The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS U. N. D. Nieht April 25 Sacred Heart Church In the Snow rol. 16 February. T938 No. 4 'Gee, Mom, Were They All Poor People?' "Not exactly poor, Bobby. They had money. But they didn't have all the nice things that we have—such as a radio, and electric lights, and a vacuum cleaner. You see, they didn't have electricity, or automobiles, or airplanes. Most of those things hadn't even been invented." VEN as late as 1900, only one American factured products which were unheard of in E home in ever}"- seven had a bathtub; one 1900 but are now plentiful and sell at a fraction in 13 had a telephone; one home in 30 had of their former cost. electric lights. There were only 8000 automo­ General Electric scientists and engineers, by biles. Manufactured products were scarce and applying electrical methods to the tasks of in­ expensive. dustry, have helped to provide us with the Today there are 20 million bathtubs, 18 million many products that contribute to our comfort telephones, 22 million wired homes, 25 mil­ and convenience, and to the hundreds of ser\'- lion automobiles, and millions of other manu­ ices which we enjoy today. G-E research aud etigineering have saved the public from ten to one hundred dollars for every dollar they have earned for General Electric GENERAL # ELECTRIC ^^SP' 90-21DH Listen to the G-E radio program, with Phil Spitainy and his all-girl orchestra, Mondays, 9:30 P.M., EST, NBC Red Network •^ «—S^a. The Notre Dame Alumnus JAMES E. ARMSTHONC, *25 The macazine is published from October to June inclusive by the Alumni Assodation Member of the American of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Darae, Indiana. Ihe sulracription price is $2.00 Editor a year; the price of single copies ts 25 cents. The annual alumni dues of S5.00 include Alumni Council. WILLIAM R. DOOLEY, 76 a year's subscription to THE ALUMNUS. Entered as second-class matter January 1, Member of Nat'l. CalKcIic Managing Editor 1923. at the post office at Notre Dame, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Alumni Federation Vol 16 FEBRUARY, 1938 No. 4 Brilliant Addresses Key Football Banquet Able Speakers Pay Tribute to Notre Dame and 1937 Team at Annual Highlight AfFair Arranged by St. Joe Valley Club The eighteenth civic testimonial pliment to the football team and the results, yet which is so often over­ football banquet to the Notre Dame coaches and to Notre Dame, laying looked in the analysis of an institu­ team of 1937 and its coaches, spon­ particular stress on the faculty, which tion. Striking in the address was the sored by the Notre Dame club of the he said must exist to produce such opinion that honest aid, rendered by St. Joseph Valley, held in the Uni­ versity Dining Halls on the evening of Monday, January 11, carried out the growing, glowing traditions of this annual highlight. Keyed by two excellent serious ad­ dresses, by Rev. Robert White, dean of the college of law of Catholic Uni­ versity, and John T. McGovern, legal advisor of the Carnegie Foundation, the speaking program was admir­ ably adapted to the occasion. Father White's brilliant discourse stressed the theme of America's need for the spirit of Notre Dame. The fundamental strength of the Notre Dame program, exemplified on- the athletic field, and the power of this example among the young people of this country, were brought out. Mr. McGovern paid glowing com­ alumni to deserving students who wish to attend Notre Dame, even if they possess athletic ability, is within the bounds of academic respectability and to be encouraged. Mr. McGovern generalized this point to include all alumni of all the colleges and univer­ sities, stressing the need for curbing the evils of outright hire of athletes, and the diversion of athletes from the institution or the courses of study v.-hich they naturally prefer. A galaxy of coaches, headed by Captain Garrison Davidson, retiring coach of the Army, paid tribute to the fine job done by Elmer Layden and his boys. Mai Elward, acting Purdue coach, gave an excellent talk and paid tribute to another Notre Dame man. Noble Kizer, whom ill­ ness forced into inactivity. Among the speakers at the Football Banquet! hi the top picture, left to right, are. Bo McMillin, Rev. J. H. O'Donnell, C.S.C, '10, and Captain Gar A. N. "Bo" McMiUin, Indiana Davidson; In the bottom picture are John T. McGovern, Rev. J. F. O'Hara, coach, and Jimmy Conzelman, coach C.S.C., '11, Mai Elivard, '10, and Warren Brown. of Washington U., St. Louis, both as 104 The Notre Dame Alumnus February, 1938 much at home with a fillet mignon as of the St. Joseph Valley. William E. difficult task of heading the commit­ a trick oifense, supplied a sparkle to Voor, chairman of arrangements, set tee on handling the tickets so that the program which only exceeded by a new time record in seating the the finance committee under Floyd a reasonable margin the general at­ guests in the dining hall. Joe Petritz, Searer might cover the budget. Post­ tractiveness of a program interwoven in charge of publicity, brought out master B. J. McCaffery headed the with the keenness of Warren Brown, the full house to hear a balanced pro­ committee which waited upon the Chicago Herald-Examiner sports edi­ gram arranged through the coopera­ visiting dignitaries. The entire affair tor, toastmaster. tion of the club and the University reflected the organized effort of the and the Athletic Association. Herb club in paying this annual civic trib­ Other speakers included Mayor Jones performed the familiar and ute to the team and its coaches. George Freyemiuth, South Bend, ex­ pressing the civic congratulations to Elmer and the squad; Louis Chap- leau, president of the Notre Dame club of the St. Joseph Valley, who UNIVERSITY repeated the club's praises for the OF season's performance; Rev. Hugh J. Hugh O'Donnell, C.S.C, who deliv­ NOTRE DAME ered a masterpiece of interesting di­ gest in sur\'eying 50 years of Notre Dame's football highlights, paying particular honor to the present W. H. "Cap" Edwards, captain of the fam­ ous team of 1909, champions of the West; Arch Ward, Chicago Tribune sports editor and N. D. alumnus, the only coach with" consistently 100 per cent successful seasons; Bill Stem, an NBC sports announcer. Space of course does not permit the repetition of the several hours of swiftly moving oratory that held the capacity crowd through the 1937 ban­ quet. Decorations, food and music were in the style to which the ban­ quet has become accustomed. Thomas Hickey, general chairman, worked long and faithfully on the program, ably supported by active eoLT couMir committees of the Notre Dame Club The latest make-up of the Notre Dame campus is presented here, in air-view and map, with the Rockne Memorial in­ serted in each. Excavating for the Memorial building is going ahead during the winter months. February, 1938 The Notre Dame Alumnus 105 THE PRESIDENT'S PAGE By William E. Cotter, '13 Fi-iends of Notre Dame, including fifisnno O"" more who could give the University Ynl" , li)4,0"0 000 our own alumni, have been so im­ $500 each year from comfortable in­ pressed with the great progress of fi7,nnn nnn , Ki.nno.noo comes, and $500 represents the in­ the University, and the recognition 3!;,nun nnn come on a $10,000 endowment fund. accorded it among the leading uni­ >T T '''. aj.nnn.nnn aj.nnn nnn Comparatively few could give a versities of America, that emphasis a^.nnn.nnn thousand, but a substantial number is needed on a point sevei-al. times si.nnn.nnn Johns Hopkins an.nnnnnn could give $50—less than $5 a month recorded in these pages. 9a nnnnnn Northwestern 9-,nm,nnn —^which is interpreted as the income Notre Dame has a very inadequate Vanderbilt mnnn nnn on $1,000. California ^^nnnnnn endowment. Relatively few of our alumni as a Several yeare ago, the ALUMNUS In the light of these figures, Notre matter of fact could conveniently carried a note to the effect that a Dame's financial shortcomings are spare $500, but literally hundreds leading educator set $12,000,000 as obvious. The modesty of the requests could afford annual gifts of $25. the minimum endowment for a suc­ for the Rockne and Nieuwiand me­ morials is apparent. And so, even $10 and $5, given cessful college. annually, loom large toward the solu­ Notre Dame still has slightly in A LARGER PERSPECTIVE tion of Notre Dame's problem. excess of only $1,000,000. And more apparent is the need for Eight million dollars — still not Up to a certain point, the "flesh- the development of a larger pei-spec- enough to bring Notre Dame near and-blood" endowment (the unre- tive on the part of alumni and the national leaders in the academic munerated services of the religious friends. world, financially, — sounds like a in teaching, administrative and main­ Obviously, Notre Dame and the of­ prohibitive sum; $1,000 froiri every tenance positions) has compensated. ficers of the -A.lumni Association do one of our 8,000 alumni! Up to a cei-tain point, revenues not expect to see an immediate meta­ But an annual gift of $50, aver­ from residence facilities and athletics morphosis from red ink to riches.