Published WeeUy — Founded 1867 V Irish Mile Relay; L. to R.: Capt. Roy, Tupta, Fehlis and. Schiewe'—They set records "at Butler and Chi­ cago Relays. V Volume 75 Number 19 March 27. 1942 ciltG fJLatfLe. cJJa«ic G)cftalaAtic THE WEEK Disce Qtiasi Semper Victunts Vive Qirasi Cras Moritunis BY J. Q. O'CONNELL FOUNDED 1867 almost as interesting, only it's done with F.nteied as second-class matter at Notre Dame. Top Of The Week: Indiana. Acceptance for mailing at special i-ate of water. By mistake, somebody left a postase. Section 1103, Oct. 3. 1917. Authorized Successful voyage by H.M.S. Pinafore! steam-condenser pump going all night June 25. 1918. last week, and by the next morning the busy little mechanism had sucked 400,000 Bully, Bengal BoutersI gallons of water out of St. Mary's lake, and spewed it into St. Joe's Enough Glancing over our Bengal Bouts pro­ water, one of the professors calculated, gram, we find inscribed thereon three to supply his house on a lavish scale for words, jotted down during the course of the next six years. the festivities. The words are: "blood," It has not yet been announced when "Kelly green," and "window." "Window," the water will be pumped back. as we remember it, refers to that high- principled gentleman who robbed the Bengal Missions of 40 cents by making THOMAS V. POWEBS, Editor an illegal entry into the Field House. A Kettle-Pot Story DON HELTZEL Managing Editor 'Tis said he is a first cousin of the WILLIAM SCANLAN ......Promotion prankster who recently blew up an or­ After the last issue of this magazine, JOHN DINGES Sports Editor Don Petersen, president of the band, phan asylum in Mishawaka. WILLIAM READER Art Editor dropped us a friendly note. Don was a TOM CLEMENS Administration Editoi- little disappointed in the two pictures DAN DOWNEY Campus Editor And "blood"—^blood came up eight dif­ ED DRINKARD Staff Photographer ferent times during the evening, to say that went with the band story. In the LEO LEE Advertising nothing of Avhat came up dunng the first place, it seems that the band drawii FRANK KIENER Advertising grudge battle. The "most gory" rating up in formation on page 17 really be­ JOHN LYNCH Photo Editor REV. C. M. CAREY,-C.S.C.. Faculty Advisor •?oes easily to the Quinlan-Haley bout, longs to the U. of Illinois, instead of to but we're hard-pressed to pick the run­ us. But you can't charge the staff with an error there, Don. If you look at the ner-up. All those scars the warriors Member of Catholic School Press Association and (good word, eh, "Scoop?") exliibited picture again, you'll notice that we very .Associated Collegiate Press, Distributor of Colleg­ cleverly refrained from committing our­ iate Digest. Represented for national advertising Sunday and Monday convinced us that by National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison selves. Avenue, New York City—Chicago—Boston—Los no punches were pulled. Speaking of Angeles—San Francisco. THE SCHOLASTIC is "Scoop" reminds us that we owe him a published thirty-three times during the schoolyear And you should kick about that ten at the University of Notre Dame. Address all man­ tribute for his fine work in putting on- year old picture of Joe! Why, we even uscripts to Editor, 228 Walsh HsH or 121 Admin­ the Bengals, so, unashamedly, we call istration Bldg., Notre Dame, Ind. see some hair peeping out from under­ this next paragraph Staff meetings in the Editorial Rooms. Old Ave neath that fancy cap. That's a sight Maria Bnillding: Sunday through Wednesday at nobody except the Oldest Resident can 7:15 p.m. remember having seen in real life. A Tribute to "Scoop" Scanlan IN THIS ISSUE Notre Dame's own Mike Jacobs came PAGE through vnth a dinkum bonzer job of Odds and Ends publicity (Yes, Gifflesbury, seven years NEWS (From a certain green-colored news­ in Melbourne, and two in the Bush Coun­ paper, to fill in this space.) ADMINISTRATION try) . Let's run over the high points: that extra on St. Patrick's Day; those up-to- Whether spring in Russia means a Bengals Net $800 3. the-minute bulletins on every prominent nazi blitz against the reds or vice versa Universal N. D. Nisht 3 tree, and last, but not least, the myster­ is a vital question. CAMPUS ious "Apol" notes that were found Sat­ The Philadelphia, Pa., zoo contains urday night on the dinner plates. This 2,600 specimens of 750 species of anir Election Results 7 last touch smacked of genius — just mals. They are said to live longer in College of Plumbing... 8 enough" to pique the imagination and this zoo than in any other zoo in the send us scurrying over to the ringside, world. SPORTS at very little expense to the management. Golf Course Opens.. 20 Eeally dinkum bonzer. Scoop. Thus far, we have been approached by Irish in Cleveland Relays 19 several campus organizations- regarding class elections, platforms, and candi­ FEATURES "Monotonous, Isn't It?" dates. We appreciate the power of the The Upper Bunk „.... 22 press, and our own enviable position. But The Week ........,.......: 2 You've heard about that group of we are wary and aloof, and cautious. College Parade 6 WPA workers who were hired a couple Well, anyhow, as yet the plums are very Man About The Campus: .....13 of years ago to. chase English sparrows small and green, as yet. Introducing ... .: 17 from Philadelphia, Pa. to Trenton, N. J., . -" - * - Scoop'n Splinters .;..: 18 and back again? The Engineering de­ What About Sports? ..:.........:....: 18 partment has developed a game that's Sorry,.still no bottom of the week! Echoing Farne ...'. ..; 1 27 AdnuHd^injcuUan MeddAi Bengal Bouts Please Fans; Father Leo Ward Has Monologist Packs Missions to Profit Unique Position at U. of M. Washington Hall Saturday, a fortnight ago, the Michi­ A hasty and somewhat inadequate re­ Lennon Kelly gan Academy of Arts and Sciences at port on the Bengal Boxing Bouts, held the University of Michigan held its an­ last week in the Notre Dame fieldhouse, An anticipated pleasure was fulfilled nual sessions which this year featured reveals that all those in attendance were Friday night in Washington Hall when two Notre Dame men, one a member of treated to an exhibition of courage and Cornelia Otis Skinner, nationally known the present faculty and the other, an skill seldom before witnessed here on the monologist, gave her dramatizations be­ alumnus from Kalamazoo, Mich. The pro­ campus. From the very first bout in the fore a packed house of Notre Dame stu­ fessor. Rev. Leo R. Ward, C.S.C. and the preliminary skirmishes to the final fight dents and faculty. alumnus, Richard Baker, Ph.D., both at­ in the heavyweight division on Saturday tended the meetings of the section on night, student interest was evident, and philosophy of the Academy. Father Ward well repaid. It is regrettable, however, has been a regular member of that sec­ that more students failed to take advan­ tion for the past several years and at tage of this sole occasion to witness a several of the annual meetings has been boxing exhibition by talent from the stu­ a program speaker. At the meetings last dent body. The SCHOLASTIC editors, and year, he was elected chairman to preside those who promoted the show, feel that at the philosophy section's meetings held the efforts of the young men on the Saturday. program were worthy of greater interest and support than the final attendance indicated. "Scoop" Scanlan, promotor of the bouts, estimates that the Bengal Missions will receive approximately ?800 from the Fighting Irish charity efforts. Universal N. D. Night Slated for April 17 Gales of laughter greeted her. The nineteenth annual Universal No­ tre Dame Night will be celebrated on Miss Skinner, the daughter of the late April 17 this year. Universal Notre great actor Otis Skinner, presented six Dame night began back in 1924 when original monologues, and encored with a the first celebrations were held on the patriotic poem by Ben Hecht. same night by all of the Notre Dame His association . significant. Gales of laughter greeted her imita­ alumni and city clubs and other organ­ tions of dialects and provincialisms. She izations connected in any way with Notre The major portion of the program this mimicked such diversified characters as Dame. This year, there will be 94 such year was given over to speakers from a Philadelphia housewife, a Broadway meetings, besides the program to be held Michigan State University, Wayne Uni­ on the campus. versity at Detroit, and the University of chorus girl, and a petulant old crone. Detroit. The section also celebrated the One of the most hilarious impersonations The event this year will be highlighted centennials of two of America's greatest was of a Nebraska matron being pre­ by a program to be broadcast over a philosophers, John Fiske and William sented to the king at the court of St. national hook-up. The feature that is to James, both born in 1842, and both hav­ James. carry the program is the weekly "Meet ing contributed remarkably to America's Uncanny is Miss Skinner's ability to Your Navy" program which will come to culture and thought. conjure up several unseen but realistic the campus for that Friday night's per­ Father Ward's association with the characters in the minds of her audience. formance. The talent will be drafted University of Michigan is significant in This she has done also on the air, for from both the ND students and the Navy more ways than one: this association radio listeners have applauded her to make up the program of music that is together with the resumption of football pathos, humor, and satire concerning the feature of the broadcast.