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The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus THfeNOTRE DAME ALUMNUS IN THIS ISSUE: Leading Scientists Meet on Campus (Pase 75) Chicago Club Steps Ahead in Placement (Pase 77) Picpul Rams the Navy r Vol. 18 DECEMBER, 1939 No. 3 • IlllllllllllHlltlll •llllllllllllll •iiiiQ MOST REV. JOHN F. O'HARA, C. S. C. '11 Spotlight alumnus of the month, as he might The Alumni Association does not share the have been almost any time in recent years, is sense of loss which has come to the University. Eev. John F. O'Hara, C.S.C, '11, since 1934 the Because the stamp of a Notre Dame man remains president of the University of Notre Dame, now wherever the man may be. And in New York, the Most Rev. John F. O'Hara, C.S.C, Titular the outstanding identity of Father O'Hara as a Bishop of Milasa, auxiliary to the Most Rev. Notre Dame man, whose work and whose ex­ Francis J. Spellman, D.D., LL.D., '35, Archbishop ample have in turn stamped many another Notre of New York, and head of the Catholic religious Dame man, will continue in his new episcopal welfare organization of the United States armed work ujidiminished in alumni significance, adding forces, by act of His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, in fact new lustre to the rising tide of the Litt.D., '3G, on December 11, 1939. achievements of Notre Dame men. tiiiiiiiiiiiiiii The Notre Dame Alumnus This magazine is published monthly from October to June, inclusive (except January), by the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame. Indiana. Entered as second class matter October 1, 1939, at the Postoffice, Notre Dame, Indiana, under the act of August 24, 1912. Member of the American Alumni Council and of the National Catholic Alumni Federation. JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, "25, Editor; WILUAM R. DOOLEY, "26, Managing Editor Vol. 18. DECEMBER. 1939 No. 3 Famed Bacteriologists Meet at Notre Dame Micrurgical Colloquium Is Held; Professor Rey- niers Discusses Isolation Cubicles Designed By Him and Now In Use In Noted Evanston Cradle Man's newest field of exploration—the senal of implements now at their com­ minute invisible highly populated world mand. of one-cell "creatures," sometimes so An array of such "armament" was de­ small that their size is no greater than scribed and demonstrated. Fifty-tivo of one fifty-thousandth of an inch in diam­ the latest improved instruments, whose eter—occupied the minds of 40 scientists value totals $30,000, were on display. gathered at the University biological They ranged all the way from glass laboratories, on November 17 and 18. needles with points so minute they can be seen only beneath a microscope, to a While astronomers have been perfect­ model of a cubicle designed to protect ing huge telescopes to pierce the heavens babies from nursery epidemics. in an effort to explore the universe, bac­ teriologists have developed delicate tools Formal papers on these micrurgical •with which to wage their war against an instruments were presented at sessions invisible and formidable enemy of man by Dr, JI. J. Kopac and Dr. Robert —disease - producing bacteria. Appro­ Chambers, of New York University, Dr. priately, befoi'e discussing advances Earl JI. Hildebrand, of Cornell Univer­ achieved and objectives yet to be at­ sity, Ithaca, N. Y., and Profs. James A. tained, the bacteriologists opened their Reyniers, '30, and Philip Tre.xler, '34, of session with a consideration of the ar­ the University of Notre Dame. A model of the Reynicis isolation cubicle, de­ signed by Notre Dame's Professor Reyniers to prevent cross-infection among babies. Twelve cubicles of this kind are in use at the Cradle In Evanston, Illinois. On Friday, hope for banishment of one type of unwanted alien without Congi'essional intervention was extended by Dr. Rudolph Glaser of the Rockefel­ ler Institute of Medical Research. Dr. Glaser who has been conducting a re­ search war against "Popillia japonica," the destructive Japanese beetle, for 10 years, told fellow scientists how he dis­ covered a species of roundworm which does an effective job of "liquidating" the beetle, destroyer annually of millions of dollars worth of American farm prod­ ucts. Friday speakers were Dr. Oram Wool- Earnestly studying micrurgical equipment arc, left to right. Dr. A. J. Rikcr, University of Wisconsin; pert and N. Paul Hudson of Ohio State Rev. Francis J. Wenninger, C.S.C., dean. College of Science, Notre Dame; Dr. Casper Nelson, head. Bacteriological Department. North Dakota State College; Dr. Earl >L Hildebrand, Cornell University; University, Columbus, Ohio; Dr. Philip Dr. M. J. Kopac, New York University: Dr. Rudolph Glaser, Rockefeller Institute, Princeton, New Jersey. R. White, also of the Rockefeller Insti- 76 The Notre Dame Alumnus 'Old-T imers See U.S-C. Game Jesse Harper Returns For 1916-17 Reunion The Monogram Men of 1916 and 1917 comprised the youthful - looking "Old-Timers" of the Southern California week-end reunion. Led by their coach Jesse Harper, who looked as young as his former players,- the following men participated in the busy two-day sessions: William Andres, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Examininf; some of the micnirKical equipment at the Notre Dame conference arc, left to ticht. Chick Bader, Gary; Harry Baujan, Day­ Dr. SL \V. Jennison. Department of Bioloffy and Public Health. RLI.T.; Dr. Casper Nelson, head. Bac- ton; Jim Boland, South Bend; Stan Co- tcrioloo' Department. North Dakota State COIICKC; Laurence Horswcll. New York City; Robert Nelson, graduate student in liacteriolosy at Kotre Dame, son of Dr. Nelson. fall, Cleveland; Frank Coughlin, South Bend; Dick Daley, Erie; Si Degree, De­ tute. Dr. William F. Wells, of the Uni­ demics, a dreaded menace of nursery troit; Leo Dubois, Cincinnati; D. Chet versity of Pennsylvania, Dr. Iwan Eos- wards. Grant, Notre Dame; Cy Kasper, Aber­ enstern of Evanston, 111., and Professor Dr. AVilliam F. Wells, of the Phipps deen, So. Dak.; Jake Kline, Notre Dame; Reyniers, head of the bacteriological Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Grover Malone, South Bend; Joe Mc- laboratories, Notre Dame. talked on air borne infection and the use Ginnis, Chicago; Bob McGuire, Chicago; Discovering that the roundworm was of ultraviolet barriers. He, too, has de­ Eddie Meehan, South Bend; John Miller, a beetle killer. Dr. Glaser studied ways signed a system to protect babies and Fall River, Mass.; Walter Miller, Defi­ and means of reproducing it in sufficient other hospitalized populations against ance, 0.; Dillon Patterson, South Bend; ] quantities to make it an effective mass infection and contagion. Instead of a Dudley Pearson, Milwaukee; John Pow­ exterminator. The savant can now prop­ cubicle Dr. Wells throws barriers of ers, Willoughby, 0.; Ted Rademaker, ultraviolet rays across openings, pre­ agate the roundworm from sterile cul­ Peru, Ind.; Frank Rydzewski, Chicago; i; tures in wholesale quantities of from 10 venting passage of germs from patient Fritz Slackford, Cleveland; Butch Whip­ to patient. His system is also in use at to 20 million at a time. ple, Springfield, 111.; and Clyde Zoia, the Evanston Cradle. By means of a spray these tiny worms Woodstock, 111. If any one was missed it was through failure to register in the are applied to fields wherein the Japa­ Concluding the conference. Dr. Iwan special Old-Timers Book in the Alumni nese beetle plies its parasitical profes­ Rosenstem, clinical director of The Office, and we're sorry. sion. TKe State of New Jersey, where Cradle, reported on the results of the beetles abound, and the Federal Govern­ t\vo systems he has had under his Friday night, the dinner in the Dining ment are aiding in the work, and soon, observation. Halls launched the program. Elmer Lay- it is expected, the Japanese beetle popu­ den brought Don Ameche in as a special lation in this country ^\-ill disappear. Friday night Dr. J. J. JIcDonald of guest, and it was difficult to get the From beetles the scientists jumped to the Northwestern Medical School, Chi­ cago, presented a colored motion picture, crowd (Rydzewski and Coughlin haven't babies. Professor Reyniers, in discussing shrimk any) started over to the great­ the use of mechanical barriers in pre­ illustrating the Cradle technique for preventing cross infection. est pep meeting of the season in the venting cross infection among hospital­ familiar Gymnasium. Later the same ized infant populations, described the The Rev. Francis J. Wenninger, night, the reunited brethren were guests system of isolation cubicles he has de­ C.S.C., '11, dean of the College of at the Notre Dame Club of the St. Jos­ signed to protect babies from all air­ Science at Notre Dame, was general eph Valley at the smoker in the also borne bacteria and contact infection. chairman of the colloquium. Dr. A. J. familiar Oliver Hotel, where many an In designing these cubicles, now in Riker of the University of Wisconsin older alumnus used the bulky guest table use at the famed Evanston (111.) Cradle, presided over the Thursday sessions and group in pointing out to young alumni Professor Reyniers said he has combined Dr. Thomas McGrath presided on Fri­ how Notre Dame'grew them back when. an air - conditioning system which em­ day. The Rev. John F. O'Hara, C.S.C, ploys a triple graduated air pressure, '11, president of Notre Dame, welcomed Saturday afternoon, the group were with the mechanical construction of the the scientists in a short talk in which sideline guests of the Athletic Associa­ cubicles which results in a flow of air he stressed the importance of specializa­ tion and saw Notre Dame's greatest always away from the baby.

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