St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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The Dante Club HE Dante Club is a student organization the purpose of which is to spread the knowledge and appreciation of that greatest of Catholic classics, The Divine Comedy, through the medium of popular lectures. It was founded in 1921, the six hundredth anniversary of Dante Alighieriis death, and during the past five years has lectured before many local fraternal and social groups, colleges, high schools, and parish audiences. The members of the Club during the 1924-1925 season were Joseph H. Meyers, 125, President; Robert A. Ruthman, '25, Business Manager; James P. Glenn, 26; Thomas J. Manion, '26; G. Murray Paddack, 126; Frank A. Arling- haus, '26; Eugene J. Perazzo, '27; Richard T. Deters, ,28 and Edward J. McGrath, 128. This season was probably the most active and successful in the history of the Dante Club. In its course the members delivered their lec- ture at nearly twenty local Catholic institutions, and on April 30 a free public entertainment, sponsored by The Italian Pioneer Society and The Alessandro Manzoni Club of Cincinnati, was presented before a large audience at the Hamilton County Memorial Hall. Two weeks later, on May 13, three members of the Club, Meyers, Ruthman and Perazzo, traveled to Louisville, Ky., and lectured there at Nazareth Academy and before the Louisville Council Knights of Columbus. The proudest boast of the Dante Club is the high scholastic standing of every one of its members. Although these are only nine in number, there are among them the following honor students: six of the ten 1925 Washington Oratorical finalists and the medal-winners for the past two years; five of the six Verkamp Debaters, including the medaI-winner; four Intercollegiate De- baters; Editor of the 1924 Annual and Assistant Editor of The News for 1923; Business Manager of the 1924 Annual and 1923 News; winner of first and sixth place in the Intercollegiate English Contest; winner of third and tenth place in the Intercellegiate Latin Contest; three members of the Student Council; Prefect-elect of the Sodality and President-elect of the Masque Society; former President of the Sophomore Class and former President of the Philo- pedian Society. Page One Hundred Eighteen

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The Intercollegiate Latin Contest HE Latin Intercollegiate Contest is held each year between the twelve colleges and universities of the Missouri Province. On a certain day the students of these institutions submit papers in competition for a gold medal, offered by the Rev. F. X. McNenamy, S.J., head of the Missouri Prov- ince. Matter for the contest is divided into two parts; the translation of a given, classical English selection into idiomatic Latin, to which is alloted the better part of the morning hours, and then the transposing of an excerpt from one of the 01d Latin Masters into correct English, which consumes not more than an hour and a half. The whole contest is thus limited to less than five hours. To their papers, the competitors sign only an assumed name. In another envelope, they place their real names, and also, the name signed to the contest paper. This envelope is then sealed, and not opened by the Faculty Members who handle the contest, until results of the contest are returned from St. Louis, where the papers are sent for adjudgment. Three papers are sent from each College in the Province, forming a grand total of thirty-six papers, to which are given ten awards; the first receiving the above mentioned Gold Medal. The selections of the contest matter this year were; a character description of Sir Thomas Moore, to be transcribed into Latin, and a section from the Dialogues of Tacitus, for correct English renderihg. The papers of Eugene Perazzo, 52.7, John B. Stem, '2'? John Tangeman, '27, and Francis A. Arling- haus, '26 were the choice of those submitted, and have been sent to St. Louis to represent St. Xavier College. Page One Hundred Seventeen

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MANION DETERS The Dante Club ARLINGHAUS GLENN RUTHMAN MEYERS Page One Hundred Nineteen McGRATH l'A DDACK