The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus Vol. 44 No. 6 November-December 1956 James E. Armstrong, '25, Editor John N. Cackley, Jr., '37 Managing Editor IN THIS ISSUE . Notre Dame Appoints 59 New Members to the Faculty. Page 2. ^ Father Hesburgh Named Vatican Delegate to U. N. Conference. Page '. General Chapter of Holy Cross Priests and Brothers in Rome. Page 4. Engineering Self-Study Sur\ey Conducted by Special Committee. Page 12. Construction has begun on Notre Dame's §4,000,000 building project. Two residence halls and another dining hall arc scheduled for completion in 18 months. Sec story on page 2. 9 THREE HALLS BEGUN Father Moore Names New s IN $4 MILLION PLAN Faculty Men, Geology Head Notre Dame's new $4,000,000 build­ ing project is under^vay \vith construc­ The appointment of a new depart­ An authority on the history of the tion already started on two new resi­ ment head and 59 new faculty mem­ French restoration period. Rev. Guii- dence halls and a new dining hall. bers at Notre Dame for the 1956-57 laume Bertier de Sauvigny of the CatlQ These structures wi\] be erected on the school year has been announced by olic Institute of Paris, will be a visiting 'east campus' and in all probability will Rev. Philip S. Moore, C.S.C, vice professor of histor)' during the fall be utilized by members of tlie freshman president for academic affairs. semester. class, beginning in 1958. The dming Professor Raymond C. Gutschick Colonel Edwin W. Crenelle, USA, liall will be located just north of Farley was named head of the department of former chief of staff at Fort Devins, Hall while tlie two new residences are geology succeeding Professor Archie J. Mass., has been appointed professor of being placed to the east of the Student MacAlpin who will devote liis full time military science and commanding offy, Infirmar)'. to teaching and research. Dr. Gut- cer of Notre Dame's Army ROTC unifc^ scliick, a specialist in sedimentar)' geol- Keenan Hall, named in memory of Eugene Kalman has been named to a ogy, has been a member of the Notre the late James F. Keenan, Jr., is being full professorship in the department of Dame faculty since 1947. provided through a gift from Mr. and engineering mechanics. Mrs. James Keenan, Sr., Fort Wajoie, Rev. Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., an Rev. Frank J. O'Hara, C.S.C, for­ Indiana. Although die majority of re­ authority on parish sociology, will serve mer dean of science at Kings College, cent buildings at Notre Dame have as a visiting professor at Notre Dame AVilkes Barre, Pa., has been appointed been given by generous benefactors, one during the coming year. He is head of an associate professor of biolog)' at of the two new residence halls and die the department of sociology at Loyola Notre Dame. Other newly named assoj dining halls is being built through University of the South, New Orleans. ciate professors are Hcnr)' Hare Carter, borrowed funds. Mr. Keenan is a Also joining the Notre Dame sociology modem languages, and Lt. Col. Harvey member of Notre Dame's 1913 class. department is Dr. Robert J. Schmitt, a A. Feehan, USMC, naval science. psychiatrist, who will lecture on social The three buildings have been de­ Twenty-five assistant professors are psychiatry and child development. signed by Ellerbe and Co., St. Paul, (continued on page 15) I Minn. About 1000 persons will be ac­ commodated in the new dining hall and it will be air-conditioned through­ Cleofas Calleros (right), Mexican border representative of the National Catholic Welfaty out. A chapel will be erected joining Conference, presents a copy of a unique book, "The History of the Mission of Our Lady the two residence halls and ^I'ill be used of Guadalupe^" to University Librarian Victor Schacfcr (left) and Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, by the 600 residents of both halls. CS.C (center), executive vice president. Calleros is co-author of the book which commem­ orates the 300th anniversary of the mission near EI Paso, Tex., which played an important Six Room Cafeteria part in the exploration and settlement of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. The Notre Dame presentation was made possible by Messrs. Gus, Leo and Ruben An added feature of the new dining Momscn of EI Paso, all alimini of the University. Another copy of the book has been hand­ hall •4\'ill be the six rooms serving cafe­ printed on vellimi for presentation to Pope Pius XIL teria st)'le by which it will be possible to convert four of diese into one large seating space. The basement will have ample storage and deep freeze areas. Notre Dame's present dining hall was erected in 1927 for a student body at that time totalling 2,700. The current enrollment is 5,600 which has over­ taxed the dining hall for several years. These additional facilities wiU pro­ vide housing accommodations for many Notre Dame undergraduates now living oflf-campus and ^«11 permit them to share more fully in die University's spiritual, academic and social life. It is contemplated tliat construction for the new buildings will require approxi­ mately 18 months. This magazine is published bi-monthly by the University of Xotre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. Entered as second class mat­ ter Oct. 1, 1939, at the PostofHce, Notre Dame, Ind., under the act of Aug. 24, 1912. Noire Dame Alumnus^ Nov.-DeCj 1956 J ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS N.D. President Is Delegate Officers To U.N- Atom-Peace Meeting DR. LEO D. O'DONXELL, '17.. Honorary President Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C, •JJosEPH I. O'NEILL, JR., '36 President Energy commission has authorized president of the University, has been MURA to design and construct "the JoH.v E. McIxTYRE,'31 First Vice-President appointed a Vatican delegate to a world's finest and most powerful ultra- ROBERT H. GORE, JR., '31 United Nations conference currently high-energy accelerator." The site for Second Vice-President underway to organize an international the installation has not yet been de­ JAMES L. FERSTEL, '48 Third Vice-President "atom-for-peace" agency. termined. > JAMES E. ARMSTRO.NC, '25 Also representing the Vatican at the By appointment of President Eisen­ , Director and Secretary sessions in New York City is Dr. H. hower, Father Hesburgh is a member Marston Morse, a noted mathematician of the National Science board as well * Directors to 1957 and professor at the Institute for Ad­ as a member of the Board of Visitors JOH.V E. McIxTYRE, '31 vanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. at the U. S. Naval Academy. He re­ 206 E. Tutt St., South Bend, Indiana Morse received an honorary doctorate cently returned from an extended tour JA.MES L. FERSTEL, '48 from Notre Dame last June. of virtually all the South American 111 W. Washington St., Chicago 2, III. Lewis L. Strausse, chairman of the countries in hb capacity as vice presi­ ROBERT H. GORE, JR., '31 Atomic Enei^' commission, in a wel­ dent of the Institute of International ....4901 Ocean Dr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. coming address to delegates of nearly Education. JOSEPH I. O'NEILL, JR., '36 (^ ....209 N. Big Spring St., Midland, Te.\as 90 nations, described the conference as "perhaps the largest in the entire his- Directors to 1958 tor}' of international collaboration." Dates to Remember Father Hesburgh is also active in JOHN W. BREX.VAN, '27 Universal Conununion Simday, another phase of atomic research and .American Blower Corp., Detroit, Mich. development. He is a member of the Dec. 9, 1956. J. PATRICK CANNY, '28 Universal Notre Dame Night, 14700 Clifton Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio board of directors of the Midwest Uni­ PATRICK J. FISHER, '36 versities Research association, a non­ April 29, 1957. 605 E. 42nd St., Indianapolis, Ind. profit corporation formed by a group Class Reunion Weekend, Jime 'JOSEPH E. WHALEN, '29 of midwest educational institutions to 7-8-9, 1957. Hotel Fort Des Moines, Dcs Moines, Iowa conduct nuclear research. The Atomic Directors to 1959 OSCAR J. DORWIN, '17 Twelve former Notre Dame students studying for the priesthood in the Congregation of Texas Company Holy Cross received their habits as novices in the Novitiate at Jordan, Minnesota, on August 135 E. 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. 13. First row: David A. Novak, Johnstown, Pa.; David M. Kiikeary, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Robert EDMOND R. ILVGGAR, '38 C. Ware, Jr., Newburgh, Indiana; William G. Blum, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Thomas A. Cam- Haggar Company panini, Reynoldsville, Pa. Second row: Thomas N. Langdon, Gcrmantown, Pa.; Michael E. ;2 6113 Lemmon Ave., Dallas, Texas Catanzaro, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Gervasc C Saksefski, South Milwaukee, Wis.; John H. How- icy) Jr., Decatur, Illinois; John E. Derwent, Chicago, III.; James F. Skulski, Bcllwood, HI.; EUGENE M. KENNEDY, '22 148 So. Orange Dr., Los Angeles, Calif. John J. Fitzpatrick, Dansvillc, New York. FR,\NCIS L. L\-i-DE.v, '36 701 College Highway, Evansville, Ind. Chairmen of tlie 1956 Committees JOSEPH I. O'NEILL Executive ^•V •* ROBERT H. GORE, JR Club Activities '^.r ^ JAMES L. FERSTEL Class Activities JoH.N E. MCINTVRE . Foundation, Alumni Fund, Gifts JA.MES L. FERSTEL Preparatory School Relations JOHN W. BRE.N.VA.V .. Job Counseling and Placement ^ PATRICK CANNY . Constitution JOHN E. MCI.NTYRE Inter-Alumni Affairs JOSEPH E. WHALEN .— Prestige and Public Relations J. PARICK CANNY Budget Committee JOH.V W. BRE.N.VAN . Resolutions PATRICK J. FISHER Religion and Citizenship ^)SEPH E.