The Aquinas 1932-05-13

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VOL. I. NO. 13 ST. THOMAS COLLEGE, SCRANTON. PA., MAY 13, 1932
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New Members View of St. Thomas College Exhibit Social Forum
Named to Staff At the Scranton Industrial Exposition Holds Second
Of Newspaper Annual Debate
Aquinas Reorganizes its
Various Branches for
Coming Year.
Announce Change, in Date
Of the Oratorical Contest
The finals in the oratorical contest
which were originally scheduled to
take place on Sunday, May fifteenth,
have been postponed until Wednes,
day, June 1, according to an an'
nouncement emanating from college
headquarters. The participants, eight
in number, comprise the cream of the
oratorical crop as evidenced by their
ability to survive in one of the most
grueling processes of elimination
ever witnessed in the college audi,
torium.
Due to the system employed in the
elimination contest, each of the four
classes, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior
and Sel\ior, will be represented by
Coplan, .Gallagher Are
A war d e d Decision
Over Opponents.
On last Monday morning, the
second annual debate of the Social
Science Forum was held in the col·
lege chapel. This affair was easily
the most interesting and best attended
inter'student contest ever held
by St. Thomas college.
It was sponsored with the purpose
of determining who, among all the
students, of the forum, was the best
all around essayist, debator and orator.
The question debated was Resolved:
"That World Peace is Pos,
sible to Attain." Emmanuel Laster
and William Farrel supported the
affirmative side of the question, while
Arnold Coplan and Joseph Gallagher
defended the negative view.
The judges of the contest were
three men prominent in the professional
life of Scranton, namely,
Rabbi Max Art~, chairman; Dr.
James Foy, and Attorney Frank Butler.
The decision of the judges.
reached after lengthy deliberation,
was awarded to the negative tean.
In addition four individual prizes
were awarded to those contestants
possessing the best individual arguments
and delivering them in the
best manner. The first pri~e of ten
dollars was given to Arnold Coplan;
the second prize of seven was merited
by Joseph Gallagher, while the third
and fourth pri~es of five and three
dollars were awarded to William
Farrell and Emanuel Laster respectively.
Frank Liberty was chairman of the
debate and in his opening remarks
reviewed the history of Forum which
was organiz.ed last year under the di·
rection of Brother Leonard and has
progressed ve:ry rapidly this year
with Brother Augustine as moderator.
The Forum was admitted to the In'
ternational re.lations club last Jan'
uary and the debate held Monday
was sponsored as an activity of that
organization.
Music for the occasion was fur'
nished by the college orchestra di,
rected by James Barry. Solos were
also rendered by Bernard McGurl
accompanied at the piano by Edmund
Byrne of the Sophomore class.
The Forum will meet soon to elect
officers for the coming year to suc'
ceed the present Seniors.
this city, also other representatives of
the business and professional life of
Northeastern Pennsylvania, who are
vitally interested in the future of St.
Thomas college.
As was announced previously.
members of the various athletic
squads, together with these student~
who have taken an active part in the
several other activities will be award·
ed with letters and other tokens symbolic
of the achievements in their
respective fields. In addition to the
major awards, those students who are
barred by the ruling of the commit··
tee from receiving prizes, will be
cited for honorable mention.
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McDermott Selected As Presi.
dent by Fraternity. Seven
Members Will Graduate
Phi Nu Sigma Elects
Next Year's Officers
At a regular meeting of the Phi
N u Sigma fraternity held in the
Hotel Jermyn, Tuesday evening, May
10th, the officers were elected for
the coming year. The following
were the men elected:
President-Neil McDermott.
Vice-Pres.-Cyril Gallagher.
Financial Sec'y-William Clark
Treasurer-William Fischer.
Rec. Sec'y-Leon Harter.
For the past year William Kerri,
gan officiated as president, Jorn Fer'
guson as vice'president, James Barry
as treasurer, Gerard Finnegan as
financial secretary, and Bernard Mc,
Cawley as recording secretary. All
the retiring officers are members of
this year's graduating class. Other
members of this organi~ation to leave
Saint Thomas in June are: James
O'Brien and Joseph Noone.
The Phi Nu Sigma is the oldest
recognized social fraternity at the
college. During the current year it
has staged a series of elaborate func,
tions that were decided social suc'
cesses.
Brother Felix Francis is the mod,
erator of the Phi Nu Sigma.
Varsity Day Exercises
Will Be Next Wednesday
The Varsity Day meeting at which
all outstanding students of the col,
lege are to be awarded, originally
scheduled for May twelfth. has been
postponed and will take place on
next Wednesday, May eighteenth.
The committee in charge are endeav,
oring to secure some man prominent
in collegiate activities in the Eastern
United States to be the principal
speaker.
In addition to the numerous speak,
ers, there will be several invited
guests, among them being outstand,
ing members of the St. Thomas
alumni. leading newspaper men of
With this issue, the staff of the
Aquinas has been reorgani~ed and
steps have been taken toward repl~c'
ing the gap left by the fo.ur or fIve
seniors whose prodigious work on
this paper during the past year has
resulted in it attaining its present
position in the journalistic field.
As assistant editors to the new
editor'in'chief, the moderator of the
Aquinas has named Joseph Galla'
gher of the Junior class and John
Maloney, a member of the Sopho'
mor,e class. These young men will
have charge of the editorial writing.
Two Freshmen, Joseph Haggerty
and Paul Cox have been selected for
the posts of News Editors and judg'
ing from their past performances,
both should be highly successful in
their new positions.
In the Sporting department,. the Vocations Club to Again lending its whole'hearted
Aquinas has adopted a new policy support to all regional industrial and
and will employ five men exclusively Hold Final Program charitable activities, St. Thomas col,
to the work of our athletes in their . lege co,operated with Scranton in
various contests. As yet, no editor Brothers Felician And Augustine ki' . d . I xh'b'
has been selected for this section of Will Speak. on Program ma .ng Its recent m ustna e I It a
the paper. The young men to work I ColI Cha 1 successful affair tqrough the presen'
in the sport department are Paul '. n ege pe • tan.on by the S'CIence and educat:1'onaI
Gibbons, William Barrett, William departments of exhibits of pedagogi'
Mahoney, Abe Plotkin, and Daniel Bringing the first season of its caI, SC.lentl'fI'C, and pre'medl'caI prog'
McCaffery. activity to a close, the Vocations ress and meth0 ds.
Club of St. Thomas college will cele'
. The new associate editors of this brate the feast of St. John Baptiste The local collegians had charge of
paper who will assist in re'write de la Salle with a special program to Booths 11 and 12. They presented
work are Anthony Granahan, Joseph a very attractive and colorful back,
be held in the college chapel on May I bel
'Kane, Edward Corbett, and Gerard twentieth. ground portraying a most un iev'
Barrett. William Missett has been able figures of the march of the col,
selected as the Alumni editor; Paul Addresses will be given by Brother lege towards further progress and
Corcoran as the new business mana- Felician Patrick, who will speak on accomplishment.
ger' and Peo Martin Ferrario as head the Life of St. John Baptiste, and by The displays consisted of biologi'
of the circulation department. The Brother Augustine, who has selected cal exhibits of botanical and zoologi'
advertising department will again be the work of the Christian Brothers cal morphology and embryonic
handled by Edward Collins and Ed, as his topic. Mr. Thomas Gavigan, stages; demonstrations of microscopic
ward Golden, together with two president of the organi~ation, has technique; chemical experimentation,
assistants to be chosen next Fall. been selected to act as chairman of panoramic glimpses of visual educa'
Among the new reporters named the program. tion, and pictorial illustrations of
to the staff are Edward Horan, Wil, At a meeting held Wednesday aft, collegiate activities.
liam Gombar, William Farrell, and ernoon, Father John Joseph, a mem' An additional Purple and White
William Clark of the Sophomore ber of the Passionist Order located contribution consisted of fifteen hun'
class, and Harold Mittleman of the at St. Anns Monastery, Scranton, dred complimentary copies of the
Freshman class. spoke to the memb~rs of the y?Ca, Aquinas Newspaper, which was, in'
Several more additions are ex' tlO.ns Club, on the hfe of .a rehglOus cidentally, the last publication of the
pected to be made to the news de' pnest. Last week MonsI~nor Paul, graduating staff.
partment of the Aquinas within the Kelly of the Cathedral Pansh as the .
closing weeks of this year and early guest speaker of the club talked to St. Thomas ~lgh school placed .the
next year. Any underclassman inter- a large assemblage on the secular ~1Umerou~ trophl~ that ~hey a~qU1red
ested in applying for a position is pn.esth d m athletiCS on dIsplay, mcludmg the 00 . . . Centra1 League Cup, Runner'up in
urged to attend the next meeting of George Zenolk~wskl ~as the chair' State Parochial Contest, etc.
the Aquinas staff or give his name man of last week s meetmg and Jos, .
to the News Editors or to the mod, eph Haggerty was Wednesday's pre' . ~e purpose of th~ collegiate e~erator.
siding officer. hl~Its was to acquamt .the publ~c
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the colleges and universities, and to
impress upon Scrantonians the high
academic position occupied by St.
Thomas college in the collegiate
world. __
·Rev. '.Brothers Flamian and AI,
two men. The students who have phonus and Professor Wisnieski of
earned the right to represent their the Science Dept. and Dr. L. Paul
class are as follows: In the Senior Miller of the Education Dept. di'
class, Carl Haarmeyer and Emanuel rected the students in charge of the
Laster; the Junior, James O'Mara booths.
and Gerald Friedman; the Sopho' Francis Riley, Frank Murray, Wil,
more class, Leon Harter and Domi' liam Vanston, Jesse Fear and Frank
nic Motsay; and the Frosh, Joseph Cawley were the students in charge
Haggerty and Ross Tarentino. of the booths. They conducted all
The winner will be picked from lectures and demonstrations.
the 'preceding group of mep. by a The college booths proved to be
body of experienced judges whose one of the most attractive features
names, up to printing time, had not 'of the exposition, and were cyno'
been divulged. To the winner will sures of all eyes. They were congo
a cash prize of twenty'five dollars, tinually thronged and provided the
in addition to the honor attached to students with plenty of opportunity
the achievement. for demonstration and lecture.