H THE! SS^otre ame Volume 84. No. 2 March 23. 1945 Notre Dame. Indiana d J^ahe 2>ame Wa^ ^oll Reackel 200 jbean Pound CanlUu^ed^ ^edu^ie^ Eended, Pictured here are Dr. John A. Scannell, Head of the Department of Physical Education, and the men behind the 14th Annual University Boxing Cham­ pionships. Navy Specialists John Durdack and Jack Houghton, together with A. I. Buono of the phy-ed. department, will direct the training of the fight­ ers, while Bob O'Toole, promotion manager of the "Scholastic," and Robert Riordan, "Scholastic" editor, will handle publicity and stage the program. Photo by Guide M Ivi f Sole Agency for Burberry Top Coats 1 They're Here! SOCIETY BRAND SPRING SUITS $50 Others $55 and $75 EDIGREED clothes, P whose names you know and can have faith in. Certified de­ pendability is written right into the suit or topcoat you buy at Gilbert's, by means of the label it carries. Society Brand is one of America's finest manufacturers who add their reputation to ours, in guaranteeing the safety of your investment. mi MODBRN GILBERT'S // 813 - 817 S. Michigan Street I SOUTH BEND'S LARGEST STORE FOR MEN! J THE NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC Entered as second-class matter at Notre Dame, Indiana. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage. Section 1103, Oct. 3, 1917. Authorized June 25. 1918. VOL. 84 MARCH 23. 1945 NO. 2 200 N. D. Men Make Supreme Sacrifice Thirty-two Men Missing; Thirty-one Captured CAMPUS RED CROSS DRIVE IS SUCCESSFUL With the announcement of the death 1st Lieut. Leo J. Fomenko, '35, pre­ of Sgt. Patrick R. Maschke, the total viously reported missing in action, is now Mr. Herbert E. Jones, business man­ number of Notre Dame men known by a prisoner of war. ager at Notre Dame, announced that the University had exceeded its quota for the the SCHOLASTIC to have died in World *175 Captain Thomas F. Ruckelhaus, War II reached the number of 200. Those recent Red Cross drive, hitting well over '28, killed in action. He was previously $2,000. missing in action moved up to 32; and reported as missing. those captured advanced to 31. The success of the campaign was due • 176 Lieut. Donald E. McKay, '36, Herein the SCHOLASTIC lists the latest largely to the faculty members for their killed in action in the Southwest Pacific, report on war casualties, as received at unselfish contributions. Of the total, the Nov. 10, 1944. Previously reported mis­ the editorial offices: • faculty contributed over one third. The sing. rest was divided among the other em­ *173 Lieut, (jg-) Hercules Bereolos, *177 David Bari-y Higgins, ex. '45, ployees of the University who gave a '42, killed in action after a plane crash killed in action. little less than one third while the stu­ in the southwest Pacific, March 31, 1944. dent body plus the administration com­ *178 Lieut. Robert W. Kneeland, ex. Previously reported missing in action. posed the remaining one-third. '46, killed in action, Dec. 2, 1944 on Biak *174 George Mortimer O'Connor, ex. Island. In this drive the student body con­ *43 (Lieut.), killed in action while lead­ tributed only one half as much as in the ing an attack on the west coast of Leyte. • 179 Pvt. Richard P. Froehlke, ex. previous year. This was due partly to '45, killed in action in Luxembourg, Dec. Sgt. John L. Wiggins, *43, previously the unsettled condition on the campus 20, 1944. reported missing in action in Holland, is occasioned by the beginning of a new now a prisoner of war. Sgt. Herbert F. Clark, Jr., '44, missing semester and the lack of workers and or­ in action, Dec. 21, 1944 in Gennany. ganization. The Student Council, an im­ Sgt. Anton Pojman, Jr., ex. '45, pre­ portant factor for this tjrpe of work, had viously reported missing in action, is now • 180 Pfc. Robert P. Tait, ex. '45, was not yet been organized to help put over a prisoner of war. lost on the troop transport torpedoed and such a drive among the student body. Lieut. Charles S. McKelvy, ex. '44, sunk, Dec. 25,1944. The halls won honors for contributions previously reported missing in action, is • 181 Lieut. John L. Ryder, ex. '45, in the foUoAving order: Zahm, Sorin, St. now a prisoner of war. killed in action on Dec. 29, 1944, in Italy. Eds, Cavanaugh, Breen-Phillips, and • 182 Lieut. Arnold J. McGrath, '22, 1st Lieut. Samuel S. Lawler, ex. '38, Alumni.—Dan Daniszeivicz previously reported missing in action, is killed in action in the Southwest Pacific, now a prisoner of war. January, 1945. Pfc. Edward V. Minkowski, ex. '47, "Scholastic" to Appear missing in action, Jan. 3, near the Bel­ "BENGAL" FINALS MAY 4 gian-German border. On Thursday Next Week Date of the finals of the University • 183 T/5 Stephen F. O'Rourke, ex. The SCHOLASTIC will oppear one day Boxing Championships has been '44, killed in action, Jan. 9, in Luxem­ earlier next week, on Thursday, March 29, changed to Friday evening. May 4th, bourg; previously repoi-ted missing. becouse the regular publishing date will in order to give the entrants more •184 Lieut. Donald C. McDonald, '39, fall on Good Friday. time for training. Bob O'Toole, stu­ dent program manager of the SCHO­ killed in action in Belgium, Jan. 15. All contributors are admonished to hare LASTIC, announced this week. • 185 T/5 Hugh F. McHugh, ex. '44, their copy in the editoriol offices in the Originally scheduled for April 20th, killed in action in Belgium, Jan. 25. basement of Cavanaugh by Sunday night. the revised setup allows an extra Capt. John Sherman, '31, missing in A few positions on the SCHOLASTIC two weeks for conditioning of the action; no details available. staff are still open. Those men interested participants. The semi-finals will be in writing lor the magazine are invited to held on Thursday, April 26th, with • 186 Lieut. Edward K. Delana, Jr., preliminaries running in the week ex. '45, killed in action over the Asiatic come to the editorial offices in the base­ prior to that date. sea, Jan. 31. ment of Cavanaugh Hall between 7:30 (Continued on page 19) and 9K)0 on Sunday evening. ^he SS^otre Qiame Scholastic Dlsce Quasi Semper Victurus Vive Quasi Cras Moriturus EDITORIAL FOUNDED 1867 •iliiiiiliiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiliiiliiiiliiiiiKiiliiiliiiiiiiiililiiiiiiiiiiitaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittliiiliiiiiii "So You're 4'F?" In the colleges and universities of our nation at war are some men who are not contributing directly to the war effort, and on this ground they are often subjects of considerable criticism. These men are part of the nation's 4-F's. The men against Avhom this criticism is directed are all registered under the selective service act. They are as anxious to serve their nation's cause as any men in uniform and many of them volunteei-ed their services to the armed forces before being called under the draft law, but they were rejected both ••iiliitiliii«iiiitiiiiitliiiiili*iiiiiiiilliiltlii*iiiiiiiliiiitiiiiiiltiii|itiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii times. They were not accepted because of circumstances over which they have no control—^they may be unable to serve for either natural or accidental reasons, but the fact remains that they are below minimum military standards and could THE STAFF not be accepted. ROBERT RIORDAN, Editor-in-Chief Some of these college men are not employed in war work, although others of them are doing either full or part time war work in addition to their classes. In respect to these EDITORIAL STAFF men in college, the critics are committing the fatal mistake of short-sightedness, for in condemning the 4-F's in college GENE DIAMOND Navy Associate Editor they condemn the American educational system itself. GEORGE DESPOT Managing Editor JAMES REGAN Sports Editor In recent years the United States has relied more and JAMES F. MCCARTHY Feature Editor more upon its colleges and universities to train its leaders. AL KUENZLI Advertising Manager Today, many men who might otherwise be receiving this RALPH HAYMAN Circulation Manager education are being trained for war. Thus the responsibility BOB O'TOOLE Promotion which in peace time Avould be placed on the many men annu­ ally graduated from colleges and universities must be placed on the shoulders of the smaller number now graduating which COLUMNISTS is composed chiefly of 4-F's and discharged service men who have returned to college. This responsibility is even greater today than ever before because the job of the United States POWER - WALTERS The Green Banner and her leaders in the post-war world is a vitally important E. F. GILLESPIE The College Parade one. ART WAGNER Swabbie's Log The U. S. Navy has realized the necessity for college FRANK GUIDO Photography trained men in the post-war period, and this is evidenced REV. CHARLES M. CAREY, CS.C. Faculty Advisor by such programs as the V-12 and the recent order concern­ ing the Naval ROTO whereunder officer candidates received their college degrees in their chosen fields. At the same time SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS the Congress has placed considerable emphasis on the provid­ ing of college education for returning service men under the FRANK GRIMALDI JOHN FCENEY JOHN MILES G.I. and Rehabilitation programs. JACK FREESE . J. J. TENGE OCTAVE EMOND GERARD HEKKER DAN DANISZEWICZ BOB MALNON The peoples of the entire world are looking for the lead­ ership of the United States to guide them through the cross­ fire of false ideologies which is raking the moral principles upon which a lasting peace must be built.