Ignatian News

              SANTA CLARA
TOMORROW
Him
NEVADA
NEXT WEEK
Vol. 1, No. 12
FEBRUARY 15, 1929
FRIDAY
FOG, BRONCOS MEET TOMORROW
IGNATIAN DEBATERS
IN BEST SCHEDULE
IN RECENT YEARS
Fog   Speakers   Tangle   With
Northwestern, Stanford
and Santa Clara
Meeting Santa Clara, Northwestern
and Stanford in the order named, Ignatian varsity debaters are facing the
most active season sheduled in recent
years. With the Stanford debate of
last November, the various intromural
activities, the Sullivan Memorial contest and the national intercollegiate
oratorical contest, these coming debates round out a forensic program
far surpassing those of the past. All
of the events will be held in the Ignatian Hall.
Santa Clara
Santa Clara will be met during the
week of March 18. The subject has not
yet been announced, but is to be
posted upon conclusion of current
correspondence with the debating
authorities at the Mission university.
Northwestern University, of Evans-
ton, Illinois, will appear during the
week of April 1. In this debate the
question will involve the Baumes
Laws of New York—a discussion of
the control of crime as attempted in
the several states which have recently
modeled legislation after those statutes.
Stanford In April
During the latter part of April,
Stanford will send a team to debate
the criticism of American culture so
popular in some foreign countries. It
is understood that the Ignatian speakers will uphold certain of the critics,
but this is unsettled at present.
W. B. Spohn, '30, manager of for-
ensics, has announced that the Forensic Council prefers upper division
speakers for these contests. Whether
they are to be chosen by trial or by
the council has not been determined.
Spohn promises to post the decision
of the council as soon as it is handed
down to him. Action is expected during the coming week.
Gaels Drop Another
To Fog Basketeers
Captain Maloney Stars As St.
Mary's Is Decisively
Beaten
Captain Ray Maloney's wards at the
St. Mary's game rally were well spoken. Ray made a statement to the
effect that the varsity would defeat
the St. Mary's five by something like
twice as many points as in the first
contest, in order to remove all doubt
of superiority. And that is exactly
what they did—they defeated the
Gaels 28-16, a twelve point margin and
twice as many points as in the initial
engagement. And Captain Ray contributed eleven points in support of
his cause.
Barielles vs. Tazer
The feature of a mediocre game
was the side issue between Captain
Tazer of St. Mary's and Rene Barielles of the varsity. The two had a
little game of temple tapping et al of
their own. Barielles won four socks to
three and was rewarded with expulsion from the game when the raps
were interpreted as four personal
fouls.
Maloney Scores
Tazer of the Gaels started the scoring with a shot under the bucket.
Barielles started for the Ignatians
with a free throw. Hale of the Fog
came through with a pretty hole shot
on a clever pass by Barielles. Kleckner helped the Fog with a free throw
and Captain Maloney added two more
free throws. Maloney then shot a nice
bucket from the foul circle. Hale
swelled the Ignatian score with a
hole shot, and when he was fouled on
the attempt he made both free throws
on the penalty. Boyle finally scored
one for the Gaels on a side court shot
and Tazer made a free throw to bring
the St. Mary's total to five. Maloney
"got hot" and made two buckets in
succession, one from the foul circle
and one from a difficult angle at the
corner of the court. Kleckner made it
18-5 with a basket from the foul line
as the half ended.
(Continued  on  Page  3,  Col.  5)
Calendar of Events
For Coming Fortnight
Feb. 15—Annual Oratorical Contest for Y. M. I. medal in College
Auditorium.
Feb. 16, Saturday—St. Ignatius
meets Santa Clara in basketball
game at Kezar Pavilion.
Feb. 22-23—St. Ignatius meets University of Nevada in basketball
series at Kezar Pavilion to complete collegiate schedule.
Feb. 25-28—Annual Student Retreat
in St. Ignatius Church.
March 11, 13, 14—Sacred drama,
"The  Upper Room."
March 13—McKinley Debate.
TENTATIVE CAST
IS SELECTED FOR
PLAY'UPPER ROOM'
Dates of Drama Definitely Set
for March 11, 13, 14 with
Extra Matinee
The date for the presentation of
the Religious Drama of the Passion
has been definitely fixed for March
11, 13, 14 with a matinee on the 10th.
It is expected that this production
will surpass any presentation hitherto
presented by the College Players, because of its elaborate portrayal of the
gripping drama hinging about the Passion and death of Christ.
In one of the largest turnouts for
a college production, the director selected the following tentative cast:
Mary Gabrielle   Greefkens
Joseph  of Arimathea	
 Wilson J.  O'Brien
John Jack Cullen
Judas Not  selected
Longinus Joseph   Dondero
Mary  Magdalene Mary  McCarthy
Veronica Henrietta   Lombardi
Samuel Kenneth   Girard
Achaz Val  King
The Doctor Thomas List
Peter Malcolm   Wilmes
Two members of this cast are familiar with college fans, Val King,
who will be remembered for his portrayal of the gruff trooper in "The
Copperhead" and Gabrielle Greefkens
who was very interesting as the sister-in-law in "White Collars."
The other candidates are all well-
known about the campus and much is
expected of them in this, the fifth
production of the College Players.
Two Contests Open
For Competition In
Poetical Composition
The University of Redlands is offering a prize for the best verse composition, handed in to the University of
Redlands before March 15, 1929. The
prize is offered by the Sigma Delta
Tau Fraternity. Other prizes of five
dollars cash are offered.
Marquette University of Wisconsin,
a Jesuit college, through its poetry
department is offering a hundred dollar prize for the best piece of collegiate   verse.
Annual Oratorical Contest for Y. M. I.
Qold Medal to he Held Tomorrow Night
YEAR BOOK DUE
TO APPEAR MAY 1
By Daniel C. Deasy, Jr.
This year's Ignatian will appear on
the campus May 1, 1929. It will be
the largest year book yet published
by the Associated Students of St. Ignatius College. Moreover, it will be a
financial success as well.
It is the intention of the staff to
cover more completely than ever before, the varied phases of student life.
Where there have been gaps in the
chronicle of past years, there will be
no such defects this year.
The editor and his staff have been
working afternoons and evenings since
the semester began. With the co-operation of the students of both day
and evening divisions, they hope to
produce a record-breaking annual.
Book  Rolling Along Well
The work is well advanced, and will
be completed in ample time for an
early appearance of the book. The
photographs of the classes have been
taken, and the organizations will be
photographed in the near future.
All the books will be sold by the
end of the week, in fact all but a very
limited number have been contracted
for already. We expect to have more
orders than we can fill, but there is
still a chance to buy a book. Our
policy of printing only the number
actually contracted for will not be
strictly adhered to. If you want a book
get on the job right away and reserve
one for yourself.
Organizations and student government will be especially featured In the
annual this year. This does not mean,
however, that sports and literary will
be overlooked. On the contrary, athletics will have exactly the same proportionate place in the book that it
had last year.
The motif, that all-important item
of the successful annual, has been
chosen by Russ Keil, '31, and his art
staff. It will be two-fold, viz: Books
and the Progress of the Law. We have
seen the color cuts, and they are
wows. There will be four of these
color plates, each done in four colors,
to head the main divisions of the
book. They feature the Law. The border of each page will be worked out
on the book-motif. The thirteen subdivisions of the book will be done in
sharply contrasted black-and-white,
and feature the books.
This double motif plan is something
new at St. Ignatius, where things lit-
terary are usually done with little or
no motif at all. It is the very latest
angle in correct annuals. The 1929
Ignatian will certainly be in all respects the best yet published in this
institution. This is not said in order
to belittle the fine work that has been
done in the past in this regard, but
only with the utmost confidence in the
book which is now being produced.
Oh, the Inhuman Brute! Evening Law Court
Holds Cruelty Divorce Trial of Mary Johnson
"And in conclusion, your honor, we
ask that this poor, frail, helpless little
mite of a woman be granted a decree
of divorce, and that she be declared
to be no longer the wife of this cruel,
inhuman savage that the law once
called her husband."
With the emotional exhaustion of
one who has expended all of his energy in the championship of an oppressed person, Al Aurich, with Charles McClory of counsel for the plaintiff, submitted to the sound determination of the court the case of Mary
Johnson.
Evidence
The evidence on behalf of the plaintiff had been that while the plaintiff
was entertaining guests on Christmas
Eve, the defendant, a porter in a pool
room, came home in a surly mood
and in the presence of others, without
cause or provocation, battered her
brutally with his fists, much to her
embarrassment and hurt. As is the
custom in courts of justice, Ray Mc-
Dougald and Sam Berman, attorneys
for the defendant, emphatically denied
that their client struck his wife, but
argued that if he did strike her, it
was a gentle blow, and was struck in
self-defense.
With this knot of martial discord
to unravel, Mr. John O'Gara, presiding judge, pondered learnedly, determined that justice should prevail.
Counsel on both sides had argued eloquently, and—
"Will the plaintiff arise," commanded  the  court.
"Yes, your honor," boomed a husky
bass voice.
"So you are Mary Johnson,"., the
court noted, as is the custom with
courts.
Frail, Helpless!
The judge looked sternly at the
"frail, helpless, little mite of a woman." For the purpose of the Moot
Court of the senior law class, Joseph
Gallagher of Santa Clara football fame
had been selected for the role of Mary
Johnson. And there stood this six foot
female impersonator with his two
hundred odd pounds of brawn, etc.
"Judgment for defendant," roared
the court, which is the custom In
courts of law.
Santa Clara Team, Once Defeated By
Ignatian Five, Still Looms As Real
Threat to Fog's Undefeated Record
The Gray Fog varsity as yet undefeated has but three more games to
go and then they will have realized
their ambition in completing a season
with an unblemished record. The real
test will come Saturday evening when
they meet the Broncos of Santa Clara
in a return game that should they win
they will have the undisputed title of
Pacific Coast champions.
Ignatians Favorites
The Ignatians have so far been the
class on the coast and if they win
Saturday they will be favorites over
Nevada in the last scheduled games
of the collegiate year. The Gray Fog
has already defeated the Santa Clar-
ans and according to all the dope they
should repeat their victory over the
Broncos. With two let-up games with
the California Aggies over the weekend, the Ignatians should be in good
form against the Broncos. Since both
the teams have defeated the Golden
Bears the difference In scores ought
to give a fair estimate of the relative
strength of the two teams. The Gray
Fog won over the Bears by a 34-22
score and the Broncos staged a comeback to emerge victorious by the total
of 32-26. These comparative scores will
give the Ignatians a six point advantage over the boys from San Jose
and way points. Another score that
gives the Ignatians an advantage over
the" Broncos is the results of the
games played with Stanford. The Ignatians easily won by the score of
30-23, whereas the Broncos were shut
out in the last few minutes of play
by the Red Horde after leading by
14 points within ten minutes of the
final gun. These scores indicate a distinct and easy win for the Ignatians
but as they are figuring out on the
Ignatian Heights that the coming
game with Santa Clara will decide
the winner of the title on the coast
and which is the best team ever to be
assembled in the West.
Color Scheme On Cover
The cover of this year's book is to
be done in colors seldom seen in
school annuals, black and gold. The
cover will be in a novel-grained black
fabricoid, with a gold gate and gold
lettering upon the front. The edge
will have the name and date of the
book on it, together with a simple
design. The Ignatian has never been
large enough to make this latter feature possible in the past, so that's
another novelty for the 1929 book.
We are also to see a book done
in an extra color throughout, which
will be used in borders, captions and
separation pages. Last year's book, it
will be remembered, had only black
and white.
So we see the hopeful plans of a
hard-working staff nearing completion.
It looks as if they will be eminently
successful, artistically and financially.
Copy is coming in rapidly, and the
book will be going to press before another edition of this paper has gone
to press.
Frosh Yell Leader,
Tossed Dignity of
Press; In Apology
Ernie Loustau learned something
in the last two weeks about press
associations.
Ernie up until the Loyola series
two weeks ago had not heard of
the A. P., or more technically the
Associated Press.
So much was he ignorant that
when Joe Custer, A. P. correspondent covering the series, failed to
show marks of identification when
sitting in the press box, Ernie
tossed him out.
"Who's the A.P?" said Ernie.
"Never heard of them."
Ernie is now writing an apology
to Custer for the untoward action
in which he was assisted by two
burly men from the stands.
P. M. A.
With the Gray Fog team in great
shape they loom as favorites to win
Saturday but as the Broncos are always worthy opponents the Mentor
of the Ignatians is taking no chances
that his team will become overcome
with confidence and he is giving them
hard practice this week so as to keep
the ever famous P. M. A. instilled in
them and he claims that the Broncos
will have to play ball to beat his team
as they are anxious to end the season
undefeated.
Maloney and Hale  Ready
Captain Ray Maloney and Jay Hale
will be ready to continue their shooting of baskets and what-have-you, as
soon as the game rolls around and
they hope to be able to give a good
account of themselves in the return
game with the Broncos. This combination of forwards is possibly the best
that has ever been assembled in the
West and judging by their past performances they will give the Santa
Clara guards something to think and
act about. Rene Barielles, the tricky
running guard of the Ignatians will be
on hand to fool the boys as he has so
often done in the past and with Wally
Cameron promise to hold the opponents to as small a score as possible.
Kleckner Improves
Big Bob Kleckner, the only new
man on the team since last, year, has
been improving so rapidly that the
man behind the team is so impressed
with his work that he thinks that he
has the eighth world wonder, because
of the fact of his learning the far-
famous Needles system in so short a
time that he appeared to know it as
well as Jimmy Needles himself.
Kleckner's playing has improved so
much that he is now considered part
of the bulwark around which the Ignatian defense is built.
Broncos Strong Shots
With these five men functioning as
they are capable of doing the Ignatians should be on the long end of
the score when the final gun is shot
next Saturday evening. The Broncos
will depend on Gough, Connolly and
Shuppert or Leahy to out-shoot the
Ignatian five. The test whether or not
they can do it will be seen when the
two teams meet. To the certain knowledge the Santa Clarans will have to
have one of tl/e things called "nights"
if they hope to contend with the shooting of the Maloney-Hale-Kleckner-
Barielles-Cameron combination. Gough
is  the  ace  of  the  Bronco  attack  al-
EIGHT SPEECHES
TO BE DELIVERED
IN BIG CONTEST
Frank  Colligan,   '29,   Second
Last Year, Picked As Man
To Beat In Competition
The 1929 program of forensics opens
tomorrow evening in the college auditorium with the annual contest in oratory for the gold medal given by Ignatian Council of the Young Men's Institute.
The program promises to be the
best in the history of the contest with
eight really fine speakers and a diversity of interesting topics. This contest has always lived up to the purpose for which it was sponsored in
that it has brought out many fine
orators.
O'Kane Last Year's Winner
John A. O'Kane of '29 was last
year's medalist with his brilliant pana-
gyric of Fra. Junipero Serra. He also
won the Sullivan Memorial award in
a contest against St. Mary's and Santa
Clara. From this we may gather that
the winner of tomorrow night's meeting must be a speaker of some little
ability.
Eight Speakers on Program
The following is a list of the orators
and their titles in the order of speaking:
J. "Dondero, Modern Paganism.
F. J. Colligan, The World at the
Crossways.
Cyril Bryner, A Modern Crusade.
J. J. Coleman, Why Help the Criminal.
T. R. Villanueva, Redemption of
America's Promise.
F. J. Silva, The Voice of Belgium.
J. S. DeMartini, Greater Love Hath
No Man.
L. D. Luckman, The Catholic Emancipator.
though the boys will have to spend
particular attention to Tim Connolly,
the lanky center because he has been
so far the mainstay of the team this
year. Leahy and Shuppert shoot from
center and should they hit their stride
and sink a few shots the score will
be a close one. Once these boys start
hitting the long ones they are hard to
stop and will hit them all night should
the case warrant it.
So with these few hints at the "natural" to be played this week end we
have only to wait and see that the
Pacific Coast champions are not defeated at this late date, although the
Broncos are very capable of being
the team to upset the dope and beat
the varsity should they not appear in
their usual form.
Rooters Must Suffer Aside But Not In
Silence—Reserved Seats Are For Patrons
The St. Ignatius student body at
basketball games remains just a yell
in the corner.
This was the ruling of the Board of
Athletic Control following the application of the Associated Student
board last week for a better seating
position at St. Ignatius basketball
games at Kezar Pavilion in the future.
Hitherto the rooting section has
been put two sections to one side to
give its moral support, and will remain two sections to one side for the
three remaining games on the Fog
schedule.
The reason given by the Board of
Control was that the tickets for the
reserved seat section which is directly
in the center of the floor, have all
been printed for the remainder of the
year.
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