On Monday n i g h t , s t e p o u t to d a n c e .

S h o w off t h e c u f f s of t h o s e new p a n t s .

V a u g h n Monroe will be on h a n d ,

To p i t ch t h e Jive w i t h t h a t solid b a n d !

" T a r s and F e a t h e r s " is t h e n a m e ;

Aside of it a c i r cus ' s t a m e .

Zu t a lors , don ' t miss it son.

Bring the gal and have some f u n !

Vol. VII, No. 21 —Four Pages PROVIDENCE COLLEGE. PROVIDENCE, R. I., APRIL 17, 1942 5 Cents a Copy.

TARS AND FEATHERS' CLICKS

Prom Chairman S p o t l i g h t B a n d P r o g r a m T o B e A i r e d F r o m

B i l t m o r e

In what promises to be the biggest and the best of all such events, th<' 1942 Junior Prom will be held next Monday evening in the Biltmore Ho-tel. Chairman Dave Joyce has stated that without doubt this year's prom will surpass all others. Among the many highlights of the evening, one of the most interesting will be the nation - wide Spot - light broadcast which brings the nation's top-flight bands to the listening audiences. At 9:30 p. m. Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra will broadcast from the Bilt-more Ballroom on the Spotlight Band program. A repeat broadcast will be heard at 11:30 on the broadcast for the East Coast just prior to the grand march.

Vaughn Monroe will have his vocal-ist, Marilyn Duke, with the orchestra as well as Ziggy Talent. The talented orchestra leader has become one of the most popular bands in the coun-try in the past year and has appeared at many of the top affairs of the year

Chairman Joyce also announced that the grand march will take place at midnight sharp and will be led by Dave Joyce and Miss Mary Agnes Cos-tello. who has been chosen queen of the prom. At the conclusion of the grand march, the queen will be pre-sented a silver cup. The guests will receive souvenir programs rather than favors because of the impossibility of acquiring suitable favors due to priori-ties.

The list of Pa t rons and Patronesses for the prom were announced by t he chai rman and include the following: Governor and Mrs. J . Howard Mc-Grath . Honorable Dennis J. Roberts. Dr. Daniel J. O'Neill. Dr. and Mrs. A r t h u r L. Quirk . Professor and Mrs. J. J . Hanley. Professor and Mrs. George A. Kenney . Professor Daniel M. Lilly. Professor John W. Moroney. Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Fi tzgerald. Professor Lionel J. Landry , Professor Morr ie J. Timlin. Mr. John S. Sulli-van. Mr. and Mrs. Edward J . Crot ty, and Professor Joseph D. Murphy.

Members of t he Commit tee are Dave Joyce, cha i rman: W. Gal lagher . Howard Kenney. Leo Leary. Walter Kane. Owen Sherry . John Donnelly. Robert Riley. Char les Cottam. John Affleck. Thomas Daly, and Israel Moses.

Philomusian Banquet The annua l banque t of the Philo-

musian Society, composed of all resi-den t Dominican students, was held In the Bi l tmore Hotel last Wednesday evening The f r e shmen of the c lub sponsored the affa i r and J o h n Hinne-busch. '44, was toastmaster . The Rev. Freder ick C. Foley. O.P.. acting dean, was also present . J a m e s J. Murphy, '42. expressed t he thanks of the gradu-ating members of t he society for whom the banque t was given.

The annual prizes for t he winners in the oratorical contest were pre-sented Nadra Joseph. '44. was win-ner of the first prize: F. S c h w a r z '43. was awarded the second prize and Walter Voll. '44. won the third prize.

DAVID JOYCE

MSGR. SHEEN LECTURES HERE

N o t e d R a d i o O r a t o r S p e a k s o n " R e l i g i o n in

t h e M o d e r n W o r l d "

"We are fighting for the restora-tion of values in the world," the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen of the Catholic University of America de-clared in a lecture delivered to the Guilds of the Thomistic Institute and their guests in Harkins Hall last Saturday evening. Speaking on "Re-ligion in the Modern World" before the gathering of some twelve hundred doctors, nurses, teachers, lawyers, and service operators. Dr. Sheen said,"

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EIGHTH ANNUAL MUSICAL S H O W WILL BE S H O W N AGAIN TONIGHT

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NAMED

2 0 t h A n n u a l E x e r c i s e s T o B e H e l d M a y 1 1 ; C l a s s

R e u n i o n s M a y 9

The Hon. Edmund W. Flynn, Chief Just ice of the R. I. Supreme Court, will be the principal speaker at the 20th annual Commencement Exer-cises to be held at Providence College on May 11, Rev. Freder ick C. Foley, O.P.. acting dean, announced yester-day morning. Chief Just ice Flynn. an a lumnus of Holy Cross, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws f rom Providence College in 1935.

Dominican seniors will begin prepa-rations for Commencement at Cap and Gown Day exercises next Monday, Fr. Foley stated, as he announced that the graduat ion activities this year would be "s t reamlined" in accordance with the new academic acceleration program in effect at the college. Fol-lowing a Mass to be celebrated for the graduat ing class by Rev. William R. Clark, O.P., class moderator , the stu-dents will be invested in thei r acad-emic a t t i re by Fr. Foley and Rev. Je remiah T. Fitzgerald, O.P., vice-president of the college. Rev. A. P. Regan O. P. , senior philosophy profes-sor, will give the invest i ture address.

Following the exercises indoors the seniors will march in procession across the campus whe re the t radi t ional class

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CHANDLER T O CONDUCT VERIDAMES STYLE S H O W

The Ver idames will hold a Spring fashion show and dessert bridge, Sat-urday af ternoon, Apr i l 25, at 2 o'clock in Hark ins Hall at Providence Col-lege. It has been announced that Chandler of Boston, well known fashion designers, will display their latest spring modes at the show. Mrs. Eugene J. Sullivan, Jr. , is the gen-eral chairman of the committee.

Veritas Given To Sen iors

Seniors at Providence College re-ceived copies of the i r yearbook the Veritas, which was dis tr ibuted Tues-day morning by members of the staff. Enough copies were received for members of the senior class, but priori t ies on the leatheret te cover l imited the number which could be dis tr ibuted to underclassmen.

The book, which is published in two colors, contains over 200 pages. The inside f ront cover fea tures a p ic ture of the large Gothic cross atop Hark ins Hall and it is flanked by a photo of the American flag. The theme of the Veri tas is a V for Victory de-sign. The layout and the composi-tion of the volume is formed in reg-ular and inver ted V's. Dedicated to Very Rev. Lorenzo C. McCarthy, O.P., fo rmer president of Providence Col-lege who died last June , the book is divided into four sections: The Place; The People; The Things; and Other Things.

M. Joseph McLaughlin of Provi-dence was the Veri tas editor, Ross F. Muenzen of New Rochelle and Thomas A. Mulligan, Providence, were assistant editors. John D. Rey-nolds, Providence, was business man-ager and John J. O'Brien, Westerly, was advert is ing manager.

Others on the staff included Vin-cent Ward, Woonsocket, Domenic Di-Luglio, Cranston; J . Cornel ius Greene, Fall River; J . Francis O'Connell, Pascoag; Robert Lane, Hamden; Maurice Fagan, Coventry; James Coyle. Saylesville; Pe te r Koch, West Warwick; Matthew A. McLear, New-port; James J. Tennyson, Central Falls; Joseph F. Corrigan, Pawtucket ; and Ar thu r Cuddy, F rank L. Hanley. Jr., William F. McCormick, Thomas Cahir, Robert Cooney, Francis X. Sullivan, F rank Maguire, J o h n Gerhard and James Shiel, all of Providence.

'In Hendricken Field the Parsnips Grow Amid the Pansies Row on Row'

' I t 's a L o n g Fly O u t Into T h e S p i n a c h '

By JOHN GERHARD It's going to be tough on the ball

players this spring and summer out on Hendricken Field—what with those carrots and tomatoes and string beans all over the place. Pity the poor outfielders! When a long drive comes screaming out their way. not only will they have to watch the flight of the ball, lest it hit them, but they

i will also have to dance daintily through the rows of rhubarb, taking very special care not to step on the young. Juicy leaves

The visit ing teams will find things par t icular ly difficult, because If they should damage any of the tender shoots that wil l be popping u p mer-rily all over the field, they will have to contend with a very i ra te John Donnelly. Mr Donnelly will not tol-e ra te any abuse of his new project . It was he, a f t e r all. who first con-ceived the idea of a Providence Col-

lege Victory' Garden. Perhaps the word garden' is misleading: the new undertaking will resemble a genuine farm more than a mere garden.

Impressed by the possibilities of growing the college's own agricul-tural supplies, and at the same time motivated by patriotic fervor, Mr. Donnelly presented his novel idea to the authorities of the college, who enthusiastically gave him the go-ahead sign. The original plans called only for a small-scale garden. It was planned to grow a few minor items, such as string beans, squash, and tomatoes. But the more elaborate plans that have been adopted will see the com-plete conversion of Hendricken Field, the practice field, and the two lawns In front of Harkins Hall, into full-scale farms. This decision was influ-enced by the sharp rise In the price of agricultural commodities, and also by the fact that classes will be held this summer Mr Donnelly and his assistants have decided to conscript the entire stu-

'Moo, M o o , M o o ' S a y s t h e Litt le Calf

dent body into helping maintain the new responsibility.

Thus, it is reasoned, by their work in the fields, plowing, weeding, and watering, there will be no need for an increased athletic set-up. Accord-ing to the accelerated program. It had been decided to make Physical Training compulsory for all students for the duration of the war The au-thorities have decided that. Instead of playing the various athletic games during these P. T. periods, the in-dividual students will spend two periods a week cultivating the farm.

Mr. Donnelly and his cohorts were pleasantly surprised to discover that the soil on Bradley Hill is remarkably fertile This fact, plus their long ex-perience with things horticultural, leads them to a highly optimistic view concerning the success of the new plan. Then too. they consider the

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S t a d n i c k i a n d H o f f m a n S t a r In D r a m a t i c a n d

C o m e d y R o l e s

"Tars and Feathers" was presented for the second t ime last night in the audi tor ium of Harkins Hall. The comedy was well received by the audience. A naval theme provides the atmosphere for this year 's show. Francis A. Stadnicki, '43, gave an admirable performance, playing the female lead as Chlorine. The action ran more smoothly than the first per-formance Wednesday evening. This is the eighth annual musical comedy sponsored by the Pyramid Players.

Stadnicki authored the book for the student musical production. Kenneth F. Cayton, 42, of Taunton is musical director and author of five original tunes for the show. Stage managers are Phil ip T. Gennaro, '45, of Passaic, N. J.; and Phil ip E. Roy, '45. of Spring-field, Mass.; Paul A. Cavanagh, '44. of Providence, is responsible for all set designs. Costumes were designed by Miss Glennys Marr. art teacher in Providence schools; dances were cre-ated and supervised by Miss Fran-cesca Batastini, soloist of the Creative Dance Guild of Rhode Island; musical a r rangements of the original student music were by Stanley Gershkoff, of Providence.

Navy Men Speak Here

Three members of the Providence College s tudent body were inducted into the United States Navy as Air Force Cadets while the rest of the s tudent body viewed them in Harkins Hall at a special s tudent assembly held yesterday. Lt. R. Wilcox admin-istered the oath to James J. Kinde-lan, '44; Richard Daley, '44; and Clif-ford McFarland, '44.

The three recruits were Introduced by Ensign John Edgren who pre-ceded his introduction by a talk on the purposes of the recruit ing officers at the College Lt. Walter B. Lever-ing spoke to the recrui ts reminding them of the tasks they had taken upon themselves.

A young cadet who had been re-cruited just a f t e r his becoming an American citizen f rom Southern Rhodesia, George M. Ormer, gave an interesting account of his voyage over to the United States.

Following the special s tudent as-sembly the officers had the large par-lor and the Student Health Bureau turned over to them for the purpose

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C O W L S W I T C H B O A R D K E P T B U S Y BY C A L L S

In response to repeated inquiries the Cowl states emphatically that Providence College will definitely not go co-educational. The last issue was merely an April Fool Joke.

The Cowl switchboard was flooded with calls all last week from persons who wanted to know whether the denial on page two was also a Joke. It was not. We must face the facts; this is no time for wishful-thinking.

All Await Junior Prom Featuring Vaughn Monroe

2 THE COWL. FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1942

The C o w l Es tab l i shed N o v e m b e r 15, 1936

Published every full school week by the students of Providence College, Prov., R. L

Office: Harkins Hall. Room 18 Subscription: 5 cents the copy; $1.00 a year

Same rate by mail.

Editor-in-Chief J a m e s F. Shiel , '44 Assis tant Edi to rs—

Max R. K n i c k e r b o c k e r , '44 J o h n J . G e r h a r d , '44

Sporti Edi tor J o h n R. K e n n e y . '44 Dorm Ed i to r—

J e r o m e A. Coll ins, J r . , '44 Bus iness Manager—

J o h n J . Aff leck, '43 Ci rcu la t ion Manage r—

J o s e p h C. O 'Shea , '43 Advertising Manager-

John J . B rady , '44

SPORTS STAFF Joseph F. Anlauf. "46: John Dillon. '45: Edward F. Foley, '44: Joseph Raftery. '45.

BUSINESS STAFF Charles Beirne. '45: John Goulding. '45: John P. McGarry, '45: Francis A. Stad-nicki, '43. Arnold Williamson, '45.

REPORTERS Paul A. Cavanaugh. '44: John J. Stafford, '44: George Wilkinson. '44: John W. Geoghegan. '44.

Christianity "There is only one dogma"

that can match the dogma of Internationalism. That is the dogma of another international-ism, the Dogma of Christianity, and that is what we are fighting for."

In these words Monsignor Sheen has voiced the need of America for absolutes with which to meet the false religions of Nazism and Communism. Clearly and logically he has pointed out the flaws in our armor and he has given the remedies for them. "Democracy has no dogma," said Monsignor Sheen. This is her main weak-ness.

As the reason for the lack of that much needed weapon, Mon-signor Sheen pointed to educa-tion in America. He charged the American education system with "holding up that spirit of sacrifice" which we need to win this battle. As long as our teach-ers deny the existence of any truth, undeniable and eternal, just so long will our enemies continue to defeat and subjugate us. Without the recognition of the fact that there are such things as right and wrong we can never call our enemies wrong, we can never become convinced of our own right or know our own wrong. Without the unflinching conviction that our enemies are wrong we will never muster enough spirit to beat them.

One needs more than weapons to win a war. Arms in the hands of men who are confused and know not why they are fighting are useless. We can never be-come fully determined to beat our enemies unless we are thor-oughly convinced that our cause is right. Unless we know the right and recognize the wrong our hearts will remain cold and our minds stagnated.

ALUMNI N E W S There ' s a lot of ac t iv i ty in t h e

A l u m n i Associa t ion a t t he p r e sen t t ime.

F i r s t a long the l ine is C h a r l e y Shea ' s Donat ion Day C o m m i t t e e wh ich is w o r k i n g o v e r t i m e r o u n d i n g u p last m i n u t e g i f t s f r o m t h e m e m b e r s of t h e Associa t ion to p r e s e n t to F a t h e r Fo ley a t t h e b r e a k f a s t in A q u i n a s Hal l on May 3rd.

Schedu led fo r t h e s ame day. May 3rd, is t h e C o m m u n i o n B r e a k f a s t , u n d e r the c h a i r m a n s h i p of J o h n Reavey, '31. John , w h o u rges h i s j commi t t ee a long by l ash ing a long quip, has a g roup of w o r k e r s only s l igh t ly o u t n u m b e r i n g the cast as-sembled by J e r r y Nolan for the Al -u m n i Ball . T h e Hon. D e n n i s J . Rober ts , Mayor of P rov idence , wi l l be t h e p r inc ipa l s p e a k e r a t t h e com-m u n i o n b reak fa s t , c h a i r m a n Reavey a n n o u n c e d last n ight , s t a t ing tha t he expec t ed t h e la rges t a t t e n d a n c e in I y e a r s fo r t h e combined C o m m u n i o n B r e a k f a s t — D o n a t i o n Day act ivi t ies .

T h e Mass on C o m m u n i o n B r e a k f a s t S u n d a y wi l l t a k e t h e p lace of t h e Mass usua l ly said on A l u m n i Day fo r the g radua tes . A l u m n i Day has been moved a h e a d exac t ly one m o n t h and will be held on May 9th ins tead of on J u n e 9th, as o r ig ina l ly scheduled . J a m e s Gal logly, '39, is c h a i r m a n of the commi t t ee m a k i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s fo r t h a t even t .

Las t W e d n e s d a y n igh t t h e Boa rd of G o v e r n o r s m e t a t t h e col lege to p r e p a r e a s la te of off icers fo r t h e a n n u a l e lect ion wh ich wi l l t a k e p lace in the ve ry n e a r f u t u r e . A long list of capab le off icers w a s n o m i n a t e d by the Boa rd and bal lo ts a r e n o w being p r e p a r e d to ma i l to those a l u m -ni in good s tand ing . A n a l u m n u s in good s tand ing , i t n e e d n ' t be r epea ted , is one w h o pays his dues . The Associa-t ion is r e m i n d e d t h a t t h e r e is st i l l t ime to pay t h e a n n u a l fee b e f o r e t h e ba l lo t s a re ma i l ed out.

A n d . . . in closing . . . a f e w i t ems w h i c h h a v e r eached ou r desk m e n -t ion ing some a l u m n i . . . and t h e i r ac t iv i t ies . . . Lt . C h a r l e y Lucas , '39, is n o w at t h e Nav iga t ion School, Ke l ly Field , San Antonio , T e x a s . . . and was one of t h e first c o n t r i b u t o r s to Donat ion Day . . . Bi l l L a w l e r of Spr ingf ie ld r epo r t s t h a t he is m a r -r ied . . . A n d is hop ing to get a commiss ion as phys ica l i n s t ruc to r in the N a v y . . . Tom Daley, '37, ha s r e p o r t e d fo r Nava l Avia t ion F l i gh t T r a i n i n g a t t h e U. S. Nava l Av ia t ion Rese rve Base, F loyd B e n n e t t F ie ld , B r o o k l y n . . . Louis P. Lanz, x- '33, w h o was s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of t h e Nor th -w e s t e r n P l a t i n g W o r k s a t Rivers ide ,

Ill., h a s en l i s t ed in the U. S. Nava l Rese rve as a s to rekeeper , t h i r d class. . . . Repor t s a re t h a t D a v e Powers , '35, ha s gone w i t h t h e A r m y . . . and w e n e v e r did get a r o u n d to men t ion -ing and congra tu l a t i ng Dick O ' K a n e on his n e w j o b a t t h e N a r r a g a n s e t t Ho te l . . . A n d speak ing of congra tu l a -t ions . . . Leo P. Reardon , '28, is pass ing ou t c igars because of t h e b i r t h of a n e w b a b y d a u g h t e r . . . and finally . . . some t ime w h e n y o u h a v e a lot of t ime ask J a c k Coffey, '33, abou t t h e qu ick t r i p by a i r h e h a d b e t w e e n N e w York a n d H a r t f o r d , H a r t f o r d and Prov idence , P r o v i d e n c e and Boston, Boston and Har t fo rd , etc. . . . Cei l ing zero.

IN REVIEW By J A M E S F. S H I E L

T h e P y r a m i d P l a y e r s of P r o v i d e n c e Col lege p resen t "Ta r s a n d Fea the r s , " an or ig ina l mus ica l comedy . w i t h book by F r a n c i s A. S tadn ick i , '43; dances c rea ted and superv i sed by F rancesca Batas t in i ; cos tumes des igned by G l e n n y s Mar r ; set des igns by P a u l Cavanagh , '44; musica l score by K e n -ne th Cayton, '42; Joseph Russo, '44. and Vincent Hor lbogen, '45. Bus iness m a n a g e r is E d w a r d Healey , '43; musi -cal d i rec tor . K e n n e t h Cay ton ; p r o g r a m cover by P a u l Cavanagh ; c o u t u m i e r en chef is E leanor Ryan .

T h e p roduc t i on wil l be p r e sen t ed n igh t ly t h r o u g h Apr i l 15th in H a r k i n s Hal l .

NOTES T O Y O U By TINY QUINN

E v e r y o n e shou ld be at t h e P r o m by 9:30 fo r the na t i on -wide broadcas t . This canno t be s t ressed too much . Wouldn ' t i t be a c red i t to P r o v i d e n c e College if a t 9:30 the a n n o u n c e r says: ' In t roduc ing V a u g h n M o n r o e and his

orches t ra , b roadcas t ing f r o m t h e P r o v i d e n c e Col lege J u n i o r P r o m in t h e Ba l l room of the B i l tmore Hotel , in the h e a r t of P rov idence , Rhode Is-land ."—and two couples s t a r t clap-ping! So p l an to be the re .

T icke ts wil l be sold in t h e r o t u n d a of H a r k i n s Hal l on Monday even ing un t i l a f t e r the d a n c e s tar ts .

The advance sale of b ids is f a r a h e a d of last yea r—a good sign fo r a record c r o w d at t h e P r o m . Ask ing the gir ls f r o m P e m b r o k e , Rice, and Bryan t , i t seems genera l ly a d m i t t e d t h a t P C . stole a m a r c h on t h e o t h e r colleges and un ivers i t i es in th is v ic in i ty w h e n w e secured V a u g h n and h i s lads.

All I r i s h m e n m a y w e a r g reen ca r -nat ions.

COMMENCEMENT (Con t inued f r o m P a g e 1)

t r ee wil l be dedica ted . F ina l e x a m i n a t i o n s wil l be he ld

for the seniors beg inn ing Apr i l 26. O the r s tuden t s wil l t a k e the i r final tes ts beg inn ing Apr i l 30. and t h e pres -ent sp r ing t r i m e s t e r wil l close F r i d a y . May 8.

On S u n d a y a Bacca l au rea t e Mass wil l be ce l eb ra t ed in the s tuden t s ' chape l of A q u i n a s Hal l . T h a t e v e n i n g the seniors wil l hold a recept ion fo r t h e i r p a r e n t s toge the r w i t h class d a y exercises .

T h e 20th C o m m e n c e m e n t exerc ises wil l begin a t 10 o'clock on M o n d a y m o r n i n g w h e n 115 seniors and e igh t m e m b e r s of the Ex tens ion School wi l l be a w a r d e d degrees by Most Rev. F r a n c i s P. Keough , D.D., B i shop of P rov idence . The C o m m e n c e m e n t Ball, which wil l be he ld in t h e even ing a t t h e R. I. C o u n t r y Club, wi l l conc lude t h e w e e k e n d act ivi t ies .

Fo l lowing a t h r e e w e e k ' s vaca t ion t h e college wi l l re -open on J u n e 1st. At t h a t t i m e a f r e s h m a n class wi l l be accepted and all classes wi l l be oper -a t ing on a y e a r - r o u n d schedule .

D O R M DIARY By J E R R Y COLLINS, '44

G r e e t i n g s my l i t t le f r i ends . As t h e loose tooth I n d i a n s wou ld h a v e it, "Long t i m e no see." W h i c h is all by way of saying tha t h e r e w e a r e fo r a n o t h e r session of "Wha t -we l l -k n o w n - F r e s h m a n - w a s - f o u n d -w i t h - his - head - bashed - in - be -h ind - w h a t - Rock? Th is w e e k ' s n o m i n a t i o n for t h e t i t l e of most both-ered f r e s h m a n goes to Dan DiIugio, t he sh i r t k ing. H e w a s r emoved f r o m his t h i rd floor c h a m b e r s by t h e n o w f a m o u s Second Floor b r a n c h of the Sien F e n n : Grady . Boyd, B u m s . Con-nolly, e t al. Dan, w h e n his t u r n to be decora ted came, took on the appea r -a n c e of a S t u k a Dive B o m b e r wi th a l iberal a s so r tmen t of Swas t ika s and stuff l ibera l ly besp r ink led on his coun-tenance . Alber t "Ea t 'Em Al ive" Maze-iko c a m e in a t th is poin t He rea l ly d idn ' t come in; he w a s d ragged by force Being the m a n l y type h e p u t u p qu i t e a s t rugg le b e f o r e h e took his p lace on the floor.

THE COWL, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1942

Z A B E K , R E I L L Y TO LEAD QUINTET M o n o g r a m s A w a r d e d t o

V a r s i t y A t h l e t e s At M e e t i n g

At a recent poll of vars i ty mem-bers Chet Zabek. the Adams flash, and Bob Reilly, t he Brooklyn Bomb-shell, we re elected co-captains of t he 1942-43 basketbal l aggregation.

Zabek. who star ted at fo rward but sh i f t ed to center , had an except ion-ally good season. Al though his main job was to ca r ry the center position d o w n the floor on the fast b reak , feeding e i ther McConnon or Marone, Chet r anked wel l up among the high scorers in the New England section. He was par t icu la r ly effect ive in the losing Brown encounter , when his s t a lwar t work was the main fac tor in the F r i a r a t tack.

Bob Reilly, who teamed up wi th big Lar ry Drew to fo rm one of the most spectacular back court combina-tions ever to represen t t he college, was ment ioned on several all s tar teams. Al though he is not as tal l as Drew. Reilly held down his end of the board with f rog- l ike j umps which discouraged his opponents f r o m get-t ing in close for tap plays. In addi-tion to his defens ive bri l l iance, Bob's set shots also caused consternat ion in t h e r anks of many opposing teams.

At the meet ing it was announced tha t n ine men had been awarded monograms for the past season's work Those named were : Capta in Horace Marone, Captains-elect Reil ly and Za-bek, Ted McConnon, L a r r y Drew, Joe Juges , Ed Lee, Vic Storey and Man-age r J e r o m e Tesler.

1942 DIAMOND SCHEDULE April VARSITY 15—A. I. C away 22—Springfield away 25—R. I. State away 29—Holy Cross (tentative) home May

2—Brown away 9—A. I. C at home

June 3—Boston College away 7—Boston College at home

May FRESHMAN 1—R. I. State Frosh . at home 8—R. I. State Frosh away

SPORT SLANTS By JOHN A. DILLON, JR.

A Mid Western sports wr i t e r cer-tainly created a h u b b u b dur ing the week when he suggested that pro-fessional basebal l be dropped ent ire-ly for the durat ion. Papers all over the count ry carr ied scathing rebukes for even cherishing the thought ,—but did the wr i t e r of t he art icle in ques-tion have a different , a real ly wor th-while thought in mind when he

i penned the words which were to launch a thousand crit icisms in his direction? The scribes in every city have made one beaut i fu l mess out of the baseball s i tuat ion in general ; any player who has asked for deferment , even on good, solid, perfec t ly valid grounds, has been given so much publici ty tha t the public has begun to th ink of the m a j o r leagues as a well organized group of d r a f t dodgers. In the f e w months since the emer-gency began this unwan ted and un-just publici ty has done more to ru in baseball than the speculators and bet-tors have done to boxing and wres-tling in twen ty years.

SUMMER SPORT CARD PLANNED

T e n n i s , B a s e b a l l , S o f t b a l l A n d V o l l e y Ball

F e a t u r e d

Never before in the history of P C. has the re been planned such a large program of in t ramura l sports. Due to the t r imester school year, the Athletic Depar tment under Physical Education Coach Ed Crot ty has outlined a spe-cial program that will be carried on through the coming summer and fall sessions.

Besides the annual softball tourna-ments there will be tourneys in vol-leyball, handball , and baseball. Every s tudent in the school is eligible to compete in all of the tournaments and champion clubs will be crowned at the end of their respective seasons.

A schedule is being drawn up by Mr. Crot ty and will be posted on the Official Athletic Bulletin Board giving the time, place, and rules for the coming tournaments .

L O U T H I S A D V A N C E S IN N . A . A . U . B O U T S

Rallying in the final round to gain the decision over Don Turne r of Des Moines, Iowa, Pe te Louthis, P. C.'s representa t ive in the boxing world, on Tuesday night gained the r ight to engage in the semi-finals of the N.A.A.U. championship tournament .

Pete, a member of the sophomore class and a dependable l ineman on the '41 eleven, will enter the r ing again tonight a t the Boston Garden to bat t le fo r the chance to en ter the finals.

Friar Nine Bows to A.I.C. In Opener at Springfield

D i c k M a h o n e y P i t c h e s F i n e Ball A f t e r F i r s t

F r a m e

Crossing the plate three t imes in the first f r ame American Internat ional College gained a lead which they never relinquished, defeat ing the Fr iar n ine in its season opener 4-2 on Wednesday af ternoon at Springfield.

The Aces bunched four bingles, an e r ror and a walk to manufac tu re three runs before Dick Mahoney, the P C . mound ace, could settle down. Af te r the first inning the lanky r ight-hander became increasingly effective allowing but four hits and one marke r dur ing the remainder of the t ight contest.

Filling the sacks in the first and

early f rames the Friars were unable to dent the plate until the first half of the seventh. Passes to Mahoney and Johnny Ferguson followed by an infield out by McCaffrey produced the initial tally. In the eighth Ted McConnon reached on an e r ror by Strycharz and came all the way home on Dick Donahue's long single.

F ran Rosso, showed the P. C. bat-ters a world of "stuff", forcing them putt ing men in scoring position in the to hit the ball on the ground to a polished infield quartet .

New Crowley, the Cumber land powerhouse, poled the longest dr ive of the day, his smash in the third go-ing for three bases.

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THE COWL, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1942

M Y O P I A By MAX KNICKERBOCKER

The Pres ident has asked tor a new name tor the war. He has found the name World War II inadequate and unappealing. Af t e r having put on our dusty thinking-cap we have come to the conclusion that he is right. (Undoubtedly the Pres ident now feels considerably relieved and will car ry on with renewed strength.) This war is being fought for ideals and things qui te different f r o m what we thought we were fighting for the last time.

The Name World War II has a bad taste in our mouth and leaves an emp-ty feeling in our hear t . Al though it may seem silly to say that w e need a good name for a war, i t still is a fact that nobody cares to have this w a r l ikened to the first World War. Tha t last scrap carries a bad odor and the thought of it br ings a lot of skepti-cism. The sooner we forget about wha t we did and wha t we shouldn' t have done then, why the more able we will be to devote all our energy to this batt le.

But, it 's an easy thing to say that the name of World War II is no good and a hard thing to find a good title. Many of us still don' t know wha t w e r e fighting tor; and a lot more of u s have an idea, but a wrong one. If you ask anyone for a rea l concrete idea of wha t were fighting for, they ' l l be taken aback tor a moment . When they do give their idea, it will be composed, in n ine ou t of ten cases, of a mess of t r i te slogans tha t don ' t mean a thing. Nine out of ten wil l say we're fighting against something instead of for something.

Undoubtedly that l i t t le bu t vocifer-ous group of long-haired, wild-eyed boys and girls u p in Union Square, New York, wil l screech fo r th that it is a w a r against Facism and reaction-aries, whi le they m o u t h the usual phrases about democracy and f ree -dom. They won' t bother to define Facism or react ionary. They ' l l leave that conven i en t l y ambiguous so they smear anybody and anything wi th impunity. Cynics will tag it the 'War for the Preservat ion of the

Brit ish Empire and the In terna t ional Bankers ." Well, i t seems to us that the Brit ish Empire isn' t of very much importance, anyway, anymore , and the internat ional bankers have taken a p re t ty heavy licking f r o m the war .

It still is easier to th row out slo-gans and names than it is to find the right one. So let 's see what ou r own personal label would be for this whole affair. As somebody has so well said the idea of a w a r tor f reedom or de-mocracy doesn' t fit because they are means and no ends. Then too, not al l of us a re fighting tor f reedom or

democracy. No one who faces the facts wil l say that Russia wan t s de-mocracy. And the re have been o ther dictatorships on ou r side, which, in-cidentally, th rows out the idea of a war against the dictators.

We th ink it boils down to this, that every one wants one thing above all else. Before anyth ing they wan t a peace in which they can do wha t they think they ought to do, in which they can live undis turbed by the machinat ions of ambitious, greedy, or jealous men in power . While it is t rue that this is something also of a means it never theless has something of a goal to it. Men want peace becaause they ha te w a r and because they want to devote thei r fu l l t ime to their homes and their families. I t is a sort of pr imary condition to the exersise of f reedom and the working of democracy.

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(Continued f rom Page 1) side. We have not chosen it. We are fighting a nobler cause than we know. It is a f a r nobler cause than we deserve."

Stressing the need tor dogma to counteract the false dogma of In ter-nationalism, Monsignor Sheen said, "There is only one dogma that can match the dogma of Internat ional ism. That is the dogma of ano ther In ter-nationalism, the Dogma of Chris t ian-ity, and tha t is wha t we are fighting tor . . . We are not fighting tor de-mocracy. We a re not fighting for f reedom. Freedom is not an end; it is a means to an end. We are not fighting for f reedom unless we know what w e want to be f r ee for ."

The address by Monsignor Sheen was sponsored by the five Guilds of the Thomistic Ins t i tu te of Providence College. The Rev. Robert E. Brennan, O.P., Director of the Thomistic Insti-tu te of Providence College introduced the speaker and the Rev. Je remiah T. Fitzgerald. O.P., vice-president of the College, del ivered the thanks of the Rev. John J. Dillon, O.P., presi-dent. and the facul ty of the College.

Seated on the p la t form with Mon-signor Sheen were Dr. John E. Donley, Dr. John L. Baezler, J . Henry Gr i f -fin, Edward F. McElroy, and the Misses Corr ine and Grace Carroll , Mary O'Gara, Mary Doolan, Cather ine Duggan, and Mary Mullen who con-st i tuted the committee which ar-ranged the lecture.

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college wel l equipped to main ta in a profi table f a rm. The t ractor will come in very handy they feel.

At present , plans for the actual placing of crops are uncer ta in . It is thought , however , tha t wha t is now the baseball infield will be planted to celery and beets; le f t field wil l be devoted to broccoli; center field will contain let tuce and tomatoes, so that an enterpr is ing young center-fielder may fix himself u p wi th a neat l i t t le sandwich if he supplies himself wi th his own bread. The en-ormous lef t field will f ea tu re potatoes. One of Mr. Donnelly 's men has a scheme whereby he hopes to grow the potatoes a l ready mashed.

To increase the a t t rac t iveness of the f a r m the crops wil l be separated f r o m each other by rows of pansies, and a lovely rock garden containing love-me-nots and tiger-li l ies will be located at second base.

The lawns in f ron t of Hark ins Hall will be fenced off as pastures for cows. The cows will be kept mainly for thei r mi lk and wil l not be s laughtered unless they fal l behind in thei r tuition.

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of interviews and physical examina-tions.

Coincident wi th the Naval Air Cadet recruiting, the Office of the Chief of the Army Air Forces an-nounced that in the near f u t u r e it will make announcement concerning the procurement of Aviat ion Cadets.

The Rev. James L. McKenney, O.P., was appointed Facul ty Air Force Ad-viser.

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