DePaulia (DePaul University, Chicago, IL), 1926-03-04

              Vol. 5 No. 15 Final Arrangements Made For Holding Beauty Contest Elections to Take Place Within Week Hear ye! Hear ye! Comes now the final preliminary bulletin on the Beauty Contest, clearing up the few misunderstandings which have seemingly arisen anent this stupendous, all-embracing contest. The rules of the Contest in regard to eligibility have never been defnitely announced and so we find the High School Classes and some of the Extension Classes wondering whether or not they are to be given an opportunity of competing. To drive away such preying doubts, we hasten to announce that entrance into this grand fiasco is accessible to all Coeds of De Paul University including those of the Arts, Law, Commerce, Extension and High School Departments. During the coming week each class should set aside a few minutes for the purpose of determining by class vote the most beautiful Co-ed in that group. In those classes where there is a very uarge number of girls, more than one candidate may be selected. For example, from the Freshman Class in the Arts Department three will be selected, while from the Sophomore, Junior and Senior Classes, there will be chosen but two. In many of the classes of the Law Department, the number of Co-eds is very limited. For that reason, but one candidate will be accepted from those classes in which there are no more than five Co-eds. In past DePaulia articles no reference has been made to re­ Freshman Law Plan Post-Lenten Dance By all means yes. By all means. A lapse of memory is unforgiveable concerning April 9. The evening of April 9 will give one and all an opportunity to see Freshman law students sans case books. Yes, the strain of Lent will be obviated by the Freshman Law Post-Lenten dance at the La Salle Hotel. Hey, hey! Heaven help the dancers with inflammable ear drums. The pianist promises to don the asbestos gloves, but our hearts shudders to think of the chaos induced by the clarinet. A whole University patronage would be appreciated, because all the departments would be known. Besides, the embryonic barristers being hand in glove, the Commerce classes could see at close range those potential lawyers who (Continued on page 4) presentation of the Sororities in this Contest. We shall be glad to receive from each of the five or six Sororities, the photograph of one of its members as an entry. The result of these several selections should be transmitted to the Beauty Contest Editor of the Annual as soon as possible. Except in respect to the preliminary ^terminations of Classes, the ascertainment of the relative merits of those who would be "Queen of all De Paul" would be quite impracticable unless by a decision based upon an examination of photographs to be submitted by the candidates. We are thus constrained to request those who are fortunate enough to be adjudged the most beautiful in their several divisions to submit to the Beauty Contest Editor pictures of themselves upon which a final adjudication can be made. The Beauty Contest Editor has not as yet appointed a judge. It is thought, however, that Miss Antoinette Donnelly, a widely recognized, and perhaps the most renowned, beauty critic in the United States, would be willing to lend her assistance. In no event will any student or group of students exercise so much as the slightest scintilla of discretion in determining the qualifications of the respective candidates. When their purpose has been served, the photographs will be returned to their owners despite the probable protests of the Beauty Contest Editor. Public Speaking Club of Arts Holds Meeting The Public Speaking Club of the College of Liberal Arts held their weekly meeting last Thursday. Among the speakers were, Messrs. De Leon, Meeghan, Majewski and Steinberg. All the speakers showed a marked improvement over their previous speech. The next meeting holds a change in store for the audience. The speeches are going to be in the form of a debate, with one speaker on each side. Elizabeth O'Donell and Irene Ludwig will speak on the Army Navy Game, while Charles Murphy and Frank Kline will speak on The Improvement of Morals. "You and I" will be the next play to be presented by the Beloit College Players. The play was written by Phillip Barry. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PAT HARRISON IS GUEST OF DE PAUL De Paulia Receives Hike Club Suggestion This letter was received by De Paulia for publication, and needless to say, the Staff takes great pleasure in presenting it to the students for their delectation. DePaulia is backing the proposed measure to the limit. The possibility of a De Paul Hikers' Club was suggested to me when on my last hike through the Dunes, I saw a group of young folks having a thoroughly good time, and later found out that they were the nucleus of the Northwestern University Hiking Club. The members told me that of all the Clubs they had belonged to all through their academic career, they had derived more benefit and pleasure from the Hiking Club than from all the rest put together.To organize just such a club at De Paul should be the ambition of every student who enjoys the sport and the comradeship which go hand in hand with hiking. There are many places around Chicago that are ideal hiking places, although surprisingly few people know about them. The Dune Region of Indiana affords hikes of inexpressible pleasure. At this time of the year it is really most pleasant for walking not too cold, just snappy enough to make one appreciate a hearty campfire dinner after a morning's walk. In the summertime the Dunes offer cool swimming after a brisk hike through the woods and a playful afternoon on the^ beach which stretches for miles. To the West and North there are the Forest Preserves namely Palos Park, Maywood, Hubbard Woods and Ravinia. After scouting around, I was grateful to find that many De Paul students are anxious to join such a club. This is the time to do it. Because the success of any club depends upon (Continued on page 4) NOTICE! To reporters of the downtown school. The copy for the De Paulia from this issue of the paper forward, will be due at the De Paulia office of the uptown school on Thursday. The paper will appear on Thursday, following this publication, and it is necessary that the copy ba at the De Paulia office on Thursday of the week previous. Those reporters who give their copy to Ray Bodkin at the downtown office of the university, please arrange matters so that he will have the copy at the Arts college on Thursday morning. DePaul University Honored by Distinguished Visitor Southern Orator Rouses Enthusiasm of Audience Pat Harrison came to De Paul Friday evening, February 26th, as the guest of the University Public Speakers' Council. His powerful and vivid oratory won the enthusiasm of a large gathering at the Auditorium in spite of the inclement weather. Mr. Edwara McCann, chairman of the board of directors of the U. P. S. C. opened the speaking program with a short talk on the ideals and aspirations of the Council. Mr. M. S. Szymczak, Honorary chairman of the council, introduced Mayor Dever, the chairman of the evening. The Mayor spoke of the Senator in terms of highest praise. He said, "Senator Harrison has all the personal charm which one expects from a gentleman from Mississippi." Mayor Dever then introduced Dr. James Whitney Hall, president of the Iroquois Club, who took the place of Judge Edward Jarecki, because of the latter's inability to attend. The Iroquois Club has heen instrumental in bringing the Senator to De Paul. It was Dr. Hall's office to introduce the honored guest, and this he did graciously.In the opening words of his speech, Senator Harrison modestly disclaimed any oratorical ability despite the disclaimer the passionate appeal of the senator was delivered with all the fire of a Southern orator. He then turned to Mayor Dever and declared that he would "like nothing more than to see Mr. Dever in the White House as a Democratic President." This hint was received with enthusiasm. He expressed the hope that the "lakes-to-the-gulf" waterway would soon become a reality, that by means of it his state, Mississippi, and our state, Illinois, might be bound together, separated only since "that frightful family row of 1861." He declared his pride in coming from the home town and the very precinct in which Jefferson Davis lived, but said that he could be no more proud than we (Illinoisians) were "to Choral and Glee Club Give Benefit Performance On Monday, March 15th, the De Paul University Choral Club and the De Paul Glee Club will give a benefit performance, the proceeds of which will be given to the Vincentian Weekly Golden Jubilee Fund for St. Vincent's School. The tickets are on sale at the University office, and are fifty cents. March 4, 1926 come from that state that gave that great emancipator, Lincoln." The Senator further declared that "No enstrangement of North from South was completely broken." The words of Lee at Appomatox meant something when he cried out to the people of the North: "Let us know each other better and we will love each other more!" He condemned racial and religious prejudice. "Every man should worship God according to the dictates of his conscience. This is the philosophy of Americanism. Any other philosophy will oreed unrest." if we drive racial bigotry from the great land, we must side with American when the question of taking sides with American or some other nation arises." After picturing in glowing terms America's sacrifice for the war, he went into the subject of foreign loans and told of the agreements made with Great Britain, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, and other countries, and then charged: "Italy has persuaded our commissioners to submit to us a settlement dissimilar in character, inequitable in principle and unfair to tax payers of this country." "What are we offered in settlement Italy owes us $2,042,000,000. It is proposed instead of paying us the principal, as Great Britain and other nations have agreed, that Italy shall be released from $1,506,687,689." "Instead of paying interest at 3% and 31/i% as other nations have done, they would be released from all interest until 1930 and to pay interest ranging from 1/8% for the first ten years up to 2% for the sixth ten year period." "Britain and other countries are to pay us 82 cents on the dollar. Belgium, which suffered more than any other of the allies, is to pay us 55%. Are we to receive from Italy only 22 cents on the dollar?" Declaring that he stood for "Fairness to all and partiality toward none," he vehemently (Continued on page 4) At Oklahoma University the students and faculty have such a time remembering on what days chapel is to be held, that finally a plan has been adopted whereby the power plant will blow the whistle one long and two short blasts at eight o'clock on the fatal days. The language requirement at Wabash has been changed from six hours to five. All elementary language courses will become five hour studies.