Saint Edward's Echo (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 24, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. XIII, No. 10
Austin, Texas, Wednesday, February 24, 1932
$1 The Year
AUSTIN GIRLS TAKE PART
DAN RIVAS PLACES SECOND
SENIORS GIVE U. S. FLAG
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Catholic archbishop, Stephen
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BEACH REVIEWS
PUBLIC SERVICE
OF WASHINGTON
U. DRAMATIC CLUB
PLEASES AUDIENCE
WITH THREE PLAYS
Annual Celebration Held at Uni-
versity in Honor of First
Amercan President.
Fr. O’Brien, at Bicentennial Pro-
gram, Also Explains Doctrine
of Liberty and Rights.
ing in conjunction with Father Mooney
in the preparation of the pamphlet.
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Louis Hertenberger, ’30, assistant
coach at Rice institute of Houston, vis-
ited with his friends for a short while
1 Saturday, Feb. 20.
f Presentations Deal With Modern
Business Girls, a Tragedy, and
a Would-Be Girl Hater.
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Fr. Mooney Heads
Boy Guidance
In Texas
CATHOLICS WON PRAISE
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON,
SPEAKER TELLS AUDIENCE
men. In the contest for the campus
favorite all students will again be per-
mitted to vote.
Girls’ Photos Wanted
The Echo staff urges all students to
submit pictures of girl friends for the
contest. The pictures may be given to
John Raffaelli in Room 9 or to Walter
Beach in Room 24 in Holy-Cross hall.
The only regulation covering the con-
test for the campus favorite is that she
must have attended a St. Edward’s
class or organization dance.
The ballots in the popularity con-
test were counted by a committee con-
sisting of John Raffaelli, Walter
Beach, Charles Trefflich, and Peter
Talerico. Three tally sheets were made
and checked against each other. The
count was made in the presence of Mr.
Bieter, faculty adviser of the Echo.
Contests for Best All-Round
Athlete and Campus Favorite
to Be Held Soon.
I DON BOMBA POLLS
BIGGEST VOTE FOR
POPULAR STUDENT
a pamphlet on boy guidance, to be used
in study clubs throughout the country.
He said he had agreed to do the
work and that he had most of the ma-
terial outlined already. The pamphlet
is to be used for national distribution
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Alfred Clyde played the part of guidance. Several associates are work-
Henry, the boy who lived and loved
football. His sister Sylvia, played by
Rose Tiemann, came home from school
and brought her roommate for a visit.
The visiting co-ed, played by Miss
Dorothy Callan, toyed the girl-hating
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Skits Written by Students Pre-
sented Friday Night in Univer-
sity Auditorium.
Genial Football Fullback Piles Up
Substantial Lead Over Nearest
Competitor.
highest offices that are known in the
United States.’ ”
The Reverend Speaker also asserted
that the ideas of equality, liberty, and
rights of man embodied in the Ameri-
can constitution originated in the
. He
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Abdon (Don) Bomba, senior student
from Yorktown, was chosen as the
most popular student at St. Edward’s
in the contest sponsored by the Echo.
The balloting was held on Thursday,
Feb. 18. Bomba polled 126 points to
amass a lead of 53 points over his
nearest rival, Dan Rivas of San An-
tonio, who received 73 points and sec-
ond place. The other contestants who
were runners-up were Pat McLaugh-
lin of Taylor- with 57 points, third
place; Luis Munoz of El Paso with 56
points, fourth place; and John D. Raf-
faelli of Texarkana fifth, with 51.
Bomba has been an outstanding ath-
lete, a good student, and a participant
in many extra-curricular activities
during his four years here. He has
earned three letters in football, was co-
! captain of the team during the past
season, and was chosen as fullback on
the all-conference eleven this year.
During his freshman year, Don let-
tered on the baseball team as a catcher.
He is a candidate for the degree of
bachelor of business administration in
June, and is writing his thesis on “The
Business Manager.”
Ballot Open to All
The contest, which has been spon-
sored by the Tower, University annual,
in the past, was taken over by the
Echo since the temporary suspension
of the yearbook. It was conducted in
a manner similar to that of former
years. All students were permitted to
vote. Each student was given three
choices, one for first, one for second,
and one for third place. First place
earned three points, second place two
points, and third place, one point.
Of the total of votes cast in the con-
test, Bomba received 29 first places,
15 second, and nine third. Rivas, sec-
ond high man in the contest, received
13 firsts, 13 seconds, and eight thirds.
Nearly every member of the senior and
junior classes received one or more
votes.
Other similar contests that are being
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the best all-around athlete,, and the
campus favorite. The former will be
CITY WATER TURNED
INTO MAINS
City water has been turned into
the St. Edward’s mains, and Holy
Cross hall and sections of the Main
building have been connected.
Booster pumps are also being in-
stalled. The drinking fountains
have been set up on the campus and
are now in use. Workmen are still
on the ground completing the in-
stallation in all the buildings. One
of the pumps will be used to fill the
tank in the tower, the other to in-
sure adequate pressure.
Three one-act plays, “Modern Hair-
pins,” “Memorare,” and “Hold That
Line,” original productions of the class
in drama were successfully presented
by the University Dramatic club, as-
sisted by three Austin girls, in the au-
ditorium Friday night, Feb. 19. The
program was presented under the di-
rection of Father MacNamara, mod-
erator of the Dramatic club, but much
of the preliminary direction was done
by the three authors, John D. Raffaelli,
Dewitt Dunne, and Gus Strauss.
The first play, “Modern Hairpins,”
by John Raffaelli, pointed out the su-
periority in the business world of the
modern vanity-case girl over the old
time hairpin type. Henry Dawes, a
successful broker, was played by Jack
Allen and his secretary, Miss Stevens,
was played by Miss Rose Tiemann. Mr.
Dawes reprimanded his secretary for
the overemphasis that modern girls
place on the vanity, and asserted that
he preferred the old type. He was
'^'compelled to change his mind when
she, by the aid of the mirror in her
vanity case, foiled the plot of two sup-
posed friends, who attempted to rob
him of a large sum of money. The
crook roles were well played by Hil-
mar Koch and Eugene Fox.
Priest Arrives
“Memorare,” written by Dewitt
Dunne, depicted two castaways in a
Asmall cabin in the Australian bush.
Joe and Tom, played by Hugh Root and
Cyril Race, had both led questionable
lives, and now that Joe was on his
death bed he wanted the consolation of
a priest, for he was Catholic. Tom,
hardened in the ways of life, ridiculed
his mate for calling to God and Heaven
for help, and sought to console him
with liquor and memories of good
times enjoyed in the past.
Joe, not to be soothed by these,
groaned in pain and prayed for help.
In the storminess of the night a knock
was heard at the door. The stranger
entered with an inquiry as to the dis-
tance to the next town where some-
one had been badly injured and needed
jX his help. Tom thinking the man was
Wa doctor asked him to help his dying
friend. The stranger was not a doctor
but a priest, and Joe found the con-
solation he had prayed for. Maurice
Kennedy played the part of the priest.
Both Race and Root interpreted their
parts well, and the costuming and
people, sprung to power and prestige
over night, have held our heads high
and have looked only before us. Ma-
terial progress and prosperity enjoyed
until recent years have been so great
that they have captured all our atten-
tion. Present conditions, prompt us to
retrace our steps, to look back and re-
cover some of the principles and ideals
set up by our forefathers. Today,
when this nation is involved in foreign
affairs, it is well that we thumb back
a few pages of history and review the
advice given us by Washington on that
subject. Today, when men who lack
the wisdom, the judgment, and the
sense of justice of our fathers, seek
to do away with the constitution—
sponsored by the Echo are the ones for I today, more than ever, we need to re-
turn to the marvelous genius and con-
structive statesmanship of George
Washington.
“It is difficult to say that any man
was ever indispensable in any human
activity, but with relation to the con-
stitution, Washington came as near- as
man can to being absolutely necessary.
He did more for the constitution, as a
working organ of government, than
any other man. He fought the battles
that cleared the way for it. He knew
better than any other man the need
for organizing under one government tection of the laws, nor deprive him of
the colonies he had freed, and he knew , the right of attaining and holding the
that unless this consolidation was
brought about, the sufferings of his
soldiers and his own efforts in the
cause of liberty would practically be
wasted. Because he knew the pressing
need for union, and because he pos-
sessed a balanced sense <
heeded the call and assisted in formr called attention to the fact that it
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The Rev. Vincent Mooney, C.S.C.,
professor in education at St. Edward’s
university, has been appointed director
■ general of boy guidance for the Texas
Knights of Columbus. Announcement
of the appointment was received Sat-
urday from Joseph I. Driscoll, LL.D.;
K.S.G., state deputy of the Knights.
Father Mooney will succeed the Rev.
A. A. Boeding, resigned.
In the letter to members of the Boy
Guidance committee, State Deputy
Driscoll said, “Father Mooney is spe-
cially well qualified for this work by
reason of training, experience and
knowledge. He has been special na-
tional field scout commissioner of the
Boy Scouts of America, and by his
wide experience in sociology, especially
as applicable to boyhood, we are as-
sured that projects entrusted to the
boy guidance committee of the state
will be fostered to p.n unprecedented
degree.”
Father Mooney directed the work of
the committee in 1923-25, while he was
first stationed at St. Edward’s. In
1926 he was transferred to Notre
Dame and later to the College of St.
Thomas in St. Paul. Last fall he was
again assigned to St. Edward’s to con-
tinue his work as professor in educa-
tion. His preparation for boy work
has been continuous since his gradua-
tion from the University of Notre
Dame in 1916, and at various times
he has been connected with the Boy
Scouts and the American Red Cross.
He has pursued graduate study in edu-
cation and physical education at the
Catholic University of America, Co-
lumbia university, and the University
of Minnesota.
Renewal of the annual summer
courses in boy guidance is included in j done by the coaches and the monogram
the plans of Father Mooney, and an-
nouncement of dates and of other ac-
tivities will be made shortly.
Father Vincent Mooney recently re-!
ceived a request from the N.C.W.C.
make-up made the play very effective, j committee on study clubs to prepare
Boy Detests Girls and Tennis
The final offering on the program
was “Hold That Line,” written by Gus
Strauss. It depicted a he-man football
player whose aversion for girls and
tennis alike was very strong until a
° fair co-ed changed his mind. i
George Washington recognized the
service given by Catholics during the
Revolutionary war and expressed the
belief that such service would not be
forgotten, the Rev. James J. O’Brien,
C.S.C., professor of history at St. Ed-
ward’s university, told the students
and faculty of St. Edward’s at a
meeting held in observance of the bi-
centennial of Washington’s birth. The
program was held in the St. Edward’s
auditorium Tuesday morning.
Father O’Brien quoted Washington
as having said to a group of Catholics
on March 12, 1790: “I hope to see
America amongst the foremost nations
in examples of justice and liberality.
And I presume that your fellow citi-
zens will not forget the patriotic part
which you took in the accomplishment
of the Revolution, and the establish-
ment of your government, or the
important assistance which they re-
ceived from a nation in which the
Catholic faith is professed.”
Religious Test Forbidden
Father O’Brien then continued:
“Today on the bicentennial of George
Washington, there are those in this
sary. We, a progressive nation of j land who would question the right of
of duty he teachings of the Catholic church.
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The oration of Walter Beach was as
follows:
“We are assembled today to com-
nemorate the bicentennial of the birth
of George Washington, the nation’s
first president and the nation’s great-
est hero. On the 200th anniversary of
his birth we join our hearts and minds
in paying homage and tribute to this
greatest of generals, this foremost
leader, and this most respected of gen-
tlemen in American history. Two hun-
dred years appear to be a long time,
but the life of Washington is so in-
spiring and so refreshing to all man-
kind, that the element of time abrades
none of its lustre. His actions and his
principles are the living sentinels that
guard our memory lest we lapse into
forgetfulness and lose sight of one of
the greatest men the world has known.
“We know Washington as the. Father
of the Country, we hear him eulogized
as the builder of an empire, we see
him praised, we see him reprehended,
but today we shall see him as the cen-
tral beam around which was con-
structed that magnificent edifice of po-
litical architecture—the Constitution.
Retrospect Needed
“There has never been a time in the
annals of the history of this nation
when retrospect is so evidently neces-1
a Catholic to attain to the highest of-
fice in the gift of the people. Any
citizen who would profess such an un-
American doctrine is one who would
deny us our natural, our God-given,
and our constitutional rights.
“To refute such an erroneous and
un-American doctrine and to prove our
thesis of religious liberty, I will refer
them and you to the doctrine of in-
alienable rights written into the Decla-
ration of Independence and the sixth
article of our national constitution,
which reads, in part, as follows: ‘No
religious test shall ever be required as
a qualification to any office of public
trust under the United States.’
“I would go further and appeal to
the immortal champion of liberty and
right whom we honor today—George
Washington,—who wrote in 1795 to
the members of the new Church of Bal-
timore as follows: ‘We have abundant
reason to rejoice that in this land the
light of truth and reason has tri-
umphed over the power of bigotry and
superstition, and that every person
may here worship God according to the
dictates of his own heart. In this en-
lightened age and in this land of equal
liberty it is our boast that a man’s re-
ligious tenets will not forfeit the pro-
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