Ignatian News

              McKINLEY DEBATE
MARCH 22
"UPPER ROOM"
MARCH 11,12,14
Vol. If No. 13
MARCH 4, 1929
MONDAY
VARSITY FIVE LEAVES TOMORROW
TEAM TO DEPART
FOR KANSAS, SEEKS
NATIONAL HONORS
St. Ignatius Five Wins Right
To Go By Victory Over
Y. M. I. in P. A. Final
The entire St. Ignatius basketball
team with Coach Jimmy Needles, Mr.
Lorenza M. Malone, S.J., and Jack
Patridge, manager, will leave for Kansas City to seek the national basketball crown tomorrow.
The Gray Fog five won the right to
make the trip east as the Pacific Coast
representatives when they defeated
the Young Men's Institute, coached by
Frank Needles, at Kezar Pavilion last
Saturday night, 27 to 16.
Big  Send-off
The team will leave, aided on its
way by a big send-off from students
of both St. Ignatius College and High
School, tomorrow at the Ferry Building at 11:30 a. m.
Plans have been completed to give
students of the institutions a free
period at 11 o'clock tomorrow, and tho
entire student body will then trek
down to the Ferry Building to see
that it is known that St. Ignatius is
leaving town for Kansas City.
The St. Ignatius High School Band
will also be in attendance.
The men who are making the trip
are: Kleckner, Maloney, Reichlin,
Smith, Barron, forwards; Cameron,
Barielles, Olson, Gastman, guards;
Hale and Gaddy, centers.
The Ignatian team came through in
the Pacific Association with flying
colors winning four games, three of
them on consecutive nights and the
title.
Win Four
They opened by beating the Berkeley Y. M. C. A. on Monday night,
then met and won over their greatest
obstacle, the Athens Club on Thursday night, 39 to 32. They thoroughly
chastised the Stockton Amblers on
Friday night, and on Saturday night
defeated the Young Men's Institute, 27
to 16, for the title.
The Institute died hard, however.
The Frank Needles team lead the varsity at half time, 12 to 10, by virtue of
the dead eye long distance shooting
of Al O'Neill, guard and Russ Ham,
forward.
Free Throws
The fact that the Institute was
guilty of numerous fouls, all of which
resulting in free throws that St. Ignatius made good kept the Gray Fog In
the running in the first half.
The score see-sawed at the beginning of the second half, but gradually
the St. Ignatius scoring machine began to pick up effectiveness in the second half, and as Hale and Kleckner
and Maloney slipped through the Institute defense, the Ignatian total
mounted. Hale broke the tie with a
one handed running shot, and from
then on it was just a question of the
score.
Two Alumni Members
Are Called by Death
Word was received here last week
of the death in New York of E. Owen
McCann, A. B., '03. McCann was a
brother of William McCann, formerly
an instructor in St. Ignatius High
School.
Thomas J. Ford, '85, died here on
February 7 at the age of 69. He was
buried from St. Mary's Cathedral,
with Archbishop Edward J. Hanna
assisting at the Mass. Ford was pres.
ident of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
This Week Gives
Law School Last
Chance For Annual
The last chance for students of the
law school to obtain the "Ignatian,"
year-book of St. Ignatius College at
the reduced price of three dollars,
will be had this week.
The office of the Ignatian will be
open every evening this week, and
all orders will be taken.
Next Friday is the last opportunity
to obtain the annual at the reduced
price.
ANNUAL STUDENT
RETREAT IS HELD,
ATTITUDE LAUDED
Exercises Come to Close on
Friday With Mass Attended by Entire College
The annual Spiritual Retreat was
held on February 26, 27 and 28. It
was brought to a close on the morning of Friday, March 1, with Mass
and the reception of Holy Communion.
Fr. Boland Conducts
The retreat was conducted by the
Rev. Wm. Boland, who for years was
a member of the faculty of Santa
Clara and is now the president of
Seattle College. The usual course of
exercises was followed throughout.
Each morning the exercises opened
with Mass which was followed by an
instruction. Then a short recess was
given and was followed by the recitation of the Rosary and another instruction in the College Auditorium.
In the afternoon the Stations of the
Cross and a short address concluded
the services of the day. On Thursday
afternoon confessions were heard and
the retreat ended on Friday morning
with Mass, Holy Communion and the
granting of the Papal Blessing by the
retreat master.
Attitude  Praised
The attitude of the students, entering as did right into the spirit of the
retreat, earned the praise of Father
McCummiskey, the Spiritual Adviser,
and of Father Boland. The exercises
were attended by all the Catholic
students and many of the Non-Catholics, and "silence" which is an important element of retreat was maintained about the premises in a
praiseworthy  manner.
The exercises on Friday morning
were followed by vacation in all departments.
Soph Debaters Hear
Management Discussed
The debate held in Father Cody's
public speaking class on Tuesday,
February 19, was on the question:
Resolved: That all American cities
should adopt the city management
plan of government. A great deal of
this debate evolved around Chairman
Connolly and his decisions, but this
helped to enliven an otherwise dull
debate. The affirmative side managed
to obtain the decision of the judges
though no one could see really why
a decision was made. Affirmative—
Petri, J. Cronin and Robinson. Negative, R. O'Day, Morton Kenny and
Rittori. The debate scheduled for
Tuesday, February 26th, will be: Resolved: That the United States should
join the world court. Affirmative,
Welch, F. Cronin, Ryan. Negative—
Smith, Brausseau, Scannell.
Alumni Banquet To Be Tendered To Hoop
Varsity Tonight By Grads At Elks Club
Coach Jimmy Needles and his varsity basketball team, holders of the
best record of Western teams for the
1929 cage season, will be guests of
honor at a dinner to be tendered by
the alumni association tonight, at the
Elks Club.
With a list of fifteen straight wins
and only one defeat, that at the hands
of Santa Clara, which was previously
defeated, the Gray Fog varsity has
attracted more attention to St. Ignatius College than any other athletic
organization in the institution's history.
J. Frank Barrett, '07, has been ap
pointed chairman of the dinner committee. He and his associates will
make every effort to have all former
varsity basketball players who reside
in California present at the affair.
Despite their defeat at the hands of
Santa Clara, St. Ignatius' claim to be
the best cage outfit in the West cannot
be discounted. The Ignatians have
"borne the heat of the day." They
have gone through the most strenuous schedule of any college team in
the state and have defeated without
exertion teams which had conquered
the Broncos.
The Upper Room" Drama
of the Passion of Christ
BANK POLICY IS
SUBJECT CHOSEN
FOR BIG DEBATE
Annual McKinley Medal Contest Now Definitely Set for
March 22 in Auditorium
The McKinley Gold Medal Debate
has been definitely set for March 22,
according to an announcement released by Mr. Tom Spohn '30, manager of forensics. The debate is an
annual contest for a gold medal, the
gift of Ben McKinley, an alumnus and
prominent local attorney. The medal
is awarded to the best individual debater selected from the six contestants, who compete in the public debate as finalists.
Two Teams
The debaters as selected in the tryouts held several weeks ago in the
college auditorium are: Messrs. F.
Colligan '29, J. DeMartini '31, T. Kelleher '31, V. Lafferty '31, F. Silva '31.
and F. O'Gara '32 with Messrs. F.
Ferrari '32 and C. Brynes '31 as first
and second alternates respectively.
Mr. Colligan, however, has generously
sacrificed his opportunity for individual honors in order that he might devote all his time to preparation for
the "Northwestern Debate" which occurs shortly after the "Gold Medal
Debate." Mr. Ferrari '32 as first alternate, will succeed him.
Subject
The subject selected by the debaters is, Resolved: That the policy of
the Federal Reserve Bank in curbing
stock market speculation is justified.
This subject brings up one of the
foremost economic questions which
has arisen since the inauguration of
the Federal Reserve System. It has
been widely debated in collegiate circles in the past. The sides of the
question as determined by lot are:
Affirmative, Messrs. Silva, De Martini
and O'Gara; for the negative, Messrs.
Kelleher, Ferrari and Lafferty.
Last Year
It will be remembered that Messrs. De
Martini and Lafferty, who are opponents in this contest, are the sole survivors of last year's contest, while
Mr. Silva is the winner of the gold
medal in the recent oratorical contest. Mr. Garret McEnerney, at present attending the University of California, is the winner of last year's
contest, which was restricted solely
to lower classmen.
Will Enter
This year, however, eligibility for
the contest was thrown open to the
entire student body. Despite this fact
no upper-classmen save Mr. Colligan
was fortunate enough to survive the
competition offered by the lower-
classmen. It is to be noted that the
teams are each composed of two
sophomores and one freshman.
"The Enemy/' Channing Pollock's Immortal
Drama To Be Staged April 28,29, 30, May
1,2, By College Players as Sixth Production
Debate With Santa
Clara Team Called
Off by Ignatians
The debate between Santa Clara
and St. Ignatius, set for March
18th, has been called off by St. Ignatius. The debate scheduled to be the
first between varsity debating teams
of the two institutions in recent years
was halted when the Santa Clara debating authorities failed to come to
an agreement on a subject for discussion.
With Santa Clara off the debating
schedule, Manager William B. Spohn
of St. Ignatius has only two debates
listed for the coming year. On April
1, the St. Ignatius team will debate
Northwestern, and later in April will
debate with Stanford.
Spohn is endeavoring at present to
obtain more debates with other colleges.
The personnel of the St. Ignatius
team has not yet been chosen.
The College Players under the direction of James J. Gill will offer for
their next vehicle, that powerful masterpiece written by Channing Pollock,
"The Enemy." The tentative dates selected for its run are April 28, 29, 30
and May 1 and 2.
Place of Presentation   Unselected
As to whether or not this play will
have a downtown run is as yet undecided. Many are in favor of it going
in a playhouse somewhere in town
while others are oE the opinion that
the Little Theatre is the most logical
place for its presentation. The advantage of a downtown run is that it
should gain an unlimited amount of
publicity for St. Ignatius, however at
the time of this writing the question
is still being debated.
World War
The play, "The Enemy," hinges
about the world war, the scene being
laid in Austria. The purpose of Pollock in writing this drama is that he
wants to bring out in all vividness the
terrible havoc played by war, the dissolving of friendships, the terror of
destruction and ruin all play a part
in this immortal picturizatlon of the
•orld war.
Cast
The cast which will handle parts in
this play is an experienced one because of the difficult roles to interpret. The tentative cast selected by
Mr. Gill is as follows: Wally Cameron as Bruce, the young Englishman.
This is the lead and Wally should be
able to handle it to perfection because
those who saw "White Collars" will
remember him for his excellent portrayal of Cousin Henry. Dr. Arnot will
be played by Arthur Goldstein who is
also an experienced man in college
productions. His work in "The Copperhead" and "The Rear Car" is still
a matter of much favorable comment
from all sources. Bernard Carr, who
has had experience in "The Hottentot" and "The Rear Car" will also
handle a difficult role, that of Carl,
the young Austrian playwright.
BUCKLEY BROACHES
EMPLOYMENT BOARD
Alumni Association May Use
Influence to Place Ignatian Undergraduates
One of the most useful moves ever
undertaken by the alumni association
got under way at last meeting of the
executive association when a committee was appointed to work out plans
for an employment board for young
graduates.
The idea was the brainchild of Mike
Buckley, who publicly broached it at
the annual banquet at the Hotel Mark
Hopkins. No action was taken until
recently, but with a committee appointed, results are expected to appear presently.
It is not the intent of the alumni
association to operate an employment bureau. Rather does the association plan to establish a "contact"
or "connection" board, by which students just graduating from St. Ignatius will be made aware of openings
by members of the alumni who are
already in the game, whatever it may
be.
Rockne of Notre Dame attributes
his success to the fact that there are
no women at Notre Dame. He claims
that the co-ed is a liability because she
takes a lot of the athlete's time either
at the expense of his studies, his play
or his sleep.
Frederica Nestor
The feminine lead will be in the
hands of Frederica Nestor who is well
known to college fans because of her
excellent interpretations during the
past year, her Ma Shanks in "The
Copperhead" was a revelation. There
seems to be an exceedingly bright
future in store for Miss Nestor as she
has already shown her aptitude for
difficult roles.
Other Roles
Other parts in this mammoth production are Behrend, the Austrian
politician, which will be played by
Malcolm Wilmes, who is a "find"
among the college players. He will be
remembered for his role of Lawyer
Murray in "The Rear Car." Louis
Brown will portray the part of Fritz,
a young Austrian soldier. Brown was
very good both in "White Collars"
and "The Rear Car." Last but not
least, Francis Kerner, who will have
the very difficult role of Jan, who in
the later stages of the play becomes
maniacal in his description of the
battlefields. "Buss" was excellent as
Joey in "The Copperhead," and he is
now studying an exceedingly hard
part in "The Upper Room," that of
Samuel.
Scenes
The scenic effects in this production are to be most elaborate and no
effort is being spared to make this
the banner play of the year.
Alumni Organizes;  Gets
Out Paper to Record
New Activities
Shifting his scene of journalistic
activities William N. Connolly, '28,
has taken over the editing of the
new "Ignatian Alumnus," a paper
devoted exclusively to activities of
the alumni association and members of St. Ignatius College.
The new Ignatiaii publication
made its first appearance last
week,, and will continue on a
monthly basis.
Its purpose is to draw the Ignatian alumnus together to back all
St. Ignatius activities.
SACRED DRAMA
TO BE PLAYED
MARCH 11,12,14
Monsignor Benson's Pictorial
of the Passion Is Latest
Vehicle
Final rehearsals are now being held
for "The Upper Room" which is to be
offered for the approval of Ignatian
fans on March 11, 12, and 14th with
a matinee on the 10th.
Popular Play.
This drama of the Passion of Christ
which was written by Monsignor
Hugh Benson has.been a Lenten vehicle of little theatre groups for many
years and has been thoroughly approved and commended as an appropriate Lenten offering. So much is
thought of the production that professional casts have "worked" this play
to good advantage because of the marvelous opportunity it affords for acting.
Pantomine
The actual dialogue of the play is
surprisingly short as it can be read
through completely within half an
hour. This, however, is unnoticeable
for the reason that pantomine fills in
to a great extent to stretch it out to
cover the time necessary to run an
average length play. Do not be misled
by the foregoing statement because
pantomine is a very essential element
in this production as every gesture
has a particular meaning and unless
they are followed intently much is liable to be missed. If any of the readers are acquainted with the play "The
Cradle Song" they will understand
just how essential pantomine is to
make a production of this type a success Experienced Cast
The cast working in this play are
for the most part experienced. Gabrielle Greefkens who will portray the
difficult role of Mary, has had varied
experience in theatre work and will
be remembered for her work as the
sister-in-law in "White Collars." Val
King as Achaz took a difficult role
in "The Copperhead," that of Gillespie and handled it with the ease of a
professional. Malcolm Wilmes can be
depended upon to give a good account
of himself in the role of Peter because
of his excellence as Lawyer Murray
in the "Rear Car," how could anyone
forget his deep, resonant voice. Francis Kerner made a decided hit as
"Joey" in "The Copperhead" and
should have little difficulty in doing
the part of Samuel.
(Continued on page 2. column 3)
Professor Haley, Recovered From Illness,
Will Return to Zoology Department Soon
Professor George Haley, M.A., head
of the zoology department, who was
near death for several days two
months ago, is now almost completely recovered and his return to work
at St. Ignatius College is expected
soon.
Professor Haley incurred a case of
blood poisoning while working in the
laboratory. He was dissecting a monkey, which was diseased, and a cut
in his hand left him open to infection.
So seriously was he ill that it was
thought that a blood transfusion
would be necessary, and over fifty
students answered the call. It was
not needed however.
Except for the hand which was the
source of his infection, Professor
Haley is almost entirely recuperated.
He has not the use of the hand infected.
As a result of his illness, his proposed trip to Greenland has been
called off.
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