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Th eNotreDameScholastic 199 COMMENT Q|iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiitiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiii,iii„ti,iiiii|„i„i„,i,iiG1 Some time ago a philosopher, in one of his cosmic moments, coined the expression, "simultaneous think ing." Largely because it was the fruit of a finely general, rather than I No^re Dame Scholastic I a narrowly specific moment, it shiv ered a while in the cold, and then, I l>>sce-Cûa3i-5empeT-Vicûrus«Vlve-Quasi-Cras-Moi'jlttnis f frozen and disgusted, retired into the I Founded in 1872 \ cellai*, where so many good things re I MURRAY HJCKEY LEY Editor-in-Chief i 5 HARLEY L. MCDEVITT Gfaduate Mamager | tire—permanently. I EDITORIAL STAFF i i T. VixcENT MclNTiRE jVmioffiJiff Editor | But the minting fits our purposes I EMIL L. TELFEL Assistant Managing Editor § in a rather fine way. And, fully ; THOMAS A. GANNOX .Assistant Managing Editor = knowing the many accusations, rang i J. ARCHER HURLEY The Week i I WALTER LANGFORD The College Parade | ing from vagueness to mild lunacy, : JOEL EGERER Music and Drama i that may be lodged against us, we i RAMOJT G. SMITH Campus Clubs : submit for your consideration a few i ALFRED E. GALL Script Editor i "ideas"—^that for us at least, have i PAUL J. HALUNAN Features Editor = about them the semblance of a i NEWS STAFF \ "method"—concerning Music. I JOHM BERGAN, Ncii-s Editor z I JAMES J. IvEiVRNEY RICHARD J. O'DONXELL GEORGE ALLAX = i JAMES COLUNS NEIL HURLEY JOHN MOTZ i Have you ever, when listening to i HOWARD AVEBSTER JOSEPH REEDY LESLIE R.VDDATZ I a fine, a beautiful piece of Music, a I SPORTS STAFF f composition that really talks to you, have you. ever, we "say, thought of a : JOHJr A. KiENER, Sports Editor WILLIAM J. MAGARRAL, InterhaU Sports Editor z I HARRY A. SYLVESTER JAMES MCFEELEY | poem whose very spirit and essence i HENRY B. ASMAN ROBERT C. BALFE = find parallel in the Music? ,•- I BUSINESS STAFF | : HARRINGTON J. NOON Local Ciradation Manager s Have you ever, when glorious i CHESTER M. ASHJIAJT. .Foreign Circtdation Manager i rivers of sound are flowing round I FREDERICK N. DAns Local Advertising Manager i your body and through your brain, : JAMES L. RIZER Foreign Advertising Manager | thought of a great painting, a mar I J^VJIES H. RORKE "WILLIAM SHERSIAK JOHN BLANDA = velous statue, a mystic engraving, a : FREDERICK J. BAUER FRANK J. CONBOY ANDREW MCGUAN r mysterious woodcut, each and every r MERLE V. BALDWIN NORMAN E. DUKE r one of which may find parallel and description in the Music you are VOL. LXIII. NOVEMBER 1, 1929. No. 7. hearing? Have you ever, in short, practiced "simultaneous thinking?" TABLE OF CONTENTS Music, because it employs sound as The Week—Archer Hurley 200 its medium is the most universal of the arts, and, precisely in the degree Coming Events 201 in Avhich it is universal, sums up and Editors of New Quarterly Announced—Vincent T. Mclntire 203 pictures, in sound, the content matter of the other arts. A Man About the Campus 204 Music and Drama—Joel Egerer^ 20-5 And certainly when the impact on Campus Clubs 206 the brain and the emotions, caused by Editor's Page '. 207 a single poem, a single novel, finds itself increased by a companion art Cartier Field, Old and New—Ai/refZ E. Gall 208 speaking much the same message in Notre Dame Humbles Carnegie Tech—John Kiener : 210 another voice, certainly then, we say, Splinters From the Press Box—i?. A. S., Jr. 217 one experiences a double enkindling of awareness, where before it was On Down the Line 222 one's fortune to experience only one stimulant to heightened conciousness. THE SCHOLASTIC is published -weekly at the Univeraty of Notre Dame. Manu scripts may be addressed to THE SCHOLASTIC, Publications Office, Main BnildinK. And now, running out of space, we Entered as second-class matter at Notre Dame, Indiana. Acceptance for mailins realize that we have, in all likelihood, at special rate of postage. Section 1103. October 3. 1917. authorized June 25, 1918. offended you by "plunging" into dark depths! If so, we are sorry; but we The Advertisen in Notre Dame FnUications Deaenre the Fatronase of do hope that we have given you an All Notre Dame Men idea! B., ...Q 200 The Notre Dame Scholastic THE WEEK HAV E you ever seen an eleiihant in evening clothes with kJOPHIE TUCKER, who looks like a balloon of many a gold-plated trunk which snorted syncopation, and whose flights, and whose voice sounds like a wail from the depths enormous body was tormented with the violent twitchings of the Everglades, was the heroine of "Honky Tonk"—an associated with St. Vitus dance ? Jack Cra^vford is the one exclusive offering to students last Thursday. Although the to whom we i-efer. For to that monstrosity goes much of tickets were complimentary I can't see that "Honky Tonk," the credit for making the Cotillion what it was. This as an offering to the men who are responsible for the Cotillion, incidentally, was the first Notx-e Dame dance at preservation of the nation's culture, was at all a compli the Palais in recent j'êars where one could actually dance. mentary offering. Usually the student and guest marches onto the floor at the opening strains, take a stand and elbow-dig and shin- kick the crowded neighboring couples until the music stops. E^.XAiDNATION, S are here, and with their advent ends Then all retire to the sidelines for a brief rest before the the first quarter. The first and the worst—ît is hard to next struggle. get back to books after summer vacation, football and the And now that she has gone home, Sophomore, how long other activities of college life deserve a share of our time will it be before she will write to tell you of what a and efforts, and one needs a little time to find himseM again. marvelous dance she just attended with the pale vegetarian Many students will consequently be a little anxious until who used to eat yeast cakes in high school? Girls do that, examinations are over and we settle down to await the sometimes, but not more than once, if your side of the score arrival of the holidays. Some of us have been quaffing our board is registering. scholastic draughts out of an eye cup so far this year, and have as our only consolation the freedom from the dregs that go with larger vessels. T wo more games, three for some, and then another trip to Chicago. And a game at the other end of the line that promises to be the best of the season. The team will do its AL,T last two boys in South Bend are being educated. share, it always does, but the student cheers are not always From all reports these lads have convinced themselves that so reliable. Our cheering section didn't win the Wisconsin the Persian Hafiz was right when he wrote, "Wisdom is a game—^fortunately it didn't have to. Exams will be over, wearisome wench, bring for her neck the noose of wine." the game ynR be the next to the last of the year, and there These boys, moreover, paid a high compliment to a man will be plenty to shout for. Forget your dignity, stoicism, who is doing remarkable things on our campus. A subtle date, or neuralgia, and let the birds see your lungs! appreciation of humor is part of education, though not a dogmatic part. Two boys were forced to leave the high school library last week for excessive laughter. .They were o,VE R in the Law school they have a tradition about reading the Juggler. The Funny Fellow bows in acknowl senior la^^'yers and canes, their compatability, and how edgement. well the one looks with the other. And it seems rather just that students who have enjoyed a year more of Notre Dame life than any of the other undergraduates should J_jNGLAND is a world power—one of the most powerful. have the honor of some distinction or other. Hence it is And a large share of her greatness can be accredited to two that we feel there is no overlooking of Notre Dame's demo little countries which are famous in many places for many cratic precedent in this privilege of carrying sticks. Canes things. The Irish and the Scotch met, nominally, at all would never do for commerce students, as they all learn odds, last Saturday. Two stone walls grated against each to talk with the hands; engineers never take their hands other while a mob of spectators howled to have one or the out of their pockets long enough to twirl a stick, and the other crumble. The Irish wall finally heaved itself to one medical students use their hands only for back slapping. end of the field, and won a victory. Carnegie Tech has some To the la\vyers then, go canes—^may they lean on them long imusually good players, Notre Dame has some phenomenal and heavily! ones. The Notre Dame Scholastic 201 <* •:• •I* •> O •!• SOPHOMORE COTILLION For many years after Notre Dame Coming Events II GALA AFFAIR was founded, Indians often visited the grounds; and one old chief, in »T« •> »> •> «« Last Friday night, the Sophomore particular, was often noticed here. Cotillion! To the men of the class THURSDAY, October 31—Spectator He seemed most interested in this of '32 and their guests who came Club meeting, Journalism room, sycamore tree, near which he would from twenty states to attend the 7:45 p.

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