Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 71, No. 21
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TliE NCTI^E DAME NEWS Nineteen Vie for Oratori cal Honors . Name Dr. Abell Laetare Medalist . Plans Laid for Universal Notre Dame Night . The Week . College Parade ... Man About. SPORTS Layden Conducts Sprins Grid Drills ... aHFord, Fran cis Shine at Chicago Relays . Crown Bght Bengal Champs . .. introducing ... Splinters . .. Brushing Up. LAETARE MEDALIST, DR. IRVIN W. ABELL For Eminent Contributions in Psychiatry, More Honors. April 1, 1938 A ,1 ,< % * • * The exciting story of one of the world's riskiest jobs—and how it changed the lives of two men and a girl! ANYTHING can happen on a job like this!" said one of the linemen who went out to electrify the railroad. "Men'll be hired and fired and killed and burned and crippled and promoted. Some women will get their hearts broken—and some'll wind up with good men. All told, a lot of people's luck will be changed consid erable" This is the drama of those men, and of the three people in porticularwhose lives were changed most. BeginningThis Week.,.ANew.fifovel HI6H1ENSI0II WIUIAM WISTER HWNES author of''ViK^ A NATIONAL LEAGUER TELIS WHY THE AMERICAN LEAGUE WINS Here's the inside story, by a pitcher who spent thirteen years in the American League and the last six seasons in the National. He tells also why hitting —not pitching—is the most difficult of the base ball arts, and how John McGraw, Connie Mack and Miller Huggins rate as managers to the only man who played for all three by WAITE HOYT • I QA. RADIO DIIIECTOR TAKES DOWN HIS HLOU* HAIR! In "One Minute to Go" Kenneth L. Watt tells what happens when Big Business decides to go on the air . NEW RUMBIN STORY BY BOOTH TARKINOTON ... PLUS short^stories by Karl Detzer and Naomi Lane Babson, serials, edito rials, cartoons and Post Scripts. THE SATUI{pJlY EVENING FGST The Notre Dame Scholastic Entered as second-class matter at Notre Dame, Indiana. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage. Section 1103. Oct. 3. 1917. Authorized June 25, 1918. Z188 Vol. 71 April I. 1938 No. 21 ANNOUNCE CHANGE WRANGLER ORATORICAL CONTEST ATTRACTS IN SENIOR BANQUET LARGEST REPRESENTATION IN HISTORY The Class of 1938 will be guest at Nineteen high schools, representing two states and thirteen cities, will par its alumni banquet on Monday, May 16. And thus a new policy is born, ticipate in the Wrangler-sponsored Notre Dame Catholic Oratorical Contest dictated by the mutual interests of over this weekend. Frank Parks, junior of Dillon Hall, is the chairman of the Seniors and the annual alumni the event. This is the largest number ever to take part in the contest, last banquet. ^ year there being only seven schools Heretofore, the Seniors have been with representatives. The increased guests of the University, together size of the contest has forced a ser with returned alumni, on the Satur ies of eliminations to be held on Sat day night of Commencement week urday afternoon, with the finals end. taking place on Sunday afternoon. The winning school will be award This policy has seriously interfered ed a large trophy, the gift of Mr. with the many obligations of Seniors Joseph P. McNamara, an alumnus of to parents and friends. The custom Notre Dame and a former Wrangler, grew of excusing the graduating who is now deputy attorney-general Class immediately following the meal of the state of Indiana. A trophy service. But this, in turn, embar will also be given to the Indiana rassed the remaining group and the school whose representative finishes speakers, as it left a void in the hall highest in the contest. Medals will be and created a most unflattering stam awarded the winners of the first three pede preceding the opening address. places. Two other assemblies of the Sen The program for the week is .as iors, once held during Commence WRANGLER FRANK PARKS follows: eliminations in the auditori ment week, have been abandoned Arranges largest contest. ums of both the Law Building and through the increased program and the John F. Cushing Hall of Engi the resulting pressure on Seniors and neering to be run off simultaneously faculty alike. One was the Friday at 2:00 p.m. Banquet, honoring the noon meeting of the Seniors, ad Sef April 9 Dafe For \'isitors in the Lay. Faculty Dining dressed by the President of the Uni room at 7:00 p.m. Finals of the con versity. The other was the Sunday Prize Competition test in the John F. Cushing Hall of afternoon meeting of the Alumni As Engineering Sunday at 2:00 p.m. sociation, with the induction of the The judges for the contests will Seniors as a part of the proceedings. The Committee on Scholarships has be: from the Wranglers, William New circumstances of the rapid de announced that April 9 is the latest Bowes, William Mahoney, Robert velopment of Notre Dame reduced date for submitting essays and archi Heywood, Pierre de la Vergne. both these impressive ceremonies to tectural drawings in competition for Others will be Professor William annoying and mutually ineffective which the essay is submitted. All man Coyne, varsity debate coach; Rever parts of an overcrowded routine. uscripts should be typewritten, double end John P. Lynch, C.S.C., and Rob spaced, and the pages should be prop ert Schmelzle. Several others have So the Alumni Office, through erly numbered. not been announced. James E. Armstrong, Alumni Secre AH essays should be addressed to Chairmen for the elimination trials tary, consulted with the administra the Committee on Scholarships and will be Frank Parks and Al Funk. tion of the University, the board of Prizes and be turned in at the office From each of the eliminations three directors of the Alumni Association, of the Director of Studies. speakers will be chosen to take part and the officers of the Senior Class. Complete details concerning eligi in the finals on Sunday afternoon. The result was the unanimous en bility for contests and the-conditions Frank Parks will serve as chairman dorsement of a separate banquet for prescribed for the prizes will be found of this event also. - the Seniors. in the current University Bulletin. Professor Frank. Moran of the This will result in their complete English department will be the guest freedom during the weekend of Com bers of visitors and distinguished par speaker at the banquet Saturday mencement. They will receive all of ticipants in the Commencement pro night. The visiting speakers, mem the information essential to their new gram have created. bers of the Wranglers, Rev. Norbert status as alumni. The program of William E. Cotter, '13, New York C. Hoff, moderator of the dub, and the alumni banquet can be devoted attorney, president of the Alumni As the judges will attend the banquet. entirely and in more detail to those sociation, is expected to be the As Schools participating in the con developments in campus and person sociation's speaker at the Senior ban test are: nel which are of peculiar interest to quet. Rev. John F. O'Hara, C.S.C.. St. Mary's, Anderson, Ind.; St. alumni who have been away from the '11, president of the University, will Joseph, Elwood, Ind.; Reitz Memorial, campus. And the members of the present the University address. John Evansville, Ind.; Central Catholic, administration are left free for those C. O'Connor, president of the Senior Fort Wayne, Ind.; St. Mary's, Fort growing demands that larger num- Class, will represent the Seniors. (Continued on Page 22) THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC DR. ABELL, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HOYNES BANQUET TO PRESIDENT, AWARDED LAETARE MEDAL BE APRIL 7 By Graham Starr Hon. Joseph B. Keenan, assistant Dr. Irvin Abell, Louisville, Ky., president-elect of the American Medical United States Attorney General, of Association, wall receive the 1938 Laetare Medal, the Rev. John F. O'Hara, Washington, D. C, will be the prin C.S.C, president of the University, announced last Sunday. The medal has cipal speaker at the annual Colonel been bestowed annually since 1883 by the University of Notre Dame upon an Hoynes memorial banquet to be held outstanding member of the Catholic ,^ Thursday night, April 7th, in the Bronzewood room of Hotel LaSalle. laity. The banquet is sponsored each year This is the highest honor a Cath by the Notre Dame Law Club as a olic layman can receive in the United tribute to Col. Hoynes, founder of States. The name of the recipient is the University Law school, who died announced on Laetare Sunday, the in 1933. Colonel Hoynes founded Fourth Sunday of Lent. school in 1893 and was its dean until In announcing the name of this 1918. year's medalist Father O'Hara, chair Members of the St. Joseph Valley man of the Laetare Medal committee, Bar Association and other prominent stated: jurists will be guests at the dinner. "The merit of Dr. Abell in his pro Prof. Clarence "Pat" Manion, pro fession has been signally recognized fessor of Constitutional Law, will de in his election to the presidency of liver the eulogy of Colonel Hoynes. the American Medical association, Maurice F. Quinn, member of the and his varied service to city and law club will give a brief tribute to state and nation, as surgeon, citizen, the late Judge William Cain, Notre soldier, and Christian gentleman, has Dame law professor who died in Feb endeared him in the esteem of a ruary of this year. numerous and extensive public bene Thomas G. Proctor is chairman of fitted by his years of devotion to the the banquet.