Notre Dame Alumnus, Vol. 35, No. 04
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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 Vol. 35 No. 4 May - June 1957 Janies E. Armstrong, '25, Editor John N. Cackley, Jr., '37 Managing Editor ca> .03^ CLASS OF 1907. \ECN^ ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALL OF THIS FOR TWENTY BUCKS Officers JOSEPH I. O'NEILL, '36 Honorary President J. PATRICK CANNY, '28 President PATRICK J. FISHER, '36 Club Vice-President Class Reunion Weekend JOHN W. BRENNAN, '27 Class Vice-President June 7-8-9 JOSEPH E. WHALEN, '29 Fund Vice-President Class of 1907 Alumni Hall Class of 1932 Lyons Hall JAJIES E. ARMSTRONG, '25 Secretary Class of 1912 Alumni Hall Class of 1937 Dillon Hall Class of 1917 Alumni Hall Class of 1942 Dillon Hall Directors to 1958 Class of 1922 Alumni Hall Class of 1947 Morrissey Hall JOHN W. BRENNAN, '27 Class of 1927 Howard Hall Class of 1952 Morrissey Hall American Blower Corp., Detroit 32, Mich. J. PATRICK CANNY, '28 . 14700 Clifton Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio Friday, June 7 PATRICK J. FISHER, '36 605 E. 42nd St., Indianapolis, Ind. General Registration—^Law Building. One fee, $20, will be collected at JOSEPH E. WHALEX, '29 Tegtstrallon desk covering all general expenditures. Hotel Ft. Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa Class Registration and Room Assignment—vnW be in the halb as listed Directors to 1959 above. OSCAR JOHN DORWIN, '17 Texas Company Weekend Golf Tournament beginning Friday. 135 E. 42nd St., New York 17, N. Y. Class Events Scheduled on Friday Night: EDMOND R. HAGGAR, '38 1907—Supper, Morris Inn Terrace. Haggar Company 1912—Supper, Morris Inn Terrace. 6113 Lemmon Avenue, Dallas, Texas 1917—Supper, Home of B. J. Voll, 53932 N. Ironwood Rd., EUGENE M. KENNEDY, '22 174 South Mansfield Avenue Soudi Bend. Los Angeles 36, Calif. 1922—Supper, Morris Inn Golfers Lounge. FRANCIS L. LAYDEN, '36 1927—^Buffet, Morris Inn Mahogany Room. 701 College Highway, Evansville, Ind. 1932—Silver Jubilee Dinner, University Dining Hall. Directors to 1960 1937—Buffet, Rockne Memorial Lounge. 1942—^Dinner, Morris Inn Private Dining Room. LEO J. VoGEL, '17 Union Trust Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. 1947—Dinner, Lay Faculty Dining Hall. 1952—^Buffet, Vetville Recreation Hall. RAYMOND W. DURST, '26 840 Lathrop Ave., River Forest, III. JULES K. DE LA VERGNE, '33 413 Pere Marquette Bldg. Saturday, June 8 New Orleans, Louisiana WILLIAM E. COTTER, JR., '41 Class Masses, Class Pictures (morning). 114 Laurie St., Duluth 3, Minn. Golf Tourney, all day. Chairmen of the 1957 Committees J. PATRICK CANNY Executive' President's Luncheon for the 1932 Silver Jubilee Class, Lay Faculty Din PATRICK J. FISHER Club Activities ing Room. JOHN W. BRENNAN Class Activities Box Lunches for all other classes. JOSEPH E. WHALEN . „. Foundation, Alumni Fund and Gifts Tours—O'Shaughnessy Hall, LaFortune Center, Nieuwland Science FRANCIS L. LAYDEN Building, and other places of interest (afternoon). Preparatory School Relations JOHN W. BRENNAN College of Commerce Discussion of New Program (afternoon). Job Counseling and Placement' OSCAR JOHN DOR\VIN Inter-Alumni Affairs Other Individual College Programs (afternoon). JOSEPH E. WHALEN Law Association Meeting in the Law Building (afternoon). Prestige and Public Relations EUGENE M. KENNEDY Monogram Club Business Meeting in the Morris Inn (afternoon). Religion and Citizenship EDMOND R. H<\GGAR AND Annual Alumni Banquet, University Dining Hall (evening). EUGENE M. KENNEDY .... Nominations FRANCIS L. LAYDEN Budget and Finance PATRICK J. FISHER Resolutions Sunday, June 9 This magazine is published bi-monthly by the University of Notre Dame, Notre Field Mass in the Community Cemetery. Dame, Ind. Entered as second class mat ter Oct. 1, 1939, at the PostoBice, Notre Dame, Ind.^ under the act of Aug. 24, 1912. Notre Dame Alumnus, May-June, 1957 A native of CrawfordsyilJe, Indiana,: Father Moiony entered Holy Cross Seminary in 1900. After receiving a' Bachelor of Literature degree from < Notre Dame in 1907, he began his theo logical studies at Holy Cross College. Present and Former Faculty In his third year there, he contracted tuberculosis and was strongly advised to give up his studies and go to Texas' Members Were Well Known to regain his health. Appalled by the, prospect of an indefinite delay of his ordination. Father Moiony begged to To Hundreds of Notre Dame Alumni be ordained before leaving for Austin . and his request was granted. His cure was effected during a nine-year stay at St. Edward's U,, where he taught physics regularly and chemistry and math occasionally He also served as Director of Studies. Father Moiony returned to Notre Dame in 1919 and taught physics, /or 15 years. In 1934, he was back at St.. Ed's for another nine years, being re assigned to Notre Dame's physics de partment in 1943, to remain here for Six Holy Cross Priests the rest of his life. Rev. Maurice J. Norckauer, C.S.C. A veteran of 35 years in the Bengal Die in Six Weeks Period Missions, Fr. Norckauer passed away on February 13, 1957 in the mission hospital at Tejgaon in Bengal, East Pakistan. A native of Xenia, Ohio, Father In the space of six weeks, from late then to Holy Cross College in \Vash- Norckauer entered the Congregation of January to early March of this year, ington, D. C, for his theology. He Holy Cross in June of 1914 at the age death has claimed six Holy Cross was ordained at Notre Dame on June of 22, after receiving an A.B. degree. priests. Not since the cholera epidemic 24, 1923 with five others: Fathers Three years later, he made his final of 1854 has this band of religious been George Holderith, Raymond Clancy, Profession of Vows. Less than a year ,. so greatly bereaved in such a brief Frank Boland, Leigh Hubbel and E. after ordination he was in Bengal to period of time. With the exception of Vincent Mooney. start his life's work with the Indian ' Father Norckauer, a Bengal missionar)', While studying in A Vashington, Father natives., the other five deceased Fathers were Coyle obtained an M.A. from Catholic After a six-year assignment at the present or former faculty members at University and added another Masters' post of Narikelbari, he was transferred J Notre Dame and known to hundreds of degree from Yale in 1928. to Ranikhong, and served as Religious alumni.' He taught at St. Edward's Univer . Superior of the Holy Cross missionaries sity, University of Portland and Notre in the Dacca archdiocise until 1932. Rev. Matthew A. Coyle, C.S.C. Dame. He also served for many years From that time until his death he re as a director of the University Thea Father Coyle, who died on Jan. 21, sumed his active crusade for the Faith. tre at N.D. In 1948, he was assigned A letter from Father Robert McKee was assistant chaplain to the nuns at to the position at St. Mary's. •S'St. Mary's College and Convent for in Bengal states: about nine years up until a few weeks "Today (Feb. 14) we buried Father before his demise at the age of 63. He Rev. William H. Moiony, C.S.C. at Tejgaon where he had been i had undergone an operation ten days The example of Father Molony's en pastor for some fifteen years . earlier, rallied briefly, and then sitc- counter with the ravages of a slow (Continued on page 7) ' cumbed to complications. death will be long remembered by his Bom in Rhinelander, Wis., Jan. 23, fellow priests and associates who saw . 1893, Father Coyle spent most of his him patiently accept the inevitable. For UND Night Reports Father Moiony it was the end of a long .. boyhood in Morris, Michigan, from The ALUMNUS- went to press and active life %vluch at a much earlier whence he came to Holy Cross Semi- before alumni club reports were re stage had been threatened by tuber '" nary in 1911. Graduated from Notre ceived of Universal Notre Dame Dame in 1918 with a Bachelor of Liter culosis. He had overcome this setback and lived to the age of 72 at the tinie Night meetings. Complete details ature degree (he served as class poet). will be printed in the next issue. Father Coyle went to the novitiate and of his death on Jan. 24. Notre Dame Alumnus, May-June, 1957 In 1952 slie edited a book of biog-1 Clare Boothe Luce Selected to raphies of saints, called Saints for Now^ which received a Cliristopher Award. Her credits as a p^a)^vright includel Receive N. D. Laetare Medal "Kiss the Boys Goodbye," "Margin fori Enor," "The Women," and "Abide| with Me." A native of New York City,| Mrs. • Luce b married to Henr>' R.f Presentation at Commencement Exercises Luce, well-known publisher. few women anjfwhere can approach her genius, the University of Notre Dame TUITION INCREASE ISl is proud to award to Mrs. Luce the Laetare Medal, highest honor ivithin its power to bestow." EFFECTIVE AT START| The Laetare Medal winner is named each year on Laetare Sunday, tlie OF SEPTEMBER TERM;! fourth Sunday of Lent and an occasion Si of joy in tlie Uturgy of tiie Chureh. \ tuition increase of $150 annually; General Alfred M. Gruenther, former will be elTective at Notre Dame begin- NATO commander, received the award ning in the Fall semester of 1957. In last year. making die announcement. Rev. Ed Mrs. Luce is the third woman to be mund P. Joyce, honored with the Laetare Medal in the C.S.C., execu past fifteen years. Actress Irene Dunne tive vice presi was the recipient in 1949 and journalist dent stated that Anne O'Hara McCormick was simi the change in larly honored five years earlier.