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November 30, 1956 The Notre Dame Qi NOTRE DAME Scholastic BOOKSTORE Vol. 98 November 30, 1956 No. 9 ^^^ On the Campus Disce Quasi Semper Victunis Vive Quasi Cras Moritunis Founded 1867 Entered as second class matter at Notre Dame, Indiana. Accepted for mailing at special rate of IDEAL postage. Section 1101, October 3, 1917. Authorized June 23, 1918. CHARLES McKENDRICK CHRISTMAS Editor JOE NORTON GIFTS Associate Editor DAVE THOMPSON To Fill Your List Associate Editor JIM STEINTRAGER News Editor JAMES MCDONALD Copy Editor DAVID KUBAL Feature Co-Editor JOHN QUAGLIANO ...Feature Co-Editor Jewelry Longine Watches GEORGE CLEMENTS Assistant News JIM DULAN Assistant News BOB VONDRASEK Assistant News Religious Articles HARRY McKEE Assistant Copy MARSH PIDGEON Assistant Copy Personalized Greeting Cards DON STUHLDREHER...Circulation Mgr. HARRY CONLON Business Mgr. 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THE SCHOLASTIC is published weekly during the school year, except during vacation and examina tion periods at the University of Notre Dame. ^• dress all manuscripts to the Editor, Box 185, Notre FROM NOTRE DAME Dame, Indiana. SUBSCRIPTIONS: $4.00 per year. Single copies 25c —'% 4 The Scholastic Vkvett i the refugees team spirit HE Rtissian bmtality in putting down the Hungarian Trevolt is shocking a lot of our "America for Americans" citizens to their senses. There is a general sympathetic OMORROW Notre Dame reaches the end of its most feeling for the persecuted Hungarians and a desire for the T disastrous football season. For the senior it is a dismal United States to accept as many refugees as possible. conclusion to four yeare of gridiron activity which began This is a marked change in the attitudes of many Ameri with the undefeated team of 1953. For the freshmen it may cans who have selfishly insisted on baixing the door of •signal a college career filled with many more football democracy to the peoples of southern and eastern Europe. setbacks. United States immigration policy since 1900 has been We have received a large amount of correspondence largely influenced by a feeling of "Anglo-Saxon superiority." concerning the state of the Fighting Irish and the spirit of As a result, the only sizeable immigration quotas ha\e been our student body. Some of these letters have been printed restricted to countries of northern Europe, countries which in the SCHOLASTIC in previous issues. The gripes ran the have used these quotas least. gamut from chastising drinking at the games to demands That this Anglo-Saxon superiority is a myth must cer for Terry Brennan's head. tainly be evident to all intelligent Americans. Not only is Neither of the two complaints mentioned above are the the idea inane, but the nationality composition of the 160 reasons for the Notre Dame collapse this year. Nor do million people in this country shows only a minor pei'centage ||I believe that a lack of student spirit, however defined, of descendants of the so-called Anglo-Saxon race. .'\nd this is the cause of the poor 1956 showing. Name another student has been true since the beginning of the centun,-. body that would cheer outside their team's locker room Yet the myth continues to exert its influence. It has after 47-14 and 40-0 losses. been embodied in the universally criticized McCarran- After two months of steady use, the argument about Walter Immigration Act which regulates, or rather restricts, the lack of game experience has worn thin. If we could the flow of oppressed people into our free country. In the point to progressively improved performances week after eyes of these people Americans must seem a very selfish week, there might be excuses for seven defeats in nine games. breed. But against Iowa last Saturday, Notre Dame offered only Many stories have been published about the Hungarian token resistance. refugees who have recently been allowed to enter the United I cannot see the logic behind the statement that, "the States. All any of them wanted was a chance to live in free •students have let the team down." If anything, the reverse dom. One of the stories related how a young Hungarian is true. looked down from a high window in a Chicago building I don't imagine anyone could analyze the Fighting Irish and marveled at the bright windows and the hundreds of of this year and correctly diagnose all their ills. But I do automobiles he saw below him. He was amazed to learn think that one factor stands out above the rest. that each person driving one of those cars owned it too. On any team which is forced to employ so many sopho But I wonder what he felt when he thought of the rest of mores, one of the major ingredients necessary for success his people back in Hungary, knowing that the United States is the strong leadei-ship given by the veteran players. This held open her arms for only 214,000 of them. year that leadei-ship has been lacking. Some of the older It is small wonder that the United States has lost pres Aperformei-s lost heart after several defeats. The .younger tige. We are the greatest country in the world materially, squadmen had to provide their own inspiration. Even and the campaign slogan of "peace and prosperity" has their enthusiasm petered out at Iowa City. been heard all over the earth. But while our peace and No student demands that Notre Dame win each and prosperity is held up for all to see, so is our attitude that we every game. Football is a game, not a way of life. How are keeping it all for ourselves. ever, each student does demand that his team exert 100 The United States is badly in need of ways to demon per cent effort toward the game. strate our good faith and to restore confidence in democracy. If team spirit ceases to match that of the student body, One of the greatest steps forward we could achieve in this then it really will be time to de-emphasize football at Notre regard would be a realistic revision of our immigration laws. •Dame. —C. McK. -/. iV. November 30, 1956 ^ I I I:-. MEN WITH SUCCESS IN MIND KNOW THE VALUE OF "i BEING WELL-DRESSED Success is made up of a number of things. Mostly, we are told, it is a result of hard work. There are many other factoi-s too, not the least of which is a good appear ance.