The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus -^ NOTRE VOL. 41 NO. 6 DAME YEAR END 1963 IN MEMORIAM: JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, LL.D. 1950, 35th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES "IN PARADISUM DEDUCANT TE ANGELI." Vol 41, No. 6 Year End, 1963 JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, '25, Ed/lor JOHN F. LAUGHLIN, '48, Managing Editor REV. THOMAS J. O'DONNELL, C.S.C., '41f Columnist NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS BRUCE HARLAN, '49, Photographer ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers WILLIAM P. MAHONEY, JR., '38.. On the Cover: .Jionorary President OLIVER H. HUNTER, '43 President Father Norton (left) and Father Covanaugh JOHN P. DEMPSEY, '49.J''ini(f Vice-President odjust the doctoral gown of Congressman WiLLiAsi H. FALLON, '37 John F- Kennedy (D.-Mass.) after confer­ Club Vice-President ring the honorory degree of Doctor of PATRICK A. DOUGHERTY, '50 Laws at midyear commencemeni exercises Class Vice-President in Jonuory, 1950. Father Covanaugh was JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, '25 requested to offer Moss before the cof^n Executive Secretary of President Kennedy in the East Room of Directors to 1964 the White House on November 23, 1963. JOHN P. DEMPSEY, '49 Kidder, Peabody & Co. The bock cover illustrates the dead Presi- 123 Broad St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PATRICK A. DOUGHERTY, '50 ident's many honorary and familial lies P.O. Box 5672 to the University of Notre Dame: as an Minneapolis 17, Minnesota honorary alumnus and member of the Advis­ WILLIAM H. FALLON, '37 ory Council for the College of Liberal 160 Pelham Road and Fine Arts; as recipient of both the New Rochelle, New York Loelare Medal end the Potriotism Award OuvER H. HUNTER, '43 of the senior class; and through similar F.B.I., P. O. Box 23 honors conferred on his brother, fother New Castle, Pennsylvania and grandfather over the pasi fifty years. Directors to 1965 ALBERT D. CASTELLINI, '24 As we went to press on November 22, the cover was to depict the ringing down of 506 First National Bank Bldg. the curtain on the happy "Dromo of Challenge I." But that day sow the curtain Cincinnati, Ohio drawn on the tragic drama of a man intimately involved with the University, PHILIP J. FACCENDA, '51 whose years of greotness and challenge to America, 1960-63, corresponded to the 1510 Ogden La Grange, Illinois years of Notre Dame's greatest development to dote, the period of Challenge 1. PETER J. KERNAN, JR., '49 661 Washington Road "I do not shrink from this responsibility — 1 welcome it," Thus President Crosse Pointe, Michigan Kennedy begon the coreer that ended at the hands of on assassin in Dallas. TIMOTHY J. TOOMEY, '30 As Father Hesburgh has written, "May this sad day be not one of darkness, no 12 Windermere Avenue triumph for the powers of evil, but the birth of a great new light that will Arlington 74, Massachusetts for yeors to come inspire others to great deeds, come what may." To the Directors to 1966 memory of John fltzgerald Kennedy this issue is prayerfully dedicoted. GEORGE A. BARISCILLO, JR., '44 416 Burlington Avenue Bradley Beach, New Jersey PAUL I. FENLON, '19 141 Sorin Hall Notre Dame, Indiana MORTON R. GOODMAN, '30 2415 Pilgrimage Tr^ In This Issue: Los Angeles 28, California W. LANCASTER SMITH, '50 2 Dedication: to John Rtzgerald Kennedy, U.D. '50 Dallas Athletic Club Building Dallas 1, Texas 3 The Drama of Challenge I by Rev. John E. Walsh, C.S.C. '45 Chairmen of the 1963 Committees GEORGE A. BARISCILLO, JR 5 Editorial: The Scope of Your Achievement by James E. Armstrong '25 . Academic Affairs PHILIP J. FACCENDA Admissions 6 Notre Dame Collection by Victor A. Schaefer / 1964 N.D. Convention JOHN P. DEMPSEY. Alumni Fund, Foundation & Gifts 7 A Look at the 'New Look': Alumni Assn. Board of Directors PHILIP J. FACCENDA Athletics ALBERT D. CASTELLINI Budget & Finance 8 Alumni in the Forefront: The Nev/man Apostolate PATRICK A. DOUGHERTY. Class Activities WiLLUM H. FALLON Club Activities OUVER H. HUNTER Executive 9 Notre Dame Books PATRICK A. DOUGHERTY Inter-Alumni Affairs 10 Why Do I Travel? by Frank J. McGinnis '24 WILLIAM H. FALLON AND JOHN P DEMPSEY Nominations 11 Man and the Moment: The Grotto by Rev. Thomas J. O'Donnell, C.S.C. '41 PETER J. KERNAN, JR.. Placement & Counseling 12 Law School Page PETER J. KERNAN, JR Public Relations ALBERT D. CASTELLINI. 13 The Student Slant by Warren Clayton Stephens '64 Religion & Citizenship PETER J. KERNAN, JR Student Affairs 14 Notre Dame Clubs This magazine is published bi'lnonthly bj 25 Classes: Statistics, Spotlight Alumni, etc. the Univeratr of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. Entered as second clax mmt- tcT Oct. 1, 1939, at the Post Office, Notre Dame, Ind. under the act of Aug. 24, 1912. 2 Notre Dame Alumnus, Year End, 1963 HE CLOSING CURTAIN, formally ending Challenge I, has been rung down. This thrilling Notre Dame drama The DRAMA of Tin real life ofBcially ended on June 30, 1963. The meet­ ing of the $18,000,000 Challenge target was a soul-stir­ ring performance on the part of many devoted men in CHALLENGE / many different roles. The approving applause of all those interested in private higher education, especially of all our 1960-1963 Notre Dame faculty and students, still thunders through­ out the land and across the campus. by REV. JOHN E. WALSH, C.S.C, '45 The purpose of this brief report in the ALUMNUS is Vice-President of Public Relations and Development to call certain persons and certain categories of people out into the spotlight for a special curtain call and then to take a quick look in review behind the scenes of this re­ markable drama. Like every successful production. Challenge I required the best efforts and the most loyal dedication of the entire cast. Each person connected •with Challenge I played his part well. There were few missed cues and the timing was without major flaw. Those in leading roles and those in supporting parts each contributed the full measure of their good talent. Older players and younger players accepted together the weight and the burden of the job to be done. First, a special curtain call for Mr. I. A. O'Shaughnessy, the Honorary National Chairman of Challenge I. His con­ cern for the campaign and his interest in its success were never far from his heart. Second, a very special curtain call for the National Chairmen for Challenge I: Mr. J. Peter Grace of New York, Special Gifts Chairman, and Mr. Joseph I. O'Neill, Jr., the General Appeal Chairman! Both deserve special credit for the inspiring leadership, the wise direction, and the boundless enthusiasm they brought to the Campaign. It is not too much to say that the Campaign might not have been a success at all if they had not interpreted their roles so convincingly. Next, the Citj' Chairmen, both Special Gifts and Gen­ eral Appeal, in some 170 cities! To assemble all of these men on any real stage for a curtain call would be an im­ possibility, but the stage of human gratitude and appre­ ciation is a large one. Our City Chairmen occupy that stage in all Notre Dame hearts. Their performance was intense and thorough. They captiured the spirit of the drama well, and they gave great depth of meaning to the roles they played. Because of our City Chairmen, Challenge I was a play with a happy ending, a comedy, rather than the play with an unhappy ending, a tragedy, it might otherwise have been. Next on stage, the 3,500 Committeemen who so well and so willingly became, during this dramatic period, sales­ men and ambassadors for Notre Dame. They were per­ suasive, indeed, as the results clearly show. Over 80% of Notre Dame's alumni responded to the appeal of Chal­ lenge I. This is a near record, if it is not in fact a record, for percentage of alumni participation in any university capital gifts campaign. And finally on the vast stage of oiur imagination, the 23,500 who contributed from their own means and re­ sources to Challenge I. Each has been thanked and each knows of Notre Dame's lasting gratitude. But the best thanks of all is each one's own realization that he is helping in the noble work of building a great university, Notre Dame. Each one, too, realizes that he \vill share in the prayers and the gratitude of all future generations of Notre Dame men. Notre Dame Alumnus, Year End, 1963 3 To one and all Notre Dame's tlianks and Notre Dame's tionwide telephone network linked together Notre Dame congratulations. alumni and friends in 140 cities to e.\plain, to inspire, and But now to move backstage, behind the scenes! With to launch the General Appeal phase of Challenge I. the theater emptied and in the full light of day, how do But Act II, forwarding the action and the involvement we assess the drama and the value of Challenge I? How of the dramatis personae, meant actually mobilizing the do we get at the facts and the spirit behind the statistics? strength and the immense good will of all Notre Dame As is true of all drama, whether in real life or on the alumni and friends. If the challenge was to be successfully stage. Challenge I •was a tense and difficult drama all the met, Notre Dame would have to raise, in each of three way.