The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus J 1 ^ 1 U ' i. - ' k /• • - " » * * 1 ^ "^ ^ '-JULY„./^.UAUSJ4. '"'y^ ^'.j' , •• * V'.- -• •- I ; ,r4~>~ i< '-""-t-J. - '1 ^^^* ).*(-*«•** «-—«> «l*-». i«*MjL > —tMlMNa J>« •^••v'll^Jll LEFT: .At U.N'D .Night in Rocliestcr. X. Y.. were Dr. George F. Kcttell, left, Stcu'art and Frank Lauerman broadcast over Station KYOR. Bill Phaenor. station former national chaplain of the .American Legion; and Father Thomas J. Brcnnan, program manager, has back to camera. RIGHT: Tlie Triple Cities Club held its C.S.C, extreme right, professor of philosophy. Others in the group, left to right, UX^D Xiglit celebration on April 7. Present were. left to right: George L. Hiii- arc Thomas J. Meagher, toastmaster; William R. Bell. Rochester Club president; man, regent of the University of the State of Xew York: Most Rev. John F. and Joseph P. '"Stubby" Flynn. Rochester Foundation chairman. CEXTER: Prior O'Hara, C.S.C; Rt. Rev. D. Francis Custin. dean of the Catholic clergy; and to the UXD X'ight observance in San Diego, Calif., Win Day, E. AfcCabe, .Al Rev. J. B. Toomcy. *2fi, pres. of the Xalional Conference of Catholic Cliarltie<.. IJmversal Notre Dame Night ABOVE LEFT: Speakers and guests at the Triple Cities Club UXD Xight a Foundation regional meeting was held in St. Paul. Minn. Among those attend­ obser\"ance were. left to right. Daniel J. McAvoy, honorary' chainnan; Father ing were, left to right: Cy Kaspcr. Foundation Governor of South Dakota; Hcnr>* Robert H. Sweeney. C.S.C.. Dr. D. Worden Kane, general chairman; Harrv- G. Wurzer. Iowa Governor; HarT>* G. Hogan, Foundation national chairman; Dr. Hogan, and James X. Hogan. toasimaster and president of the chib. RIGHT: John Culligan, Minnesota Governor; Father Robert Sweeney, CS.C; James E. ^ In conjunction with the Twin-Cities' deferred UXD X'ight ob3er\'ance on April 12, Armstrong, national vice-chairman, and Robert Rogers, then president of the club.v Below: LEFT: Shown at the S. W, Conncrticut Club UXD Xight obser\'ance At the X'orthern California Club observance arc: left to right: Rev. Richard J. at the Slratfield Hotel in Bridgeport are. standing left to right: Frank S. McGce. Grimm. C.S.C. superior of Holy Cross Seminary, Solrz Dame; William T. B>rne; John C. Rcdgate and John Galla; seated arc: Judge James J. Murphy, Judge John Bill Yore, president; John W. Carey, retiring president: Rev. WiKiam F. Cunning­ T. Cullinan, Rev. R. Sullivan, James J. McGovern, and Xichle Lanese. RIGHT: ham, CS.C, faculty director at X. D.. and Ralph E. Haviland. The Notre Dame Alumnus M- This magazine is published bi-monthly by the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Entered as second class matter Octo­ ber I, 1939, at the PostofHcc, Notre Dame, Indiana, under the act of August 24, 1912. Member of the American Alumni Council. lames E. Annstrong, '25, Editor: William R. Dooley, '28, Managing Editor Vol. 26 JULY-AUGUST, 1948 No. 4 800 Alumni Attend 1948 Reunion governors, city chairmen and city commit­ Largest Graduating Class Receives Degrees at Exercises; teemen who were on the campus. The Sen­ Foundation Governors and City Chairmen Meet on Campus ior Last Visit in Sacred Heart Church, fol­ lowed by the traditional Class Day exercises in the Drill Hall, went on as the members The largest graduating class in the his- Meanwhile, the class reunion parties (about of the Board of Directors of the Alumni tor)- of the University and one of the which you'll find more, with pictures and .Association who were on the campus met school's largest and liveliest reunions joined other class news, elsewhere in this issue) for a short session, starting at 11 o'clock. forces to make the weekend of June 4, 5 were under way. First in point of time was a dinner in the University Dining Halls Directors present included Harry G. Ho- and 6 a notable occasion on the campus gan, president; Francis Wallace, vice-presi­ — and near it. honoring Michael J. Ney, of Omaha, who was the sole member of the class of 1898 to dent; Jack Elder, Thomas F. Byrne, -Arthur The class of 1948 numbered 895 persons register for his 50-year reunion. D. Cronin, James E. Armstrong and Wil­ v,-ho received graduate or undergraduate liam R. Dooley. The 1918 class met informally in Walsh degrees. And some 800 alumni came back, At noon in the Dining Hall, the local '23 Hall: the Class of 1923, led by the president drawn largely by the reunion programs ar­ C.S.C. priests were hosts to the Class of '23 of the University, Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, ranged by many of the classes of the years at a Silver Anniversary luncheon which has C.S.C., dined in the LaSalle Hotel; and the ending in three and eight. become a popular feature of the reunion 1928 group put on a fish fr>- in the Izaak weekend. Father John Cavanaugh and Paul Walton League club house, north of South A few alumni arrived Thursday, June 3, Castner, class secretar)', spoke briefly. to be met by the departing students, many Bend. The 1933 reunioners gathered in the of whom had just finished their final e.xams. Vetville Recreation Hall on the campus, The Kline students again came through By Friday morning alumni registration was the 1938 delegation in the Mannerchor in Saturday afternoon's baseball game, and in full sway; for the convenience of the Club, South Bend, and the 1943 class in this time chose a spectacular last-of-the- arriving guests, it was carried on in the the Indiana Club, South Bend. ninth rally to get the victory. That made Law Building, near the main entrance to two straight over Western Michigan, rated Rev. Louis J. Thornton, c.s.c, Rcgis- the campus. .Mumni of the years before one of the four strongest college teams in ti ar, celebrated Mass for deceased alumni in 1920 were assigned to Walsh Hall: 1920-27, the Middle West. Sacred Heart Church at 8 o'clock Saturday Lyons Hall: 1928, Morrissey Hall; 1929-32, morning, and this was followed by a break­ The traditional .Alumni Banquet Satur- Howard Hall: 1933-37, Brcen-Phillips Hall; fast-meeting of the Notre Dame Foundation 1938-42, Cavanaugh Hall; and 1943-47, Continued on Page 39 Zahm Hall. The seniors who had finished in Januar>' and were returning for their de­ grees were assigned to .Alumni and Dillon Halls. Informal reunions, it need hardly be added, got under way almost at once, especially in Morrissey Hall, where Willard Wagner, co-chairman of the '28 gathering provided unusual entertainment, as well as what proved to be one of the real features of this reunion—green cafs with the '28 numeral prominent. Jake Kline, '21, and his base­ ball team added to the delight of the day by scoring a tremendous upset victor\- over Western Michigan in the afternoon (see "Athletics"). There was also golf on the University course — all day, plus swimming in the lake. (Golf and swimming repeated on Saturday). A concert by the University Band, di­ rected by H. Lee Hope, on the Main Quad­ rangle starting at 6:30 p.m., gave an addi­ tional gala setting to the weekend, and this The first sons of a '28 groduate to attend Notre Dame, Frank and lim O'Toole, sons was followed by a concert by the Symphony of the late Frank O'Toole, are shown with Mrs. O'Toole and Father lames Gallagan, Orchestra in Washington Hall at 8 p.m. C.S.C. The O'Toole boys served the '28 Mass Sunday morning, June 6. in Morrissey Hall. The Notre Dame Alim^mus Commencement Address by PAUL G. HOFFMAN Administrator Economic Cooperation Administrotion Delivered at 103rd Commencement Exercises Nary Drill Hall. Simday, June 6. 1948 Father Cavanaugh's introduction is an That is why, once victory was ours, we expression of his attitude toward his friends. succumbed to a yearning for a "return to He sees reflected in them those qualities of normalcy" and refused to accept our re­ mind, heart and spirit that he himself pos­ sponsibilities as the new world leader and sesses. I am not the man Father Cavanaugh hence failed to play our part in winning says I am, but that makes me even more the peace. Within" three years after the appreciative of his praise. I also appreciate end of World War I, we as a people forgot PAUL G. HOFFMAN. LU).. '48 very deeply the honor he has shown me by that it had been won at a cost of more than inviting me to deliver this Commencement ten million lives and billions of treasure. address. I share with all the citizens of It was a gay irresponsible period of flap­ solini, Stalin and Tojo in alliance against South Bend a very special regard and affec­ pers, jazz and soaring prosperity. If we the free nations — but became confused tion for the University of Notre Dame. It gave any thought to our own free economy when Hitler turned on Stalin. Today there has a significant place in our lives. it was to assume that it was invincible and is a clear cut division between the barbaric permanently established. dictatorship of Stalin, aggressive, expanding, ^ It is with a definite feeling of humility insatiable, and the free western civilization that I address this graduating class. You Isolationist Sentiment developed through twenty centuries of Chris­ got your degrees the hard way; I left col­ We who had special advantages in the tianity on the broad foundation of classical lege in 1909 without one.