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^Ue f^oinje 2>a7^fe Thi s issue has been prepared espe- ciaiiy tof r civilians and ttraineer s enter ing Notre Danne for the first time Vol. 83, No. I NOV. 17. 1944 ^'^o^msr:M•jsaA'Ty ' " V -.1—. - . - '•». -J .-.*:"'.'•J g;-SJS^ ,iavIT ' '^Pir ;.:^;- «£ •^^•^••^^mm^ "^he ^otre ^ame Scholastic Editorial: Dhce Quasi Semper Victurus Vive Quasi Cras Moriturus FOUNDED 1S67 THIS IS YOUR MAGAZINE The SCHOLASTIC is the only campus news weeklsr, THE STAFF at Notre Dame, published by and for the students. Ori^ its staff are men from every branch of the service, plus" AL LESMEZ Editor-in-Chief an adequate number of civilians, thus insuring complete- coverage of all University and service activities. ED ITORIAL STAFF Life at Notre Dame, in these days, is so complex, so GENE DIAMOND - - - - Navy Associate Editor ROBERT RIORDAN ----- Managing Editor diverse, so sprawling—and you are so busy—^that no BILL WADDINGTON ------ Sports Editor individual can possibly keep himself properly informed BOB O'TOOLE ----- Circulation Manager on the activities about him. COLUMN ISTS Yet you want to know, and need to know, what is LIEUT. S. L. BEATTY ----- Observations going on about you. And this is the task that the JOHN POWER ------ The Green Banner BLAIR NATTKEMPER - - - Man About the Campus SCHOLASTIC assumes, and promises to do thorough HARRY WALTERS - - - - The College Parade ly, that you may be kept informed on many fronts— PETE BROWN - - - -Splinters from the Press Box the administrative personnel and regulations, class mat ART WAGNER ------ Swabbies Log ters, navy curriculum and discipline, social activities, CONTRlBUTORS local news, sports, scuttlebutt, and gossip. All these ele GEORGE DESPOT BOB COCHRAN RON BYERSMITH ments combine to assure you a full share in the new FRANK GRIMALDI JIM FOY MICHAEL MORANG life about you. HARRY SIEMONSMA GREG HALPIN JOE BRESLAW ROBERT MOLNAR ENRIQUE LULLI BOB CLEARY To all service men, the SCHOLASTIC offers a CHARLEY LAPP NEIL BROSCHA semester's subscription for the nominal fee of one dol PHOTOGRAPHY lar. Within the next day or two, a SCHOLASTIC CHARLES RENAUD DON WHITE representative will call on you. Fill in the blank below, in this complimentary issue. The magazine will be de- ; REV. CHARLES M. CAREY, C.S.C. - - Faculty Advisor livered to your room every Friday evening, beginning with the issue of November 24. Member of Catholic School Press Association, Associated Collegiate Press, Distributor of Collegiate Digest. Represented for national advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Avenue, New York You need the SCHOLASTIC; it is your magazine. City—Chicago—Boston—Los Angeles—San Francisco. THE SCHOLASTIC is published weekly during the school year, except during vacations and examination periods at the University of Notre Dame. Address all manu —THE EDITOR. script to the Editor, Administration Building, Notre Dame, Indiana. eep up on Notre Dame News — subscribe to the SCHOLASTIC for yourself or your friends in the service, $ i .00 for November-February semester Name. Addiress.. CLIP BLANK AND MAIL TO PUBLICATIONS OFFICE — NOTRE DAME, INDIANA Jf Two k THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC Enteied 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. Vol. 83 NOVEMBER 17, 1944 No. 1 Civilian Enrollment Nears the 1,000 Mark Navy Begins Program for Zahm and Cavanaugh Retired from Navy Life Aircrewman Training as V-12 Program Sees Its First Serious Cut-Down. In Aaew of the need for an enormous BY GEORGE DESPOT number of trained men to carry out its ever-increasing attack on the Japs, the Another war-time enrollment at the tinental United States; still others were Navy announced recently that it will injured in early training and thus their accept young men for Aircrewman train University finds this semester with the ing. largest civilian enrollment since the service careers have been cut short. service progi-ams got under way more Young men from 17 to 26 years, re The University, foreseeing the many than a year ago, according to Rev. gardless of schooling, are eligible to take problems and difficulties of reconversion James W. Connerton, C.S.C, registrar the aptitude and physical examinations from military life to civilian life, set up of the University. in the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection its "Veterans Bureau" early last semes Board's offices in the Board of Trade The sound of marching feet has grown ter under the directorship of Rev. John Building in Chicago. Transportation will more distant, and now the long awaited J. Lane, C.S.C. Last June, within a few- 'be provided by the navy upon requests return to normal shows a semblance of days after . the President signed the by applicants from this area, also meals beginning. A forty percent reduction Servicemen's Readjustment Act, giving and room while in Chicago. Perfect over last semester's V-12 trainees here the Veterans' Administration authority vision of 20-20 eyesight, unaided, is re has brought their number down to 1,102, to provide among other things educa quired. Also maximum weight of 185 including 265 local E.O.T.C. members. tion assistance to discharged veterans pounds, and a maximum height of six The marines have had the distinction of this war. Rev. Hugh O'Donnell, C.S.C, feet is required. of being the first service group to depart president of the Univei-sity, announced Men accepted for this Aircre^vman en masse, having vacated two halls, the establishment of an office to make program will receive 52 weeks of instruc Zahm and Cavanaugh, in the first "re and to maintain liaison on the one hand tions at Memphis, Tenn. During this tirement" of campus facilities for ci\n\- between the University and the Veter period they take courses in aerial gun ian use. ans' Administration, and on the other nery, radio operation, and aviation me Civilian Increases hand between the University and the chanics. On completion of the course, In direct and natural contrast to the returning servicemen. graduates are given Petty Oificer ratings V-12 decrease has been the gain in the NROTC Unchanged as either Aviation Eadiomen, Aviation civilian enrollment from 626 to over 900. Ordnancemen, or Aviation Machinist's According to Father Connerton, this The Naval Reserve Officers Training Mates. The navy's famed "Silver Wings" is the first large increase in the civilian Corps alone remains numerically un are awarded the newly-graduated Air- enrollment since the origin of the V-12 changed. Their ranks of 169 which were crewmen program at Notre Dame. Yet, even ^vith depleted by graduation and ti-ansfers As a combat Aircrewman, a man will this large growth in the civilian popula have been filled by many replacements not only be an expert gunner, but also a tion of the campus. Father Connerton from the fleet and from V-12 schools competent technician carrying out vital has announced that plans are being throughout the nation. assignments as a member of the flying made for the accommodation of many The V-12s occupy Alumni and Dillon corps of the navy. more students next semester. halls. The NROTC are still in Walsh Those interested in further informa hall. The "civvies" have historic Sorin, tion are requested to contact: Lieut. H. Many Veterans St. Edward's, Carroll, Breen-Phillips, L. Mosier, USNR, Office of Naval Officer Partly responsible for this popular in Zahm, and Cavanaugh halls. Procurement, 141 West Jackson Boule crease is the presence of many dis vard, Chicago 4, Illinois. charged veterans on campus. Numbering The departure of the marine corps slightly over 60, the majority of them marks the first step in the direction of •^ •*• *** *** t^ <{• *** *2> *!* *I* *•* *•* *«* *** *•* *•* {* are here with the assistance of the "G.I. peace-time conversion to an all-civiHan, • The official LOST and FOUND De- • Bill of Rights." campus. This fact, followed closely by •> partment is located in the Office of *t* the an-ival of many discharged veter <* the Prefect of Discipline in the Main *!* Although there have been other dis charged veterans on campus previous ans, places the University back on the <* Building. All articles which are found <* path toward former days when navy- <* should be turned in immediately in '!* semesters, this is the first large g^oup to return from active, duty. Many have blue and marching feet were unknown, • order that the right owner may claim *^ and civilian clothes were as familiar in <* his property as soon as possible. *t* seen action in distant war theaters; Dillon and Howai-d halls as in Sorin haU. <«•••••>•• • *t* • •> • • <• * * others have served long years in the con Three By then it was 9:35 so the team, who student "Win or Lose" Spirit of Notre Dame had not had breakfast yet, departed in taxi cabs and the hundreds of boys Manifests Itself as Team Is Met at Station marched through the doors into the streets singing a continuous Victory BY ENRIQUE R. LULLI March and together all paraded toward the bus station finishing with a "Go In the most awe-inspiring display of Monday morning at 6:20, the bells Irish, beat Northwestern." Irish spirit since the days of Rockne, rang throughout the civilian halls. Stu Now everybody is waiting for the Notre Dame rose en masse at 6:30 Mon dents ran through the buildings shout game this Saturday and all hope that ing and waking up those who might day morning to welcome home "their ball the fighting Irish will give another have been reluctant to hear the bells. club" at Union Station. There was no proof of that unbreakable spirit charac At 6:40 a.m.