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VOL. LIV. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, JUNE' 4, 1921. No. 28.

WHEN SANDMEN COME potential "cubs" who sit in his class rooms, - VINCENT D. ENGELS. for they are the daily recipients of the wit which has strung a line of chuckles from Owensborough, WHEN sandmen come to weigh my eyes Ky., to South Bend, Ind. With altruistic reveries, To shrive me from stern, sordid care, But there are serious moments in these class To sink me soft in spirit air. hours, for to quote the Professor, his big job is To waft my soul to silent skies—

I slip from days of tears and sighs ) To that heart-flooding paradise Where Youth is Youth and ever fair, I When Sandmen come.

My ears are deaf to earthly cries, > My thoughts live Heaven, realize The dreams of day, escaped from where And whence I dreamed them, unaware That they must surely crystallize When Sandmen come.

,ECAUSE Notre Dame is just Notre Dame, the rendezvous of an exclusive gentry to 'whom the pedantic seeker for culture is as ridiculous a figure as a money miser, it has always attracted to its silver lakes the most genial, the most faithful, and the m-ost lovable persons in the world. There was Father Sorin to begin with, and Luigi Gregori. And then there came a whole cheerful bevy of them— } Stace and Stoddard, Egan and Howard. Today I we have the Honorable Colonel Hoynes, Pro­ to "make real gentlemen out of these rascals." fessor Martin McCue, and—God bless his soul. And this, believe us, is no easy task. But Mr. Doctor Cooney. Cooney (whose ancestors were Irish, as you It seems hardly proper to write of Professor may have guessed) does not despair of the work. Cooney in prose. The clumsy phrases contrast "I'd rather turn out gentlemen and scholars too painfully with their subject. One should than wags whose achievements end with the treat of him in tetrameters, but since he is a writing of a news story. Practical journalism journalist, prose would undoubtedly please him can be learned in one month under any city better. For although every journalist is at* editor, but it takes inany years' to make a scholar, heart a poet, he cannot bear to see himself and many, many more years to make a gentle­ exposed in rhymes and meters. He is a "bashful man." critter" and our estimable Dean is no exception "We ask you if that isn't an ideal worthy of to the rule. Program committees dash to his the name. We tell you that it is a real pleasure office every day, and trail back again;, for lucky to study under such a knight of words. Can indeed, is the club which can extract his promise such a character, though journalistic, be handled for an after dinner speech. Lucky too, are the in Journalese? Rather not! 498 '&5e Hcfcre- Same Seholascic

THE IDEAL HOME. proper development of the mental side of the child? In many cases these opportunities are CLIFFORD B. WARD. unavailable, but this is a negligible obstacle. A man's home should be the birthplace and The home can—and must—if it is to be ideal, the material expression of his ideals. It should teach the child to respect, to appreciate, and to be these things, because next to religion the seek education and culture even if its actual home is man's greatest moral influence, and attainment seems impossible. But let it be since man is the unit of society, the hom.e m.ay said here, if a paradox be permissible, that I be considered the greatest m.oral influence of consider any man to be educated and cultured societ}'- as well. Accepting this to be true; if he at least seeks, respects and appreciates that the "ideal home" is the greatest factor education and culture. towards good, through the development of men and women of Idft}^ ideals, we ma}'- concern HASTING SPEEDILY. ourselves here, with the question, what con­ stitutes an ideal home? LOUIS BRUGGNER. The old adage: "like father, like son" seems An old proverb says '' Festina lente!'' Modern to me true but rather incomplete. Why con­ wiseacres have explained the epigram by adding, sider the influence of the father, while one over­ "Haste makes waste." All of which means a looks all the other.things that go to make up the great deal to those who think and a very, very true domestic atmosphere? Surely the wife little to the general public in this, our much- influences the husband, and the husband the vaunted Twentieth Century. wife, and the children are influenced by the Americans are always in a hurry. An im­ thoughts and actions of their parents. migrant coming to this country, used always The nature or location of the house we choose to plodding along behind a yoke of oxen, or for our home means nothing here. A dingy to wending his wear};- way homeward afoot, "shack" in a coarminers' district ma}'- as easil}'- has his breath fairly taken away at the speed be an ideal home, as the grandest mansion on of life in America. He whizzes from shore to the "exclusive" Riverside Drive-of New York destination on the wings of an express train; Cit^j". Perhaps I should sa}?- it can m.ore easil}'' he jolts about on the speeding elevated, roaring be the ideal home, but that would lead me into over the bustling streets below like a dozen a discussion irrelevant to i^ thero.e. hurricanes combined; he works in factories The ideal home should possess religion, re­ where large-scale production in a minimum finement, and education. Not the religion of time is the pass-word, where ','piece-work" the "Sundai'^-cloak" t3'^pe, nor the superficial and the tim.e clock run hand in hand into Midas' sort of refinement, nor not necessarily an 3'^awning mouth; he sees around him people extraordinar}'-^' education._ Children are the scurrying about like so many, ants around a greatest imitators in the world, and oftentimes scattered nest. To me it is a wonder that he what the}'^ imitate in their youth is "ingrained" does not step back on the transport, which into their ver}'' nature, even if the inclinations brought him to this country to get his breath to imitate run counter to the inchnations of and to get a better view of the bewildering reason and good judgment. The environment kaleidoscope of America, or that he does not of the home, therefore, must be good if the moral flee again to his oxen, thoroughly scared by the qualities of the child are to be good. Its environ­ maniac sweepstakes he finds here. ment should develop to a well-balanced propor- For the Americans are in- a hurry. Europe, portion, mental, moral and physical sides of man. especially since the war, realizes the fact. Gerr The moral side should be developed by prac­ many lost the War because she thought the tical exempli&ation of one's religious beliefs, United States could never mobilize and get b}'-adherance to.one's religious tenets as firmly- into action soon enough to make any difference. on "wee;k-days" as on Sunday. France, fully satisfied with her maximum, speed It is hardly necessary to say much concerning rate of twenty-five miles an hour by railroad the physical side of man, as this usually takes stared with eyes like golf balls when she saw care of itself. But what about the mental side? quarters and halves of mammoth locomotives Need all the opportunities of the best tutors raised out of the holds of the hastily built trans­ and universities be at one's disposal for the ports, bearing the trade-mark "Made in U. S. ^e Noure 5ame Schdascie 499

A." and destined in a week to be ready for action, men and women alike, when they get to be The bourgeoisie and the paysannerie fled in fifty, feel that they have lived too long, that terror from the vicinity of the American road- life holds nothing more for them, and that they bed with fingers poked into their ears whenever ought to die. they heard the far distant piccolo shriek of the These hurry-to-die -people manage in many locomotive whistle, and watched with bated ways to achieve their end. Occasionally the breath the American monster as, with a roar newspapers explain the end with the pregnant almost rivalling that of Niagara, it flickered word, "despondency." More often, however, past. Packard intoxication, lard on the liver, fatty Perhaps, in the case of American participa- degeneration of the heart, money madness, tion in the War, we may say that the end justi- fox-trotting, and these catch-as-catch-can, up- fied the means, and that the end of the War and-away cafeterias are the' instruments that was sufficient recompense for the mistakes are clipping the coupons off the lives of men. engendered by too much haste. Yet I think Many men are rushing to the river Stjrx in that the element of haste is just exactly one of upholstered limousines,- dining on rarebits and the big things that are wrong with America, cock-tails and French pastry; many perhaps Getting on in the world seerns to have taken think they are going there on a week-end house the form of getting there, or rather everywhere, party. The trouble is, they cannot rush back in the world. Nineteenth century is synonymous on the 6:28 early Monday mornings in time to with the Civil War in the minds of many people punch the clock. Some people, common per- or with the invention of the crude cotton gin, haps, sensible surely, prove to be old-fashioned reaper, and sewing machine; while the twentieth and "slow" when they partake of exercise and centur}"- seems to be indicative of getting from thus extend their lives several years. Chicago to New York in eighteen hours, of Elias' chariot may not be waiting for these putting your house together in sections, of loath-to-die people when they are finally ready speedway maniacs, and of crowding into the to die; yet they wiU have a little-less time to eighteen hours of each day that Americans do devote to picnicking on the river Styx than will not sleep the activities to which England de- their cousins, and they will have a little more votes a week. ' enjoyment of the Ohio and the Chicago rivers Because Americans are alwa3''s in a hurry which, regardless of what you think of them, we have Instant Postum, Minute Tapioca, cannot be as bad as the Styx, cake flour that needs nothing but water and It is fortimate for families and for business lo! you have a cake", electric washing machines that man has blundered upon the provident and dish-washers, dictaphones, the telephone plan of insuring the lives of these hurry-to-die and the telegraph, Federal Special Delivery people; on the other hand it is perhaps tmfor- letter ser\nce, compressed church services, ad- tunate that life insurance did not come into dressographs, taxicabs, shoe-shining parlors, vogue in Mathusaleh's day, in which event barber shops, daily newspapers, and slot- rates might be lower to-day. machines. When we talk of tw^entieth century civiliza- People no longer believe in second childhood tion, the march of progress, the age of invention nor in Shakespeare's idea of the ages of man. and of sundr}'- such profound subjects, I shudder They believe in making hay while the sun shines, to think what an uncivilized king Solomon must of growing old in a hurry and of having it over have been when he built his temple, what pre- with. The spindle-legged little girl with the historic nincompoops the builders of the Pyra- loUypop plays "house" and wears her m.other's mids of Chiz eh must have been, what numbskulls old dresses because she wants to feel grown-up; the architects and builders of our mediaeval the freckle-faced" boy with the bulging pockets cathedrals of Europe must have been to have smokes cigarettes in order to feel older and puttered so terribly over so simple a task as "hard" like regular men; the empty-headed erecting a buildingi Why, today when some Miss with the bobbed hair and the colorless and firm erects a twenty-story skyscraper, the steam very, very high soprano giggle puts on airs and shovel man- and the sign painter go to -work clothes to make her seem twenty-one or more on the same day. The one starts digging.the (and after she becomes twenty-one or too old cellar and sub-cellar for this towering monu- to be honest, she becomes sweet sixteen)-; and ment to Progress; the other paints a huge sign 500 '^e Hocre (bame Schdascfc

in several colors indicating that on or about the " wh}'^-worry" individual drifts through August I, the Minit Razor Sharpener Compan}'" his college course on the strength of somebody will be ready to receive its patrons at its new, else's brain-power, it is discouraging. magnificent, fireproof home. And there certainly is the individual proud It would seem that our ancestors would have of the fact that he has no ambition whatever. done better had they given us our chance first. Surrounded with the blessings of youthful The monks of the Middle Ages, who used to. friendship, he is busy squandering his own time toil months over the lettering of a book, letter and ambition, all the while he is wasting the by letter and page b}'^ page, should have spent intellectual substance of his associates. He is a week or two learning the true secrets of art one of those dashing, ultra-looking figures seen from the lithographer and the printer; their caricatured in the "College Wits,"—^in every­ work savored too much of the amateurish. thing a gentleman but the most important thing, The act is undeniable. We are in a hurry. his intellect. His aim is to be in constant com­ The trouble is that the Twentieth Centur}'' is pany with the men who are congenial enough an era of doing things and that Latin is a dead to tolerate him. He is very prominent in college language, a thing alread}!- done if not overdone. activities, a sort of social lizard. He is admired That is wh}'- we do not read Latin. Instead we by men who in most respects are his superiors bolt our breakfast and Hearst at the same time. and ought to realize it. Perhaps he is mentioned We "festina" well enough, but cannot, it seems, as "the most popular man on the campus." master the "lentg." As a matter of fact, he is perennially present in every hall on every campus. It is not diflBcult THE COLLEGE HOBOHEMIAN. for him to keep up in classes, for his variety of 'lounge lizard' have the instinct for slipping PIG MONTENEGRO. through narrow places. But he is the kind to All college men are pessimists more or less. sneer at the "ignorant fellow" who stays up They are pessimists because pessimism pa5'-s. nights to meet expenses and spends his days It is part of college culture and comes only to meet requirements, and who in the end may after diligent practise. When the freshman be forced to quit because of low standing, or with evident perturbation announces that he absences. Pessimism in such cases is but natural. "knows he is going to flunk in ps3'^chological This unsavory variety of college frequenter chemistr}'," he is beginning the habit of pessim­ is generally the clever entertainer, generous and ism. He anticipates failure because he is hoping jovial because*" his college career is a huge joke against failure. "^Tien tlie demure senior pauses considering the poor devil who takes it seriously. in the inter^'^al of lighting his monogramed His room is an art gallery for the delectation cigarette nonchalantly to inform his buddy of gullible undergraduates. If there is a soubrette that "they'll probably hold up the degree on or national athlete whose authograph he cannot account of not being able to swim the hundred," exhibit it is quickly improvised. He must live he does it with the grace of four years of un­ in convivial atmosphere, and that much abused wavering custom. The' philosophy of it is that idea of college spirits is his hoddy. Wheneyet it is. profitable to expect little and the more you the club decides on a dance, he is appointed to realize above the marginal anticipation goes the committee on pink programs. College life to make life just that much more worth living. is his profession. He is the college hobohemian— But there is a pessimist who is serious, almost the sort of college man referred to in those desperately so. He is an unfortunate creature stirring magazine articles on the subject: "Are . who tries his best and stiU gets the worst of life. College Men Failures?" That is to say, the iron law of circumstance »-^^»-» presses his,ambition downward until it is the The American people favor a bonus—^if ballast of despair instead of the impetus to the onus can be avoided. success. College life is'anything but roseate The job of painting up the town must for the man who is continually under the mental now be done in water-colors. strain of overrstudy. If some cpUege men are The student who is content with building ciiaracteristically cjTiical there is good reason air-castles at college runs the risk of carrying for it. When the hard-working, brain-parched a hod for more substantial structures in the student sees himself slowly forced under, while. future.

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LITERARY APPRENTICESHIP . much as b)- reading the vapid vagaries of the present day. At first it is necessary to make H. W. FLANNERY. ' a: ^ 1 j ^ i i - an etiort to understand and appreciate these Literature, it seems, is too literar}'-. Perhaps better writings, but once the reader can sympa-. that is why most of us shy at Thackeray, Haw- thize with the writer and understand him, the thorne, Stevenson, Scott, Shakespeare and books that once amused are deemed ephemeral • Milton. Literature has suffered possibly, by and worthless, and are laid aside for the new love, too much intellect. As it is, Thackeray writes The cultivated mind gets its diversion,—^a ' above our heads. His style is too superior, lasting diversion, and its improvement at the Truly, the master, if he is to be understood same time. and appreciated, must be much the amateur. "Life being very short and the quiet hours The classical penmen who have written simply of it ver}'- few, we ought to waste none of them are easily enjoyed. Anyone can read and delight in reading valueless books," said Ruskih-. in the adventures of Monte Crista. No one can The problem, however, is how to learn to read read the incidents in this master-tale without valuable books. It seems a waste of effort to emotion. But to every man, if the truth be -attempt some, as Bacon, Shakespeare, Macaulay, told, literature is all rubbish and stuff that or Carlyle, as a beginning, for one labors hard absolutely cannot be read. and seemingly ineffectually in the first attempts Most people, however, are not sincere. They at these. An easy transition from the modern are hypocrites, and will not confess that they effervesencies seems the best. Dumas' Count think, if indeed they ever read him, that Shake- of Monte Crista, some of Wilkie CoUins', much speare is pompous, high-flown, ridiculous, ab- of Mark Twain, most of Crawford, many; of struse, and tiresome. The chap who decides the short, stories as Merimee's Venus of Ille, he should imbibe a bit of culture, and begins Hawthorne's Rappacini's Daughter, Eliplihg's to wear)'- over dense pages of the classics, will Wee Willie Winkle, Bret Harte's Outcasts of always speak in complimentary hyperbole of Poker Flat, O. Henry's Lickpenny Lover, Ambrose the men w^ho are supposed to be the best writers, Bierce's The Damned Thing, might furnish the when really he thinks they are insufferably bridge to Dickens, Shakespeare, Thackeray, dull. Usually, indeed, few attempt to read these Stevenson, Irving, Bacon, Meredith, Gold- works. Most everyone lolls away hours sipping smith, Howells, and the rest. To some the the m.ellifluences of modern novelists. Some tragical endings of Ibsen, the inconsistent modern novels can well be compared with the aphorism.s of Chesterton, Wilde, and Shaw, established classics; but these are rarely read, might not be-displeasing and might form an Of even the most popular stories but a few agreeable manner of transition. Once over the people read the whole. The ordinary reader bridge one learns to know and love the charac- passes over descriptions. Perhaps there is too ters of Dickens and to delight in their antics, much of it in many books. Stevenson remarked one sees the incomparable wisdom and natural that "no human being ever spoke of scenery events in Shakespeare, and one learns to read for above two minutes at a tiro.e, which makes rightly and to weigh and consider what he ireads. me suspect there is too much of it in literature." Poetry, to the average person, is harder to „ It may seem logical that the books should con- learn to read than prose. It is a more pains- tain less description, that they should be more taking task to prize the effusions of the great simple, and in every detail an effort should be metrists. Oscar Wilde's Ballad of: Reading made to write what the reader wants .to read. Gaol, Tennyson's Idylls of the King, many of But would that be fair to the reader? Poe's, much of Longfellow, Scott, Bums, - Man is a lazy animal, Jaziness has never Coleridge, and Shelley, lead weU to Milton, gained anything. Good is obtained only by Dryden, Spenser, Byron, Keats, and Browning, effort. Books that could be lazily read would Even the Bible, most valuable—^I sincerely be useless. "Light with the last and lightest say—of aU literature, cannot be read easily spray of the fountain of folly," they would after several years of siUy.. reading, although amuse only. If one wants to; better himself the Bible is written in most, sim.ple language- he wastes time by such reading when, by proper Since lazy reading forbids thinking as one reads, cultivation, he can read the classics and can one cannot immediately learn to think and read entertain and interest himself,many times as at the same .time, and to read the Bible one 502 '^e Noure &ame Seholascic must think as well as read, for its writers wasted STYLE IS THE MAN. no words but packed each with thought, and It's all a matter of style. meant each to have its message. "And as she rose from gathering those blossoms, before he knew wliat he was doing. Harbinger had Perhaps the reason so man}'^ people never thrown his arms around her, held her as in a vice, learn to read the best is not that the}^ have not kissing her unmercifully." tried, but that the}'^ have tried wrongly. Per­ John Galsworthy haps they did read some of the best, but found The Patrician it too subtile. Perhaps tliey began too high. "Marion, there's only one partner in this world It ma}"- be the}'- can learn to make reading worth for me, and you know her name." And the old fox by the window heard the bargain while if they begin to read those writers who are sealed and delivered "wath a kiss. m_ore clear but in whom, too, they "breathe George Barton a magnanimous atmosphere of thought" and The Pembroke Mason Affair meet true, live characters, who act naturally'- "HOW happy I am," sighs Annie: "I don't deserve and do things that make one know them to it." be genuine, and make one live a new life, a "Beloved," he replies in the deep, rich voice—and he gently led her out to dinner. greater life, with theiii. Margaret Deland Around Old Chester WE HAVE OBSEEVED. "And ^yith a soft murmurous sigh, she gave her- A\'E ATQUE VALE. Jeifery Farhol "You bet, money talks, but all it ever said to me The Money Moon was good-bye." * :i': :J: ' CRANK: "There is something about that girl I FRIEND: "Your wife is certainly there with the don't like." irony." HANK: "What's that?" HUSBAND: "Irony? I'd call it flat irony." CRANK: "The fellow she goes with." *** MUTUAL FRIEND. HEARD O'ER A GRECIAN URN. HE.—^"At least, we have a mutual friend with us." COLLECTRESS (in an old curiosity shop) : "It is SHE.—^"What do you mean?" glorious. I must have this wonderful vase. It just HE.—^"Why, I like you, and you're crazy about breathes the romance of ancient Greece."- yourself." HUSBAND (sniffing): "I think you smell garlic."

POETIC PARADOX. PSYCHOANALYSIS. DAY DOG—The only kind of poetry I ever tried to Father So and So holding up a pencil in.class: A\T:ite is blank verse. "HOW many lost this?" FATHER X.—^Yes, one can see it written in your "Nobody? Then it is a total loss." face. "Much liquor niaketh a full hian." ON A SLIDING SCALE. *** PRISONTIR (contemptuously): "I want j^ou . to "What kind of cigarettes do you like best?" know I am descended from a very old family." . "My roommate's." • JUDGE (sardonically): "And to all appearances *** you. are still descending. It is a rule of Journalism that no two persons see *** the same thing in the same way. LEAVES • *** The leaves of fall are blown about EDITOR: "She has a newspaper figure." Much as men in this world, , PUBLISHER: Eeally ." . Who, swayed by gustful circumstance. EDITOR: "YOU bet, some form." By their past acts are swirled.—H. w. F. . *** The head of the transgressor is hard. *** • Lives there a student with soul so dead Because our athletes started the season playing Who never to himself hath said: . ball in their- track suits may account for the fact "When I get*rich I'll eat in bed.". that some of the ball games, might have been played in track siiits quite appropriately..

NEVER AGAIN. ' ". - *** • "I've lost my balance,", cursed the bookkeeper, as iVovELlST.—^"That woman distinctly reminds me of he started all over. ' , a'type."^ ' ' ' . " -. •, - "I've lost.my balance,".gasped the steeplejack as GBNTLE.READER.—"How, so?" ' he. started over, and he was all over.. NovELiST.^^"Bold face." /^e Nocre 5ame Schdascic? 503

VARSITY VERSE AN OLD IVLVIDEN'S PRAYER. SUNSET I spend my days in soulfuL yearning, . Within my heart" there's ever burning Its dying firelight blazing burnished gold, Desires that men are forever spuming. Once more expires the dazzling torch of day. Oh Lord, send me a man! A palpitating hush the air doth hold, As, loath to leave, the flame fades slow away. Upon the men I'm ever smiling. Now glow the sinking embers fiery red. It seems my smiles are not beguiling. Now softer rose to dusky purple dies,— Don't let me sit the long hours whiling. All brightness fades to leave but ashes dead. Oh Lord, send me- a man! And night in filmy crepe beshrouds the skies.

Hark! The evening chorus of the birds! SIDE VIEW. : >. . Does it not a sweetly poignant note betray? Upon her daisy, dimpling cheek- A requiem, more eloquent than words. And in her eyes there played a smile- ,, : Is thus sung for the fleeting soul of day. Ripe-stained lips turned up to seek., ' ... ",- The nectar of the raptured while. As, crowned with golden splendor, passed this day. She wore a hazy, simpering, look So pass the myriad souls of men from earth. And on her cheeks she cracked a smile; Their pathway lit by faith's celestial ray. Red-colored lips turned up, she.took ' Straight to the God, who guarded them from Another little bit of chile. ' ... birth. , *** • ' —NICHOLAS J. MCCABE.

FIRE-WATER. MULE IN MOONLIGHT. Widely famed is bright champagne: In a gay and heai-tless southern town Came a day of sad regret; • r None of it I'd have for mine. The village church was burning dowTi , . Bourbon, Scotch, or Rye—some name ; And the bell was--ringing wet. • Neither think I these so fine: Better than all bonded. drinks. Or imported spirits light A dusty preacher hailed in sight. Is moonshine, by and far methinks. And though he had the gout. Sparkling in the still 'of night. He hurried in with all his might . To put the fire out.

ROSES The police force, he was present. The rose blooms but a sorry while And he used his club to crack To wither and decay; A certain pesty resident The maid blooms but her springtime years Whom he could not keep back. To when the gold is grey; But inward beauty does not die They got the fire mastered; If made in sturdy clay; The preacher hastened out; Wise look for loveliness that lives. Though his face and hands were blistered,.. - Not for what lasts a day. He was cured of the gout. ,- —HARRY W. FLANNERY.

SOUL STRUGGLES THE SANCTUARY LAMP " , When I consider* how I toil and sweat Without, dai'k autumn moans, voicing the pain '. Toward a goal half-hidden in the future's mist; Of an upturned world that knows no peace, no rest; How, with so little effort, some exist. But Peace! within a beacon bums,-in quest ' ^ ; By not a thought beyond today beset; ^^ Of floundering souls whom siri has aU but slain.-^ And how they neither sow nor reap and yet The church is dark—but the w^orld? It seeks in vain Lack nothing, doing always as they list— A mastery of all that is. At best ' . / > • What though my brightest visions do persist. An insane world, by vanities obessed; Why torture flesh for what the pain may-net? It lacks this Light of Truth which men profane. But Soul! Can you not watch one hour more • Eternal Light! I have so brief a lease^ . ' .• " Or is this seeming self-sufficient Hour On this my carnal home, I can but grope Your End, your All? No, No!' Thus long you bore In Stygian darkness for the light of Peace; " The battle's brunt; take now defeat before For Thee I live, in Thee,I henceforth hope. A truce, but let not your ambition sour, So grant that when my soul from earth is free-r. For the-joys worth tasting, are worth striving for. My lamp be trimmed and lead my steps to Thee. —L. V. BRUGGNER. -, —LOUIS V. BRUGGNER. , 504 '^e Noure Same Scholaecic

Dame. The S. A. C. has prospered because it has been a supplementary agency in carrying lotpeJlaiTie^diolastic out the policies of our Reverend President, who represents in the fullest sense to every Notre DISCE-QUASl-SEA\PnR-VICTURUS-VlVE-QU/\SI-CR/-\S .MORITVWS Dame man, all that is connoted by the name Entered as Second-Class Mail Mailer. of Father.

Published every Saturday during the School Term at the The activities of the committee indicate that UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. each of the members has been willing and active in the achievement of those improvements VOL. LIV. JUNE 4. 1921- NO. 2S. which have followed its deliberations; but more particularly-and certainly, has the major THE EDITOES part of the success been due to Alden J. Cusick chairman. H.- W. Flannery Edwin W. Murphy Vincent D. Engels Frank Wallace <•» Louis Bruggner E. L. Lightfoot The presence of "society's best" at recent prize fights—to say nothing of the female pro­ CONTEIBUTOES moters—caused the pessimists, who like the Nicholas McCabe Pio Montenegro . poor will always Chfford Ward Vincent Sweeney Eobert Eiordan Daniel O'Donnell WOMEN AND THE. SLIDING be with us, to hide Daniel Coughlin Thomas Leahy WORLD. their faces in A. C- Morgan Maurice Dacy shame and exclaim Donald Dunkle Malcolm Hatfield "this is the finish." To them the Avorld has gone to the time-honored dogs; to merely us The evolution of a log cabin into the twelve it is on its way—nothing to worry "about. But million dollar educational plant proposed b)'^ has it? Comparatively we are but innocents. the expansion program of Notre Dame has Cannot ^'•ou see the Roman women who from been accompanied by ring-side seats in the Arena, look boringly beautiful, 3''awn . affabl}'', give the " thumbs- EXPANSION PROGRAM inevitable changes as the school has risen down signal" to a few-gladiators, watch the in physical mass and untabulated influence. lions washing their chops on a few martyrs, The General Educational Board of the Rocke­ gather their wraps together and in spite of all feller Fotmdation considers us "the growing declare it to be a "bum show." But don't Catholic institution of the country"; Dr. C. A. mistake us. We hardly expect to see boxing Lippincott of South Bend, hopes to see us adopted as a major sport at St. Mary's. Still become the. leaders in point of numbers that if the world is sliding we might as well "let we have been in point of influence; our football 'er slide." She has a long way to go and none team is the "acknowledged champion of the of us will be here when she hits. middle west"; President Erskine of the Stude- baker Corporation has "taken his coat off" THOUGHTS to aid us in the endowment campaign. True criticism begins with self-criticism. The Student's Activit}'^ committee has been Any kind of hops may be used for brewing a necessary'" corollar}?- of this. stead}'' groAvth; trouble. and its formation at the tim.e when the executive abilit}'- of the University is engaged in the Many a husband will soon be disillusioned business of a greater Notre Dame is a happy at the beaches.. accident. Where God is, there charity should be, and ^ The prime object of the S. A. C. is to pro­ God is everywhere. mote the interests of the student body; and Trying to stand on one's dignity often results here at Notre Dame, where faculty activity in a hard fall. is the exact opposite of the conditions which cause the students of some schools to seek the It is all right to day-dream somewhat, but removal of their executives, the Student Activity not for the. twenty-four hours. committee has assumed the role of the younger Honesty may be stamped on a man's face brother of a wise and indulgent son of Notre and yet leave a very wide margin. Tofie Noure (bam& Schdastie 505

his theological work, spending several years SORROW AT NOTRE DAME in Italy. Following a period of teaching at our Last Saturday morning, there flashed across school, he was made Director of Studies, from the Atlantic cable the report of the death of which office he stepped into the presidency in Very Rev. Andrew Morrissey, C. S. C, Coad­ 1893, an office which he filled until 1905 when jutor General of the Congregation of Holy he was elected Provincial. Under his influence, Cross. And so today the community, together all departments of the University developed with the alumni of Notre Dame, are in mourning. rapidly. The chapel of the Sacred Heart, the glory of Notre Dame, was erected under his administration, and a new g}Tnnasium was added to the college buildings. New branches of study were added to the curriculum, able professors were secured and the school responded to his activity, and amiable personality by breeding the spirit now so universally associated with the university. His great individual influence on education was recognized far and wide. The University of Michigan conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws, and Rome followed with the title of Doctor of Philosophy. Father Morrissey retired from, the presidency of the university in 1905 to become Provincial of the Order in the United States. When the General Chapter of the Congregation was convened last summer one of its-first acts, was to appoint the Rev. Dr. Morissey to the office of Coadjutor General of the order with the right 'of succession. The delicate health of the present venerable General has made it imperative that he receive special aid in the discharge of his heavy duties. . FATHER MORRISSEY, C. S. C. One of the duties of the Coadjutor General for Father Morrissey was a great and a lovable is to visit the houses* of the order in France; man. The students, who did not know him, and Dr. Morrissey left this country April 15 do not realize the extent of their loss—^but on such a mission. He.had been received by they are aware, in a vague way, that Notre the Holy Father in Rome and had gone to Dame on earth has lost something very valuable, Paris May i, accom.panied by Rev. Dr. Sauvage. while Notre Dame in heaven rejoices, and' His death in the French capital was annoimced claims her own. For twelve years, he was the by cable Saturday morning. He was in his president of our. university. Those were great 6ist year and is sundved by a brother and years for Notre Dame—years of endeavor, sister who reside in New York. growth and triumph: He resigned, to become The following tribute, to Dr. Morrissey, Provincial of the order, but his interest in the penned to the Coadjutor last summer by* the school was not diminished—it was greater than •SCHOLASTIC, was almost prophetic. "But more ever. And it is partly because? that interest important than all of these, things was the has never flagged, and it is partly because it friendship for him which appears to have been caused him to help us in many remarkable universal. A kindly interest in all, a smile for all,, things that we shall remember Father Morrissey were written permanently against the back­ for a great and a lovable man. ground of his ascetic priesthood. It is for these ^ Bom in Ireland in i860, he came to this things that he will be remembered when his country when very young, and commenced feet have ceased to go the ways he loved at his studies at Notre Dame. After leaving the Notre Dame. History for him will be more novitiate, he was sent'to Europe to complete than dry record: it will be poetry." 5o6 /^e Noum 5ame Scholasric

_ In presenting the project, Father Burns said: ' ' ' ' "A small college can pursue its own ends as A drive for $2,000,000 to provide for a teachers' it pleases, but an institution which draws its endowment fund and the erection of five new students from all parts of the country and buildings at Notre Dame University was many foreign nations must exist for the sendee launched at a dinner given by Rev. Dr. James of the countr}'- and those nations. More par- A. Bums, president of the university, to 75 ticularly must it exist for the servdce of its business leaders of South Bend at the Oliver immediate com.munity; and the spirit and Hotel Monday evening. A. R. Erskine, J. D. teaching of the university'is" a'matter" of concern Oliver, Sr., Joseph Neff and John C. Ellsworth to the citizens of its immediate community." with Dr. Burns as chairman, form an executive "The Board of Lay Trustees of Notre Dame committee to direct the work of South Bend University was organized two. years ago to in the campaign. admit representatives of the- general public The fund will be divided into two sections, to a knowledge of the innermost workings of The first $1,000,000, of which' $250,000 has .the institution. Six members of the board alread}'^ been subscribed by the General Educa- must be alumni of the school and elected by tional Board on condition that Notre Dame the alumni. , Six members, of whom at least raise an additional $750,000, must be pledged one m.ust be a citizen of South Bend, are chosen within one year and paid within four 3'^ears. from the general public whose interests we seek It will constitute a permanent endowment to ser\'^e." . from which onty the interest will be. used. "Therfe. is a, tremendous stir today in the The second million will be expended as follows: movement ^'toward higher .education: and I $300,000 for an Engineering building: $200,000 do not think "that there is a college or university for a Commerce building to expand foreign of any size-nn. the country today^ which is not trade and consular ser\dce; $450,000 for two attempting to jtaise an endowment fund. Build- dormitories and $50,000 for an extension to the ings are being erected and curricula of study g}-mjiasium. and improvements to the athletic are being enlarged to develop a deeper scholar- field. The second million must be subscribed ship and''a.m.ore active spirit of research." and paid within four years. ^ _ "Notre Dame is affected by the same causes Expressions of the sincere co-operation of which have inspired this greatest movement South Bend with the aims of the university in university life since the 13th century, when were voiced b}'" prominent citizens who spoke they were first instituted. We have come to a at the banquet and the complete success of the crisis—and we must adopt a polic}'^ which will drive was forecast by ever}'- speaker. Dr. affect the future of the university for the next Burns. outlined the pressing need of the uni- 50 years. Every available room at Notre Dam.e versit}'- which presented the alternative of is already reserved for next year, and we expect curtailing, its educational ser\ace or making to receive 500 additional applications before the campaign for funds. Rev.. John O'Hara the fall term, opens. We m.ust either lim.it our spoke upon the commercial. advantages of the attendance or enlarge our capacity." enlarged university, and Rev. John McGinn "But to limit oiir attendance is to limit our presented the soundness of the econom.ic plan, educational service; and I feel that our country Joseph Neff, A. R. Erskine, Dr. C. A. needs men who come out of schools like Notre Lippincott, W. A. Mclnerney-and Frank Hering, Dame. The general educational board has speaking as representatives of South Bend, approved our work in the warm.est manner voiced their complete sympathy with the project and have offered us the opportunity to expand, and every m,an present pledged himself to aid To expand we need buildings and lay professors, in the work.. Mr. Erskine dwelt upon the Our priests receive no compensation, but they finished product of citizenship turned out at cannot be multiplied at will. Notre Dame is the universit}^ Dr. C. A. Lippincott emphasized distinctly autonomous and independent of the the work of Notre Dame as a producer of moral Congregation of the Holy Cross. The university and religious as well as intellectual leaders, receives no aid whatever from the farm-s of the and Mr. Mclnerne}'^ discussed the merits of community, as the entire revenues from the the campaign as a purely business proposition community property is used to educate priests, which would pay for itself. who, in-turn, give their services to the university. '^e Houre 5ame Scholascic 507

Rev;. John O'Hara, dean of the Commerce president of the Studebaker corporation, whiph school at Notre Dame outlined the possibilities put over the most successful sales campaign of an enlarged foreign enrollment at the school in recent American business history, has his and suggested a co-operation between South coat off in active work and has directed Fred Bend and Notre Dame in receiving and wel­ Dennis, who was intimately connected with coming the great number of business leaders the Studebaker sales campaign, to give as much of this and especially of South American coun­ of his time to the Notre Dame drive as the tries, who yearly visit the university. He movement required." outlined the plan of exchanging students with "Notre Dame is entering one of the biggest South American universities which is in operation games of its career; and to win that game will at Notre Dame and stated that the big business require all of the fighting spirit characteristic interests of the country are backing the move­ of Notre Dame teams. As students of thc'= ment solidly. ' Two business men, the speaker university you must sell the public with whom stated, had offered to back similar plans in the you will come in contact this summer. - You far east and Europe. must persuade the public that the school is Rev. John McGinn then outlined the plans an organization worthy of public trust." for securing and distribution of the fund- and Coach Rockne received a wonderful ovation emphasized the fact that in its 80 years of when Father McGinn introduced him as the existence Notre Dame had received but $30,000 prime mover in the new Notre Dame-South from outside sources. Bend relations. As usual, the athletic director's Joseph Neff, president of the University club, attitude was forceful and em.phatically stated: voiced the sentiment of the gathering when "South Bend is back of this movement he stated that South Bend could not sit idly solidly and I know of several men, not wealthy by and see Notre Dame gather its support either, who are planning to donate a thousand from outside influences while the blessings of dollars. The movement as endorsed by the the new movement would shower upon the city Kiwanis club yesterday was no perfunctory new movement would shower upon the city. piece of business^ but an enthusiastic demonstra­ He urged a more complete realization of the tion. These men, not all college men either, fact that South Bend is a college town and are backing the campaign because they recognize ^ suggested the appointment of the committee the type of citizenship which this university which was later realized. turns out. You men will get back of the move­ A. R. Erskine, president of the Studebaker ment and boost; and if better athletic teams corporation, emphasized the fact that Notre will help, you will find Eddie Anderson and his Dame had grown with practically no outside boys hitting the line next fall with an echo that assistance and declared that Notre Dame should will be heard across the country." not be permitted to curtail its efforts in producing Frank Coughlin, president of the senior class the finished product of young men thoroughly and all-western tackle on the football team which trained. He stated that the university would, he captained last fall, described the growth of. put the proposition over and pledged his per­ the university as the realization of the dreams • sonal aid in accomplishing the result. of the men who had fought for it in years gone *** by and asked the students to help make the A mass meeting of the student body gave a dream of today the reality of the future. Aldea wild dero.onstration of enthusiasm when ad­ Cusick, chairman of the Students' Activity. dressed last Friday noon b}'- Father McGinn, Committee, endorsed the remarks of Capt. Al Slaggert, Coach Rockne, Frank Coughlin, Coughlin to the student body and paid a fine and Alden Cusick on the endowment campaign, tribute to the ability of Father McGinn, secre­ and announcing the action of South Bend in tary of the executive committee in charge of promising $500,000. the drive. - ; "The spirit which the business m.en of South Bend are showing is a revelation," stated Father A few days,later a mass picture of the-.sturi McGinn. "Heads of corporations have gone dent body was taken in front of theAdminis-- into sessions which have lasted for hours. ^ration-building. Undoubtedly this .is thelargiesstf The movem.ent has been endorsed by every and most impressive photograph ever made at-{ club which has met in the city. A. R. Erskine, Notre Dame. •^^ii:^.< 5o8 '^e Noure (bame Schdasuc

MEMORABLE MEN unanimously in his favor. Leo Ward, with the stately poise of a statesman, received the award —^John Jennie, B. S., 1920, with Henry At­ offered for the sophomore selection. Mark kinson, Daniel Sexton and Bertram Pulscaro.p, Nolan, sti'ipling exclaimer, took the freshman who used to live on the campus, visited their prize by default. In the preparatory division former friends tliis week on their way home the Lyons medal went to E. Riley, and J. L. from the Medical school at St. Louis University. Cornish was delighted to accept the honor of —John Lemm.er, who received his Ph. B. in all-prep orator. 1919, has left the teaching staff of Columbia Universit}'-, Portland, Ore., to take charge of . —Local, engineers were the guests of the the liigh school in his home town, Escanaba, South Bend branch of the. A. A.. E. at their Mich. picnic Wednesday afternoon. Every minute of the day was full of action with contests, —Slip Madigan, who has been coaching the games, eats, and instructive speeches. Columbia Universit}'' athletic teams on the coast visited this week. —A number of commerce students will tour —Rev. E. J. Misch, C. S. C, and Rev. Peter the Latin-American republics during vacation Forrestal, C. S. C, will be among those present in the interest of their departm-cnt, while another at the summer school session. group wm visit other foreign ports aboard ships —^Leo Stern, Monroe, Mich., who took his of the United States Shipping Board. degree in 1911, paid a visit to the campus this —Memorial Day -was fittingly observed on week to renew old acquaintances. the campus by an appropriate ceremony at —^3\'Ir. Edward Gallagher, of Philadelphia, Washington Hall and by the decoration of the was the guest of Father Nieuwland last week. graves of the members of Notre Dame Post, G. A. R. - Colonel William Hoynes, Dean Emeritus UNDER THE DOME of the Law School and battle scarred veteran —^Brother Alphonsus with several mem.bers of the Civil War, presided. Following the of the Audubon society, while making a tour singing of the "Star Spangled Banner," the of the lake woods last Sunday, noted the arrival Colonel made a brief talk on the significance of the da}'^ and included a short outline of the of the first loon of the season. rebellion of '61. Archibald M. Duncan delivered —^The wreck of the Corby Hall Navy has Lincoln's Gettj'^sburg. Address; Stephen ,C. been washed ashore but Navigator Wack has Willson followed, reading a memorial poem, failed to recover his shoes, spectacles, or other "The Dreamer," "The; Patriotism of Notre nautical instruments lost in the catastrophe. Dame" was made the subject of an address —Cornelius Pfeiffer, the tall boy from Louis­ byAlfred N. Slaggert. He told in glowing terms ville, is proudl}'^ displaying a beautifully bruised of the deeds and sacrifices of Notre Dame men jaw. The wound is said to have been received in all wars since the foundation of the University. in an encounter with a highv/a3'^m.an who was Notre Dame, justly . proud of her heroes vanquished in his attack. whether resting in bur own little cemetery or —Convincing hallucination, perfect denuncia­ on the battlefields of France, is ever ready to tion, interspersed with impressive oratorical render honor to whom honor is diie, the de­ pauses, kept Prof. Farrel ecstatic in Washington fenders of our Nation. Hall for several hours last week, untilHarold Haynes gracefully interpreted the rhythm of •—Edwin Merlin Rolwing of Little Egypt the Tell-Tale Heart with his hthe gesticulation has volunteered his services to the government and danced off the stage to accept the Barry as an information bureau for the benefit of those medal. The Barry medal is the highest award young men who desire to spend part of their that is possible for college orators except the vacation in any one of the^ summer Officers Breen medal and the office of cheer-leader. Training, Camps, The junior oratorical bequest went by decla­ -^With the bathing season in fuU swing and mation to James Hogan whose oratory swayed the lakes full of swimmers. Life-guard Anderson, his audience with a determination to commit Cotton, and Berberich have not reported a something, until they committed themselves single accident at our beaches; Life boat No; lofie Noure 6ame Schdascicr 509

17- cohtinualiy patrols off the St. Joseph lake feature of the evening was the short course in pier and Father Galligan inakes frequent in­ which the banqueters were taught to write spections of the equipment and personnel of poetry, songs, book reviews and diaries. Of the lie savina cotns> course the most interest was manifested in the —^The lectures by J. S. Knox of the Knox writing of diariesff as some of the journalists School of Salesmanship was attended by every hope to secure positions on the Chicago Herald- member of the salesmanship class of the Uni­ Examiner staff, or an affiHated joiunal, and one versity through the courtesy of Chas. B. Sax must be proficient in this art nowadays. Be­ of the dry-goods firm of Chas. B.. Sax & Co. sides the disposing of chicken and strawberry The generosity of Mr. Sax and his interest in shortcake, there were other things to take up the school is very much appreciated by the the embryo newspapermens' time. Father Tom students and faculty. This is a typical example Burke told his stories; Charles Molz, chairman of the friendly South Bend.-Notre Dame get- of the banquet committee, grew serious about together spirit. the profession; Louis Bruggner repeated some —^The Notre - Dame smoker to the South stories that George Hull let him in on; Quin Bend Chamber of Commerce was well attended A. Ryan, Mr. McEvoy's assistant in Chicago, Wednesday evening. An educational exhibit told of his association with "Mac," as he called by the Notre Dame School of Commerce and him, and Father Lahey injected seriousness the advertising section of the School of Journal­ into the affair with his talk. The final remarks ism was a very interesting feature of the get­ were made by Dr. John M. Cooney, who, -together, meeting. The speakers of the evening strangely enough, up to this time had remained were Mr. Frank J. Green and Prof. Weir. quiet. Boxing, music, eats, and smokes completed a —^Last Thursday morning Notre Dame cele­ very successful program. brated Corpus Christi in the traditional manner. —^Another N. D.—^St. Marj'-'s romance- ter­ Rev. Fr. Charles O'Donnell, celebrated high minated in the marriage of Frank "Willie" mass in the Sacred Heart Church at eight Coughlin and Miss Madeline Myers of E. o'clock, and he was assisted by Fr. Finnegan Washington Ave., South Bend. They were as deacon and Fr. Joseph Donahue as sub- married by Rev. P. J. Carroll in St. Joseph's deacon. Fr. Steiner acted as master of cere­ church' at five o'clock last Thursday morning. monies. "Willie" was invuhietadle oh the gridiron, After the mass the Blessed Sacrament was 'btit the strongest of men fall before Cupid. carried around the quadrangle in procession Hence; we are not surprised at "Willie's" and Benediction was said on the temporary downfall and are sure that he will make an altars erected on the steps of Walsh Hall", ideal husband." We wish Mr. and Mrs. CoughHn Science Hall and the Main Building. There the best of luck and hope to see some young were 2,000 people in the procession.the order Coughlins' at Notre Dame sometime- in the being Carroll, Badin, Walsh, Corby, Brownson, future. and Sorin Halls, Holy Cross Seminary, and the CoughHn is president of the -senior class, Conmiunity including priests, brothers, and member of the S. A. C, a campus orator, cap­ nuns. - - , tain of the Western Champion football team of The day was quite warm, so a Uttle sacrifice last year ^nd All-Western tackle for two years. was required on the part of the adorers. The —^A four years' Journalism course in ,thirty service was very beautiful and edifying. The minutes was received by the journalists who priests' vestments of gold and white were very were so fortunate as to attend the annual beautiful and the long procession winding banquet of the Notre Dame Press Club at the along, the grass-strewn path was an inspiring Mishawaka Hotel Thursday evening, May 26. sight. The usurper of Dr. Cooney's task was none Observance of Corpus Christi by an outdoor other than J. P. McEvoy, who tells of the procession is a mediaeval custom and Notre domestic affairs of "The Potters," and hands Dame is the only spot in this country where out philosophy in the "Pslams of Life" every this custom, is continued. Hence uniqueness Sunday in the Chicago Tribune. The saUent- adds "glamour to our celebration.—^I^AHEY. 5IO '^e Nocre Same Schdaecic 120 high hurdles—1, Wynne (ND) - ,2,, (E). 3, WHAT'S WHAT IN ATHLETICS. Shoptaugh (DP) 4, Haase (DP). Time: 15 2-5. (Ties state record.) NOTRE DAME WINS STATE MEET 880 yard run—1, Eastlack (W) 2, Gustafson (W) Five State records fell and one was tied at 3, Kasper (ND) 4, Harrison (P), Time: 1:58 4-5. the Indiana State Track and Field meet, which Two mile run—1, Furnas (P) 2, Doohttle (B) 3, Notre Dame won from the field of seven com­ Dalton (E) 4, Brown (W). Time: 9:47 (New State record.) peting schools at Cartier Field Saturday after­ 220 yard low hurdles—1, Desch (ND) 2, Ivey (E) noon. Notre Dame collected 63 points, Purdue 3, Wynne (ND) 4, Shoptaugh (DP). Time: 25 2-5. 38 3-4, Earlham and Wabash tied at 20 3-4; Pole vault—1, Hogan (ND) 2, BuUock (Ind.) 3, Depauw 11 1-2, Butler 5 1-4, and Indiana 5. Whitmer (P), Mercer (B), Graffis (E), Hite (W) Notre Dame scored in 13 of the 15 events. tied. Height: 11 feet 9 inches. New State records went to: Buck ShaAV, Discus throw—1, Miller (P) 2, Johnson (E) 3, Notre Dame, who broke the old record of Stewart (DP) 4, Shaw (ND). Distance: 129 feet 42 feet 63-4 inches in the shot put with a heave 6 inches. of 43 feet 2 inches. Johnny Murph}'", Notre Shot put—1, Shaw (ND) 2, Johnson (E) 3, Flynn Dame, set the high jump record at 6 feet 13-4 (ND) 4, Miller (P), Distance: 43 feet 2 inches. (New State record.) inches, bettering the old mark of 5 feet 11 5-8 High jump—1, Murphy (ND) 2, Pence (P) 3, inches. Knee, Wabash, threw the javelin 175 Woods (B) and Martin (DP) tied. Height: 6 feet feet 3 inches, the old mark being 171 feet 11 3-4 1% inches. (New State record.) inches. Furnas, Purdue, bi-oke his own mark Broad jump—1, Watson (P) 2, Ivey (E) 3, in the two mile by finishing in 9 min. 47 sec. Hogan (ND) 4, Vanardsdale (W). Distance: 20 This mark also tied the Cartier Field record. feet 11% inches. The Notre Dame Relay team, composed of Javelin throw—1, Knee (W) 2, Oberst (ND) 3, Meredith, Colgan, Montague and Hoar, stepped Hanny (Ind) 4, Hogan (ND). Distance: 175 feet awa}'- from the field in the fast time of 3 min. 3 inches. (New State record.) 29 1-5 sec, the old mark was 3 min. 32 sec. Mile relay—1, Notre Dame. 2, Waba'sh, 3, Purdue. Chet Wynne tied the State record in the high 4, Earlham. Time: 3:39. (New State record.) hurdles when he beat Ivey, Earlham, to the *** tape in 15 2-5 sec. DIAMOND DRIVES , Bill Hayes was the high point man, scoring firsts in the two dashes. Furnas of Purdue Dick Falvey pitched shut out ball against -and Ivey of'Earlham were tied at second with Northwestern at Evanston, 111., on May 25 nine. Hogan of Notre Dame and Watson. of and his teammates batted in seven runs, thus Purdue scored eight. Capt. Kasper, Desch and avenging the Northwestern defeat on Cartier Wynne of Notre Dame scored seven. Shaw, field: Falvey held the Purple to four hits and Notre Dame, Miller, Purdue, and Johnson, fanned nine while the Irish collected thirteen Earlham, scored six,' while Murphy, of. Notre hits off Lawson and only three fanned. Micky Dame, Harrison and Rohrer of Purdue, Eastlack Kane led in hitting with four hits, while Capt. and Knee of Wabash scored five points. Mohardt, Kiley, Prokup and Falvey, each secured two hits. Considering the condition of the track, which was soaked by rain in the early afternoon, and The score: ,the strong wind that blew, the time made was Northwestern . 000 000 000—0 exceptionally good. - Capt. Kasper, Hoar, Mere­ Notre Dame 102 200 011—7 dith, and Colgan ran their last races for the Three base hit: Mohardt. Two base hits: Bryant, Kane, Falvey. Struckout: by Lawson 3; by Falvey Blue and Gold on Cartier Field. 9. Bases oh balls: off Lawson 3, off Falvey 3. One mile run—^1, Harrison (P) and Furnas (P) *** tied; 3, Dalton (E) 4, Davis (DP). Time: 4:29. On Thursday, May 26th, Notre D.ame de­ . 440 yard run—1, Kasper (ND) 2, Watson (P) 3, feated the Michigan Aggies 8 to 4 in the fastest Montague (ND) 4, Gustafson (W). Time: 50 3-5. game played on Cartier Field this year. Coach 100 yard dash—1, Hayes (ND) 2, Eolirer (P) 3, Halas sent Sharpe, the elongated southpaw, to Desch (ND) 4, Vanarsdale (W). Time: 10 seconds, the mound and for six innings the opposition 220 yard dash—1, Hayes (ND) 2, Mason (DP) 3, could not touch him. In. the seventh inning Rohrer (P) 4, Dant (ND). Time: 23 2-5. after he had two down, a little loose fielding '^e Hocre 6ame Schdascic 511

oupled with' three hits arid two walks produced exert himself as he had the Indiana boys at his four runs, after which Castner relieved him for mercy. Capt. Mohardt pitched the last iiming. the rest of the gam.e. Sharpe, pitching his first Garvey, Fitzgerald, Prokup, Castner, Mohardt, game of the year, allowed six hits, walked four, Miles and Kane, each collected two hits, and and struck out six, during the seven innings he H. Anderson on his first trip to the plate knocked worked. Capt. Mohardt and Miles had a per­ out a two base hit with the bases loaded- Capt. fect day at bat. Miles pulled sensational stops Mohardt, Fitzgerald, Miles and Morgan ap­ of two hard hit balls and with perfect pegs peared in their last baseball game on Cartier retired the runners at first base. field for the Blue and Gold. The score: The score: Indiana '. : 040 000 001— 5 Aggies .000 000 400—4 Notre Dame 030 0010 02x—15 Notre Dame 002 030 03x—8 Two base hits: Garvey, Campbell, Falvey, H. Three base hit: Pazinski. Two base hits: Mo­ Anderson. Bases on balls: off Falvey 1, off Mo- hardt, Miles, McMillan, Blievernicht. Sacrifice hits: . hardt 2, off Campbell 2, off Faust 1, off Walker 1. Miles, Kiley, Mohardt, Prokop, Johnson, Stolen Wild Pitch: Campbell, Falvey, Faust. Struck out: bases: Kane, Miles, Mohardt, Blievernicht. Struck by Falvey 4, by Mohardt 1, by Campbell 2, by Faust out: by Sharpe 6, by Castner 1, by Brown 1, by 1, by Walker 2. Hit by Pitcher: Carberry. Hits: Kuhn 4. Bases on balls: 'off Sharpe 4, off Castner off Campbell 12, off Faust 3, off Walker 2. .1, off Brown 1, off Kuhn 3. *** The success of athletics at Notre Dame is is fostered in no small degree by the teams of Notre Dame eliminated the last contender the various student halls dotting the quad­ for the State baseball championship by. defeating rangle. The majority of past monogram winners • Indiana twice, 4 to i at Bloomington on Saturday here owe much of their prowess in sport to the and 15.°to 5 on Cartier Field Decoration Day. first interest enkindled and the first experiences The game at Bloomington was won by the great gleaned while fighting to sustain the athletic pitching of Castner and the hard hitting of fostered in no sm.all degree by the teams of the Kane and Miles. Indiana scored its lone run, various student halls dotting the quadrangle. when Schuler walked and was forced out at The majority of past monogram winners here second by Hendricks, Castner to Miles. Dean owe much of their prowess in sport to the first scored Hendricks with a timely hit. . Fast interest enkindled and the first experiences fielding held Dean at third on Rust's, two base gleaned while fighting to sustain the athletic hit. Castner' struck out two men to end the honor of one of these same halls. Gipp, Kiley, inning. Notre Dame scored one in the fourth Barry,—the list is endless. The various inter- on a three base hit by" Miles, who came in on hall athletic activities tryly have furnished Kiley's sacrifice fly. In the fifth Prokup singled splendid timber from which has been hewn and* went to third on Garvey's single. Prokup sturdy and valuable Varsity material. thrown out at home on Morgan's infield hit. Mickey Kane scored Garvey and Morgan with Brownson Hall has, especially, been.a leading a home run in right center field. This mighty factor in this respect. Her contributions have blow was. too much for Indiana to,.overcome, in the past formed the nuclei of many sterling as Castner was pitching air-tight ball. Castner teams at Notre Dame. To Brother Allan of allowed three hits, struck out six, walked one, Brownson- Hall do athletics owe a great meed and hit two men. of praise for'his years of kindly interest and sterling' efforts in furthering and encouraging Indiana 100 000 000—1 athletic interest- among his youthful proteges. Notre Dame 000 130 000—4 Prim.arily, a man of God with his life consecrated Three base hit: Miles. Two base hits: Rust, to the humble tasks of a brother, he is, secondly, Miles. Sacrifice Fly: Kiley. Struck out: by Cast­ ner 6, Walker 4. Basses on Balls: Off Castner 1, a man's man to the very core. Walker 2. Hit by pitcher: Eisley, Minton. Passed Possessed of a winning personality, endowed Ball: Minton. with a tact that finds human and sympathetic expression in his everyday dealings and blessed, The Cartier Field- game was featured by the with a modesty that "is a candle to his merit," hard hitting of the Irish, who collected 17 hits Brother Allan has truly earned for himself a for 15 runs off three Indiana pitchers. Falvey place of affection in the hearts of the boys en­ outside of the second inning, did not ha;ve to trusted to his care. On the athleticnfielS, es- - JH Piijii . ^:4 -^^ 512 1sfte Houve 6ame ^holascic pecially, he is an adept mentor and a source John Cavanaugh starred afield and at bat of inspiration to all. The tribute of one of tlie in the first game of the season which has been campus' leading athletes that he would "rather lost by Walsh Hall. Ratehford, of the Corby- play under Brother Allan than anyone else" ites, fanned 12 batters and Gilchrist hit well, epitomizes the characteristic attitude of all Walsh was handicapped by the injury to who have met the man. The banners, pennants Eddie Walk, sterling little catcher who has and trophies that deck the Brownson "Rec" handled McGivney's shoots so well all year. room are mute but eloquent earnests of the carroU 510 00 6 7 4 past zeal and unstinted service of Brother Off-Campus 510 00—10 5 2 Allan in the cause of athletics under the Dome. Hart and Rigley; Dunn and Grooms. This j'^ear as in tlie past his interest and en- g^j.^^ 322 OOO 0 7 2 8 thusiasm have been unflagging. In all branches Badin 221 324 x ^14 8 9 of sport Brother Allan's men have won places DeGree and Mehre, DeGurse and Seyfrit. of distmction. ^^^^j^ ^^^ ^2^ 003—11 17 8 *** Corby 021 302 42x—14 12 5 AROUND HOME McGlvney and Cahill; Eatchford, Lieb and Ander­ son. The soundness of Coach Rockne's system *** of mental training for football men was ex- Brownson Hall won the Interhall baseball emphfied Tuesday afternoon when Father title Sunday n:.orning when Burns, a straw- Cornelius Hagerty's class of Philosophers topped hurler who has been pitching clever ball smothered Joe Brandy's Sorin Subway m- throughout the yeati shut Cattoll out without habitants with diamond syllogisms, dilemmas ^ hit in seven innings. i6 of the 21 Carrollites and all the Scholastic aphorisms from the ^I^Q faced Burns fanned the breeze.' Egan "quid, quid, movetur" to the "nihil habet," starred at bat with four blows in four times at for a score of 5-1 in the annual baseball game the plate. between the two teams. . The victory cinches the league leadership Father Hagerty had. enough logic on the for the Brownsonites who also won the indoor ball to fan 13 Subway citizens and allow but and outdoor track championships and were one hit in eight innings. "Wee Dick" Hayes, tied with Corby for the football title, Corby subway hurler, was a victim of the persuasion won the basketball race. of the philosophers, who reasoned that the Walsh Hall, runner-up in the race, lost to only way to win a ball game was to hit the Badin and went into a tie with that team for ball. Andy Moyiiihan mistook a sparrow for second place. DeGurse, pitching for Badin, the baseball at a critical phase of the debate twirled a clever game, holding Walsh to one and Jerry Barret had one too many terms in blow and fanning 13 men. his tlirowing arm but Aristotle Mehre ran Sorin and Corby were out of the running the bases with the speed of an intuition, and cajled their game off by mutual consent. The general fielding play of .the Subway was Carroll 000 000 0—0 0 0 founded on false premises while their stickwork Biou-nson 002 010 0—3 7 2 was pure fallacy. Both teams were inclined ^^™" ^"*^ Henagan; Martin and Rigley. to skepticism regarding the certitude of Umph-e ^^!^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^-^ ^ ^ -c, . r^ • ., 1 . Badin 100 100 1—3 5 2 Frank Doriot s conclusions. McGlvney and Walk; Degurse and Hurley. Off-Campus, Corby and Badm emerged ^^^ victors in the Interhall games of Simday. Hart walked a group of "Day-dogs" in the The Freshman track team journeyed to first inning which paved the way to the Off- Kalamazoo Thursday, May 19 and found the Campus 10-6 win in five innings. DeGurse Western State Normal varsity a trifle stronger fanned 13 men for Badin in the seven inning than when the Yearlings trimmed them in- game which Seyfrit and company took from doors at the local gym earlier in the season, the Degree troup of Sorinites by a 14-7 count. W. S. N. took a close meet 65-57 when Burg, Rickard of the Frosh collected three bingles of the Normalites, uncorked a flying broad and Seyfrit cleared the sacks with a triple jump of 21 ft 6 inches in the last event. Notr^ off his old friend Ed. Dame was strong in the runs.