The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus 'ME D/IME LIERARY NOTRE DAME .^^^ * the univemty Willi the beginning of a iww year tliere emerge hopes and plans of days ahead. Some are in the immediate future^ ofliers are in the long range view. But with aU^ there's attaclied an importance. A university is no different, nor are its alumni. Notre Dame, "because of the untiring efforts of its entire community, looks to the new year ivith confidence as it launches a new era of building and programs. great new surge 8 Taking a prominent place in the Uni­ versity's plans for tlie year ahead, tlie Alumni Association will realise the benefits of continuing education as its ovon center's doors open to them this spring. program and building tal<e sliape i; How well tlie University performs on tlie gridiron in tlie fall of '66 will be the concern once again of millions of loyal ND fans from coast to coast. Wanted is the play-by-play, game- by-game account of all the action. There to provide it, via TV, radio and tlie written loord, are the men in the big, glass box. atop the action 14 Alumni President's Lelter....rear cover Classes 29 Low School—44 Clubs .... 18 Potpourri 2 Editorial 1 Sports 46 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 735 NORTH 57 AVE. DIRECTORS TO 1969 ADMISSIONS W. lANCASTE?. SMITH '60 OMAHA, NEB. 68132 HONORARY PBESIDENT 1050 N. GREEN BAY RD. WllUAM D. KAVANAUGH '27 lAKE FOREST, 111. 6004S DIRECTORS TO I9B8 3445 ORDWAY ST., N.W. THOMAS P. CARNEY '37 WASHINGTON, D.C 20016 PSESIDENT BE8T8AND D. COUGHUN, M.D. '26 JOSEPH H. CAREY '32 STUDENT AFFAIRS 15965 BRIAECUFF WIUIAM F. KERWIN, JE. VO EEJrRAND D. COUGKIIN, WD. '26 BUDGET DETROIT, MICH. 48221 1108 EMIUE ST. VICE-PRESIDENT 16 THORNDEU DR. GREEN BAY, WIS. 54301 WIIUAM V. CUDDY '52 ST. lOUlS. MO. 63117 THOMAS W. CARROtl 'it VICE-PRESIDENT 17 CARITON RD. RICHARD A. ROSENTHAl '54 WIlllAM V. CUDDY -52 HERBERT M. SAMPSON 'itl HUTCHINSON, KAN. 67501 15670 HEARTHSTONE DR. PUB. RE(. AND DEVElOPMENr VICE-PRESIDENT MISHAWAKA, IND. 46544 PIACEMENT AMBROSE F. DUDIEY, JR. ••i3 JAMES t ARMSTRONG '25 lis RAIPH AVE. 519 SUSSEX RD. lEO V. TURGEON, M.D. '42 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY WHITE PIAINS, N.Y. lOiOS WYNNEWOOD, PA. 19D94 SUITE 107 DIRECTORS TO 1967 HERBERT M. SAMPSON 'SO CHARIES J. PAnSRSON '47 CRENSHAW MEDICAL CENTER THOMAS P. CARNEY '37 ATHIETIC 73 MT. WAYNE AVE. 3731 STOCKER ST. CONTINUING EDUCATION REUGION AND CITIZENSHIP FRAMINGHAM. MASS. 01702 lOS ANGEIES. CAIIF. 90008 Forty years ago, January laiife, !lf"pro3uce^^Trsr3iIuMNUS as editor. (That was undoubtedly the peak year of my self- confidence. At this moment, I have neither tears nor beer to cry them into, rather . .) I am appedled at the time span the figures indicate. I am even more appalled at the crowded history of those years, and the futility of trying to indicate even the highlights with any justice or balance. And yet, it is impossible to avoid some references. A comparison of the University's presidents is difficult. Each in his time made a major contribution to Notre Dame under the evident pa­ tronage of Our Lady. Father Matthew WaJsh who hired me had the job of recognizing the new demands on a university in the wake of World War I. Father diaries O'DonneTl in his first months of administration, against a background of scholarly and poetic priestliness, enjoyed the contrasting traumas in 1929 of a na­ tional football championship and the stock market crash. He went on to become an outstanding administrator during the critical era of economic adversity and the tragedy of Knute Rockne's death. Father John O'Hara brought the unusual talents of a great priest and a great administrator to the task of further advancing Notre Dame's progreims in the post-depression yeeirs, and, later, yielding a major campus career to the call of the Church that took him into the spiritual challenges of World War n and then on to the red hat. Father Hugh O'Donnell, whose depth of dedication to the proper identity of Notre Dame / was the hallmark of his entire career, was suddenly faced with the e-xigencies of World War n and the unprecedented readjust­ ments it imposed on the campus. The emergence of the Uni­ versity from these years without a scar upon the Golden Image, and with a lasting sense of new strength, are an increasingly significant monument to him. He was a particular patron of alumni, and alumni progress was a prime concern among the many unforeseen challenges that faced him. Father John Cav- anaugh, his background dotted with much lay student and alumni H experience, came to the presidency with the new challenge of academic achievement that faced all colleges and universities cifter World War II and the influx of the serious G.I. students. His was the difficult task of turning the administrative back on the past and shaping a new campus to meet the new education for a new leadership. A major contribution was the creation of a resource pool of young religious from whom his successor was selected, Father Hesburgh. Forty volumes of the ALUMNUS have made an effort to give the alumni the multiple highlights of these administrations. Another area of constant growth has been my humility. I have relied, with increasing reason and increasing success, on the participation of administration, faculty, students and alumni in the multiple ex­ tensions of alum­ ni life. I tfiink primarily of the editorial Alumni Board. AS Lank Smith becomes the • This mogazlne Is,published M-monlhly by the Unlversify oF honorary presi­ Noire Oame, Notre Dame, Ind Entered oi second-closs matter comment -Pet. I, 1939, at the post office, Notre Dome, Ind., iindcr Iho dent, and George 'octof Aug. 24, 191Z Bariscillo, Paul Fenlon, and Mort Goodman retire, their per­ sonal contributions to the advancement of the Association can never be adequately recorded. And this has been the annual feeling as a senior quartet of devoted leaders have left this strong and constructive channel of alumni contact with JAMES E ARMSTRONG '25 the University. Their satisfactions, as must my own sense of EDITOR obligation, derive from the reflection of great and continuous JOHN P. THURIN '59 MANAGING EDITOR alumni progress in all our programs. P. MICHAEl BASCIE '6S Fundamentally, in the 40 years, the Association has passed EDITORIAL ASSISTANT for the better from the hands of a brash newly graduated BRUCE HARIAN '49 Alumni Secretary, to the thousands of helpful hands of the PHOTOGRAPHER 37,000 alumni who have been the living proof of the progress EDWARD E. HERRMANN CO ART CONSULTANT of Notre Dame, you! JAMES E. MURPHY '47 PUBLIC INFORMATION JOHN H. JANOWSKl 'SI (0 PRODUCTION COORDINATOS MEDICAL SCHOOL: Political RSVP The University extended the invi­ tation, and the 1967 session of the Indiana General Assembly just might accept At stake: a $100 mil­ lion state-owned and -operated medi­ cal center that may eventually be located on the Notre Dame campus. A volunteer citizen group, the Committee on Higher Education in Northern Indiana, has been cam­ paigning to have the center located in northern Indiana. O. C. Car- michael Jr., chairman of the board of Associates Investment Co., is head of the committee. He also is a mem­ ber of the University's Board of Lay Trustees. The University soon joined the campaign with an offer of land, an entire floor of the new Memorial Li­ brary, and computer and science facilities if the state were to select the University as the site. Educa­ tional and research exchanges also were hinted at, with contractual arrangements offered for use of the new Center for Continuing Edu­ cation. Although a special committee of the legislature will review the pro­ posal this year, final action awaits next year's session of the General Assembly. "The most direct effect on the University would be to stimulate our College of Science," explained Asso­ ciate Vice-President for Academic Affairs Dr. Thomas Stewart, looking toward Notre Dame's selection as the site. Beyond that, and even more im­ portant, would be a twofold com­ 'Mk-^.. munity effect First, the influx of •^ more than 200 professional persons tmg. -o^^ would widen the cultural horizons of the area. Secondly, the economic boom would be tremendous. Com­ mented Dr. Stewart regarding the latter, "the University wants to co- ALUMNUS JANUARY 1961 FEBRUARY operate in developing the community Recently, however, the owner of tion Headstart and STEP. The latter in which it exists." the sought-after property has agreed would be especially beneficial to the More than a medical school, the to rent a portion of his building to main group the students se^ to center would offer medical education be used for the center. "We can rent help: the unemployed high-school from preprofessional levels to grad­ sn old store, and get going in a lim­ graduate or dropout. STEP provides uate research programs. Cooperat­ ited way," McCuen said. He hopes guidance, vocational training and ing with area hospitals, smd eventu­ tliis meager beginning will attract employment services. ally with a'hospital of its own, the community support to continue the Other community service groups, center would furnish internships center's activities. induding Notre Dame's Neighbor­ and residencies for doctors, develop The center will have activities hood Study Help Program, also could new medical techniques, and set up "mostly recreational and social in benefit from the facilities, McCuen clinics in surroimding counties.