St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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h THE STUDENT COUNCIL This representative Liberal Arts body undertakes to promote student activities Whether athletic, social, scholastic or religious; to maintain a healthy spirit of inter- est and comradeship among the students; and to foster and exemplify the ideals WhiCh the College strives to realize. The ex-ofhcio members of the Council are the Dean, as faculty representative. and the president of each class. The other seven members are chosen as follows: the Freshmen elect a member from each of the three upper classes; the Sophomore, a member inf each of the higher classes; the juniors, a Senior; and the Seniors a member of their own classe The purpose of this method is to give the weight of nhmbers to the upperclassmen, who are better acquainted with the spirit of the school. The Council meets at the beginning of every month, Rev G, R. Kistcr, S, L, is the faculty representative. Other ex-ofhcio members are: Joseph King, ,24; Philip Kennedy, 75; James Glenne 26; and Frank McCarthy, '27. The following represent the Freshmen: Richard Marnell, 94-; Herbert Davis, ,25; and Thomas Manion, 76. The Sophomore representatives are Thomas Ball, Q4; and George Vollman, ,25. Peter McCarthy, ,24, represents the Junior class. The Senior representative is James Manley, Q4. The officers for the year were James Man- ley, President, and Thomas Ball, Secretary. Page 0m: Hundred Twrnzy-Jix'

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wThe Xavcrian, 1924f1 which is the first annual in the history of St. Xavier Col- lege, was sponsored by the Student Council of the Liberal Arts Department. The staff was appointed in December, 1923. It included the following: OFFICERS joseph H. Mcycrs.,.. . ... . , ..Edi15r-in-Chizf Robert A. Ruthman .......... . , , . . . . . . .Bminen Manager ASSOCIATES J.HarryMoore..u. . ... ., ...... . . . . ..,Athletir: Robert Thorbum ............................. , . ........... Law Marie Sandheger.. .. . . . . ,, .... .,. .., ..... , . . . HHCOmHmerc: George V. Bidingch ,. . 7 ,. . .. .,Sociology G.MurrayPaddack. .. ,.., .... . . , , ,,,, .J-Irlwrlixing Earl Winter. .. .. .... . ..,. ,.. . , . V . ..... ..Circulation Philip J. Kennedy .......................... . ... . .. ...,.,Photography Edward Babbit ............... . . . . . . . 7 . . V . . . 7 , . ,j'IJJL BuJ. Afgr. John A, Nlurray ......................... , . . . ............... Art Fag: One Hundred Twenty-fiue

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THOMAS j. MANION, 16 Winner of Oratorical Medal ORATORICAL CONTEST The annual Oratorical Contest for the Washington Alumni Medal was held at Hamilton County Memorial Hall, February 21, The contestants numbered eight. The judges of the contest, Messrs. F. E. Mackentepe, Albert D. Cash, Niorgan W. Williams, Herbert S. Heeken and Dr.AnC61C.Minor, awarded the medal to Thomas J. Manion, ,26, for his speech, The World Court? Manion declared that entrance of the United States into the World Court would embroil us in the troubles of Europe. . The other contestants were: Jh Harry Moore, 7.3: uF'ro Inhabilis Omnia, Pro Sanis Nihilf' an argument against the Soldiers3 Bonus Bill; Philip K. Kennedy, ,25: America Assailedf, an anti-Klan oration; joseph J Egan, 76: HI Was Ever a Fighter, 3 eulogy of Theodore Roosevelt; Charles J. Farrel, ,24: Americanism versus Intolerance, an attack on the principles of the Ku Klux Klan; James P. Glenn, 17.6: hThe American Indian, an exposition of why hour treatment of the red man is the 'one phase of our history we should like to forget? john A. Murray; 125: uUnity for Preservation, a plea for greater cohesion amo'ng the inhabitants of the.United States; and William A. Dammerell, ,27: nThe Myth of the May- flower? an explosion of the fable that all good in Am'erica can be -traced to the Mayflower Puritans. ' I Page One Hundrtd Twenty-Jevtn