Notre Dame Scholastic, Vol. 95, No. 05
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THE NOTRE DAME '^ wm ^ ^# OCTOBER 23, 1953 Jane Greer says: "l was a band singer when a picture magazine asked me to pose in the new WAC |4oM/ftestejot£^rted..| uniforms. Hollywood saw my picture, liked it and overnight I was in movies. From then on, it was hai"d work and perseverance." Start Smoking Camels Yourself! Smoke only Camels for 30 days and find out why Camels are America's most popular cigarette. See how mild and flavorful a cigarette can be.' mSS. peeSL Wim MORE PEDPLE "THANi AKiY OTHEf^ OC^ARETTE I wamSSSmtSm FORD AT FIFTY Ford at Fifty is proud of its part in the march of progress along the American Road. Today all America travels on wheels. Our sights are set on a new half- century of growth, symbolized by the Ford Rotunda. Creative research and engineering ^vill spearhead our efforts to pioneer a new American Road to a better life for all. The Ford Graduate Training Program offers opportunities in the following fields of endeavor: ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING ACCOUNTING FINANCE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CAMPUS INTERVIEWS OCTOBER 27, 1953 DEARBORN, MICHIGAN October 23, 1953 Adlers serving more than two generations of N. D. Men Editor: I wish to enter a protest concerning- a caption you carry below a picture in your Oct. 2 issue. The picture is one taken at the Notre Dame-Oklahoma game and has the caption, "One of the partisan Oklahoma fans raises hands Enjoy 4 new ^j^. in hope." Apparently the photographer did not advantages of... know it, but his shot was taken towards the Oklahoma City Alumni section. The picture shows my Avife, a resident of South Bend until 1949, and as avid a Notre Dame rooter as there is in this ORLON nation, and myself, a Notre Dame faculty member for seven years, current secretary of the Oklahoma City Alumni Club, and local 1952 Notre Dame Man Flannel of the Year, which all in all should take us out of the "Oklahoma Fan" category at least for this game. While all the "hot weather gear" Slacks makes us difficult to recognize, we sure ly don't want our Notre Dame and South Bend friends to suspect us of disloyalty specially priced at to the Irish. Yours truly, E. S. Kavanaugh, Vice-pres., n2 95 Metropolitan Paving Co., Inc. Former Student, Fr. Boarman (Regularly $16.95) Named Speakers' Moderator According to John Mahoney, pi-esident of the Bureau, Rev. Glenn Boarman, Orion . Dupont's wonderful new miracle fiber C.S.C, is the new moderator of the Speakers' Bureau. blended with fine long staple wool Fr. Boarman, a former student at the University, is a member of the Depart gives these flannel slacks four new freedoms . ment of Philosophy and rector of Fisher they retain their crease longer . hold their Hall. During his student days at Notrl' Dame, Fr. Boarman assisted Rev. shape better . wrinkles hang out . they wear longer Charles F. Sheedy, C.S.C, publishing ... all at no extra cost. Choice of Frostone grey, the World War II Chaplains' Digest. As a member of the class of '46 he Cambridge grey, Oatmeal tan, Frostone blue. vx'as awarded the Breen Medal for ora tory and the Cavanaugh-Goodrich Prize. Regulars, shorts and long sizes. This year the Bureau will place more emphasis on individual practice in speech. At the second meeting members were given their first chance to speak Open a charge account at by introducing themselves and giving their background. Each speech was fol lowed by a short period of criticism. During the year members will be urged to enter ths various speech contests on campus. Because of the initial success last year, a more extensive program of dis cussion is being planned with schools of the regional forensic commission of Michigan at Washington the NFCCS and with other schools in the area. The Scholastic I've written this poem although I'm not a poet. But that's okay because Gene Kessler has written some sports columns. ^fef^-- ,^->-?>f:;^^^-f?4^^ \:-:>.-:\Z'::< ,'-• '••/-,1; •V^f-'rl^r "^•^n^^^-^^T^^: >-;,^iSi; 3S^yji:"?'s*rr3- ;-J Requiescot in Pace One of the most sensational figures to by Ken Murphy hit the campus in many a moon has gone to the happy hunting grounds. Top of the Week With a catch in my voice and a wee tear Saturday classes on home football week-ends have been in my eye, I feel it my duty to inform shortened to 35 minutes. you that "Virginia Burke" is no more —she is kaput. The 17-inch Sorin alli War on the Bog gator passed away quietly last Sunday It happened at approximately 10:05 p.m. last Thui-sday, eve and was put to rest with the "proper October 15th. The quiet serenity of Badin Bog was abx-uptly festivities on Monday eve. disturbed by hiking feet and battle cries that were unmistak At first it was thought that the ex ably those of an outraged people in revolt. We peered out citement of the recent civil war may of our Walsh Hall crow's nest, heart pounding, with memories have been too much for the old girl, hut of Alamo, Fort Sumter, Lexington and Pearl Harbor fleeting at the coroner's inquest it was learned that she died of starvation—wouldn't through our mind. What was it, we ,. eat the food from the Chow Hall for wondered to ourselves. Had one of the down the main steps, then the tradition three weeks. rebels around here finally gone too far? is cheapened somewhat, don't you think? Our front-line cori-espondent Avas promptly on the scene, however, and Ode To A Gene Pre-Season Prognosticotors sent back a steady staccato of informa There ivas a young journalist from Chi We were thumbing through one of tion. The first report clued us as to who Who said the Spartans tvere the apple those early-August football magazines was doing what to whom. It read: of his eye the other day. Ever do it? Try it some "Sorin is storming the Badin Bastille." He would earnestly exclaim time. Once in awhile it's good for a Not much in quantity, but what qual Game after every game laugh. Like for instance what this one ity! Undoubtedly our correspondent That Munn's men were a dream from writer had to say in his appraisal of was a journalism major. We Avatched on high; Princeton. Quote; "On paper the and waited through the perilous night. Then, by the dawn's early light, as a They had a twenty eight-game victoi-y Tigers . figure to be close to the gray fog hovered over the no-man's land skein pinnacle again. If they get by Navy of the Bog, Sorin proudly unfurled her Having overrun the toughest opposition in mid-October, they may pick up all colors, sending one of her ti'oops scam on the scene the marbles." pering up a desolate sapling to stake Including the Marqiiettes and Syracuse Well, as you all know, the Tigers claim to the battlefield with a huge The Hoosiers and the TCU's didn't quite make it over, under, around "Sorin Swamp" sign. Even the State of Oregon ivas among or past the Middies last Saturday and the victims listed by Gene; Our correspondent later informed us are still looking for a few of their that it all started after Badin had Meamvhile the overrated Msh of Coach marbles which were scattered all over absconded one of the benches from Leahy the field. 65-7. Wow! Sorin's front stoop. But Sorin's valiant Remain "as yet imtested" so say he warriors eventually recaptured the They're not bad, mind you Bottom of the Week valued piece of furniture and won the But Oklahoma, Pitt and Ptirdue day. We still think one of the rebels Are really nobody to dismay thee. but you still have to go to them. went too far. Consecrated or Desecrated? Roget's Pocket Thesaurus, the bible of all Journalism majors, defines the GLASSES FITTED You Always Get a Square term "tradition" as "time-honored, ven erable, inveterate." Now Notre Dame, Deal at Breen's like all other colleges and universities, has a few traditions which have been handed down through its 112 long years. WATCHES DIAMONDS Chief among these is the tradition that SATISFAaORY OPTICAL RADIOS SHAVERS no one uses the front steps of the Main SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND Building until after he has graduated FOR OVER 50 YEARS EXPBIT WATCH from the old Alma Mater. Lenses Ground in Our Own Shop. REPAIRING Naturally we can see where lay pro fessors or members of the clergy or even presidential candidates who have not J. BURKE BREEN'S received a degree from Notre Dame Optometrist might be considered an exception to this OR. W. G. BOGARDUS unwritten law, but when every secre DR. M. I. MITTERMAYER 325 So. Michigan S\. tary and every tourist and everybody Associates else around here except the students 228 So. Michigan St. Ph. 7-3630 finds it more convenient to run up and October 23, 1953 ;.>\-> =;r 'b#;^ DR. N. FIZDALE OPTOMETRIST EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED OCTOBER 23 OPTICAL REPAIRS SOUTH OF THE TENNIS COURTS (7:30 p.ni).—Green hats, a bon 1 to 2U-Hour Service fire and loud voices (louder and stronger than last week, Ave hope) start the "Wreck Tech" weekend rolling with a giant-size pep rally. 309 S. MICHIGAN WASHINGTON HALL (8:30 p.m.)—The University Theatre presents Next to Avon Theatre 7-5477 the farce-comedy, Three Men on a Horse, a story of a verse writer who discovers he has an uncanny knack of picking horse race winners.