- • .ni^ filT •^•^l•T|•^• I r ••'•-^y-""••'• •''^••^'*--^^ -•-; ame VOL. 86. No. 10 FEBRUARY 1. 1946 NOTRE DAME, INDIANA Main Entrance to "Dormitory F," Notre Dame's New $400,000 Residence Hcdl ^^^W Through these portals two hundred new Freshnnen will enter into the traditions of Notre Dame •i Kiiii |i M I i^m V'l"*"' i^'»i'»'»T;'>J '-. .1*. ,»•. 1 -.^'.V^J.'J 1-.- . 'J I' .u>i|'<-v|iniiiu'|i»ii»nwY»» ^^Om Man ^eUi AMOUU^" It's our famous slogan prompted by the aim of this establishment "to serve in such an efficient, cour­ teous way that we'll be talked about." We want the personality of this store to be outstanding in friend­ liness, and we realize that this feeling of good will, to be mutual, must be sincere. Here — you are always a guest before you are a customer. GILBERT'S 813-817 S. Midiigan St. SOUTH BEND'S LARGEST STORE FOR MEN THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC i^tered as Moand-daM matter at Notra Oame. T~18-^- Aee^tanaa for —JW-K at speeial rate of postase. Seetio* 1103. OeL S. 1917. Antheri—< June U. Itlt. VOL. 86, NO. 10 FEBRUARY 1, 1946 NOTRE DJUKE. OIDUINA Students Follow Team Col. Robert Riordan Returns to N. D. To Chicogo Tomorrow A student basketball trip is an un­ After five years of absence from Notre more mature group of veterans. One common occurrence at Notre Dame. It Dame, Colonel Robert B. Riordan, of thing that did affect me was the weath­ is uncommon at many universities. But Ludington, Mich., has returned to his er. Ever since I got back to the States at the Noti-e Dame-Northwestern game Alma Mater to take up his former posi- last December, it certainly has been dif-" which comes oflF in a jam-packed Chica­ ferent from the tropical climate of the go Stadium tomorrow night at 8:15 the Philippines." Notre Dame rooting section will be well At present Mr. Riordan is filling in represented. for other teachers in the Economics De­ It all started when, at one of its many partment. He is also organizing two conferences, the enterprising Student courses, "Elementary Statistics," and Council, spurred by John Cauley and "Elementary Accounting," which were John Johnson, decided that the 1945-46 taught before the war, but later basketball squad was worthy of some dropped. school support on at least one of its 12 In February, 1941, Mr. Riordan left road games. This would be the students' the University as a major in the field way of showing what they thought of artillery resei-ve. He was assigned to the their team. The Northwestern game was Army R.O.T.C. unit at Purdue Univer­ the likely choice. The Council then pro­ sity as an associate professor of military ceeded through the many channels and science and tactics. Later he became red tape which to them is all in a day's adjutant, and executive of the station. work. The Notx-e Dame ticket oifice co­ He was transferred in April, 1944, to the operated by reserving a block of appi'ox- headquarters of the Fifth Service Com­ imately 200 tickets all of which were mand, at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. snatched up quickly once the student body got wind of the idea. In July, 1945, after receiving orders to report to the Pacific theater of opera­ So when the whistle toots tomorrow tions. Col. Riordan flew from San Fran­ night bringing together the Irish and Col. Robert Riordan cisco to Manila, via Honolulu, Johnson the Wildcats for their 48th court meet­ Island, Kwajalein, and Guam. Arriving ing there will be on hand a 200 man plus tion as an associate professor of econom­ at Manila, he was assigned to the 24th Notre Dame cheering section led by tire­ infantry division on Mindanao. Enroute less, peppery, chattery Herbie Lee. ics. Because of the present housing shortage he is residing in Dillon Hall, to his post as commander of the 13th In the nightcap of the double header while his family, with the exception of field artillery battalion, he visited Le3rte, De Paul plays Indiana State whom it his two oldest sons, is living in Luding­ Palayan, and Zamboanga. beat earlier in the De Paul Invitational ton. Col. Riordan landed on the beach at Tournament, 74-56. This was the game In an interview upon returning Mr. Mitsahama, Shikoku, Japan, in Octo­ in which George Mikan scored 37 points Riordan said, "The only change on the ber, 1945. He took up quarters in the to establish a new stadium individual campus is the navy buildings. The stu­ Japanese naval air station barracks. scoring record.—Dave Warner dents are just the same, except for the Five weeks later, he returned under orders to the United States. He arrived at Notre Dame on January 20. For the children of Europe Mr. Riordan is one of a long line of _, Riordans to matriculate at Notre Dame. Tonight, at 7:00 o'clock, the University of Notre Dame will close a Day An uncle of his, John Riordan, entered . of Prayer for the Suffering Children of Europe. The appeal that all Cath­ the University in 1852, only ten years olics devote this day to prayer for the children of Europe was made by His after Father Sorin arrived here. Mr. Holiness, Pope Pius XII in a letter to the Bishops of the world. This letter Riordan enrolled shortly after World reads in part: "We ordain, therefore, that in each of your dioceses, you War I, majoring in journalism. While an assign a day on which public prayers will be offered to appease God's anger, undergraduate, his paintings and car­ and on which, through your priests, you will admonish the faithful of this toons were given prominence in the urgent need, and exhort them to support by their prayers, good works, and Dome. After graduation in 1924, he be­ offerings, every movement that is directing its forces fully and effectively came assistant editor of The Bengalesey for the succor of needy and abandoned children." in Washington, D.C., his new residence. (Continued on page 20) ^he S^otre ^ame Scholastic Disce Quasi Semper Victurus Vive Quasi Cras Moriturus College Parade FOUNDED 1867 By THOMAS M. HIGGINS This week, as it must to all men, the axe fell upon the neck of the genius who pens that illustrious column, The College Parade. One dark, damp, dreary night last week, (that description automatically sets the scene In Indiana) the old Ed. himself sidled up to us on the campus and thrust­ ing a knife into our ribs, snarled, "No more frivolity in that column of yours, see! From now on it's news or else. You and I know that he can't intimidate us, but .just to show him that we're really nice to kiddies anyhow, to that iiiiiititiiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiittiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiitttiiiiii*iiiiiiiiiiii(iiiiiiii*iiiii*iiiiiii""i**iiiii*iiii<iii*ii list of New Year's Resolutions that we printed last week (one, to be exact) let's add another. The second command­ ment from now on shall be "Hereinafter, no joke is good THE STAFF enough to be printed in this column" (unless it's our own, of course!). Naturally the circulation of the SCH0L.\STIC is FRANK GRIMALDI, Editor-in-Chief bound to suffer (the wife will stop reading it now, or rather lOHN DEFANT Managing Editor Avill stop having it read to her), but for the sake of good journalism, we are compelled to bow our heads and ^vith- GEORGE COLLINS Navy Associate Editor draw. (Move over, Mosher, I'm joining you.) PAUL WEYRAUCH Sports Editor COLUMNISTS To replace the old Worst Joke of the W. Department, we THOMAS M. HIGGINS . - - The College Parade have uncovered a choice tid-bit entitled: LOUIS ALMASI - - - - - The Crow's Nest ARTHUR MOSHER, RAY FRANKLIN - - - The Shillelagh NEWS FOR YOUSE FROM OTHER US JACK STEWART ----- The Green Banner We'll begin this by slipping in the big event of the week ED CASO, JOE PIEDMONT - - - Frosh Froth at both Purdue and Ohio State. That is, a big bridge tourna­ ment. How about one for N.D.? Sorin alone has enough CONTRIBUTORS bridge-sharks to keep the tournament going niglit and day JAMES GREENE JUSTIN CICCONETTI for a week. JACK TINKLE JOHN C. THOMAS Minnesota's big feature this month is Snow Week. Let's BILLY SLAVICK JAMES JOHN hope that they have a little moi-e of the fluffy white for their GERARD HEKKER BILL PFAFF celebration than St. Mary's had for theirs. PAUL ABRAHAM DAVE WARNER JOE RENINGER JOHN GUNTHER Whoever selected that sports short for Washington Hall W. O. MILLER BILL BRAUN really pulled a dandy—^the one about West Point athletics. JIM REGAN RUDY SCHREITMUELLER It wasn't very opportune after Catawba's football coach on JAMES BURNS WALTER S. BUNKER Friday had accused Army of trying to pirate his star half­ SAMUEL HAZO RAY CHAMBERLAND back. Then, too, there was the statement that the Anny bas­ PAUL RAGAN PETER PESOLI ketball team was the cream of the East, only seven days ROGER CAHANEY BILL LEAVEY after Dartmouth had outpointed them in Hanover. How JACK HUMMEL JACK SULLIVAN about a game with Billy Hassett & Co.? The whole film had RALPH HAYMAN JOHN WALKER its effect, however. Phil Colella was heard to mui-mur some­ JOE LANG LAWRENCE METCALF thing about "Give 'em licks in Forty-six." Frank Leahy FRANK TYCHSEN ARNOLD ANDERJASKA concurs. DAVE OLSON CLARENCE ZIMMER At Georgetown the news is that Jack Hagerty, Hoya foot­ MICHAEL GREENE FRANK HNN ball coach, has returned from a stint in the Navy and is all set to place G.U.