The Aquinas 1933-01-13

              VOL. II, NO. 7 . ST. THOMAS COLLEGE, SCRANTON, PA., JANUARY 13, 1933
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List of Prizes Are Sophomores Of College Will Hold Brother Philip
Announced By Prom In Hotel Casey Next Friday AddressesMeet of
College President @ @ State Educators
'~
Attends Convention of
State Teachers Held
In Caprtol City.
At a meeting held recently, the following
officers were elected: Presi,
dent, James Kelly; Vice-President,
Joseph Gallagher; Secretary, Thomas
Harrigan; Treasurer, Zigmund Ja'
kubczyk.
It is rumored that the Club expects
to be the nucleus of a Wilkes'Barre
Chapter of Saint Thomas college
alumni next year. Viewed from the
fact that membership is confined
to seniors from the Diam.ond City,
this is most probable. Such a result
would be pleasingly received by
graduates of the college and under'
classmen, both of whom would be
eligible to join; the former as soon as
a charter would be received, the latter
at the moment of their gradua'
tion.
City Seniors
Form College Club
SCIENCE PRESIDENT
The latest organi4ation to have
found its inception at Saint Thomas
college is the Saint Thomas College
Club of Wilkes-Barre. Composed
solely of seniors of the present graduating
class from the neighborhood
of Wilkes,Barre and vicinity, it ap'
pears to have a promising future.
The purpose of the organization as
expressed in its constitution is two'
fold: To devise ways Ci.D.d means to
aid and "boost" St. Thomas college
and to establish a social organi4ation
of Wilkes - Barre fellow classmen.
With these objectives as incentives,
the members of the club pledge themselves
to cherish the name of their
Alma Mater and to do all that they
can to promote such matters as may
be to its advantage.
Official Notice
The attention of the students
is called to article 11, section 2,
of the undergraduate manual.
Beginning February 1st, 1933,
this article shall be rigidly enforced
Neither administrative
officers nor teachers can excuse
or remove absence from the office
record.
Patrick and Quinn to
Serve as Co-chairmen;
Proceeds For Library.
ARTS PRESIDENT
been signally honore9 by this recognition
of their ability, and are to be
commended for the quality of their
material and the manner in which it
was presented. \;----------------:
The entire schedule for the team
has not as yet been made up but
Thomas Lalli, recently appointed
manager, has already made tentative
arrangements for contests with
Stroudsburg, Wyoming Seminary,
and the local Y. M. H. A. He has
also received a letter from Colgate
University Freshmen, asking that a
date be left open for them. And
negotiatioins have been started for
the annual classic of the year, the
Sophomore-Freshman clash which
ewsitlelr.be held early in the next sem' 11- -1
Awards to be Made a~
The Commencement
Exercises in June.
Twelve students, members of the
Freshman class, have during the
past week been engaged in a series
of grueling competitive debates to
determine the Freshman representatives
in the field of forensics for the
coming year. Those participating
were: Joseph Kilgallen, John Lenahan,
Joseph Kennedy, Frank Holmes,
Angelo LaVallo, Louis Plotkin,
Arnold Pollidori, Thomas Lalli, John
F. Kane, Peter Riccardo, John Kehoe,
and Frank Amoribella.
Four students emerged successful.
The four selected .being John' Lenahan,
Joseph Kilgallen, Angelo LaVallo,
and Frank Holmes. They have
St..Thomas Freshm.en
Debating· Squad Chosen
The preSl·dent, Rev. Brother Dem.s ofThthee ccoomllbegineedhaSvoephcoommoprleetecdlassaer-s Along with other educators from
Edward, has announced the list of rangements for the Sophomore Prom Catholic Colleges, Rev. Bro. Philip,
pri4es which will be awarded at the to be held in the Hotel Casey, Friday head of the education department of
commencement exercises in June. evening, January twentieth. This the college, attended the annual con-
The pri4es with one exception will . h f" 1 h
follow along. the same lines as those IS St eh lrst tIm1e in sfevSeraThyears t aIt vention of the Pennsylvania State
awarded Iast year; the one change alegeophaosmocro~ndcuacstsed0 a pt.romomanads ctohe- Educational Association, held recent-being
that this year separate pri4es affair has aroused considerable inter- ly at Harrisburg.
in oratory will be awarded to the est among the students. All proceeds The meeting of the Association fO'r
upperclassmen and to the freshmen. of the affair will be donated to the the Advancement of Teaching, an as-
This change was necessitated by the Library fund. sociation comprised of college pro-announcement
that· there will be two N hlP k d
separate oratorical contests this year, Sophiocm0oares Sactierincce, CPrleasssi, eannt dofVtihne- fessors ene~:aged in the work of educa-one
for the upperclasses and one for cent Quinn, President of Sophomore tion, was opened with an address by
the Frosh. Twelve awards of twenty- Arts, are joint chairmen of the dance Brother Philip. His topic was,
five dollars in gold and one award of and have appointed the following "What Catholic Colleges Are Doing
fifteen dollars in gold will be made committee chairmen: in the Training of Teachers."
at the graduation exercises. VINCENT QUmN Ticket Committee: Thomas Quinn NICHOLAS PATRICK
Tests to determine the winners will 1------------,--- and Peter Devlin. Brother Philip, in the course of his
be held in all subJ'ects, and the man R . C . P T address gave a brief review of the Annual Contest eceptlon ommlttee: eter a- B th J h proving himself most proficient in the bone ro er osep work done in the ancient monastic subject will be awarded the pri4e. St~dent Relations: Richard Bren- schools, and paid tribute to St. John
The examinations as usual will be Of 0 W·II nan and Harold Wedeman. A PI Baptist de La Salle, founder of the
held in the spring, probably during rators 1 Publicity: Paul Cox. nnounces ans first training sch,ool for lay teachers
the forepart of May, with the heads D . d H 11 J h A back in 1684. He also presented of the departments in charge of Take Place Soon Walsehcoratlons an a: osep . For New SOC·lety statistics showing J'ust what the fif- all examinations. The oratorical The·music committee has been for- teen Catholic Liberal Arts Colleges
contest will of course determine the . . h . f D in the state of Pennsylvania are do-winners
of the awards for oratory, Gtunate m secdulh'l,:g t ehservlces
T
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h
an TO. L. ing for the training of teachers for Eng lis h Department regory an IS orc estra. e or' 0 rganlze Iterary the secondary schools of the state.
while an award for general excellence chestra is well known in collegiate CI b N Se
will be given to a member of the Heads Will be Judges. circles. U ext mester. Brother Philip in closing said:
graduating class who has obtained A complete list of committees fol, "The objective of the Catholic
the highest grades for his four years' lows: Brother D. Joseph, head of the religious teacher is to strive for the
work. The public speaking department Reception-Chairman, Peter Ta, English department, announced today ideal in himself, believing as he does
W I·th few. exceptI.ons the pn.4e omfetnhte tchoaltletgheehafsirsmt aedleimthineaatinonnoutrnicaels- bone; Joseph Gannon, Thomas Jor' that a literary society will be orga.n' that education is not only a science
awards may be merited by members for the' annual oratarical contest will dan, Russell Giles, Joseph Forkin, i4ed at the beginning of the second but also an apostolate, and to be an
of any class. The science awards Frank Lynch, Paul McHale, Jerome semester. All students following apostle it is necessary 'to believe, to
will of course be restricted to mem- be held in the :early part of th.e next Stulgaitis, Frank Stahl. courses in the English department of love, to devote one's self unselfishly
bers of the science classes; while the semester: Unhke last year, this year Ticket-Co-chairmen, Peter Devlin St. Thomas college will be eligible to the daily tasks required for the
philosophy award may go only to a there WIll be two separate contests, and Thomas Quinn; Angelo Cefalo, for membership. Those having a sake of others.
member of either the Junior or one for t~e members of the upper !John Kelly, Walter Thomas, Gilbert speciali4ed i':teres~ in. lite:ature or I "In this he is supported by a proSenior
classes. The award for gen- classes ana the other for the Fresh- Wertheimer, Alphonse Sierocki, Jos- lIterary affaus WIll fmd m such a nouncement in the recent Encyclical
eral excellence is obviously restricted men.. . ... eph Eisenberg, James Fit4patrick, club the. ple~sure and profit which on Education by His Holiness, Pope
to a fourth year man. The Judges m the ehmmatlOn c~n' Peter Agnone. they deSIre, It was stated in the an- Pius XI, when he says, 'Perfect
The complete list of prizes fiollows: tests WIll be members of the EnglIsh Decoration and Hall-Chairman nouncement. schools are the result, not so much of
1. A pri4e of $25.00, donated department of ~~s .instituti~m. Joseph Walsh; Joseph Haggerty: During the first week of February, good methods, as of good teachers;
by the college, for General Excel, Although ~o d~fI':Ite mformatIOn Gerard Smith, Joseph Rafferty, Har, blanks of application for membership teachers who are thoroughly prelence
for the four years work. has been gIven It. IS exp:cted that old Mundy, John Reap, William will be distributed, such applications pared and well grounded in the
2. A pri4e of $25.00, donated by they will base theIr decislOns upon Smith. considered, and the notification of matter they have to teach; who pos-
Rt. Rev. Msgr. P. J. B0 Iand, for the manner of delivery alone. Student Relations - Co'chairmen, the first meeting given. Officers sess the intellectual and moral quali-
Oratory, for Upperclassmen. A pri4e In the final conteDt the eight Richard Brennan and Harold Wede- will then be elected, a constitution fications required by 'weir important
of $25.00, donated by Prof. Richard speakers chosen in the trials will take man; Ralph Winkler, Charles formulated, and a full program of office; who cherish a pure and holy
McNichols, for Oratory for Fresh- part and each will be limited to an Bourke, George McLaughlin, Thomas literary works arranged. Brother love for the youths confided to them
men. eight minute oration. The topic Toolan, Isaac Nudelman, John Fal, Joseph stated that the object of'the because they love Jesus Christ and
3. A prize of $25.00, donated by picked by the contestant in 'the finals Ion. ' society will be exclusively literary,:- His Church of which these are the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. Zychowic4, for must be original and will be subjecdt Music-Co'chairmen, Abe Plot, the higher advancement of thos,e children of predilection; and who
Philosophy. to the: approv~l of Professor Richar kin and John Hennigan; Ross Taran- specifically interested in and quali- have therefore sincerely at heart the
(Continued en Page 3, Col. 5) McNIchols, duector of the contests. tino, Richard Allen, James Campbell, fied for literary activities. true good of family and country: "
---------=-------.:..--------------- David Saxe, Philip Sirgany, James - ..
Powell, John Loughney, Charles Baron Kearney.
Programme - Chairman, Joseph
Conway; Donald Brown,' Alfred
Jones, William Jones, Leslie Wil,
liams, John Kearney, Joseph Kane.
Publicity-Chairman, Paul r.~-Joseph
Boguski, Frank Brennan, Albert
Schiowit4, James Melvin, William
Creagh, Robert Reese.