GILBERT'S On the Camjms—Noire Dame •Reg. T. M. Goodall Sonford Incorporated CHARGE IT THE CAMPUS SHOP WAY.. PAY 1/3 IN JULY... PAY 1/3 IN AUGUST... PAY 1/3 IN SEPTEMBER... NO CARRYING CHARGE COME TO THE CAMPUS SHOP NOW ... THE PERFECT SOUTHERN-WEAR SPRING VACATION CLOTHES BY PALM BEACH ARE HERE • • • If you're going south for spring vacation, stop at the Campus Shop soon and select the ideal clothes for a carefree trip. Palm Beach wash and wear fashions are cool . require so little care . keep wrinkle- free . look handsome for any occasion. When they do need freshening, just wash them yourself . they dry in a jiffy . need Httle or no pressing. Palm Beach wash 'n wear fashions are modestly priced, too ... see them soon! PALM BEACH WASH 'N WEAR 39.95 PALM BEACH SLACKS, from 9.95 PALM BEACH SPORT COATS, from 29.95 On the Campus—Notre Dame March 25, 1960 R0pe^CH444OH4> QbCanQus NEIGHBORLINESS? Editor: {Avthor of "I Was a Teen-age Dwarf', "The Many After reading Mr. D. Edward Chap­ Loves ofDobie GiUis", etc.) lin's rabidly patriotic "Back Page" on <)» Latin American relations with the Unit­ ed States, one can easily surmise one of two things: that Mr. Chaplin has never visited Latin America; or that he isn't "NO PARKING" worried about showing his naivete about cei"tain aspects of the other half of the hemisphere. As everyone knows, the most serious unimportant. Gracious, no! Dentistry is He dismisses Latin American "ques­ problem facing American colleges today important and vital and a shining part tionable appreciation of the values of a is the shortage of parking space for of our American heritage. But the fact free society" without trying to explain in students' cars. is there is no real need for separate schools plain words what these values do con­ stitute. of dentistr3^ Dentistr}'^ could easily be ;Man}- remedies have been offered to Though I generally agree with his solve this vexing dilenmia. For instance, moved to the school of mining engineering. evaluation of the erratic foreign aid pol­ it has been suggested that all students be Surelj' anji^one who can drill a thousand icy of the United States, I cannot fail to required to drive small foreign sports cars feet for oil can fill a simple little cavitJ^ see drops of poison staining the "Back Page." Such attack — peppered wath which can be carried in the purse or This experiment—combining dentistrj' words such as "mooching," "shameless," pocket. This would, of course, solve the with mining engineering—has already and "blackmail," which are full of mean­ parking problem but it would make been tried at several colleges—and mth ing even out of context — tells of an in­ double dating impossible—unless, that is, some verj' interesting results. Take, for herent lack of capacity for the subject. In such critical articles, ignorance the boys make the girls run along behind instance, the case of a dental student hides behind clever and ravaging depre­ the car. But that is no.solution either named Fred C. Sigafoos. One daj' cations. because by the time thej^ get to the prom recently Fred was out practicing with his Tony de Haro the girls •\\'ill be panting so hard that thej' drilling rig in a vacant lot just off campus. 382 Dillon A\-ill vd\t their corsages. He sank a shaft two hundred feet deep Editor: Another suggested cure for our parking and, to his surprise and delight, he struck Last week's "Back Page" featured an woes is that all students smoke INIarlboro a detergent mine. For a while Fred article by D. E. Chaplin on U. S.-Latin cigarettes. At first glance this seems an thought his fortune was made but he American relations. We agreed fully with Mr. Chaplin in excellent solution because we all know soon learned that he had drilled into the that inter-American relations are a two- Marlboro is the cigarette which proved storage tank of the Eagle Laundr3^ way affair, and that Latin America that flavor did not go out when filters Walter P. Eagle, president of the laundrj'. should make more positive contributions came in—and when we sit to the field. We disagree, however, in his claim that the way to improve relations around and smoke good is to discontinue them. ^larlboros we are so pos- To judge Latin America by the state­ .sessed hj sweet content­ ments made by a few officials is grossly ment that none of us wishes unfair. But to claim that Latin Ameri­ cans have lost their dignity and have be­ ever to leave, which means come mendicants shows rash judgment no gadding about which and Mr. Chaplin's lack of insight and means no driving, which historical perspective into the problem. <l means no parking problem. He claims that the concept of dignidad fU%c^se Q{%i^l'^liiJed'fteMSii^0''' is "pure bunk." Anyone wath any real But the argument in favor knowledge of Latin idiosyncrasy knows of IMarlboros overlooks one important was mad as all get-out and things looked that this is false, and that the attitude fact: when j'ou run out of Marlboros j'ou mighty black for Fred. But it all ended of the Spanish hidalgo still remains true. must go get some more, which means well. Wlien Mr. Eagle called Fred into Mr. Chaplin scoffs at the "hodge-podge of democracies and dictatorships" of driving, which means parking, which his office to chew him out, it so happened South America. Yet the fact is that this •^i\l means you're right back where you that Mr. Eagle's beautiful daughter. "hodge-podging" is the clearest sign of started. Patient Griselda, was present. For j'ears the growing political maturity of the Patient Griselda had been patientlj' wait­ area. The last few years have seen the Probably the most practical suggestion (Continued on page 32) to alle\aate the campus parking situation ing for the right man. "That's him!" is to tear down ever}' school of dentistrj'^ she cried upon spjang Fred—and today The SCHOLASTIC is entered as second dass mail at Notre Dame, Indiana, at a special in the country and turn it into a parking Fred is a full partner in the Eagle Laundry postage rate authorized June 23, 1918. The in charge of pleats and ruffles. magazine is_ a member of the Catholic School lot. Tliis is not to say that dentistry is Press Association and the Associated Colle^ate ® 1900 Max Shulman Press. It is represented for National Advertising by National Advertising Service and by Don Spencer, College Magazines Corp., 420 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Pub­ lished weekly during the school year, except during vacation and examination periods, the SCHOLASTIC is printed at the Ave Maria Press. The subscription rate is $5.00 a year. Speaking of laundries reminds us of cleanliness which in Please address all manuscripts to the Editors, Box 183, Notre Dame, Indiana. All unsolicited turn reminds us of Altered Marlboros and unfiltered Philip material becomes the property of the SCHO­ Morris—both clean and fresh to the taste—both available LASTIC. in soft pack and Hip-top box. 4 The Scholastic «mi -•^•--:,r- The Notre Dame I Vol.101 No. 20 DEATH, AGAIN: For the third time this year, it is our unfoi-tunate responsibility to note the death of a member of the senior class. In a tragic plane crash in Southern MARCH 25, 1960 Indiana last week, Jay Bachner of River Forest, 111., was killed. After two of our I classmates had already met death in tragic accidents since Christmas, few of us ex­ pected it to happen again. Nonetheless, it has. It is hard to know what to say other than that we extend our sincerest condolences to the family and friends of Jay Founded 1867 Bachner. editor-in-chief NO PEP RALLY: The 1960 Marriage Institute is now more than halfway com­ RONALD BLUBAUGH pleted with only two moi-e talks to go. As usual it has been handled very well and associate editors has been largely successful. There is, however, one impoi-tant aspect of this series of talks which needs decided improvement. And this aspect is rather important: the E. (TED) THOMPSON audience. From the very look of the group that pushes into "Washington Hall on CHARLES TAUSCHE Wednesday nights it appears that most seniors feel that they are attending a pep rally or at best a "di-ess do^vn" party, and their looks betray their actions. In the *. news editor and staff atmosphere created by sloppy-looking shirts, kahki pants, unshaven faces and the ROY RUBELr like it is not unusual to see some members of the audience stretched out in their Wade Clarke . chairs in an almost horizontal position. This appearance of the senior class before Arthur Graham speakei-s brought to the Univei-sity is indecorous enough, but this atmosphere also Thomas Weiss creates a cei"tain feeling among the students which apparently allows them to inter­ rupt speakers, laugh at their mistakes in speech and othei"wise mdely treat the features editor and staff guests. Certainly this is not the idea behind the Mamage Institute. CHARLES RIECK It is not our intention to suggest complete foiinality at such a session. The fact Francis Smith that suits are worn to almost all other functions at Washington Hall, however, tends Thomas Sullivan to suggest that at least some sort of "dressing up" (although not necessarily coats .