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THE NOTPE DAME ALUMNUS

VOL. V. CONTENTS FOR JUNE, 1927 No. 10

Commencement, 1927 Frontispiece Address to Graduates, Hon. A. J. Talley, LL.D. 291 1927 Baccalaureate, Very Rev. W. A. Scullen, D.D., LL.D. 296 Eighty-Third Annual Commencement 302 President's Message John P. Mjirphy, '12 308 My Mediterranean Trip, Hugh A. O'Donnell, 'H 311 Alumnus of 1910 Becomes Bishop 312 Very Eev. James A. Bui'ns, Provincial 314 The Alumni 314

The magazine is published monthly • during the scholastic year by the Alumni Association of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. The subscription price is $2.00 a year; the price of single copies is 25 cents. The annual alumni dues of $5.00 include a year's subscription to THE ALUMNUS. Entered as second-class matter January 1, 1923, at the post office at Notre Dame, Indiana, vmder the Act of March 3, 1897, All corres­ pondence -should be addressed to The Notre Dame Alumnus, Box 81, Notre Dame, Indiana.

JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, '25, Editor

The Alumni Association

of the University of Notre Dame Alumni Headquarters: 329 Administration Building, Notre Dame James E. Armstrong, '25, General Secretary

ALUMNI BOARD EDWARD L. MAUKUS, '93 - - - - Honorary President JOHN P. MURPHY, '12 ------President JAMES F. O'BRIEN, '13 ------Vice-President JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, '25 ------Secretary WALTER DUNCAN, '12------Treasurer EDWIN C. MCHUGH, 'is ------Director JOSEPH M. HALEV, '99------Director ALFRED C. EYAN, '20------Director GEORGE M. MAYPOLE, '03------Director DANIEL J. O'CONNOR, '05 - - - Director {ex officio) COMMENCEMENT, 1927—THE NEW GYMNASIUM THE NOTRE DAME ALUyWNUS

A magazine which seeks to unify Notre Dame spirit among Notre Dome alumni; to keep alive the friendliness and democracy of the campus when campus days are gone; to acquaint Notre Dame alumni with the development of the University, and the broader devel­ opment of the principles of Catholic education; to organize alumni activity so that it may better and in a greater measure attain its ends; to live in print as Notre Dame men live always, "For God, for Country, and for Notre Dame."

^ Ill mil 111 ij niiiliiiiiniiriniiiiiiiiiirnniiiiNiiiniiinnMliiiiiiiiiiiriiinniiiiiinliiiuriiirllliirinjiiiiiiiiiili tminiiiiiini "I'mVluiimnlUnnUunlUiimnimnnilimE Address to the Graduates By HON. ALFRED J. TALLEY, LL.D., OF NEW YORK N this splendid assemblage, in these in­ American citizenship and for your Coun­ spiring surroundings, at this seat of try's welfare, go forth unafraid." What I learning, famed throughout the United kind of a Notre Dame man are you going States for the sterling character of the to be? One of the recollections of mj real education which it imparts, the temp­ college days was Henry Irving playing in tation is very great, for one honored with "The Bells." No so-called mystery play an invitation to address its graduates. of today can ever produce the creeps This exercise of addressing graduates which the tinkling of those sleighbells gave. has become by custom as much a part of Whenever, as you remember, Christian, the Commencement Day as the confeiTing of innkeeper, heard the bells, he heard again the degree. Not as agreeable or essential the dying gasp of the Polish-Jew whose or acceptable a part, but, nevertheless, an life he had taken and whose body he had apparently indispensable function without cast into the lime-kilns. If I could.so con­ which a Commencement would seem some­ trive, and I would if I could, make my what one-sided and incomplete. I am about question ring in your ears whenever you to make a statement that may occasion stood at a crossroad in the career upon surprise. I am about to take my invita­ which you start today, I wotild be doing tion literally and make an address, not to a real service to you, to your Alma Mater the world at large, but to the gi-aduates and to society in general. What kind of a of the class of 1927. When I am done you Notre Dame man are you going to be? will be compelled to admit one thing. No Are you of the Class of 1927 to be swal­ matter what your estimate of its worth lowed up in the vortex of present day in­ may be, you will have heard an address to eptitude and inanity, or are you resolved the graduates. to stand out in strong relief against the To demonstrate that we are quite up-to- general picture of the havoc wrought by date and in the mode, we will begin by present day standards of life and educa­ asking a question—"What kind of a Notre tion. A college president has recently ob­ Dame man are you going to be?" That served that a vei-y large percentage of question is addressed to each and eveiy students matriculating at the colleges of man who now holds in his hands the de­ today are unfitted for higher education and gree, which, as I speak, is searing into his receive little or no lasting benefit because soul a mark which can never be erased. of it. I have not heard any college pi-esi- When that scroll was presented to you, dent or professor yet admit an equally you ceased to be students of and became potent fact, that a very large proportion of graduates of a great Catholic University, our present day colleges are imparting a one of the greatest in the land, and you type of miscalled education that is far can never escape the responsibility now more dangerous to the individual and to imposed upon you. A moment ago you society in general than the densest kind of knelt here before your Spiritual Com­ ignorance. mander. In fancy I saw a sword laid My public service as a District Attorney upon your shoulder—in fancy I heard a and on the Bench left me with one clear, voice exclaim: "Arise, Sir Knight, in the and definite conclusion which stands at the name of Notre Dame, in the name of true head and is first in importance among all 292 THE NOTRE DAME ALTJMNUS others,—^that without religion taught as a you as favored men of whom much can living, vital, throbbing thing daily and be justly Kcpected. every day to our young, this Country can­ Let me give you just one example of not sur\'ive as a Christian Nation. It is pi-esent day educational dangers. I could bad enough to have religion shut out from multiply it without number as tyiiical of the life of our children of tender years by the kind of stuff which oozes from some of excluding from our schools the very men- our colleges and universities. Mr. Harry Elmer Barnes, Professor "of Historical Sociology at Smith College and Professor of Social and Economic Institu­ tions at Amherst, in a discussion of Capi­ tal Punishment, after sketchily reviewing the history of the death penalty, makes these observations: "With the rise of the metaphysical theo­ ries of human conduct, the individual came to be looked upon as a free moral agent entirely capable of free choice in every as­ pect of his conduct, wholly irrespective of biological or social environment. From the standpoint of these assumptions the crimi­ nal was ine\'itably looked upon as a per­ verse free moral agent who had ^\^lfully chosen to do wrong and outrage his social group. It need scarcely be added that the friends of capital punishment still hold tenaciously to the free moral agent theory of crime, content that the criminal volun­ tarily and freely chooses to be guilty of anti-social action, and steadfastly maintain that the criminal or his survivors may be effectively deterred from again willing to commit crime through the pain or example of punishment. It is a significant fact that the scienti­ fically minded person can only approach the refutation of those assumptions of the exponents of the death penalty in an atti­ tude of mingled amusement and impatience. Modern physiological chemistry, d3mamic psychology and sociology have, j»-oved the HON. ALFRED J. TALLEY, LL.D. free mor^ agent theory of human conduct preposterous alike in its assumptions and tion of Christ in this Christian United its implications. The human animal has States, but when we see what is happening his conduct and his thoughts absolutely determined by the combined influences of today—^boys and girls entering colleges his biological heredity and his social sur­ with some religious sense, with the deposit roundings. There is not the slightest iota of the Faith, coming out lost to religion, of choice alloived to any individual from scoffers, materialists, doubters, with half- birth to grave. Conduct can be altered only by alterations in the organism or by baked philosophy, not merely \\athout scho­ the introduction of new or indifferent so­ larship, but without reverence for the Al­ cial influences and foi-ms of stimulation. mighty God—^the kind of an education Those whose biological heredity is adequate, whose social surroundings are normal or with which you have been blessed, second above the normal and whose education is to none in its secular aspects, encircling sound and constructive will conduct them­ the days of your impressionable youth with selves in a law-abiding manner and avoid an atmosphere of not only the teaching but the commission of crime except under the most unusual and inciting circumstances. the doing of manly, straightforward, out- Those whose biological heritage is defective from-the-shoulder Catholicism, stands out and who are subjected to a social environ­ in glorious relief and puts upon you a ment which stimulates anti-social action stamp, as if with holy chrism, that marks and breeds anti-social habits will be equal- THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 293 ly naturally inclined toward anti-social or not fraught vdth danger to the unthinking criminal action." and injudicious. President Coolidge who, If these views are typical of his class­ when he talks, talks right out mth Yankee room utterances, as they undoubtedly are, directness and without the sonorous am­ just picture the effect upon the moral sen­ biguity which too often marks the utter­ sibilities of his pupils at both Smith and ance of public men, recently addressed in Amherst. With one fell and self-satisfied New York a powerful press organization. swoop he demolishes the doctrine of free He took advantage of the occasion to give will and invites his hsarers to cast moral to the press a pertinent and well-merited restraints to the winds and bring them­ rebuke when he observed the tendency of selves to the level of the beasts of the many American newspapers on interna­ fields. Because if God did not distinguish tional questions to invariably take the side man from beast by giving him the choice of whatever country we were in contro- in his every act between evil and good, and vei'sy with, and to conclude that in our if all his acts are deteimined by some relations with foreign powers, the United force outside of himself, why bother about States was invariably wrong. The Presi­ either moral or legal responsibility. The dent might well have included in his crit­ conclusion of such teaching is "Do as you icism large groups of College Professors please, but avoid if possible being caught who have lately sst themselves up as ad­ at it." visers to the Government and as Ministers Do you think this is an isolated case? I without portfolios. "We have seen them heard Clai-ence Darrow, not a professoi-, round-robin the universe on the need of but one who commands large audiences, arbitrating with the unspeakable Govern­ likewise declare that the criminal was a ment of Mexico things that no self-respect­ creature of heredity and environment and ing nation could make the subject of arbi­ could not help being a criminal because tration. More recently they have set them­ he had no free will. selves up as mentors to our Government I listened to a debate a week ago be­ and against its policies on the question of tween a well known pastor of a New foreigTi debts. They are, apparently, more York Baptist Church and a Professor subject to the influences of paid propagan­ Mather of Harvard University and heard da with which our Country is today more the latter deny the Biblical origin and fall infested than at any time during the war, of man and while proclaiming himself to than any other class of citizens in our be a true Christian and likewise a Baptist community. The Seven Tailors of Tooley Deacon, refuse to admit that Christ rose Street have shut up shop in London and by His own power from the dead or that have migrated to some of our American He appeared to the Apostles and bade universities where they are still going them touch and feel that His body, and strong. not a spirit, was in their midst. Are there among you men with the Is it any wonder that one by one, our coui'age of leadership? Are there among great American colleges founded all under you men willing to step even one pace in certain definite religious influence, as were front of the crowd and proclaim yourselves all early American schools, are beginning champions of the right? Your degree from to ease off on compulsory Chapel attend­ Notre Dame puts a chevron on your sleeve; ance or any fonn of religious training as an epaulet on your shoulder. You stand part of the daily life of their students? out from this day on as a product of Cath­ It is sheer nonsense to permit the denial olic education and you cannot evade the of the accepted truths of Christian teach­ re.sponsibility placed upon you. You have ing in the class room and then go through the mental training and equipment. Will senseless fonns of worship in a Chapel. I you display the moral courage? A recent would rather have consistency than mock­ episode called the attention of the whole ery. nation to a skillfully phrased challenge to There has recently appeared a new mani­ the loyalty of Catholic citizenship. It is festation emanating from our American incomprehensible to the average Catholic colleges which would be amusing if it were mind that the question can ever be raised. 294 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS And yet its challenge roused the interest "Do you know that the eye which guides of the entire countiy. To us it seems the this pen lately saw your mean, profligate Congress at mass for the soul of a Roman vei-iest nonsense. And yet out of the abyss Catholic in purgatory and participating in of ignorance in^dncible and hopeless the the rites of a church against whose anti- question will arise again and again. The Christian corruption your pious ancestors curious and invariable phase of the mat­ would bear witness \\dth their blood?" ter is this—no challenge to the loyalty of The name of this conspicuous anti- a Catholic ever points to or can ever in­ Catholic of Revolutionary days was Bene­ dicate one specific instance in the whole dict Arnold. century and a half of our national life, of Do the monuments on the field of Gettys­ any semblance of a divided allegiance. burg speak less eloquently because of the Neither the Catholic Church nor any body Statue of a Catholic Chaplain blessing an of Catholic citizens has ever fostered or­ entire Catholic regiment before the battle ganizations based on the small minded, began? What nonsense, what unspeakable bigoted and wholly un-American principles injustice to the memory of heroes, what of hate and discrimination. When this baseless and inexcusable ignoi-ance the Country knew only the foot-prints _ of the baiter of Catholic patriotism proclaims. savage aborigine, Catholic missionaries and Ten years ago last week, two hundred explorers and discoverers came first to American officers in civilian clothes preach the gentle, all-embracing teachings quietly departed from these shores to of Christ crucified and proved their sin­ France. They were the advance guard of cerity by the sacrifices of their lives. Every Americans that grew into two million men section of our Land proclaims what they that crossed the Atlantic between that day did for American civilization. The voice of and Ai-mistice Day. And the records of the the white man was first heard upon this War Department give incontrovertible continent when the Indians listened to the proof that the Catholic portion of our cit­ "Te Deum" sung from the deck of the izenship sent far more than its quota in "Santa Maria." Can the smoke screen of in­ defense of our flag. The task that gave tolerance, raised by "professional 100 per our Government most concern was the safe centers" ever be dense enough to obscure conduct of so vast an army across the sea the fame of Marquette, De Soto, Joliet, to whose noi-mal conduct was added the Jogues and Junipero Serra? Did the Cath­ death-dealing dangers of the sub-marines. olic signers of the Declaration of Inde­ As the Continental Congress had desig­ pendence hazard less than did their fel­ nated Commodore John Barry in 1775 as lows? Do the names of Sullivan, Carroll, leader of its naval force, so did the Gov- Moylan and Fitzgerald mean nothing to ei-nment of 1917 place that vital duty in Americans of to-day? Was the aid of La­ the hands of the Catholic Admiral, William fayette, Rochambeau, Kosciusko and Pulas­ S. Benson, and not a life of an American ki rejected by the harassed Colonists be­ soldier or seaman was sacrificed in the cause they professed and proclaimed their journeys across the seas. How dare they spiritual allegiance to the Pope of Rome question our loyalty or devotion to our as we do today? Did we scorn the aid of Country, these un-American disciples of the Catholic Frenchmen who trapped Corn- discord and hate. We are the loyal legions wallis at Yorktown and brought to a glori­ who practice devotion to our Land. They ous end the Revolution which gave us our are the traitors to the fundamental prin­ nationhood? And right here let us be i-e- ciples of American life, which we exem­ minded that the most notorious anti- plify in public and in private and treasure Catholic bigot of that day was the one who in our heax-t of hearts. paid an unconscious tribute when he said there were "too many Catholics in the Rev­ These considerations are presented to olutionary Army," and who tried to sow you to know and develop because as gi-ad- the seeds of discord and disaffection among uates of a Catholic University you will be Washing^n's Army by an appeal to relig­ looked to for guidance and leadership in ious prejudice when he wrote: your respective communities. Knowledge is power. Unless you know your case you THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 295 can not adequately present or defend it. with courage and determination. You are Get fixed in your minds that success is not setting forth upon an unkno^vn sea. never a matter of luck or chance. The man Your course has been charted for you, who succeeds has invariably been found to not alone by the splendid community of the be prepared for his opportunity when it Fathers and the faculty of this University, ari-ives. but by the distinguished body of Alumni Genius has been found and analyzed and who have gone before you and who wel­ discovered to be a willingness and capacity come you as brothers into their ranks to­ to take pains in the little things. It is a day. willingness to do with less pleasure and May I, therefore, put into words what is more labor, with less sleep and more in the hearts of all those who have gath­ energy than the common run of men. ered here to do you honor, and in the Genius may dream great things, but it is hearts of your friends in distances remote patient labor that finally accomplishes from here. We wish for you the realiza­ them. There is no royal road to success. If tion of all your hopes, the fulfillment of all I were called upon to give you one sure your ambitions. Go forth, my dear young guide to success in life it would be this. men, with your foreheads to the sun. When Try to do a little bit better than is ex­ you turn down the road for the last time pected of you. Do not be content with the and the Golden Dome of your Alma Mater primrose path of least resistance. It leads drifts back into the distance, remember inevitably to one destination—one terminus that we who wish you well have this day —mediocrity, and mediocrity is the cause put to you the query which you alone can of unhappiness and discontent. Scorn it. Go answer: "What kind of a Notre Dame man forth, my dear young men of Notre Dame, are you going to be?"

THE 1927 FLAG-RAISING EXERCISES 296 THE NOTKE DAME ALUMNUS / 927 Baccalaureate Sermon DELIVEKED BY VEUY REV. WM. A. Scui.uix, D.D.. LL.D. Chancellor of the Diocese of Cleveland. "They were perseverinff in the doctnne of Peter on that memorable occasion, hun­ the Apostles, and in the comvuinication of dreds of their successors at this moment the breaking of bread, and in prayer." with Peter's successor—all persevering in (The Acts—Chapter 2nd— Verse iSnd) the doctrine of the Apostles, the communi­ HESE words close St. Luke's descrip­ cation of the breaking of bread and in tion in the Acts of the Apostles of the prayer. Tfirst Pentecost of the Christian era. You, my dear Graduates, living in the The Holy Ghost, the Paraclete, the Spirit environment in which you have lived, par­ of Truth and Sanctity had descended upon ticularly in this great University of glori­ the Apostles to abide with them and their ous accomplishment and tradition, breath­ successors until ing the healthful the end of time, atmosphere which until the consum­ YOU have breathed mation of the progressing u n- world. Peter the der religious in­ Rock upon whom fluence in each Christ said He successive grade would build His of your education, church, against nineteen hundred which the gates years later pro­ of Hell would fess that same never prevail— doctrine of the Peter the Key- Apostles Creed. bearer to whom You give whole­ Christ had given hearted unfeig^ned the keys of His assent to each kingdom ratify­ single article of ing in Heaven that Creed, but whatever Peter particularly did on earth— to that funda­ Peter the Shep­ mental truth the herd to whom existence of God. Christ had con­ "I believe in signed the lambs God, the Father and sheep of His Almighty, Cr'ea- Hock—Peter, Rock tor of Heaven and and Key-bearer and Shepherd, Chief and Earth"—^you have learned these words per­ Prince of the Apostles had preached the haps at your mother's knee, or at least first sei-mon of the new dispensation. As they have been familiar to you since the a result three thousand souls "of every days when you thumbed the little cate­ nation under Heaven—^Parthians and chism of your Faith. Again and again you Medes and Eleamites—strangers from have repeated them in the ensuing years. Rome had received the word" and entered They epitomize your undoubting faith, your the church just born. Catholic then it is unfaltering belief, your sincere assent of Catholic now. Three thousand out of every mind and will in the fact that there is a nation the first Pentecost, millions of Supreme Being Who, by a single act of every nation on this the nineteen hun- His all-powerful will, by a simple "Fiat" di-edth anniversary; Peter the first day, or "Let it be done," made all things visible Pius the XI to-day; eleven Apostles with and invisible—angels and men, the animal THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 297 and vegetable kingdoms, the material world are no fossil remains, but nevertheless in which we dwell, with all its suns and there are thirty. What faith he demands! globes, its beauty, variety and splendor. And yet it is given in the presumption that Nay more when you say "I believe in it is scientific to do so. H. G. Wells dreams God" you profess that this Supreme Being and imagines and paints fanciful pictures is eternal, infinite, unchangeable, all pow­ of prehistoric man—all under the sacred erful, distinct from the creatures He has name of science or modem thought or Evo­ made, whether angels, or men, or things— lution. The word Evolution perhaps por­ for the contrary assumption is Pantheism trays the trend of this agnosticism better —omnipresent; that is, this Supreme than any other, while at the same time it Being is everywhere, and it is literally trae is its basic principle. that "in Him we live and move and have Ah, if one means by Evolution the per­ our being." He it is Who colors the blades sistent seeking after the true, the beautiful of the grass, gives vitality to the grain of and good—^the sum total of which is culture wheat, paints the blush on the rose, causes —and that this culture has advanced with the sun to shine and the rain to fall, the each succeeding period of man's existence plant to grow, the heart to beat in animal —^well and good, but if one means by Evo­ and in man, and converts plant and vege­ lution—and that is the accepted meaning table, fish and meat into flesh, muscle, bone today—the origin of species, the explana­ and sinew. tion of nature and its laws, without a Crea­ In consequence you readily subscribe to tor, then Evolution is as much a fatuous the indignant protest of the Eoyal Psalm­ theory unsubstantiated by fact, today, as ist when he complains "Only the fool in his it was when Lamark wrote his book in heart says there is no God." Yet, in the 1809, or forty years later Darwin assumed past, there have been those who fain would the sui-vival of the fittest, or Haeckel deny the existence of a Creator. Tliere raved, or Wells dreamed or Shaw sneered. doubtless ^vill be such in the future, and Evolution must ever remain an unsub­ the world will, as of yore, hail them as stantiated theory, a mere hypothesis, a scholarly and wise, or term them forsooth presumption not sustained by actual experi­ scientific. In our own day we are reaping ment of fossil evidence, until such time as the fruits of so-called Eationalism, which in the significant words of Dr. George liad its birth at the beginning of the nine­ Barry O'Toole in his book "The Case teenth century. Materialism is in the air. Against Evolution," a new species is dis­ God, if He exists, is relegated to His covered—not in the hot-house of Prof. Bur- heaven. Tlie earth is the thing. Wealth, bank or in the laboratory of Dr. Hender­ honor, position, power, pleasure, the criter­ son, but one that can exist in the wild, out ion of success. The creature is extolled in the open, subject to all conditions of and cultivated over the Creatoi'. A pseudo- weather and temperature and climate, and scientific agnosticism, which attempts to can reproduce itself. explain nature without its Maker, per­ Tlie variegation of the ro^e or carnation meates our modern system of education. will, it would seem, ever remain subject to It is the atmosphere of high school, col­ the artificial means of its inception, wliile lege and university. Theory after theory the hybrid of any species will be unable is postulated to determine the beginning to reproduce itself. of the universe, the origin of life, the dif­ How, much more simple, how much more ference of species. These misnamed scien­ reasonable, how much more authoritative tists or false teachers who explode these is your belief that there is a Supreme Be­ intellectual sky-rockets in explaining the ing—God, the Father Almighty—eternal universe, have run the gamut of Lamark- and infinite. Who is the author of the ism and Darwinism, the renewal of botli Universe, the Maker of the laws which gov­ in neo Lamarkism and neo Darwinism. ern it, as well as the omnipresent Director Haeckel has shouted from the housetops of the functioning of these laws until the his thirty ages of man and boldly pro­ end of time. Such was the belief of Louis claimed that for the first fifteen ages there Pasteur, one of the greatest scientists of 298 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS modem times. Such a belief does not pre­ effect of any other cause, and this first clude, but rather supposes and encourages Cause, this first Force, we call the Supreme the study of the nature and powers of sec­ Being, God, the Creator of Heaven and ondary causes, by physicist and cheniisl, Earth. biologist, astronomer and geologist. Having established this first cause is not Such a belief, my dear men, is not a mere the effect of any other cause, or this force assumption,; not a vague theory, not a fan­ which is not put in motion by any other tasy of man's invention, but a clear reality force, we can proceed further in the light that has its basis in the right use of our of reason, and say that this Supreme Cause reason, that is, by availing ourselves of our of everything that exists is a pure spirit with powers of observation, by looking upon the an intelligence immeasureably more vast world around us we can deduce from what than ours, and a will infinitely superior to we see in the Universe the certain exist­ our own, capable of accomplishing any­ ence of a Supreme Being, Who is the Crea­ thing it desires, for we must ever judge tor of all things, for as a recent author— an artist by his work. Nay more—^we can Dr. McGinnis, editor of "Truth"—^lias saif'., predicate every good quality and every "If we fail to find God in the stars and in perfection of this Supreme Being. We can the flowers, in the birds and in the atom.^, say He is infinite, eternal, self-subsistent; in the changing seasons and in the eyes that He is without beginning or end; that of children, the fault is not in the stars, He is independent, in need of nothing from but in ourselves." We are unqualified within or without; that He is supreme fools—"Only the fool in his heart says withoiit any greater, less or equal; that He 'There is no God'." is omnipotent—^that is all-powerful—and that He is omnipresent—^that is, every­ In other words, God did not only make where in the universe, but distinct from any himself known to Adam, Noah, Abraham, creature thereof, although He gives to each Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, Isaias, Jere­ its being, its force, and motion and life. miah and Elias by His own revealing of Himself, but to Aristotle and to Plato, not The simple, reasonable explanation then by revelation, but by reason. The process of the existence of things, the direct an­ is simple—cause and effect; force and mo­ swer to "the riddle of the Universe" is tion. There is no effect in this world Creation, and the relation between Creator without a cause, or translating this ab­ and creature is that of cause and effect, stract law into more concrete and visible comprising naturally secondary cause.s terms, there is no motion without the ex­ under the first cause. Colloquially speak­ ercise of force. An immobile object re­ ing, by using* one's head, one can find God. mains immobile until a definite force moves In the light of this fact, how ridiculously it. Apply this law to the material world absurd, yet on the other hand, how clearly wherein we dwell and have our being. The logical, is the spluttering statement of sun and moon and stars are in motion; the Haeckel—^"Why, why—^If we do not accept earth moves on its axis every twenty-four the hypothesis of spontaneous generation, hours, and makes the circuit of the sun we must have recourse to the miracle of a once a year. What started the earth in its supernatural creation." Who could be duplex motion? Take any theory that you guilty of such an unspeakable scientific will, the Nebular Hypothesis or any other blasphemy? Who indeed could be so rea­ —^for instance, that the Sun was once a sonable except the wise man in contradis­ molten mass disintegrated and threw off tinction to the fool? these globes that now move about it—one And now comes the great question—^If merely asks what force set the sun in mo­ God, as we have found Him by reason, is as tion. And so on, and so on, until, unless we have described Him—eternal, infinite, one wishes to advance the absurd hypo­ self-subsistent, etc., why did He create at thesis of "'perpetual motion," one must all? He existed for an eternity without eventually conclude that there is a first any creature. They can add nothing to his Force which is not put in motion by any perfection; He had no need of them now, other force, or a first Cause that is not the or will ever have need of them. And again THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 299 che answer is simple—^it is contained in the raised on high—^the bed Sin had giver the doctrine of the Apostles in the reply to the Incarnated One on which to stretch His question you learned when you were a child bruised body and lay His dying head. The —^Why did God make me?—God made me third act reaches its climax in the Re.snr- to know how to love Him and serve Him rection and the forty days thereafter until for a time here, and then to be happy with the Ascension. "Suffered imder Pontius Him for all eternity. In a word, God made Pilate, was crucified, died and was burie.l this world for man; He created this vast He descended into hell, the third day He material world, with all its suns and globes arose again from the dead. He ascended (and it had to be vast because it is God's into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand work, yet David describes it as "the playful of God the Father Almighty." work of God's finger") as a stage setting The fourth act is the coming of the for the great drama which was to be en­ Sanctifier, the Holy Ghost, the Third Per­ acted. That drama was the peopling of son of the Blessed Trinity as He descends His kingdom upon earth and in Heaven upon the Apostles in the form of parted with the children of men—the sons and tongues of fire on the first Pentecost. "I daughters of Adam and Eve; aye the believe in the Holy Ghost." sublime purpose of creation was to trans­ form man into an angel, to give him not The fifth act and the last, is Sanctifica- only temporary life here, but eternal life tion, or the actual transforming of man hereafter. "I am the Eesurrection and the into an angel, by enrolling him as a citizen Life" said Jesus to Martha in that garden of God's visible kingdom here upon earth, of long ago—"He that believeth in Me and within that kingdom giving him direct even though he be dead shall live, and he contact with God by means of the sacra­ that liveth and believeth in Me shall not ments. "I believe in the Holy Catholic taste death forever." Church, the communion of Saints, the for­ giveness of sins, the resurrection of the To make the divine plan more clear, pei'- body, and the life everlasting." mit me to divide it into five acts, according In this last act the curtain rises never to to the classical lines of the old Greek dra­ fall again until the sun and moon and stars ma, although it is one decree in the mind drop from the Heavens and relapse with of God, one act of His will. the earth into the nothingness whence they The first act attributed to the Father, came—until indeed, Christ the King sur­ the First Person of the Blessed Trinity, is rounded by choir upon choir and host upon Creation, with three scenes—(a) the crea­ host of attendant angels—His Cross eni^- tion of the angels; (b) the creation of the blazoned in the Heavens, comes from His material world; and (c) the creation of throne on the right hand of God to judge man. "I believe in God the Father Al­ the living and the dead. mighty, the Creator of Heaven and Eartii." The drama of the human race, of lime The second act is the Incarnation, or the and eternity will be enacted anew with each Son, the Second Person of the Blessed one of you, my dear graduates, playing the Trinity becoming Man, and thereby taking leading part in your own separate sphere, \vithin Himself every creature, because in your own particular walk of life. In you Man is the middle term of the Universe, the age-old story of man will be dramatized akin to the Angels in his soul, akin to the again. As a member of the human family, earth, the sun, the moon, the stars, the as a child of Adam and Eve, God creates plants, the flowers, the trees, the animals you through them in the first act; becomes in his body, to the image and likeness of one with you by the Incarnation in the sec­ God in both. "And in Jesus Christ, Hii: ond; redeems you from the bondage of sin only Son our Lord, conceived of the Holy and the slavery of the fallen Angel in the Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary." third; gives you the opportunity, nay more The third act is Redemption, or the buy­ —the right to be an Angel yourself through ing back of man's lost right to be an angel Sanctification. Indeed your angelization is of God, and that was accomplished on Cal­ the sublime purpose, the great moment, the vary's darkened hill, as the cross was climax of the entire play, so important are 300 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS you individually in the sight of God. All Easter Sunday—resurrection and life. four pre\dous acts—Creation—^Incarnation Tlie means to attain the success we wish —Redemption—the coming of the Holy you, to be in reality one of God's people on Ghost, lead up to it, for it marks the real­ earth and in Heaven, are summed up as ization and fulfillment of what was God'? part for the whole in the principal means plan from the beginning of the world and "the communication of the breaking of shall so continue until the last melting bread." Each one of the other outward stroke of time into eternity—^the sanctifi- signs instituted by Christ to give grace, cation of man, the actual transformation which we call the sacraments. Baptism, of man into an Angel, the making of him Penance, Confirmation and Extreme Unc­ one of God's people on earth and in Heaven. tion, Holy Orders and Matrimony, has a Ah yes, the spirit of evil will be there part in the ti-ansformation, but the sure, seeking to thwart your destiny, to draw you absolute and ever open way to this end is away from God. Serpent-like he %vill point "the communication of the breaking of out to you the tree of the knowledge of bread"—^the Blessed Sacrament of the Holy good and evil, tempting you as he did tl-'e Eucharist—Jesus Himself no longer con­ first man with its tempting fruit. Through fined or restricted to one place, or to one the World and the Flesh, with their siren countiy, to Bethlehem or Nazareth, to call to wealth and pleasure, he mil seek to Capharnum or Jerusalem, but everywhere drug your senses and seduce your mind in this wide world—at all times and under and will. all conditions to sustain and nourish His But our fond hope is, my dear men of '27. people with the bread of Angels—^His own and it is a hope not without strong founda­ body and blood and under the appearance tion, after your years of religious training of bread and wine. in tliis great University of Notre Dame, "Behold I am with you all days, even to our sincere vsdsh on this momentous day in the consummation of the world," says your career is that, you may be one of Christ the King—Christ the Friend, Christ God's people on earth and in Heaven, that the Redeemer—^%vith you not only mystical­ you may persevere "in the doctrine of the ly, as I am with the Apostles of My church Apostles, the communication of the break­ and their successors in establishing and ing of bread, and in prayer." Only this, spreading My kingdom, in teaching my doc­ and nothing more. trine, in delivering my message to you, that In the light of eternity it is of no con­ you may persevere "in the doctrine of My sequence whether you have wealth or honor Apostles," but with you really, tnily and —or position of power—or pleasure. This substantially "in the communication of the is success, of course, "in the light of man's breaking of bread" just as I was on earth day"—success as the world in which we live in the days of long ago—just as I am in view?: it,but this success ends at the grave. Heaven now, whenever and wherever bread The success we wish you goes beyond the is broken and I use the lips of one of My grave into the vast, mysterious unendlnss- priests to say "this is My body, this is My ness of interminable years. It is of God— blood," as I Myself did at the last supper not of man, of Heaven—^not of earth, of in the upper chamber of Jerusalem—Nay eternity—^not of time. "Except a man lose more—not only am I with you hidden un­ liis life he cannot save it," says the Arbiter der the cloak of bread and wine, but I shall of true success—"Blessed are the poor in nourish you, I shall make of you an angel spirit for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven here on earth if you give Me' leave, I shall —Blessed are the meek for they shall give you eternal life and re-create that possess the land—Blessed are the clean of perishable body of yours, even after death heart for they shall see God—^Blessed arc to be once more united to the soul on the they that moum for they shall be com­ last day of time, for did I not promise in forted"—^"unless a man take up his cross plain unmistakable terms "'he that eateth and follow Me he cannot be My disciple." My flesh, and drinketh My blood shall live There must be a Good Friday, suffering forever, and I shall raise him up on the and death in order that there may be an last day." THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 301 Within a moment here in this beautiful drama enter into your personal life. Then church as a successor of the Apostles pro­ and only then will all your years of train­ nounces the words "this is My body, this ing and education here and elsewhere be of is My blood," He Who made this promise, true service to you. Then and only then Jesus' of Nazareth, the Son of God and the will you attain the destiny for which God Son of man, the same Jesus Whom Mary created you. Then and only then will you wi-apped in swaddling clothes and laid in achieve the purpose, the why and wherefore a manger, the same Jesus Whom she held of your existence—^you will become one of in her arms, when the Maji adored, the God's people on earth and with God's con­ same Jesus Who as a Boy romped the tinued grace one of His people in Heaven fields of Nazareth, or on one occasion —you vnll become Angels among men, liv­ taught the doctors in the temple, the same ing tabei-nacles of Jesus Christ, and in Jesus Who was known as the carpentei"'s truth and in every deed will be fulfilled in Son—the same Jesus Who walked along the you the promise made so long ago in far shores of the blue lakes of Palestine, or on ofl" Capharnum "he that eateth My flesh the busy streets of Jerusalem, restoring and drinketh My blood shall live forever, sight to the blind—^liearing to the deaf— and I Avill raise him up on the last day." speech to the dumb, and life to the dead In a word may the epitaph of the first —Jesus of the upper room—Jesus of Cal­ converts to Christianity as written by St. vary, and the Jesus of the first Easter will Luke be the epitaph of this class of '27— come on the wings of the morning to be "they were persevering in the doctrine of present in your midst, to assist at your the Apostles, and in the communication of graduation. Look at Him as He is raised the breaking of bread, and in prayer." on high at the Elevation—let your faith in His words, in His promise and fulfillment tear aside the flimsy veil that hides Him N. D. IN PARIS from you. Greet Him •with the whole heart, It was too bad that Morrie Starrett submission and love of the Apostle Thomas couldn't have been at Commencement to see "My Lord and My God." When He walked the peppy gang that was fighting the war this earth His divinity was hidden under over again in the campus trenches, using the garb of humanity, now both are con­ gas for the most part. But he Avill prob­ cealed under a poor, meaner form, that of ably see a lot of them in Paris in Septem­ bread, but It is the same Jesus of Bethle­ ber at the Legion Convention. hem, of Nazareth, of Capharmira and Jeru­ A Paris rendezvous has been Morrie's salem. ambition ever since the Paris convention was announced. Notre Dame had plenty of Speak to Him—tell Him in the sincere men over there in 1917 and it stands to honesty of your heart that as you leave reason that Notre Dame is going to have this University of sweet and hallowed many men over there in 1927. memory, as you play your part on the stage One of the boys who went over liked it of life, you will not allow your feet to be so well that he's still over there. He came clogged with the clay of earth, or your eye back for a visit not long ago and promised to be blinded by the light of man's day, to do whatever he could to see that the your ear to be dulled to His voice—aye, Notre Dame Club of Paris takes care of its tell Him that you will never allow the visiting "members" at the Legion Conven­ glittering pomp of the world's show to de­ tion. The resident representative is Louis ceive you—^tell Him you will not forge i "Pat" Harl, 38 Rue du Louvi-e, Paris, who Him ever in your eager pursuit of wealth, is holding down a good job with the Paris or honor or pleasure—^tell Him you vnl] edition of the N. Y. Herald-Tribune and stay close to Him, you will visit Him< Nay with the U. F. more—you will eat of His flesh and drink With Morrie Starret on this side of the of His blood so frequently that in the water, and Pat on the other, there isn't any Avords of St. Paul "you yourself will no lon­ reason why the old gang can't get going ger live but Jesus Christ within you." Then and stay going until they finish the 1927 and only then will the fifth act in the great campaign over there. 302 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS Eighty "Third Annual Commencement

UNE 3, 4 and 5 marked the eighty- The St. Joseph Valley Alumni Club spon­ third year that the University of Notre sored the annual Commencement Dance. It Dame has set its stamp of approval on was held this year at the Palais Royale J and two hundred couples enjoyed the splen­ those sons who have followed its preceptS; and has sent them into the world equipped did program the Club had prepared. The to meet its problems. The observance of Class of 1922 held its Fifth Reunion ban­ the anniversary was in accord ^\^th the quet at the Oliver on Friday night to marvelous changes that have taken place. round out the biggest Friday program that If only the venerable Pere Sorin, as he present Commencement arrangements have sent forth the first handful of loyal Notre produced. Dame men, could have foreseen this day SATURDAY, JUNE 4. when three hundred and eighty-four de­ Saturday's Children certainly had to grees were awarded by the various col­ work hard this time—to get in all the leges of the great Univei-stiy that has events on the program. Rev. M. L. Moriar- spmng from the little college by the lake! ty celebi"ated a solemn Mass at eight o'clock Things began to hum early. Howard for Notre Dame's dead, particularly those Parker, '17, Sacramento, Califoi-nia, was who gave their lives in the Great War. At the first official arrival, coming in Wednes­ nine-thirty the Senioi-s paid their last visit day night, and from his advent until late to Sacred Heart Church and held the Class Sunday night the campus echoed to the Day exercises immediately following in tread of many familiar feet. John C. Dun- Washington Hall. The Alumni Luncheon in lap, '65, the oldest living alumnus, was the Senior refectory wound up a busy present for all of the activities. The Class morning. of '17, with twenty live members on the THE ALUMNI-VARSITY GAJIE. job, celebrated its War Reunion with 24- Lunch hadn't nicely settled before Coach hour sessions every day. Nine of the elev­ Vincent Mooney, C.S.C., sent out the call en journalists of that year were back, led for his ball club to meet Tommy Mills' by "Duke" Riley, Class Secretary, who youngsters. A seasoned team responded. came out from Boston for the event. Frank Some of them needed fewer seasons, but Blasius assembled almost fifty of his '22 they matched wits with the varsity, if not gang, and some of them insisted that their bats. Father Moriarty and Father Mooney, days were more than the usual twenty-four President Dan O'Connor, Ray Burns and hours. Harry Geoghegan, Mike Donahoe, Norm Friday, the Alumni Office opened its reg­ Barry and Slim Walsh, led the attack on istration quarters on the first floor. The o.'R- the varsity. Umpire Harry Stuhldreher had cial program opened with a fine concert by his hands full with the brilliant brand of Joe Casasanta's University Band on Friday ball. Coach Mooney's seven cardinal points evening. At eight o'clock early arrivals of offense and defense puzzled the varsity were given both a treat and a surprise so that even with a substantial lead they when the University Theatre presented protested Umpire Stuhldreher's decisions so two one-act plays and a series of dramatic vehemently that the game was forfeited to readings in Washington Hall. The talent Coach Mooney's outfit in the ninth. in authorship, acting and production was The Alumni game was followed by a a revelation to those who have followed Varsity-St. Viators clash, which the visi­ Notre Dame dramatics for years. The Uni­ tors took. versity Theatre deserves much praise and THE BANQUET the men behind it have given Notre Dame one of the finest extra-curricular activities One of the finest banquets ever set bo- at the school. Its popularity was reflected fore an Alumni group (and this limitation in the comments of the alumni who at­ does the chef an injustice) greeted more tended the perfoi-mance. than four hundred alumni Saturday night. THE NOTBG DAME ALUMNUS 303 From a strawberry cocktail, through Indi­ out the country have had the opportonity* ana Chicken au Maitre de Notre Dame, to of hearing the Glee Club on its extensive cigars, the banquet was given undivided tours, and through the records it has made attention. for the Victor company. Two new rec­ Toastmaster O'Connor introduced Very ords have just been completed for the Rev. M. J. Walsh, C.S.C, '03, as the first Brunswick company, and the Club ap­ speaker and the popular President out­ peared June 9 at the annual Brunswick lined in a most interesting talk his recent convention with their notable Brunswick experiences in Europe. Very Rev. George artists. The concert, June 4, was a tribute Finnigan, C.S.C, '10, former Provincial, to the ability of the organization and of Bishop-elect of Helena, Mont., was the ne.xt Joseph Cassasanta, '23, its director. The speaker and gave a most inspirational talk orchestra program and the special num­ on the i-elation of an alumnus of Notre bers by the Glee Club quartet, Cecil Alex­ Dame to the University and the difference ander, violinist, and Anthony Kopecky, in actually leaving Notre Dame from re­ tenor, completed the concert program most maining in its service as he had done until successfully. During the banquet of the his selection as Bishop of Helena. alumni, other Commencement visitors were Frank E. Bering, '98, '02, was the prin­ entertained by the Studebaker Band cipal speaker of the evening and delivered through the courtesy of the Studebaker an address on "Patriotism" that sank deep Corporation. into the minds and hearts of his interested listeners. Mr. Hei'ing's abilities, both as a SUNDAY, JUNE 5. writer and an orator, were evident in the Sunday, for the Alumni of 1927 at least, compact beauty and force of his talk. Mr. was the big day. Marshal William Benite Hering has played a prominent part in directed the record-size academic proces­ many national movements. Mother's Day sion from the Main Building to Sacred being credited to his efforts and much of Heart Church. There Bishop Gannon, of the success of the old age pension laws. Ei-ie, Pa., celebrated the solemn pontifical He is a power wherever able public opinoni Mass, and the graduates and visitors list­ is wanted and his voice, through the ened to the beautiful Baccalaureate sermon Eagles' Magazine, has carried many inspir­ delivered by Very Rev. William A. Scullen, ing messages. His audience on Satui-day D.D., LL.D., of Cleveland, which is printed night learned the reason for this power. in full in this issue of THE ALUMNUS. Toastmaster O'Connor introduced a num­ The procession and raising of the Senior ber of the prominent guests of the even­ flag followed the Mass, one of the impres­ ing, Very Rev. William A. ScuUen of sive ceremonies that has become aih integ^ral Cleveland, A. R. Erskine, president of the part of Commencement. Board of Lay Trustees, John C. Dunlap, MONOGRAM DINNER '65, the oldest living alumnus, who made, Sunday noon in the old Carroll refectory he stated, the third speech of his long life, sixty monogram men of yesterday and to­ and others. The introductions were followed day assembled for an enjoyable hour of by appropriate responses from representa­ reminiscences that included some of the tives of the Reunion Classes. These speak­ gi-eatest of the Notre Dame traditions and ers included Frank Blasius, Jr., '22; John most brilliant episodes of Notre Dame his- U. Riley, '17; John B. Murphy, '12; Very toi-y. Byi-on V. Kanaley acted as toast- Rev. P. J. Carroll, C.S.C, '11; Rev. M. L. master and introduced many of the men Moriarty, '10; John B. Kanaley, '09; Peter whose glory has added lustre to the already F. McElligott, '02; Michael Donahue, '93; lustrous history of the University. The Dudley Shively, '92; and Thomas J. Mc- dinner was arranged by the Monogram Keon, '90. Splendid music by Jack Carr's Club of Notre Dame as a tribute to the K. of C. Collegians furnished a popular many monogram alumni who came back. feature of the program. THE ANNUAL MEETING Following the banquet the University At two o'clock Sunday afternoon the Glee Club and Orchestra gave a concert Annual Meeting was called to order in in Washington Hall. Many alumni through- Washington Hall. The graduating class 304 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS •were present from the opening, a depart­ Rt. Rev. Msgr. James H. Black, Port­ ure from the former custom of bringing land, Ore. them in after the meeting had begun. The Wm. Anthony McGuire, New York City. spirit at the meeting was excellent. The Frank CoUopy, Chicago, 111. usual reading of reports by the Secretary Dr. F. J. O'Donnell, Alpena, Mich. and Treasurer showed much done during Frank Kelly, Notre Dame, Ind. the past year both in activities and in Joseph Peurrung, Cincinnati, Ohio. finances. But the reports also showed the L. V. Du Bois, Cincinnati, O. necessity for continuing both phases with even more concentrated effort. The report THE LAY FACULTY FUND. of the Secretary will follow this article. Byron V. Kanaley was the sponsor of The Treasurer's report from June 1, 1926, the most significant single activity that to June 1, 1927, showed total receipts the Association has undertaken. Upon mo­ of $7281.49, with total expenditures of tion of Mr. Kanaley the Association voted $6884.54, leaving a cash balance of $396.95. to award an annual prize of five hundred Unpaid bills, however, of late incurring, dollars to the member of the Lay Faculty practically resulted in the Association of the University who shall have per- treasury breaking even. The more healthful foi-med the most meritorious service during condition of the exchequer was made pos­ the year. The prize is to be financad by a sible this year by an increase in payment permanent fund of $10,000 and the com­ of dues, contributions to the Alumni Fund, mittee, headed by Mr. Kanaley, has al­ and particularly the generosity of the Lo­ ready received approximately $3,500. A cal Clubs of Chicago and New Jersey. But committee of twenty alumni at the Meet­ to put in a word where it may be empha­ ing volunteered to underwrite any deficit sized, while this generosity has been com­ that may occur within the next five years mendable and a decided improvement, the so that the new plan will not affect the coming year will have to see it increased if the Association is to carry on its de­ finances of the Association until such a velopments and -wind up at the next An­ time as, Deo volente, they will be in a nual Meeting ^vith its feet on the ground. position to be affected. As far as is known, Notre Dame is the The list of deceased alumni since last first school whose Alumni have recognized June was read and included fourteen mem­ officially the scholastic activities of the fac­ bers of the Association whose deaths have ulty, and the Alimini Association's Annual been listed in THE ALUMNUS from time L=y Facu'ty Found ticn Awa d is a dis­ to time. T^e Board of Directors presented tinct contribution to American educational a selected list of names for election to and alumni activities. membership in the Association and these were elected by the Meeting as follows: THE ELECTIONS Frank T. Fitzsimmons, Chicago, 111. To avoid unnecessary delay in the meet­ Thomas C. Kelley, Mansfield, Ohio. ing. President Dan O'Connor appointed Wm. A. Daunt, New York City. Mark Duncan, Walter Clements and Jesse Eev. Julian Doktos, Gary, Ind. Roth as tellers and they began a half- Harry Geohegan, Gary, Ind. hour before the regular Meeting counting Raymond J. Burns, Pittsburgh, Penna. the ballots that were in. Result3 of the Arthur J. Lea Mond, New York City. election appear in the list of officers at the Elmer J. Brengartner, Reading, Penna. opening of this issue. A motion was Erie Hawxhurst, Chicago, 111. passed by the Meeting by which the retir­ Hari-y Clairborne, Nashville, Tenn. ing President becomes a member of. th:; Charles J. Hallman, Minneapolis, Minn. Board for one year. This motion auto­ Geo. B. Reinhard, Jr., Kansas City, Mo. matically placed Daniel J. O'Connor on the Frank Ward O'Malley, Brielle, N. J. Board and George M. M?ypole was thereby George A. Billingsley, Memphis, Tenn. made the new four-year Director. Joseph J. Haley, Des Plaines, 111. The business of the meeting was con­ Wm. N. Bergan, South Bend, Ind. ducted this year with crnsidei-able dispatch, George Halpin, Lapeer, Mich. and was over in time to pevmit the Seniors THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 305 to prepare for the awarding of the degrees tor of Studies, as the Deans of the Col­ which followed. leges read the lists of successful candi­ dates. The largest class in the history of THE AWARDING OF DEGREES the University received the final stamp of To at least three hundred and seventy- approval of the University and the Eighty- five readers of this issue Commencement third Annual Commencement was oflScially began at five o'clock Sunday afternoon. over. The new gymnasium provided an excellent Those of you who weren't here this year, setting for the event. Under the direction come next. of Kev. E. Vincent Mooney, C.S.C, flags, Those of you who were here this year, pennants and flowers were distributed with come back. beautiful effect throughout the spacious floor and galleries. Seating arrangements 1927-8 OFFICERS were almost ideal, and, while the weather Edward L. Maurus, '93, Honoi-anj President this year was pei-versely nice, the gymna­ .John P. Murphy, '12, President sium offered protection had it been neces- James F. O'Bi-ien, '13, Vice-President sai-y. James E. Armstrong, '25, Secretary Hon. Alfred J. Talley of New York City, Walter Duncan, '12, Treasurer delivered the brilliant address to the grad­ Edwin C. McHugh, 13, Director uates which is printed in full in this issue. Joseph M. Haley, '99, Director The diplomas were handed out by the Very Alfred C. Ryan, '20, Director Rev. President M. J. Walsh, G.S.C., and George M. Maypole, '03, Director Rev. Matthew Schumacher, C.S.C, Direc­ Daniel J. O'Connor, '05, Director (ex officio)

Secretary's Annual Report—1927 WISH to acknowledge first of all the I hope that the following brief outline of splendid cooperation which has made pos­ the year's activities -will show that the 1sible whatever of merit is to be found in Alumni Association of the University of the following report. The Alumni Board Notre Dame is beginning to realize the members have been outstanding in the loy­ many possibilities that alumni activities alty which they have shown in their work have opened up to it. and in the excellent ideas which they have Contact with the members, the foimda- contributed to the welfare and success of tion of a successful Association,. has de­ the Association. President Dan O'Connor's veloped much this year. Ten issues of The work during the year has been of inesti­ Alumnus, class letters, a growing volume mable value to the Association. Walter of individual correspondence, regular bills Duncan has been a most capable under­ for dues, and the several letters in con­ study of the retired treasurer. The local nection with the Alumni Fxmd, have club officers have responded actively and brought the Alumni Office into frequent ^villingly to the various demands made contact ^^ith the members. The Secretary upon them, and what has even been more has had the pleasure of visiting several gratifying, have showm a remarkable ini­ Clubs and has met many Alumni at Notre tiative in furthering the work, of the Clubs. Dame; contacts are essential and the Sec­ The Class Secretaries have, for the most retary hopes that this year's develop­ part, done all that they could to promote ments are but a start. class interest, and the Secretaries of. the The result of the increased activity of 1927 Reunion Classes desei-ve particular the Ofiice has been increased activity of mention. And from the membership at the members. In the field which counts large there has been a response that has most, annual dues, there was a forty per been both a reward and an inspiration to cent increase in the payment between June, the Secretary. With the cooperation that all 1926, and June, 1927, over the preceding of these agencies have shown, it would be year. Regular monthly billing of members unreasonable not to realize progress, and (sometimes after they were paid) was 306 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS largely responsible for the increase. The A significant feature of Alumni work Association also sponsored this year the has just been definitely begun by the Asso­ Alumni Fund idea, to cover the annual defi­ ciation—the work of aiding members to cit in the dues. The details of both dues place themselves in advantageous positions and the Fund vnll be contained in the re­ and to realize all possible opportunities. port of the Treasurer. The issuing of mem­ The task is a large one and will take time bership cards to paid-up members was in­ to develop, and the Office asks the pa­ augurated this year. tience and the cooperation of the members To conduct the increased business of the in the early stages of what is potentially Alumni OfBce the Alumni Boai'd at its No­ one of the greatest services the Associa­ vember meeting voted to hire an assistant tion can develop. The Secretary made a in the Office and a girl has been employed careful study of this work in a number of since that time with results vei-y satisfac­ other schools and industries, and with the torily noticeable from the OfBce viewpoint. very valuable aid of President Dan O'Con­ The Local Clubs have developed in re­ nor prepared the forms that have been in­ markable fashion during the year. Inten­ troduced for Notre Dame use. sively the activities of the existing Clubs The Alunrni Office has worked with the have left the limited social and irregular University this year toward the securing realm of the pioneer organizations and of moving picture facilities. A number of have assumed the serious and comprehen­ films were collected and used by several sive scope that has become the function of Local Clubs. They proved to be popular the Alumni of the leading colleges and uni­ and this feature of Alumni activity will be versities. Notre Dame's Clubs have been developed as rapidly as circumstances per­ outstanding, even among the larger and mit. It is hoped that several new reels will non-Catholic schools. There is a gratifying be available in the Fall for Club use. indication that this development is sound Universal Notre Dame Night this year and will continue. Five new Clubs were or­ was again very successful and was marked ganized within the past year', bringing the by a new scope in the various programs total to forty-six. And there is the prospect which proved conclusively that the Clubs that a minimum of seven new Clubs will are not only on their way but have ar­ be organized before next June. rived. Plans are always being considered The Classes, it is hoped, will derive new by the Board and by the Office for improv­ life from the Dix Plan of Class Eeunions, ing the Night progi-ams. inaugurated this year by a decision of the Alumni Board. The plan has been ex­ Prospects for the next year include, plained in THE ALUMNUS and, briefly, is briefly, the publication of a new Alumni designed to improve the Eeunion program Directory; organization of a number of of Notre Dame over the foi-mer five-year new Local Clubs; improvement of THE system. Its fundamental principle is the ALUMNUS; development of the Employment reuniting of men who were blended to­ Service; development of the Moving Pict­ gether during several years, rather than ure Sei^vice; rejuvenation of Class activi­ the Classes that were isolated from each ties; increased development of Club pro­ other under the five-year plan. New pro­ grams; development of the Alumni Office grams for the Class Secretax-ies vnW be to take adequate care of its new and grow­ planned by the Office during the summer to ing functions. greet the opening number of THE ALUM­ Commencement this year is an excellent NUS in September. example of the fine spirit of cooperation THE ALUMNUS was brought from a down the University has shown this year in the town printer to the AVE MARIA Press, be­ development of the Association activities. ginning with the January, 1927, issue. Re­ The progi-am also reflects the work of the sults seem to have justified- the move. With Alumni Board during the past year. the development of the other phases of the The Alumni Board has met four times Association, the Secretary is working con­ during the past year at a sacrifice of time stantly on the improvement of THE ALUM­ and money for the officers and directors. A NUS to keep pace mth and to organize meeting was held last August in Chicago; this development. another was held at Homecoming time at THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 307 Notre Dame; another was held in Chicago N. Y. HONORS WILLIAMS on February 14 and the fourth was held On Wednesday, May 25th, the New York Friday, June 3. All of these meetings have Club tendered 'Cy" Williams a testiraonial considered at length the problems of the beefsteak dinner at the National Demo­ Association and have resulted in outlining cratic Club, Madison Avenue and 37th courses of action that have solved many Street. The leading home-run hitter of the of them. National League was deeply pleased by this The Alumni Secretary has .represented lecognition of the splendid work he ha3 the Association several times during the done for the last 13 years in the "Big year at various gatherings. I attended the Time." The New York Club was glad of National Catholic Alumni Federation con­ the opportumty to do this honor to one of vention in Philadelphia on Nov. 13. Notre the loyal sons of Notre Dame—^in fact it Dame is one of the leaders in this Catholic was felt that it was long overdue. Alumni movement. I attended the annual The President of the Club, John T. Balfe, convention of the American Alumni Coun­ started the speech-making by reading con­ cil, formerly the Association of Alumni gratulatory telegrams from the President Secretaries and Alumni Magazines Asso­ of the University, Rev. Matthew J. Walsh, ciated, at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on and the Athletic Director, Knute Rockne. April 28, 29 and 30, and had the privilege The toastmaster of the evening, Frank Wal­ of reading a paper there upon Club and lace, of the New York Evening Post, was Alumni Scholarships. I attended the an­ then introduced and he read the telegrams nual election and dinner of the Chicago from "Babe" Ruth; "Stuify" Mclnnis, Club on February 14 and the Universal Manager of the Philadelphia National Noti-e Dame Night meeting of the India­ League baseball team; John McGraw, Man­ napolis Club on April 21. ager of the New York Giants; Wilbert These activities, outlined as briefly as Robinson, President and Manager of the clarity permits, cover the high spots of the Brooklyn National Baseball team; Jacob past year. Tlie innumerable details of the Ruppert, President of the Yankees and Secretary's office do not appear. But they sevex'al other telegrams made a complete form an important part of the year's eulogy of the guest of the evening. work and are gladly carried out as they arise. Mr. Fred Lieb, one of the leading base­ I wish to thank the Association and its ball -vvriters, told about "'Cy" and his career officers once again for the generous re­ in the big leagues. Joe B3rme told about sponses that have met my every request. I "Cy" at Notre Dame and mentioned other consider the past year a success in its de­ famous baseball players who at one time velopments, but only another stepping-stone wore the Gold and Blue. Bill Cotter, Cy's in the constant development that must first Manager, gave an insight of the man, continue if Notre Dame is to maintain the Fred "Cy" Williams, and in the name of place in Catholic and non-Catholic Alumni the Club presented the honored guest with activities that is now hers. a cartoon of himself,—autographed by the 57 club members who were present—to­ JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, gether with a very handsome traveling set. Alumni Secretary. Hugh O'Donnell and Father McNamara contributed very inspirationally to the NEW HEATING SYSTEM panegyric—and as only they can. Joe The new heating system, installed to Gargon and "Red" Sullivan alternated in meet the demands of the new buildings on leading the cheers and songs. the west campus at a cost of more than a After Cy's splendid talk the toastmaster hundred thousand dollars, is nearing com­ nulled a surprise and for the next hour the pletion. The tunnel, for which trenches fellows were entertained by having Babe had been dug just before Commencement, Ruth's latest picture "BABE COMES is built, and the trenches have been refilled HOME" thrown on the screen. and the campus landscape is returning to Much of the success was due to Lou the status quo ante bellum. Doyle, Ed. Tighe and Frank Wallace. 308 THE NOTBE DAME ALUMNUS

President's Message By John P. Murphy, '12

ARGUMENT There is no individual more loyal to his alma mater than a Notre Dame man. To argue othenvise would be to say that "Notre Dame Spirit" is a myth or a catch phrase. That the loyalty of the individual of Notre Dame permits of amalgamation or association has been proven by our undergraduate body on several occasions. Time and time again our boys have been inspii-ed by this generated spirit, to the accomplishment of that which normally they were not capable. Therefore, it behooves the men of Notre Dame to be organized in a real, active and accomplishing Alumni Association.

FACTS You have made me President of the Alumni Association for the coming year. Therefore, it is my job to see that we have an active and occomplishing Alumni As­ sociation. And I don't believe I have a hard task ahead of me either, despite the- fact that at present we are "in the hole" financially. But up to now we have been growing. Howevei-, I contend it is high time we have had sufficient growth to get down to real work—and we are going to.

ORGANIZATION I am blessed with a splendid working force. I have an enthusiastic Board of Directors which has functioned and I know will continue to function. . I have a Treas­ urer of A\^om any organization would be proud. I have a Secretary who is enthus­ iastic and willing. And most important, I have a group of loyal alumni behind me upon whom I am confident I can depend.

PROGRAM All I need now is a program of accomplishment for the year, and here it plus whatever else can be added to it by your suggestions:

1. Make good the present financial deficit. 2. Create an effective bureau of emplojmient for Notre Dame gi-aduates and students. 3. Make a survey of the needs of the several colleges of the University and report the results of this survey to the alumni generally, particularly at our next annual meeting. 4. Make our monthly Alumnus a bigger, better, more intimate and more thoroughly read magazine. 5. Create a publicity bureau in order that the work and accomplish­ ments of Notre Dame's President, Faculty and Lay Board of Trustees may be better known and appreciated. THE NOTRE DAJIE ALUMNUS 309

6. Garry on the good work already done in establishing local clubs and scholarships. / 7. Last, but by no means least, hold an Alumni Seunion next Com­ mencement time that will make a record for all time.

NEEDS To complete this program, all I need is the help of every alumnus. For example, if every alumnus pays his annual dues we could undoubtedly pay off the Association's deficit and meet this year's expense. BUDGET I have asked Walter Duncan, our Treasurer, to prepare a budget setting forth our bare expense for the coming year, and here it is:

Secretary's salary |2,500.00 Stenographer's salary 1,000.00 Mailing expense 700.00 Publishing Alumnus 3,500.0(i Stationery, Printing, etc. 500.00 Miscellaneous 500.00

Total $8,700.00

APPEAL Among the alumni of Notre Dame there are an especial few loyal sons who are always ready and willing to do more than just their ordinary share. To you real, fair and bad-weather friends I make my special appeal—send along your year's con­ tribution to the alumni Secretary—and make it more than the ordinary $5.00 fee which even the graduate whose income is smaller than his outgo is expected to con­ tribute. Remember, Notre Dame knows her friends, and her friends know Notre Dame. PROMISE I promise you great effort on the part of the administration, and with your financial support and co-operation I will assure you of a successful year. Sincerely yours, (Sig.) JOHN P. MURPHY 310 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS

ATHLETICS J. p. McNAMARA

• • • • • • • • •> BASEBALL Notre Dame's athletic year wound up 1927 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE with what most schools would call success. {« ••• The trouble ^vith Notre Dame in athletics • Oct. 1—Coe College at Notre Dame •> of late has been that Victory has become • Oct. 8—Univ. of Detroit at Detroit. • as familiar a figure oh the campus as • Oct. 15—^Naval Academy at Baltimore <• Brother Leopold or Pat of the Law School • Oct. 22-^Indiana Univ. atBloomington •> Mike in the natatorium, or Brother Hilar- • Oct. 29—Georgia Tech at Notre Dame •> ion. And a few games dropped result in • Nov. 5—^Univ. of Minnesota at Notre *'* a similar dropping of discussion of what­ • Dame. •> ever success may be interspersed. • Nov. 12—Army at New York City ''* Hence Coach Tommy Mills baseball team • Nov. 19—Drake Univ. at Des Moines <• sailed along through a season marked by • Nov. 26—Univ. of Southern California • some very real significant victories that • at Chicago. •> placed Notre Dame rather definitely in the <• • Big Time of collegiate baseball, and placed • • • • • • • •> <• • • •!• <• •!• • •!• •?• ••• Capt. "Red" Richard Smith with the New York Giants before the local season had SEASON TICKETS! come to a close. The Athletic Association is again offer­ All of Notre Dame's games this year ing a season ticket to all home games on were well fought and the men responded this year's football schedule. The Souths well to Coach Mills training. The pitching em California game, to be played at Sol­ staff was exceptionally good with Besten, diers Field, Chicago, is considered a home Walsh, Eonay, Jachym, Abrott and Rust game and the season ticket will include ci'owding the box during the season. this game. Champ Vaughan made a capable under­ Last year many took advantage of the study for Capt. Red Smith and stepped into season ticket offer because the" best seats the receivership when the Big Leagues in the West stands are reserved for season lured the lea.der. Colerick at first base ticket holders, and the holder has the same was one of the outstanding stars developed seat for every game. Tliis year an even during the season. greater demand for season tickets is antici­ pated because the schedule includes games JUNE ORDINATIONS with Minnesota and Southern California. The same preferred position will be given The following seminarians will be or­ season ticket holders at Soldiers Field, Chi­ dained to the priesthood in Sacred Heart cago, as the holder has on Cai-tier Field. Church on Friday, Jime 24, 1927, having Notre Dame.j completed their courses in Washington: Applications are being accepted now. Joseph McAllister, '23. Make your application at once for season Raymond Murch, '23. tickets if you want to be included in this Leo Richard Ward, '23. preferred section. Season tickets sell for Joseph Muckenthaler, '23. ten dollars each. Make your check payable Joseph Brannigan, '23. to J. ARTHUR HALEY, BUSINESS MAN­ Casimir Witucki, '23. AGER OF ATHLETICS, and mail to the Norman De Grace, '23. Football Tickets Committee, Notre Dame, Walter Conway, '23. Indiana. Francis Cavanaugh, o.s. 10-13-E. '26. This offer expires September 1, 1927. Leo Lewis Ward, '20. THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 311 My Mediterranean Trip BY HUGH A. O'DONNELL, '54. the Neiv York Times. (Editor's Note: The interest of the many Taormina is unforgettable. It is beauti­ fi'iends of Hugh A. O'Donnell, fonner pres­ ful. The people are unspoiled. Men and wo­ ident' of the Association, in both the author and his activities is so great and so con­ men are childlike in their innocence and stant that when the Editor heard that Mr. are delightfully responsive to a smile of a O'Donnell was making a Mediterranean stranger. It is at the crest of a low moun­ cruise he immediately imposed upon Mr. tain but looks out upon the snow-capped O'Donnell the task of reporting it. The following article in Mr. O'Donnells' inter­ Etna with its slightly smoking crater— esting style and containing such interest­ inspiring! One feels close to God in a ing material is but another evidence of the place like that. There is sublime poetry in generous response that always meets a re­ the concrete. quest from the Association.) My Mediterranean trip was done on the Considering one is in Sicily, it is rather run. It took merely six weeks. Yet I was ultra-modern to go by night train from rewarded with a number of thrills. After Taoi-mina, and shoot through the darkness stopping at Ponta Delgada in the Azores, to Messina where sleeper and all are loaded drinking the Madiera at Funchal, and mix­ on.floats and carried across the straits of ing with the turbaned Mohammedans in mythological Charon and Charybides to Algiers, I left the cruiser at Palermo. Eeggio and on to Naples without a stop. Sicily is a veritable Paradise. On previous I lounged in Naples a dozen days. Sev­ voyages I stopped at Catania and Messina. enth heaven. The American representative I visited the latter immediately after the of Mussolini, Count Eevel, gave me a let­ earthquake that shook it to its foundations ter to Duke Alfreddi, a cousin of the King. and made debris of one of Europe's most He is the right hand of Mussolini. I scarce­ interesting to-\vns. But tliis was the lirst ly realized the value of the introduction time I had seen Palermo. No people are until too late, for I did not go to Eome. more maligned than Sicilians. They are too My Neapolitan friends told me I was in­ often characterized as members of the sane not to present the letter for I would "Black Hand," and creatures of the Ven­ have met Mussolini and been given a po­ detta. When it is recalled that the island lice escort with "right of way," free of has experienced seventeen dominations, we cost, to any and everywhere. I was satis­ realize that! the people are of no one caste, fied to worship Mussolini afar. He is the but rather a composite of strength and political redeemer of the nation. One can beauty. scarcely believe that a single man could ac­ complish so much in such a short time. I had my first real thrill at Syracuse, Everyone works. Money circulates. People made famous by Archimedes. I remem­ are happy. The beggars are gone. He has bered too that Cicero had a summer home no opposition. The old privileged minority thore. I enjoyed the sensation of mtness- who enjoyed questionable prequisites silent­ ing a play by Euripides in the age old ly oppose his system but not Mussolini Greek theatre acted by a group of excellent himself. Admiration of his ability met with Italian players. Oyer ten thousand people unanimity long ago. He is an American in were present. The performance may have efficiency, a master of detail with a trJj- lacked the finesse which I am told was dis­ mendous sense of justice. He believes in a tinctive of "Electra," recently produced at principle which he wishes to establish by a the New York Metropolitan Opera House system that will last. And he is unselfish. by the recent winner of the Laetare Medal, Some professionals, especially the literati, Margaret Anglin; nevertheless, I was in feel they have D'Annunzio in case anything touch with Euripides and the classic tragic should happen to Mussolini. D'An­ Greeks as I listened to the wonderful lines nunzio may be a soldier, orator, a poet so well delivered. The acoustics were per­ sufficient to fill any dramatic third-act fect although the theatre is very much scene, but he is not practical enough for in the open and the audience can listen the toga of the Duce. With all his sense of while gazing at the sapphire Mediterra­ nean. 312 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS business, Mussolini has an Italian appre­ around the place and a bell at the gate in­ ciation of art. As a gift of the govern­ stead of a knocker. An old man serving ment he recently ordered 50,000 lire sent as a porter seemed histrionic and the Ital­ to Gemito, the greatest li%dng Italian ian garden was realistic to the extreme. A sculptor, probably the best ai-t critic on Marshall Neil rosebud was promptly earth, despite his eighty years of age. plucked to be my boutonniere. We wand­ The music of Nerone at the world- ered through the spacious rooms gazing at famous San Carlo Opera House tickled my mural masterpieces by Eaphael's pupiis; ears. The extravagant production astounded one by Eaphael himself. Through the win­ my American eyes. I had no idea that dow beyond the charming sunny plain, Italians ^Yere so modern in this regard. loaded mth vegetation and color, were the The audience was as interesting as the mountains where Spartacus and his follow­ opei-a for the Italain audience has ways ers hid during their revolt against Rome. of its own. The orchestra was enthusias­ Imagine my delight and dismay when the tically applauded; deservedly so. That promised present turned out to be a set of matinee was the cocktail of that-day. Sixteenth Century dishes. I live like a bachelor. Capua is far from New York. To Which reminds me, there the wines are go through the Customs in both countries wines. Pro^'inces vie with each other in de- and carry a bunch of fragile dishwaru liciousness. Falei-no and Capri wines were across the seas is no easy feat. My secre­ preferable. But the most memorable drink tary admits that when I walked down the I had was at Santa Maria Capua Vettere gangplank with this prized gift, trusted to where I was the guest of honor at a dinner no one else, I appeared as though I be­ that was really a banquet. My host was longed to the steerage rather than to the Captain of six thousand Carabinieri. Cabin 61, top deck, porthole and bath. He dined and wined with me in lieu of his brother, who is a distinguished New York physician. Out of a cellar he dug some bottles from which the dust had to be THE LAETARE AWARD pared in order to reach the cork. My big Margaret Anglin, the actress, received toe wai-med and the thrill mounted though the Laetare Medal of Notre Dame Uni­ it never quite reached my brain. versity May 26th from Cardinal Hayes, What did reach there was the glorious Archbishop of New York, in his residence fact that I was di'inking my wine out of at 452 Madison Avenue. She is the first a gold and silver chalice made by Cellini American actress to receive this medal, for a Cardinal who belonged to the family which is given annually to a distinguished of my host and who came within a vote member of the American Catholic laity. of being elected Pope. Before going abroad The Eev. Father P. J. Carroll, vice-presi­ I had just finished reading the autobiogi-a- dent of the University of Notre Dame, in phy of Cellini and I had seen a play with an address, said that the medal was given him as the hero in New York, a season to Miss Anglin for the ability, beauty and ago. And so, this occasion proved to be my virtue she had sho^\^^ in the portrayal of thrill of thrills. her stage parts. He complimented the After the dinner I was the guest at the actress on her ideals, saying that it was palace of a Duke in the suburbs of this more admirable to wave aside the praise town, near the' mins of an amphitheatj-e of the hour for the comfort that came wherein was fought many a battle by that from an approving conscience. chief who "for twelve long years met upon the arena every shape of man or beast the Among the guests present were Joseph broad Empire of Eome could furnish and V. McKee, President of the Board of Alder­ who never yet lowered his arm,"—Sparta- men; Hugh O'Donnell, Judge Morgan, J. cus! The Duke had promised to surprise O'Brien, Frank McGlynn, Elizabeth Mar- me with a rare gift. And so, I leaped into bury and Pedro de Cordoba. Miss Anglin his carriage. Visiting his home was like said she considered the honor of receiving a chapter from one of the novels of F. the medal was an incentive to preserve Marion Crawford. There was a great wall high ideals on the American stage. THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 313

Alumnus of 1910 Becomes Bishop

HE ALUMNUS takes great pride in tre Dame in 1910. He began his Philoso­ recording one of the greatest honors phical studies in Gregorianum University at T that the Holy See has ever bestowed Rome in 1910, and received the degree of upon the Holy Cross Order, upon Notre Doctor of Philosophy in 1912. He was or­ Dame, and upon an alumnus—the appoint­ dained in Rome in 1915. ment of the Very Reverend George Finni- At the outbreak of the war. Father Fin- - gan, C.S.C, formerly Provincial of the Holy nigan returned to the United States. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity at Lavelle University, Quebec, Canada, in 1916, and thereafter was assigned to the Holy Cross Mission Band with headquar­ ters at Notre Dame, Ind. Upon the en­ trance of the United States into the war, Father Finnigan became a chaplain with the 149th Field Artillery and the Second Division. He returned from France with the rank of captain. He has been very active ^vith the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars and has held office in the Notre Dame Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Upon his return from military service, Fathei' Finnigan was appointed superior of Holy Cross Seminary at Notre Dame. Dur­ ing his administration a new semiijary building was erected to accommodate 200 preparatory students. At the Provincial Chapter in 1924 he was elected vice-presi­ dent of Notre Dame. At the General Chap­ ter in 1926, he was elected Provincial of the United States Province of the Congregation BISHOP-ELECT GEORGE J. FINNIGAN, C.S.C. of the Holy Cross. The Diocese of Helena, which has a Cath­ Cross, United States Province, and a grad­ olic population of more than 41,000, em­ uate of the Class of 1910, as Bishop of the braces 51,922 square miles of territory. It Diocese of Helena, Montana. comprises the; western part of the State of Father Finnigan will become the third Montana and includes the counties of Lewis Ordinary of Helena. The See of Helena and Clark, Glacier, Pondera, • Flathead, has been vacant since the death of the Rt. Lake, Lincoln, Missoula, Mineral, Sanders Rev. John P. Carroll on November 4, 1925. Powell, Granite, Ravalli, Deer Lodge, Sil­ Msgr. Finnigan was born at Malone, N. ver Bow, Jefferson, Broadwater, Gallatin, Y., February 22, 1SS5. He received his ele­ Madison, Beaverhead, Meagher, Wheatland mentary and preparatory education at and parts of Golden Valley, Teton and Potsdam, N. Y. He entered Holy Cross Toole. Seminai-y at Notre Dame, Ind., in Septem­ The date of the consecration of Bishop- ber. 1902. He entered St. Joseph's Noviti­ Elect Finnigan has not been definitely es­ ate, Notre Dame, in July, 1905, and received tablished but will probably be late July or the degree of Bachelor of Literature at No­ August. 314 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS Very Rev. James Bums, Provincial HE appointment of Very Rev. George Catholic School System," and "Catholic Finnigan, C.S.C, '10, as Bishop oC Education—A Study of Conditions." He is THelena left a vacancy which, has been a contributor to Catholic magazines and most fortunately filled by the appointment has written several encyclopedia articles. of Very Eev. James A. Bums, C.S.C, '87, His merits as an educator have been re­ President Emeritus of Notre Dame. Father cognized by his appointment to the com­ Bums is one of the foremost educators of mission on faculty and student scholarships America, arid was at the head of the Notre of Association of American Colleges, and Dame expansion pro- • on Committees of the N. C. W. C- He was a gram begun in 1922. founder of the Catholic Educational Asso­ His character and ciation and has been a vice-president since ability have won the its beginning. admiration and af­ Father Bums was bom in Michigan City, fection of the mem­ Ind., Feb. 13, 1867. He studied at Notre bers of the Congre­ Dame and later taught theology at Sacred gation of Holy Cross, Heart College, Watertown, Wis. He was the alumni of No­ ordained to the priesthood in 1893 and be tre Dame, and the came shortly afterward a professor of sci­ many persons out­ ence at Notre Dame. He left Notre Dame side these walks for Holy Cross in Washington, D. C, where with whom Father he became a professor of moral theology Burns' many activi­ and later assumed the presidency. ties have brought him in contact. Father Bums has been very popular in Father Burns received an A.B. from No­ South Bend. He is a member of promi­ tre Dame in 1887 and added a Master's de­ nent civic organizations and a personal gree in 1894. In 1907 he received his Ph.D. friend of many of South Bend's leading from Catholic University and was recog­ men. He will be remembered by his class­ nized by Notre Dame in 1917 with an hon­ mates, among other attractive qualities, orary LL.D. Father Bums was president as a monogram member of the baseball of Holy Cross College, Brookland, from team, holding down the very difficult catch­ 1900 until 1919, and has been at Holy Cross er's berth with distinction. during the past year. The loss of Father Finnigan so soon after Several books have been wi-itten by his election to the Provincial ship has been Father Burns, including "Principles, Origin compensated by the deserved honor that his and Establishment of the Catholic School appointment has brought him and by the System," "Growth and Development of the ability of Father Burns as his successor. THl: ALUNNI

OBITUAKY prevented his practice of law and he enter­ PETER M. RAGAN, LL.B., '92, LL.M., ed politics, holding a number of positions '93, died at Maumee, Ohio, Sunday, May of importance and trust in his community. 22, according to word received by The He was highly regarded by all who knew, Alumnus. His death followed a short ill­ him. Mr. Ragan was a member of the ness which had not been considered critical Notre Dame Club of Toledo and of the To­ and was a great shock to his many friends. ledo Commerce Club. The Toledo News- Mr. Ragan was bom on the Ragan Farm, Bee, commenting editorially upon his death Maumee, in 1870. He was educated in the concludes: "He will be much missed and Maumee schools and at Notre Dame. Fail­ sincerely grieved, this quiet-spoken, kindly ing health for some years after graduation gentleman who did his utmost to live the THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 315 tolerant, helpful, upright life of a good in the fall to attend the wedding of JOHN American citizen." Mr. Ragan is a brother ANDREW ELLIOTT, '25, and Miss Vir­ of PAUL J. RAGAN, A.B. '97, LL.B. '00. ginia Baker. (Get George's connection —R. I. P. with this item straight, or therell be a lot MARRIAGES of desolation and explanation in Indian­ The epidemic seems to be on. And how apolis.) they are falling! Details were lacking in BOB HOWLAND, St. Louis, is to be mar­ almost all cases following, but the essen­ ried to Miss Irene Marco of South Bend on tial fact, the name of the stricken, will give Saturday, July 2nd. The success of the Cardinals and of "The Spirit of St. Louis" you the opportunity to run the details to seems to have permeated the ex-journalist, earth and send flowers, or what have you. but, as usual, the Editor is in the dark as JAMES E. MCCARTHY, Dean of the to details. College of Commerce, was married to Miss HAROLD FRANKLYN HALL and Kath- Dorothy Hoban, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ryne Griifin Walsh were married at the Frank J. Hoban of Chicago, on Wednesday, Church of the Immaculate Conception, June 8. Montclair, N. J., on Thursday, June 2. The HENRY DILLON, '26, who taught in the bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ College of Science during the past year, liam Francis Walsh of Montclair. was married' to Miss Mary Joyce in Colo­ THOMAS W. COMAN, JR., and Miss rado Springs, Colo., on Saturday, June 4th. Mary Jane Kuhn were married at St. Ber­ Mr. and Mrs. Dillon will return to South nard's Church, Crawfordsville, Ind. Mrs. Bend where the blushing groom will attend Coman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. summer school. A- Kuhn of Veedersburg, Ind., and a grad­ And while discussing the faculty, it seems uate of the U. of Indiana. Mr. Coman is only reasonable to add that PROF. RAY­ a member of the News-Times staff in South MOND J. SCHUBAIEHL, '20, will be an Bend. "Palms and lilies formed an effec­ authority on the mathematics of 2-can-live- tive background." Imagine Coman's crown­ as-cheaply-as-1 before the September Alum­ ing glory against that! William Moore, '26, nus is oiT the press. Miss Natalie Smith of Richmond, Va., was best man. • South Bend, Ind., will become Mrs. Prof. WILLIAM GALLAGAN, '24, and Miss Schubmehl. Helen Brundage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. And there are other faculty rumors, but Ernest L. Brundage, of North Tarrytown, this is not a publication for rumor. N. Y., were marrietl in St. Teresa's Church, G. BABY FUNK, '25, was married to North Tarrytown, Saturday, May 14. REV. Miss Marie Lootens of South Bend, Ind., on JAMES GALLAGAN, C.S.C, brother of Tuesday, May 10. Modesty or business Bill, celebrated a nuptial Mass. Mr. and kept the New Mexican pilgrim from re­ Mrs. Gallagan left after their honeymoon porting either his presence or his plight for San Paolo, Brazil, where Bill is to be to the Alumni Office while he was in South Manager of the Parts Department of the Bend. General Motors Co. . Maria V. de Ari:Lpe Landa Pedro Bossio G. y Cenora Tienen el pla­ tiene el agrado de participar a Ud. el cer de saludar a Ud. y participarle el ma­ proximo matrimonio de su hija trimonio de su hija, Candelita, con el senor Carmen ROBERTO LEQUERICA, (ex- '22). La con el Seiior Don ceiemonia se verificara en la Iglesia de San Fernando L. de Romaiia, ('24) Pedro Claver el dia 15 del presente . . . Arequipa, Abril de 1927. Cartagena, (Colombia, S. A.), mayo de KARL ALBERT SCHAETTLE, '25, was 1927. (Accompanied by a similar announce­ married on Wednesday, May 18, to Miss ment from Antonio Lequerica y Senora.) Harriet O'Connor, daughter of Mrs. Abby WILLIAM S. ALLEN, '21, residing at Marie O'Connor, at La Crosse, Wis. Seneca Hotel, Chicago, will be married to And while in that neighborhood, George Miss Rose Brahan, 2407 Magnolia Ave., Blschoff says that he will have to be there Chicago, on Sunday, June 26. The cere- 316 THE NOTBE DAME ALUMNUS monies will be solemnized at St. Ita's Bend attorney and leader in the I'enaissance Church. Bill is now attorney and counselor of St. Joseph Valley Alumni last year, spoke for R. S. Mills & Sons, realtors and sub- a few able words in behalf of the Class at dividers, Chicago. the Annual Banquet. And to put the finishing touches on this 1893 epic of happiness, and to forestall a lot of It was a coincidence that MIKE DONA­ wise-cracks from alleged friends, and to HUE, who has taken up the torch that Mr. explain to the clientele any inattention dur­ .Siiively relintjaished (and who iu;.- it burn­ ing the near future, permit a personal note ing brightly with Northern Indiana Gas) that the Editor hopes to be married to Miss followed the same Mr. Shively again with Marion Louisel Attick, daughter of Mr. and a few well-chosen remarks concerning the Mrs. P. E. Attick of Chicago, on June 25th, subsequent Class. in Chicago. 1902 PERSONALS The Class of '02 was well represented at 1865 its Silver Jubilee. JOHN L. CORLEY oC JOHN C. DUNLAP was among the most St. Louis, PETER P. McELLIGOTT of New interested and active of the alumni who re­ York, DR. W. F. DINNEN of Fort Wayne, turned for the 83rd Commencement. Mr. FRANK E. HERING of South Bend, JO­ Dunlap didn't miss any of the program un­ SEPH J. SULLIVAN of Chicago, JOHN til he had to leave Sunday afternoon be­ B. PICK of West Bend and FATHER FREDERICK McI^ON of Notre Dame, fore the awarding of degrees. were the very prominent delegation of 1877 '02ers. Mr. Hering gave a splendid address COL. WILLIAM J. HOYNES was one of at the Annual Banquet and Mr. McEUigott the guests of honor at the 83rd Commence­ gave some interesting reminiscences of the ment and spent several very busy days wel­ Class. coming the hosts of friends and former 1903 students who ^asited him. GEORGE M. MAYPOLE, ex-'03, among 1890 the prominent Chicagoans who returned foi- THOMAS J. McKEON, Duluth, who com­ Commencement, reflected honor upon his pleted this month a very valuable term as Alma Mater when he was recently appoint­ a member of the Board of Directors of the ed a member of the committee appointed Association, was a welcome visitor at Com­ by the City of Chicago to go to Washing­ mencement. Judge McKeon was recently ton to greet Colonel Lindbergh and to in­ awarded a varsity "M" by the University vite him' to be their guest at a civic recep­ of Michigan. He was a monogram member tion. George was president of the Notre of the Notre Dame football team before Dame Club of Chicago last year, a mem­ going to Michigan to complete his law ber of the Board of Governors this year, course. The Judge played right end on the and is also the general chairman of the U. Michigan teams of 1890-91, and the custom of Southern California—Notre Dame game of awarding monograms was not then in committee, the greatest responsibility ever vogue at Michigan. Hence the late distinc­ assumed by a member of the Chicago Club, tion, which was played up in the Duluth in the opinion of many of his Notre Dame papers. friends. 1891 1909 Tlie Class of 1891 was unfortunately A letter from E. P. CARVILLE, Elko, silent at the Class Reunions of which it was Nev., gave the '09 men something to talk to have been a part. Death has taken a about at Commencement, stating among large toll in the class, more than half of other things: "I was elected District Judge those who received degrees that year hav­ last November and took office January 1st. ing died since. And distance took away I wish you would tell ATTLEY as I know even further possibility of representation. you see him quite often. He knew I was 1892 in the race. MIKE DISKIN ('07) was The genial DUDLEY SHIVELY, South elected Attorney General for a second lime. THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 317 Mike is a Democrat and was one of the few 1911 who weathered the landslide to the Eepub- FATHEE WALTER ELLIOTT, C.S.C, lican party in this state last Fall." LL.D., '11, oldest member of the Paulist Paul R. Martin, '09, had a narrow escape congregation celebrated on May 25, the eve from what might have been serious injury, of the Ascension, the fifty-fifth anniversary if not death, during a; cyclone which swept of his ordination to the priesthood. The through the business district of Chicago event was made the occasion of a gathering Monday afternoon. May 9th. He had just of superiors and members of the society left his office in the North American Build­ and other clergy at the Apostolic Mission ing to go home when a deluge of rain House at the Catholic University ... Father caused him to seek shelter in the triangular Elliott, who reached his 85th year on Jan­ entrance to a store room at Monroe and uary 6 last, was ordained by the Rt. Eev. State Streets. He was no sooner under this S. H. Eosencrans, first Bishop of Colum­ shelter until a small tornado came out of bus, on May 25, 1872. Bishop Eosencrans the North and the heavy plate glass win­ was a brother of General Eosencrans . . . dows which flank the sides of the doorway Before entering the priesthood Father Elli­ collapsed. Mr. Martin was buried beneath ott served in the Civil War and attained a shower of heavy broken glass, but es­ the rank of sergeant. Two of his brothers caped with comparatively slight injury. His were killed in the Battle of Gettysburg... right hand was badly cut, which renders it Father Elliott continues to write books and useless for the time being, and he was like­ articles. His latest work is a volume of wise cut behind the left ear. Some of those "Mission Sermons." rt'ho were in the same place were injured 1912 so badly that they may not recover. The Class of 1912 now has a pretty good '09 was well represented at the Cliicago grip on the Association. With JOHN P. celebration of Universal Notre Dame night. MURPHY of Cleveland guiding the modern­ .4niong those present were Eev. Thomas 0. ized ship of state through the broader Maguire, Harry Carr, Paul Martin, Ed channels, and with WALTEE DUNCAN Cleary, and John Kanaley. making a very active "purser," it looks Father Maguii-e, who ofl'ered Grace on like bon voyage, or something like that. this occasion, is now stationed at Polo, Illi­ John dashed in Saturday night and out nois; Harry Carr is architect in Evanston, Sunday noon, to build a new railroad or Illinois; Paul Martin is publicity director something for the Van Sweringens, but he of the Eavinia Opera Co., with offices at left a wake of enthusiasm behind him that 1902 North American Building; John Kana­ went far, far into the night and is still ley is in the real estate loan business at 29 going among the Board of Directors. South LaSalle St., Chicago. 1913 1910 Everybody knew from the way CY WIL­ Two members of the Class of 1910 were LIAMS has been hitting in the National very prominent at Commencement. BISHOP League (they say the opposing outfielders ELECT GEORGE FINNIGAN, C.S.C, was have to bat by proxy) that he probably an interested and interesting attendant at couldn't talk himself into a holiday to aid tlie principal activities of the three days the Alumni vs. the Varsity. And he didn't. and mingled among his many friends when­ Father Moriarty did his best to fill the ever his time permitted. He was also a breach, however, and aside from being popular speaker at the annual banquet. The troubled by a golf complex, almost suc­ other distinguished member of the Class ceeded. Cy has been the object of consid­ was EEV. MICHAEL L. MOEIAETY. erable attention from the press this year. Whether playing on the Alumni baseball The N. Y. American recently gave him a team, speaking at the banquet or at the series of cartoons featuring his sixteen monogram luncheon or just being the life years in the majors, his training at N. D., of the informal parties that corralled him. his recent feat of three homers in one aftei'- Father Mike was very much present. noon, etc. 318 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 1914 1919 WALTER CLEMENTS was one of the One of the University offices reports that responsible parties upon whom the duties the father of FILIBERTO HUAMAN, of counting the annual vote fell. o. s. '19, is seeking his son's present ad­ K. K. ROCKNE stayed as long as time dress. The last address in the Alumni of­ permitted for the commencement exercises fice was Pileta de la Merced 1-53, Lima, but had to dash away Sunday to open a Peru, S.A. two weeks coaching school at Southern 1920 Methodist College, Dallas: From there DILLON J. PATTERSON recently was Rock has a circuit of three schools at Cor- featured in an organ program at the Gra­ vallis, "Ore.; Logan, Utah; and Bucknell, nada, South Bend's newest moving picture Pa., before opening his annual' school at theater. Dillon has been playing in South Notre Dame in August. Bend, doing insurance work in his spare 1916 time, and has become one of the popular LOUIS P. HARL, who is on the staff theater organists of the city. of the Paris edition of the N. Y. Herald- RICHARD B. SWIFT of Davenport Tribune, was a visitor at Notre Dame in dropped in on the campus for a short visit May, and was a guest of his former Joui- the latter part of May. nalism professor, DR.> JOHN M. COONEY, Ph.D., '17. Mr. Harl addressed the Jour­ 1921 nalism classes on the subject of French NORM BARRY and EDDIE GOULD, '23, journalism. He went abroad with the A. were visitors at Notre Dame May 20cii, E. F., i-eturned to his home in Owensboro, getting things lined up for the football Ky., and later returned to Paris where he ticket rush in Chicago in the early Fall. is now married, has two children and a Both were back for Commencement anc! responsible position. Mr. Harl returned to Norm was back in uniform on the Baseball France the middle of June after a brief squad. visit with his parents in Kentucky. 1922 1917 The '22 Reunion found between forty and fifty fellows back. The e.xact number Living up to all that was sung, said or wasn't certain when FRANK BLASIUS, written about the War Class, the '17 gang JR., and the Sec. checked up, because there piled in early, and didn't go back till it was seemed to be a few members of the Class over over here. The Journalists of the '17 who didn't get \vitlun range of the register. Class held a most successful reunion within But they all got within range of the Class a reunion. Nine of the eleven grads of the Banquet Friday night at the Oliver and War Correspondents were back. They held didn't separate until Commencement was a "Way Back When" party at the Oliver being chalked up as institutional history. on Friday night and a luncheon on Satur­ day. Prof. Cooney was guest of honor at 1923 both events. Waiving the question of FRANK WALLACE was a recent gue?l democracy, the world certainly seems to of Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM CASTELLINl have been made safe for good times. And in Cincinnati when Frank accompanied the the Class found time to pep up the campus Giants on an expedition against the Reds in addition to their own conferences. How­ June 4. Frank is sports writer and column­ ard Parker and his piano playing were in ist on the N. Y. Post. constant demand, and Duke Riley's famous 1924 microbe melody shook the stately oil paint­ JIM HAYES gave the Alumni Office a ings in the parlor. pleasant thrill last month by a persona) 1918 visit. Jim was just back in his old haunts, A belated newspaper from East St. Louis, however, for a regrettably brief visit. He 111., announced the news that DAN Mc- has moved in N. 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Name.. .Addresa 320 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS says, are now commuting. Jim adds, "You visiting BOB HURLEY in St. Louis; meet­ will be interested to know that the same ing PAUL SKELLEY in Chicago, and stay­ old Charley 0. De Barry of the "than ing in Buffalo with PAUL HOEFFLER. whom there was no whomer" of the Class SCALLAN sent in the following interest­ of '24 designed and supei-vised the building ing reports from BROTHER BRENDAN, of the throne and altar used at the great C.S.C., concerning the Brothers of the Clas.s Holy Name Rally (75,000 people present) of '25; from BISCHOFF, MENGER and here last Sunday. It was an impressive McSORLEY concerning their communities: spectacle and Charley's altar in tlie center Brother Hyacinth, A.B., teaching at Reitz of the Yankee field was a magnificent Memorial High School, Evansville, Indiana. jewel—^white, cardinal red, and gold—really Brother Neil,- A.B., teaching at Reitz beautiful, Jim, and we're all very proud...'" Memorial High School, Evanville, Indiana. A couple of letters from JIM MEEHAN Brother Ernest, Ph.B. Ed., teaching at have assured the Editor of added support Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville, from New York. Jim enclosed several in­ Indiana. Lately he has written and success­ teresting clippings. He took the Fourth fully produecd a pageant in- honor of the Degree in the K. of C's at the Astor Little Flower. He has also published sev­ May 15. eral stories for boys. At present he edits LEO HERINGER \yas down for Com­ the school magazine, "The Memoz-ial." He mencement. He is ti"aveling out of Chats- has charge of school dramatic.=, and also tli- worth, 111., at present, for the Prillaman- rects the Glee Club. Adler Co., asbestos products, of Joliet. Brother Damian, Ph.B. Ed., Teaching in Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, Ind. 1925 His hobby is coaching members of the (That the '25 Notes should be so pre- Cathedral School Band and Orchestra, o^ ponderous is not due to any bias, leaning, which organization he is honorary presi­ prejudice or favoritism on the part of the dent. Alumni Secretary but because the members Brother Brendan, A.B., teaching at Cathe­ of that great Class respond admirably to dral High School, Indianapolis. the pleas of the Class Secretary.) Brother Edwin, A.B., teaching at Cathe­ DAN O'NEIL, whose allegiance New dral High School, Indianapolis. He is York has re-won, sends in the following coaching the Junior basketball team and data: the Senior baseball team. The baseball BOB PARNELL is a mining engineer in team' has won the City Champion.=hip 1927. Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, his address being He is also Director of the Band and Or­ the Chivatera Club, or was a couple of chestra both of which are in great demand. months ago . . . DUT GRIFFIN was in Brother Bruno, B. Sc, teaching at Holy New York at 200 Fifth Ave., but I heard he Trinity High School, Chicago, He is in has left the city. HAROLD HALL is with charge of the Science Department. the Pictorial Review and doing well . . . Brother Norbert, A.B., teaching at Holy JOHN McNAMEE is vnth. the Film Book­ Cross College, New Orleans, La. ing Offices and rooming with HOWARD I wish to thank you for your thoughtlul- BENITZ, but I don't know what Benitz is ness in remembering the men from Dujarie. .doing . . . GEORGE DRISCOLL is with the Should you in the future desire some in­ Dept. of Public Works and Highways at formation concerning these several indiviil- Cliillicothe, 0. GEORGE FITZGERALD is uals I shall be glad to help you. •with the Vacuum Oil Co., in Olean, N. Y.. Dear Jack:— his home town. RAY SHERIFF is teach­ Just received your note and was mighty ing, and studying law, in Chicago. E. glad to hear from you. Here's the dope. BURSON, ex-'25, rode in out of the Vv'e.st MICHAEL A. NEEDHAM is with the astride his Essex. Among the other items StaufTer Motor Go. selling Falcon Knights. of interest Burt gave were his meeting LEONARD M. HESS is with his dad on a WOP BERRA, seeing but not meeting ranch near Marathon, some 300 miles west JACK SHEEHAN and FLASH DWYER, of here. WM. V. DIELMAN, JR., is with THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 321 his dad—the Dielmann Construction Co. of St. Edward's University in Austin drops JOSEPH A. MENGER is Associate Editor in occasionally \vith some of the faculty of the Southern Messenger. The above a^e members. all of San Antonio. Now my dear Jack, pardon the brevity of ALBERT J. DE LORENZI is chief chem­ this note as I knocked it out in a hurry so ist of the Coca-Cola Co. in Dallas, whose it would reach you in time. As ever. firm supplies almost the entire state with Joseph A. Menger. this wonderful drink. JOHN W. SNAK- This is about the most valuable letter ARD of Ft. Worth is attending the Uni­ you'll ever receive. You know we just had versity of Texas and will i-eceive his degree a tornado here in Indianapolis, and all of (Master of Arts) on June 6. ARTURO my asociates are busy selling tornado in­ GONZALES of Laredo, is in Mexico with surance! And here I am taking Liiiae out to some large engineering firm. FRANCIS give you a little dope for Jim's D—o— W. (Chief) LEARY of Eastland is with an Alunmus. It'll cost you a plenty, though. oil firm in Borger, Texas. JOSEPH D. Just be prepared to stick your John Henry SHELLY (the Salesman) who formerly on ihe dotted line when I see yoii. lived in Ft. Worth is now in Chicago get­ About the Class of '25 Walter Houp- ting down the fine points of law at DePaul. pert is associated with the law firm of Kor- THOMAS J. AHEARN '24, of Dallas is bly & McNutt, 600 Indiana Trust Bldg.; in Dr. Baker's school of Dramatic Art at Charles E. Smith gets Ms meal checks from Yale -ivith HARRY McGUIRE. Recent re­ R. G. Dun & Company; "Joe" Harmon is ports state that Ahearn wrote one of the selling office furniture and equipment for four best plays published at Yale this year. the Aetna Cabinet Company; "Bob" Worth, Mike Needham and I intend going over besides selling radios is chief announcer to Texas University on Monday to see for Radio Station WFBM (The Indianapolis Snakard get his M.A. Power & Light Company station;) Edward FATHER JOSEPH BURKE, President Frazier, o. s. '25, is employed at national

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headquariers of the United Brotherhood of engaged, confronting the problem of mak­ Cai-penters and Joiners of America; and ing a living. Happened into a wedding the Frank McCarthy, o. s. '24, former business other evening and ran across LOU WALSH, manager of the Juggler is employed by the PETE CRAY, AL DASCHBACH, OATS Passenger Dept. of the N. Y. C. & St. L. BYRNES, and later on in the party RAY R. E. CUNNINGHAM and BUTCH HAECKER And if this letterhead doesn't say enough put in an appearance . . . All of the boys about me, I'll say that I represent the are looking forward to the Army and Navy Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, game next Fall'and all expect to be there Conn., "the largest Multiple-line Insurance if alive, notwithstanding the fact that the Company in the World." My address is Smoky Citiers had a lot to put up \vith 928 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. after a certain game last fall . . . Best re­ Good luck. Jack. I hope this letter reach­ gards to yourself or any of the others you es you before you change your address oi may meet that I know . . . Franklin McSor- occupation. Cordially yours, George ley. Bischoff. RAY CUNNINGHAM used a bit of Cun- P. S.: A news item a short tinie ago ard Line' stationary for a parting word be­ stated that one JIM CORBETT, boxer, had fore he and Hurley hopped off for Europe. died suddenly. But it wasn't OUR Jim at Ray's European address will be c. o. Stu­ all. dents Travel Club, Tour No. 4, 19 Avenue Dear Jack: de L'Opera, Paris, ranee. . . . All of the boys located here that GEORGE SHEEHE, looking very mar­ were in our Class (BYRNES, DASCK- ried and businesslike but happy withal and BACH, HARTMAN and myself) are busily healthy, was in South Bend not long since from Detroit where he and Schaefer are not employed by Ford. CLINT GLEASON also dropped in on CL^Timg his way home for a vacation last month. Clint has been practicing law with his brother, Johnny, '23. 1926 Newark, N. J. A letter from BERNIE WINGERTEli lets out a little dope on the far east. FRANK BON and MIIvE MURRAY were in New York not long ago and so was one MAURICE J. McELLIGOTT. I see HAYES FULLER and EDDIE LYNCH every week or call it a failure (Lynch has returned, to Terre Haute for good since.) Met FRANK McGRATH at 42nd and Mad­ ison recently. I hear from JOHN O'H-EARN TUOHY often and JOHN SWEENEY. RAY KEISER is secretly married- every­ The Luxenberg Sack one knows it. FREDDIE FORHAN is Suit has won its wide* spread popularity around somewhere. among college men through strict adher­ TOM MALAY is keeping house with a ence to a distinct style. couple of Wabash men at 765 Broad-va^^, Gary, Ind. Tom has been with the Gary Nat LUXENBERG & Bro. Tube Co. since graduation. 37 Union Square, New York REX O'MALLEY has visited the cam­ Britmn lUk 317lk Sis. pus several times this spring. THE NOTRE DAAIE ALUMNUS 323 JERRY HAYES had an attack of Spring fever that was only exceeded, he reports, by that which must have afflicted his '26 confreres. Hence a scarcity of '26 news. Jerry himself will be East before this gets How 1$ on the road and ought to pick up a lot of nice dirt for the September issue. The Portland gang is getting ready to break up Your housekeeping for the summer. HERB BURT sent in the only text of importance of the month, but it saved Hayes: CREDIT? Dear Gerry: At the Easter Chicago Club dance I saw ESTERDAY— BOB DIXON who is.now studying law at life insurance agents Northwestern. He seemed to be having a Y very good time entertaining. Last Satur­ were considered a bore, a day I met SOCK DAILY and JUDGE Mc- time consuming nuisance. GOORTY and BOB CURREY. The three of these boys seen to be in some law offices That prejudice has disap­ in the City of Chicago in hopes of acquir­ peared now. ing a little traditionary knowledge which may assist them in passing the Illinois Bar Today, if you ask a examination this coming July. banker about your credit, Regarding myself, I am a starving bond he asks you about your salesman. I really can't complain about the bond business because I have more or life insurance. less been rather lucky, having made more But, though you may than my expenses since the first of the year and since I am not laboring in the have enough insurance red I feel that I have been somewhat suc­ to satisfy your banker, cessful. I am mighty glad that the fellows you may not have exactly whom I tried to persuade to come into the bond business did not fall for my lingo be the right arrangement of cause its a danmed hard game. Probably policies to secure you and at one time a bond salesman may have been your dependents the max- a welcomed visitor but today he is about as well liked as an epidemic of the smallpox imuon of future security. in any home. I have been calling on a number of small country bankers and you A John Hancock agent would be surprised to know how many con­ is a specialist in security genial Eskimos are existing right in the for the future, thefounda- State of Illinois. If I thought any of my tion of mental serenity. experiences with the various bankers I have called on would be news to the Alumnus I Ask him to come in,. would be very glad to go into full details. I met several Notre Dame men in my meanderings about Illinois. Among them are: BOB BRACKEN at Polo, class 'Oo; TOM WELSH, Kewanee, class of about '05; JOHN TUBBS of Mendota, class of about OP BOSTON. MASSACHUSKTTS '05. He has a son who has all the ear marks of being a real athlete within the A STRONG COMPANY, Over Sixty Yean in Business. Liberal as to Contract, next five years, either as a pole vaulter or Safe and Secure in Every Way. a football player. He is all slated for Notre Dame. 324 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS In Dixon, Illinois, they have almost working for the Kimberly Insurance Com­ enough boys to form a Notre Dame Club. pany. Joe is working in the Claim Depart­ SHERWOOD DIXON seems to be the dom­ ment and I understand that Andy is shov­ inating attorney up there with a few co­ ing a pen in the Audit Department. horts such as GERRY JONES, Ed Jones HERB EGGERT is working in the En­ and Jerome Dixon, Sherwood's brother. gineering Department for the Big Ben Coal While I was in Kewanee I called upon a Company. I am just wondering whether certain individual and lie informed me that the coal strike has had any effect on him. his daughter, who is now attending St. I happened to be going through the little Mary's, had the honor of entertaining a town of DePew and it daAvned upon me that said newspaper man from Peoria. I under­ this was the home of Gale Gurnett and stand he holds senior rights in the said upon looking liim up I found our former party. Consecjuently, every spare minute school pal all decked out like a coal miner. BILL DOOLEY has, he runs over to Ke­ I understand they have a regular training wanee. Tliis is about fifty .miles from course for all young chemists to go through Peoria. before they enjoy the thrill of sitting be­ ART SAJEWSKI, graduate of the Phar­ hind the mahogany desk. macy School in 192.5, is now on the thresh­ old of matrimony. From all external indi­ ART BID WELL forfeited his members'r.ip cations he has had a very good year rolling in the Bachelor Club recently when he pills and filling Mr. Volstead's prescriptior.s. married a girl from Austin. JOE BAILEY and JAKE PURCELL'S Hoping to see you soon, I am former roommate, ANDY CONLTN, are Your old pal Herb Burt.

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