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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 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS Vol. 20. No. 8 JUNE, 1942 Alumni Fund Under Way (Pase 3) 'UndeAWeStaHd! J The Notre Dame Alumnus athletic program at Centennial High School, Pueblo, Colo., from 1926 to 1929, UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS and then returned to Iowa as director of health and physical education in the PROF. BENITZ: AN APPRECIATION stronger bond of friendship between university's experimental school in Iowa teacher and pupil than exists in the in­ City imtil 1931, when he came to Notre It is di^cult to write about the death corporeal system. Dame as a physical education teacher. of a man like Prof. William L. Benitz. But with all the informality, and with Because men like Prof. Benitz don't die. all the humor, everyone at Notre Dame That is true of course ORDINATIONS. 1942 will recall a life of real service, a contri­ in the spiritual sense, bution of high learning, a loyalty that Seventeen young men were ordained and those who know welcomed such added responsibilities as priests of the Congregation of Holy his family life, and work on committees, marshalling the Cross in Sacred Heart. Church at Notre his character, and his Commencement processions, serving on Dame, June 24. Most Rev. John F. Noll, devotion to his parish, the athletic board, carrying the burden D.D., bishop of the Fort Wa3me diocese, accept his happy spir­ of treasurer of St. Joseph's Ghurch, and oflSciated. itual immortality al­ many other unseen and unsung sacrifices. most as a matter of The young men ordained were: Rev. His love for Notre Dame was as deep- John J. Winiarski, C.S.C, '38, Chicago; rooted as his faith. Marrying the daugh­ Rev. Vincent B. Delavy, C.S.C, '38, Rose- But even in a tem­ ter of the late Judge Timothy Howard, ville, Mich.; Rev. Chester A. Soleta, poral sense, men W. L. BENITZ himself a great lay professor at Notre C.S.C., '38, South Bend; Rev. Philip V. whose lives are freely Dame, Prof. Benitz and his wife added Lucitt, C.S.C., '38, Providence, R. I.; Rev. given to schools like Notre Dame, and a rich tradition to the new Notre Dame. Michael G. O'Brien, C.S.C, '38, Mt. Mor­ whose intellectual wealth is showered Three sons were graduated in 1925,1927 ris, Mich.; Rev. Eugene L. Dore, C.S.C, with little hope of tangible benefit on and 1932, to keep immediately alive his '38, Chicago; Rev. Herman R. Reith, succeeding generations of young men, interest in and his knowledge of the Uni­ CS.C, '35-'36, Fort Wayne, Ind.; fifiv. acquire a perennial youth and a death­ versity. Peter F. MueUer, C.S.C, '32-'33, Ger­ less identity more lasting than the names many; Rev. Theodore J. Huard, C.S.C, of the great engineers carved in the You can appreciate, to some small' de­ '32-'33, Cloquet, Minn.; Rev. Ferdinand stones of the building in which Prof. gree, why there really is no obituary for L. Brown, C.S.C, '38i Portsmouth, 0.; Benitz completed his teaching. Prof. Benitz. He still lives here at Notre Dame. Rev. Joseph F. Ciecka, C.S.C, '38, La- The Notre Dame campus will always porte, Ind.; Rev. William M. Schreiner, contain his figure for the men who knew CS.C, '33-'34, '35-'36, Cleveland; Rev. him. Sometimes he will pass on his way ANOTHER GIFT: GLIDER Cletus S. Bachofer, C.S.C, '38, Salina, to a ball game. Sometimes he will be on The American war effort received an­ Kans.; Rev. A. Leonard Collins, C.S.C, his way to the dining hall. You will see other contribution on July 1 when the '38, Revere, Mass.; Rev. George S. De- him through the window of the old shop, College of Engineering at the University prizio, C.S.C, Mansfield, Mass.; Rev. or the basement of Badin, or in the more handed over to the army air force its Charles E. Sheedy C.S.C, '33, Pitts­ imposing doorway of the beautiful build­ year-old soaring glider. The machine was burgh, and Rev. Philip C Kelly, C.S.C, ing given to Notre Dame by John F. designed and built by Robert S. Eiken- '36-'37, Roslindale, Mass. Gushing, whom he had taught. berry, assistant professor of aeronautical Faculty members will see him at all of engineering. In addition to the above new priests, the faculty parties, mixing with a ready • this year's class also includes Rev. Rich­ friendship that closed the gap between ard J. Kennedy, C.S.C, '38, who was or­ the new and the veteran, the old and the HANDY NAMED TRACK COACH dained in Washington, D. C, and Rev. young. Harry' F. Stegman, C.S.C, '32, who was Dr. Elvin R. (Al) Handy, who has ordained by Bishop John F. O'Hara in Students will see him before the black-" been a member of the Notre Dame fac- Indianapolis and who is now inithe office board, frowning only rarely, and then • ulty since 1931, .has been named "for the of the Military Ordinariate in New York because the class, and not the problem, duration" to succeed Ensign William P. City. bothered him. He was one of those fine Mahoney, '39, as varsity track coach. teachers whose recognized magic with % mathematics did not require a profound - Coach Handy was a weight star at the manner or an impersonal approach. In University of Iowa and was a member DISTINGUISHED VISITORS fact, the process of imparting his ^vis- of the freshman football squad in 1921 dom to the generations of engineers, wh^ the late Howard Jones was head Notre Dame welcomed two distin­ whose work has long since proved his coach. He imderstudied Gordon Locke, guished 'visitors to the campus recently merit, hardly required more than an oc­ all-American fullback, in his next two in fhe persons of a Mexican editor.and casional shifting of what looked like the years, but was kept out of comitetition a Paraguayan law professor. in his final year by a broken ear drum. constant presence of a bit of tobacco in Dr. Gabriel Mendez Flancarte,. Mexi­ the best engineering tradition. As a member of the track squad his teammates included, besides Locke who can editor, author and publicist, arrived Some students will dodge a little in- was a sprinter, Charley Brookins, cham­ on Hay 26 to make a brief study of the stinctivdy in classrooms where their re­ pion hurdler, and Eric Wilson, star mid­ .University. Dr. Planearte, in the United sistance to his teaching brought on the dle, distance runner. States on his initial visit as a guest of application of his own foot-rule, a meth­ ttie State Department, was making a od that perhaps John Dewey has frowned The new head coach received his law three-weeks study of the educational pro­ upon but a method which has Notre degree from Iowa in 1926, his master's grams and social legislation of this Dame engineers building things that stay in 1930 and his Ph.D. in 1937. Following country. built, and used in a way that created a his graduation from Iowa he hraded the (Continued on page 12) The Notre Dame Alummii TUi Tnagmine is pobliilied mnntMy from October to June, inefaiiive (except Januaiy), tar tbt VmimMr at Notra 1 Notre Dame, Indiana. Entered as second dais matter Oetobar 1, 19S9. at tbe riialifflsa. Notn Vaat, T~«— oadv Oa act of Ansust 24, 1912. Member of tbe American Ahmml Comicil and of the National CitkaBe Ahmml Fedentka. JAMES EL AKMSTRONC. "25. Editor; WnxiAM R. DOOLEY. "26. Manepnt EUler., • Vol. 20 JUNE, 1942 No. 8 Association Fund Program Launched Urgency of University Position Speeds Up Drive; Many Forms Planned to Secure 100 Per Cent Par­ ticipation In Centenary Year; Qasses, Qubs Active. This is not just the annual appeal. ditions created by the war have given to as often, as your circumstances permit. that word an adjective, IMMEDIATE. As another school, very prominent, re­ Notre Dame, at one of the highest cently wrote: "No gift has ever been achievement points in its history, faces Contributions will be credited to Class returned because it was too larg^ or too serious financial problems. They will enr and Club, and both groups will be sub­ small." tail many sacrifices that we will neces­ mitted in printed form from time to time sarily share unless we take steps to pre­ for indications of progress. Neither un­ Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.) has vent them. due credit or undue condemnation is im­ already raised $300,000 from alumni to­ plied in these lists, rather a necessary wards its 1943 Centenary Fund. President Harry Kelly has asked for picture of our progp^ess toward 100%. the fullest cooperation ever extended by, A history of giving at the University alumni to offset this war-created situa­ We would like to have more alumni of Michigan reveals that alumni have tion. give more than they have ever given be­ given to that state-supported institotioh fore, individually and of course collec­ an additional $22,000,000. He is appointing Class Kepresentatives, tively. But priinarily, we must have more Notre Dame does not expect a lai^ so that every graduate will have a direct alumni give. request for aid in this crisis from a capital endowment gift. But under the Classmate whom he knows, and who will In this issue, as a start in the recogni­ weU-established principle of living en­ understand, before he writes, the genuine tion of gifts, and an indication of the dowment, a substantial annual contribu­ seriousness of the situation.

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