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              The Maroon PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY VOL. V NEW ORLEANS, LA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927 No. 8 DELEGATE RETURNS WITH DESCRIPTION OF TRIP TO ROME Gaudet, Who Represented Loyola at Bicentenary, Tells Reporter of Journey. Archie "Crow" Caudct. delegate from Loyola to the bicentenary of the canonization of St. Aloysius at Ronir. December 29-31, rturned to New Orleans. January 14. To a Maroon reporter who interviewed him Gaudet told the itory of the pilgrimage. Often Crow would say "It was wonderful!" At times lie would vary his admission of inability to tell the story with other expressions, such as : "Really. I cannot describe in fitting language what 1 saw and felt. It was all so magnificent; stupendous; unforgetable." After landing at Cherbourg early in the morning, December 22. the delegation from the American Jesuit colleges entrained for Usieux. the home CD t the lately made Teresa of tile Infant Jesus, known the world over as The Little I'lower. Through the cold, wet and muddy street! the delgates went to the home and Carmelite Convent where this twentieth century taint lived and died. Arriving after midnight in Paris and clearing that city early on tin, morning of December 2.!. the delegatei saw little Prance's famous capital. Kor seventeen hours they rolled south with a magnificent view of the Alps by moonlight to relieve the weariness of the ride. Turin, Pisa and other historic cites were stations on the way. Rome. thD city eternal and the Koal of the pilgrimage, was reached on Christmas FR. BURKE'S MOTHER DIES OF PNEUMONIA , M rD. Man Burke, mother of Father Martin Burke, philosophy professor, died of pneumonia. Wednesday night, January 12, at her home, IX.W Audubon Street. She uaD in her seventy-third year. When the end came she waD assited by Fr. N'avin, pastor of Holy Nana church, and Fr. Martin Burke, who said the prayers for the dying. A solemn high mass of requiem was sung on Friday morning at Holy Name church. Fr. Burke was celebrant of the mass. Fr, Wallace Murk, deacon, and Mr. l.apeyre, iubdeacon. The 1,0-yola yola Fathers were present in the sanctuary.At the close of the mass a eulogy was preached by Fr. Frolin, pastor of St. John Baptist church, of which the deceased was for most of her life a parishioner. In the body of the church were present members, relatives and friends of the departed. The classes taught by Fr. Burke, as well as the Sisiers of Mercy and pupils of Holy Name parish school also attended. Father Martin Burke accompanied the remains to the cemetery, where he blessed the grave an,| saj,i the prayers of interment. BOAT RIDE CARDED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT Annual Event Will Be Held Aboard the Capitol. The annual Loyola Boat Ride, sponsored by the Student Council, will lie held on the Steamer Capitol on the night of Friday, February 4. Tickets for the ride are now on sale in the cafeteria and students who have not as yet obtained theirs are urged to do so at once as none will lie sold at the wharf. The Student Council is planning to make the ride one of tile most enjoyahle affairs of the season for the students and their friends, and nothing is being left undone that will tend to further this end. One of the best dance orchestras in New Orleans. "The Cotton Pickers," is under contract to play on the Capitol during the week of February 4. so entertainment in the form of good music is already assured. In addition to this, just the trip down the river is well worth the price of a ticket, so the probability is that the Council will find little trouble in disposing c : pasteboards for the event. CUTS OF FACULTY READY FOR PRESS Since it is the deligtH of every student to know how the year book is progressing, the editor announces that the Wolf is rapidly forging ahead. The "cuts" of the faculty are on the press, which completes another phase 01 the task. Several new pictures of the buildings have been taken, these with tinone' from last year will make a fitting introduction to the annual. A big feature of the Willi is the pictures of the various athletic teams. They portray inure vividly than anything else the life and dash of the entire team. I.eon Sarpy. the editor, states that the students will have their Wolf before school closes. The past two years the annual has been coming from press two or three months after school closed. The first dummy will go to press in about two weeks, which clearly shows how this year's book i-. progressing. Warnings by the editor have been issued to all frats to forward their pictures. All who do not send their pictures will incur the danger of being omitted from the year book. Likewise, all juniors and seniors who do not hand in their fees will be left out. Band Participates in Community Chest Parade On Saturday. January 15, the Loyola Band was one of the several participating in the Community Chest parade. Though the weather was cold, greatly inconveniencing those playing, the members were out in full force. From the time that the hand fell in line at the Customhouse on Canal until the termination of activities, the line of inarch was enlivened by its spirited music. COACH DOUG. MYERS BURIED AT HOME IN BEATRICE, NEBRASKA Popular Young Mentor and Nebraska Star Was Victim of Deadly Gas Fumes. The funeral services for Douglas L. Myers, popular young football and basketball coach and famous Nebraska star, who was found dead on Sunday morning, January 16, in his room at a students' boarding house. 6309 Freret Street, was held the following Thursday afternoon from the home of his parents in Beatrice, Nebraska. Member- of the "N" Club of the University of Nebraska were present in a body, as was the local chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, of which Myers was a member. Floral offerings sent by the Loyola football squad and a large bouquet, the offer- j inn of the Young Women's Organization of Loyola, occupied prominent places on the altar. Father Louis Mulry. who accompanied the body to Nebraska, spoke a few words at the grave. Returning from the Loyola-Mississippi Normal basketball name Saturday nighl at Ut.MK Myers took his leave of a Rroup of Loyola students who lived at the same house, went up to his room. and. because the city was in the grip of the first real cold spell of the year, closed the doors and windows. He turned on a wall gas plug, which was connected by a rubber hose to the heater plug, and lit the heater. When he had gotten into bed he turned off the jet at the heater, but forgot the wall plug. During the night the gas leaked from a hole in the rubber hose, close to his head as he lay sound asleep on the pillow. The landlady studied khs early Sunday morning and traced it to Coach Myers' room. She opened the door, and then turned and ran. summoning Joe Trcutel and Charlie Calderoni. two student lodgers. They found Myers lying face downward on the floor, with DOUGLAS MYERS DRAMATIC CLUB TO GIVE ONE-ACT SKITS Plays Will Be Presented February 10 and 11. Father I. E. O'Connor, director of the Loyola Dramatic Club, announce! that the first productions of the season will be presented on Thursday and Friday evenings, February lit and 11. in tin, Marquette auditorium. Thursday evening's performance will be under the supervisions of the Young Women's Organization, who will at tend to the sale of tickets and all other details connected with the production. The succeeding performance, on Friday, will he open to the students and their friends at a nominal admission price of fifty cents. Two one-act skits will be given; one. a mountaineer story entitled. "Thompson's Luck." and the second, a travesty mi the modern triangular plot, "All Gummed Up." Paul Ganucheau will ENGLISH PROFESSOR ISSUES NEW BOOK The "Study of the Bible" is the latest book from the workshop of father John Reville, professor of Senior English. Although a translation of the work on the same iiibject by the celebrated Sulpician scripture scholar. Fr.L. Pillion, S. S.. the book is new by reason of its adaptation to Englishspeaking readers. The appeal of the hook i- wide Not only priests, seminarian. and religious will find it valuable, but educated lay folk, also. The contents show a double division —one- theoretical, the cither, practical. In the theoretical section the Bible is shown in its relation to (loci and man; in the practical, the reader will learn its origin, its use and purpose. The whole hook shows the love and enthusiasm of the writer, and it is written in the hope that all who read it may be tired with the same, to study its origin and contents; to revere its sacred character and defend its holy message against enemies. Orchestra Disbanded After Last Rehearsal The university orchestra, which was organized last October by Father Francis, has been temporarily disbanded, Clih' to the interference of night practices with the members' scholastic duties The orchestra was disbanded after its last rehearsal just before the Christmas holidays when it was deemed best to disorganize until after the mid-term examinations. With the examinations almost over it is expected that the orchestra will scion direct it- efforts towards reorganization.LOCAL SENIOR FRAT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE GOLD CALDRON Drive Is Under Way to Establish Chapters at Every Jesuit College in U. S. Preparations for the installation of a local chapter of the Cold Caldron, a Senior Society with national headquarters at Creighton University of Omaha, Nebraska, have been completed and as a result I.ovnla lias heroine one of tin first universities in the country to he officially recognized lDy this organization.The local chapter consists of eight active member! at present, but will probably increase to twice its present size by til end of the year. The officers elected to direct the new fraternity through the first year of it~ existence are Edwin Vega, president ; Albert Yenni, vice-president; AlfredHanneman. secretary, and Milton Fleuriet. treasurer. The other charter members include Malcolm Yenni, Bernard Dempsey. J. P. Macaluso. and Walter Hannenian. all seniors of the Arts and Science department. A nation-wide drive is at present under way for the establishment of chapters of the fraternity at every Jesuit college in the country. hounded by the class of 1925 of Creightoti University as a society in which membership is limited to graduates of the college department of Jesuit colleges, its olD- ject is to unite Jesuit graduates into a closer bond of friendship. David T. Cavanaugh and Al Van LOUNGE ROOM AWAITS ARRIVAL OF FIXTURES With a freshly decorated interior and polished fixture? the room opposite tin* barber shop, which will shortly be (Traced by wearied students, awaits the furniture that will establish it in its full capacity aD a lounge room. Upon the arrival of the tables, chair- and other furnishings, the new addition to the students' comforts will be opened td the college. A piano will be a source of delight to the ininic-loving students. A number of suggestions have been made by the authorities in charge that should he followed up as SOOII as the lounge room is thrown open to the public. Pennants of various schools will adorn the walls, and this should result in a search for college and prep -choo! banners. The pictures of graduating classes would also strike a cheer) note, and a homelike atmosphere Iwould thereby he created All the men will surely use the louiiKf room to its host advantage. This will come about as great interest is already shown by all, which iD manifested by the students who eagerly peer into the vacant room. When the doors are opened the halls of the college should be empty as a suitable "hangout" will be provided for the youth of leisure and off hours. (Continued on I'age 3.1 (Continued on Page 8.) (Continued Oil Page 7.) (Continued on Pane 7.)