The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus APRIL-MAY 197 MIDNIGHT RIDERS IN THE LAND DF DZ FEATURES 7 Suppose They Gave a Reunion '71 and Nobody Came 8 You Gave More Than You Took 12 Midnight Riders in the Land of Oz 18 The Ombudsman VOL. 49, NO. 2 APRIL-MAY, 1971 DEPARTMENTS 3 WD News James D. Cooney *59 ExEcunvx DIRECTOR 16 Alumni Spea/f ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EDITOR Timothy J. Hughes '61 21 Class News MAKAGING EDITOR George A. Scheuer '28 42 Club News CHIEF COPV EDITOR BUI MitcheU '71 47 Graduate Schools EDITORIAI. ASSISTANT M. Bruce Harlan '49 49 On Record CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS 50 Alumni Ask Donald F. O'Brien '42 HONORARY PkEsiPENT Robert A. Erkins '45 FftESIDENT John T. Massman '56 ViCE-BlESIDENT, ADMINISIRATIVX AFFAIRS Frank L. McGinn '52 ViCE-PfeESIDENT, ALUMNI AFFAIRS FINANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION Robert L. McGoldrick '55 VICE-PRESIDENT, STUDENT AFFAIRS Before we get too complacent over salaries has stepped, up operating costs Leonard H. Tose '37 VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS the fact that the ND SUMMA cam­ 2.0 per cent per student per year. James D. Cooney '59 paign topped its goal 15 months —^Increased student financial aid EXECUTI\X DIRECTOR ahead of schedule (see opposite page), because of higher tuition has increased Michael E. Jordan '68 it might be good to note a few facts operating expenditures 0.9 to 1.7 per ASSISTANT DIRECTOR about educational finance in this coun­ cent per student per year. DIRECTORS TO 1972 try. They come from a report for —^Adverse reactions to.campus dis­ Robert A. Erkins '45, P.O. Box 546, Buhl, the Carnegie Commission on Higher Idaho 83316 turbances have affected both private John T. Alassman '56, 3917 Broadu-ay, Kansas Education. and legislative support. Cit}-, Mo. 64111 More than 1500 colleges and uni­ —^A bearish stock market has re­ Frank L. McGinn '52, 900 BIdg., Pompano Beach, Fla. 33062 versities—two thirds of our public and duced financial incentive for private Robert L. McGoldrick '56, 15 Drury Lane, private institutions of higher educa­ gifts at the same time that it has re­ West Hartford, Conn. 06117 tion—are in financial difficulty or are duced income from most endowment Leonard H. Tosc '37, 64 W. 4th St., Bridge­ port, Pa. 19405 headed for financial trouble. These investments. are not just small colleges. They in­ —^All who supported higher educa­ DIRECTORS TO 1973 clude California, Chicago, Harvard, tion—individuals, foundations, cor­ Daniel D. Canalc '42, 1325 Commerce Title Michigan, Minnesota, St. Louis, Stan­ porations, the government—have been BIdg., Memphis, Tenn. 38103 ford and Tuiane. faced by an increasing number of re­ Dr. John C. Lungren '38, 4180 Chestnut Ave., Long Beach, Calif. 90807 Even Notre Dame has its troubles. quests for funds to support urgent and James C. MacDevitt '35, 43 Hampshire Rd., long-neglected problems of society Great Neck, N.Y. 11023 Its cash deficit in its operating budget Joseph T. O'Neill '53, 60 W. 4th St., St. for the 1969-70 fiscal year was and many have responded to these re­ Paul, Minn. 55102 $596,000. Its projected deficit for quests by decreasing their support of John R. Panelli '49, 17549 Kirkshire, Bir­ higher education. mingham, Alich. 48009 the current fiscal year (ending June 30, 1971) is $70,000. —^The rate of growth in federal DIRECTORS TO 1974 Several reasons are given by the financial support of higher education Joseph G. Bertrand '54, 8114 S. Luclla Ave., Commission for the economic down­ is declining. Chicago, 111. 60617 turn in higher education: These are but a few of the prob­ Paul J. Doyle '36. 5061 Cedar Creek Dr., —As growth institutions, colleges lems affecting higher education as a Houston, Tex. 77027 and universities face constant pres­ whole and Notre Dame in particular. Peter F. Fhiherty '51, 5033 Castlcman St., Pittsbursh, Pa. 15232 sures to adopt new academic pro­ However, as Jim Cooney points out William K. McGowan Jr. '57, 108 Pcnns>l- grams, engage in research, aspire to on page 16, Notre Dame alumni con­ \'ama Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 46204 higher goals. These needs have in­ tinue to support this University gener­ Charles F. Osbom '38, 7315-51st N.E., creased operating expenditures 1.5 to ously. And for that we are all thankful. SeatUc, Wash. 98115 1971 Notre Dame ALUMNUS, University of 3.5 per cent per student per year Notre Dame, all rights reserved. Reproduc­ tion in whole or in part without \vritten during the last decade. permission is prohibited. —General inflation has increased The Notre Dame ALUMNUS is published costs 2.4 per cent per student per monthly, except January, March, May, ^/^ August and November, by the University of year during the 1960's. Notr« Dame. Second-class postage paid at Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. —The necessity to increase faculty which will have to be worked out Paul C. Roberts, Appleton, Wis., a MeneND-SNIC over the next four years include: senior accounting major, will serve as —Engagement of consultants to vice president. This is the first time A unification of ND and Saint Mary's study and make recommendations in the history of the organization that College was recommended by the ex­ concerning financial arrangements, in­ two students from the same school ecutive committees of their boards of cluding lease or rental agreements, have held major offices. trustees. The unification will begin for the physical facilities of SMC. Loughrey and Roberts will assume immediately and be completed not —Movement toward a unification later than the academic year 1974-75. their new offices July 1. Both served of acaderftic departments, administra­ as U.S. delegates to an international The proposal was announced by tive areas and budgets. "Rank and conference in The Hague, Nether­ the heads of the boards of trustees, tenure of present SMC faculty mem­ lands. Edmund A. Stephan of Notre Dame bers will be honored, and every effort and Mother Olivette Whelan CSC, of made to place other personnel in com­ Saint Mary's, and Rev. Theodore M. parable positions in the unified struc­ Hesburgh CSC, president of ND, and ture," the trustees said. Sister Alma Peter CSC, acting presi­ —Negotiation of an agreement be­ TllSllliUM dent of Saint Mary's. It is subject to tween ND and the Sisters of the Holy ND has exceeded the $52 million goal ratification by the entire boards of Cross for appropriate representation of its most ambitious development trustees of both institutions. A further among the Fellows, the trustees and program 15 months ahead of schedule. statement of unification policy is ex­ the officers of ND, and for remunera­ The announcement that the Univer­ pected from the individual boards fol­ tion for the services of religious work­ sity had raised $54.5 million since lowing their spring meetings. ing in ND's administration, teaching launching its five-year "SUMMA" The two groups of trustees said, and religious ministry. capital gifts campaign in 1967, was "The new entity formed by unification The administrations of ND and made in late March by Rev. Theodore will create a center of total educa­ SMC were charged with presenting to M. Hesburgh CSC, ND's president, tional opportunity that could not be the boards of trustees next fall a time­ and Dr. O. C. Carmichael Jr., chair­ achieved by either institution alone table for unification of academic af­ man of the board of Associates Cor­ and will strengthen resources of both." fairs, student affairs, business affairs poration of North America, South While the recommendation calls for and public relations and development Bend, Ind., and national chairman of a single student body of men and operations. the program. The two reported the women, one faculty, one president, program's success to the executive "It is fully expected," the trustees committee of ND's board of trustees one administration and one board of concluded, "that two proud schools trustees, there was special concern at its annual spring meeting which cannot become one without strain and ended March 21. evident for the preservation of the sacrifice, but coeducation offers ad­ identity of Saint Mary's College. vantages we cannot forsake, and our The achievement is all the more "In the light of the changing role common history forbids us to seek noteworthy. Father Hesburgh re­ of women today, particular concern them except together." marked, because the University is be­ must be exercised for the full and The unification move climaxes pro­ lieved to be the first ever to attempt equal participation by women in the gressive collaboration between the two three major capital gift campaigns in intellectual and social life of ND," schools which began with a student a row. ND has now raised, in cash the trustees commented. co-exchange in 1966 and most recent­ gifts and pledges, more than $100 Women undergraduates at ND will ly resulted in a study of future co­ million in the last decade. Two pre­ matriculate through SMC, and the operation by Drs. Rosemary Park of vious development programs, aided by ND degrees they receive will bear the the University of California at Los matching gifts from the Ford Founda­ name of SMC as the college of rec­ Angeles and Lewis B. Mayhew of tion, produced $46.6 million between ord. The proportion of female stu­ Stanford University (see Jan.-Feb. 1960 and 1966: dents in the combined ND-SMC stu­ ALUMNUS). "We are grateful to the alumni, dent body will be increased starting friends, parents, corporations and in September, 1972.