Notre Dame Alumnus, Vol. 37, No. 03 -- September 1959
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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 SEPTEMBER 1939 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers ^^ FRAXXIS L.LA^•DE.^•, '36. Honorary President WiLLiA-M E. COTTER, JR., '41 President JULES K. DE L,\ VERG.VE,'33 Club Vice-President RAY.MO.VD W. DURST,'26 Class Vice-President LEO J. VoGEL, '17. Fund Vice-President NOTRE JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, '25 Secretary Directors to 1960 *J* LEO J. VocEL, '17 286 Magnolia Place, Pittsburfih 28, Pa. RAY-MOXD W. DURST, '26 DAME 840 Lathrop Ave, River Forest. III. JULES K. DE LA VERGNE, '33 413 Perc Marquette Bldg. New Orleans, Louisiana ALUMNUS WILLIAM E. COTTER, JR., '41 114 Laurie St., Duluth 3, Minnesota Volume 37 Number 3 September 1959 Directors to 1961 '^ JOSEPH R. STEWART, '22 Kansas City Life Insurance Co. Editor James E. Armstrong, '25 Box 139 Kansas City 41, Missouri Managing Editor John F. Laughlin, '48 C-HARLES E. ROHR, '30* Rohr's, nil Chester, Cleveland, Ohio JAMES H. SHEILS, '35 McManus and Walker Cover: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass remains the central and unifying event of 39 Broadway, New York, New York Commencement (top). Reunions (bottom) and every significant day in the JOHN C. O'CONNOR, '38 life of Notre Dome. 1000 Fidelity Trust Bldg. Indianapolis, Indiana Editorial: The Sublime Tradition—announcing an important new service for Notre Dome men, to be introduced in the next full issue. Page 3 Directors to 1963 Picture Story: Reunion Recap—a chronicle of the massive—and fre JAMES J. BYRNE, '43 BjTne Plywood Company quently madcap—1959 Reunions. Pages 4-11 Royal Oak, Michigan Short Article: The Need for on Adult Theological Education by Rev. PAUL J. CUSHI.VC, '31 Hydraulic Dredging Co., Ltd. Louis J. Putz, C.S.C.—home truths about continuing spirituality, 14th & Broadway, Oakland. Calif. with a "home front" bibliography. Page 12 WALTER FLEMING, JR., '40 Fleming & Sons, Inc. Photo Features: Spotlight Clubs—Chicago (retiring governors), Indian P.O. Box 1291, Dallas, Texas apolis (Bill Fox, '20), and Detroit (Van Wallace, '27). Pages 12, 14 W. EDMUND SHEA, '23 ,^ Third National Building '* Personality Feature: Adventures in Grand Opera—Frank Donovan, '26, Dayton 2, Ohio and Alfred C. Sfepon, Jr., '31, presidents of the two largest inland opera corporations in Detroit and Chicago. Pages 13-14 Chairmen of the 1959 Committees New Deportment: Your Alumni Board—^vital topics of the W. E. COTTER Executive J. K. DE Lv\ VERGNE; Club Actimties June meeting. Page 15 R. W. DURST. Class Activities L. J. VOGEI News Briefs: The University Today—Notre Dome developments, Alumni Fund, Foundation and Gifts R. W. DURST Preparatory Schools on and off the campus. Pages 16-17 L. J. VoGEI Placement and Job Counseliru C. E. ROHR* Inter-Alumni AffaiW News of the Notre Dame Law School Pages 18, 29 J. R. STEWART../'r«(ige and Public Relations J. H. SHEILS Religion and Citizenship Address: Of Importance to the Family, condensed from remarks at the J. R. STEWERT AND Alumni Banquet by Bill Cotter, '41. Pages 19, 29 J. H. SHEILS Nominations J. C. O'CONNOR Budget and Finance Athletics: 1959 Football Forecast and Roster; All-Americons, 1903-1959; L. J. VOGEI Resolutions 1958-59 Season Statistics. Pages 23-27. •Deceased Notre Dame Clubs and Classes—Club Directory, Club Reports and Photos, The Prompter's Box, Vital Statistics, Class News and This magaz ne is publish ed bi-monthly bv Spotlight Alumni. Pages 30-67 the University of Xolre Dame. Notre Dame Ind. Entered as second class mat- X tcr Oct. I, 1939, at the Post Office, Notre ^f President's Letter, by V/illiam E. Cotter, Jr., '41. Page 68 Dame Ind. under the act of Aug. 24, 1912. 1 2 Notre Dame Alumnus, September, 1959 We have nurtured our fraternal tra ditions. (The Reunions just past attest |o this.) tdUofUd eomment Alumn'"""i Secretar^"' y We cherish our athletic traditions. (The winter just past was eloquent testimony.) Announcing a new feature: Our spiritual traditions are strong. (The de dication of the THE IBLIME TRIDITIOK new Moreau Se minary brought national Relations and professor of po Our project is based on. some as a wonderful tes litical science, on t\vo symposia con sumptions. timonial to the ducted by Notre Came on this broad 1. Your business and professional T u A ^ piety of our topic, "What America Stands For." reading is adequately covered in your James E. Armstrons ' ' Dr. Kertesz will treat the present status business and professional journals. alumni from the of the United States in its relation to 2. Your basic general reading is Apostolic Delegate.) world problems, and review the many adequately covered in the magazines Ne.\t issue, the ALUMNUS VAW intro facets of our rich heritage treated in and newspapers which inform you. duce a new department in an effort the symposia by a group of outstanding 3. In every alumnus there is a cul to promote regularly and. consistently leaders, including a number of Notre tural urge, created by the concept of the intellectual tradition of Notre Dame alumni and faculty members. liberal education, and contact \vith it, Dame. In the current era of world crisis, not satisfied by any undergraduate • Msgr. John Tracy Eljis obser\'es: no opening topic seemed so universally curriculum. "... to whom, one may ask, may the adapted. 4. This urge is too often diverted leaders of the coming generation turn The second proposed winter insert, after college by the competition of re with, more rightful expectancy in their directed by Dr. John T. Frederick, quired reading for business or profes search for enlightenment and guidance head of the Department of Englbh, wU sional progress, or by the sugar-coating in the realm of religion and morality feature several short analyses of cur of the picture or digest media that than to American Catholic intellectu rent fields of literature by members of permit a superficial short-cut to our als? For it is they who are in posses the Department, with suggested reading world scene. sion of the oldest, wisest, and most sub under the separate headings. This 5. If voices of familiar faculty lime tradition of learning that the should be a great contribution to the members, from the campus on which ^vorld has ever known ..." reading search of the educated man, the intellectual world unfolded its Our project, simply and hopefully, for method as well as content. vastness to us, can bring us an oc it to foster this "sublime tradition." casional reminder that education is a With the background of literally The Department of Histor)', under continuing, never-ending process, wth years serious discussion by your national Rev. Thomas T. McAvoy, and the a simple new picture of some attrac Board of Directors and the University Department of Sociology, under Dr. tive new horizon, and a quick colorful administration, and through the cur John Kane, will, as presently pro chart on how to get there, the urge ^vill rent cooperation of a faculty committee grammed, provide the significant con not so often be diverted. headed by Rev. Philip S. Moore, tents of the third and fourth inserts. 6. You are as anxious as the Uni C.S.C., academic assbtant to Father This announcement is ob\'iously un versity, or the faculty, or your Associ ^Hesburgh, the ALUMNUS has scheduled derstatement. But the area of thought ation officers, to foster this Sublime a series of four 4-page inserts in the is not new to you. Tradition. ne.xt four issues of the ALUMNUS For me, it represents my own "30 magazine. Years War." I was sold on what was So look for your ne.xt ALUMNUS. These inserts will deal with single then called "adult education" in 1927. The insert will be on a different color fields of liberal education, sometimes In subsequent issues of the ALUMNUS stock, readily identifiable. presented by one facult)' author, some you will find a "Book Page" authored Read it. That is the first appeal to times by several. The treatment may by the late Father John W. Cavanaugh, you, and the primary purpose of the be unified or segmented within the C.S.C. You will find Reading Lists, insert. Then, if you will, let us have Abroad subject. in the magazine and separately sent, your reaction — the Alumni Ofiice, or Each topic will be supplemented by prepared by Colleges or by Depart the Editor, or the faculty %vriter or a suggestion of one or several authori ments. You will find articles by faculty writers who have intrigued you. tative and interesting books or other members on broader fields of interest. We believe this is the opening of a available treatments which will permit Frankly, we never felt we had hit a bigger, brighter era of richer alumni alumni with more intense interest to general pattern of success. But there life. Many of you are already en pursue the topic in detail. is" evidence of revived interest, not only joying it. We hope this multipUes the The first planned fall insert is a among Notre Dame men, but every number. It is intended as a service universally significant topic "What where. And we believe this simple pat from the University to you, in return America Stands For." tern may prove a most effective spear for another rich tradition — your gen gK The presentation is a current, vital head to as broad a program of con erous support of the University. We summary by Dr. Stephen Kertesz, tinuing education as your increasing believe it can repay you as many times chairman of the Committee on Inter- activity of mind can create.