on the delving deeply into the art of or morality of the ideas behind for Chesterton. And I hope that fortunately those who still recog- battlefields of the centuries. floriculture? that story. those among us that yet muy nize and strive for the high pur- as us, then, give credit where I iiiI Immorality" Serve Many l*iir|»<>si-s not have read much of him may Let "lii-Hnli pose of literary criticism. But, staunch- gome take a good deep plunge into Furnished and credit is due. Let us stand It Is true that readers are when we state that inadequate Situations and characters have his ly defense of our real friend sufficiently alert detect the er- works very soon. For the modern In — to critics have left readers confused, enabled men to live vicariously Unfurnished the diction- rors underlying they read, youth, here will be found great- and kind instructor w>hat we do mean that the majority of moments which would otherwise a ary! always danger that .souled sanity Apartments and but there is critics have failed the group to have been foreign to their per- Hmid the chaos of lite, eventhe intellectual minority, who which they owe allegiance. It ceptions. Books have delighted modern unbelief. And for you Houses should influence others, may grad- rary connolSHeurs, seems only natural, therefore, that the mind and preserved men from here's a real ually adopt a careless attitude of bargain. For here you will a modernreaders should equip iIn m mental stagnation. They have find fashionable but damaging sophis- delightful The RENTAL selveß to rely on their own Judg- played upon the emotions, bring- mixture of Charlos tication. As an example of this, I I.mill) and St. Francis of Assist, DREW-ENGLISH ment in selecting what they read. ing tears to the eyes of some, BUREAU recall the well-read individualwho with the visor, Inc. evoking peals of laughter in oth. minus the mis.-vi recommended a grossly immoral Good .iininiiK-Hi Needed tbropy, ers. Of Johnny Swift thrown ROBERT FLAJOLE novel on the grounds that "It is Kor an adequate appreciation of in. QUALITY FOOTWEAI higher liiMirum'e Department not dirty, but delightfully immor- the forms of poetry and " and HOSIERY al." Surely something is amiss music the layman xhould rely on DELICIOUS" when readers praise a novel for its either a special knowledge of the "~» JOHN HOBAN For tin- CtoHtgn Student JohnL.Orrigon IScniiil Manager "delightful" Immorality, especially art under consideration or the if the readers influence others In judgment of critics with such ATTORNEY-AT.LAW At Our Fountain SOS HROADVVAY NORT1 $6.50 and up th«ir choice of books. knowledge. But the average read- Insurance Building HHranivl UKIMt er, Itrmiiltvji.v Hall " ill Kit. *.-.. Those who choose books accord- gifted with fair amount of M tin ITU ■ Coriicr itroniiuay and Madison ng to thedictate! of our numerous good taste and discrimination, should be able to evaluatea novel, which la essentially a popular and BE SURE TO COME flexible form of art. (Continued in Next Issue.) Holy Rosary Parish Ushers' Club NEXT WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY Editors not:— This is the sec. — ond in a series of articles by December 2 and 3—8:303 8:30 P. M. members of the CollCgt faculty. Announce Their Annual

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