Congratulations Notre Dame GRID MEN of 1945/ ^ suggestion for Shoppers . BOTANY "500" SUITS Gift MAIN AT COLFAX ARROW SHIRTS "The MEN'S Corner" Billfolds STETSON AND LEE HATS forjHIM or Home of Nationally for HER BOTANY TIES Accepted Merchandise • SLIM A slim Billfold by Rumpp foe Mis, cards, checks and notes. Made in an assortment of leathers... ostzich, seal and goat. • SECURt There's extra security for notes and valuables in this billfold. Compart" mcnts for cards and change, too. Made by RumpD in ostrich, seal and NICE GOING "IRISH" goat leathers. on a successful season Initials in Gold Free **G E G C G E • $•• nelBATJfEIt Shop. Ml Wul WaahiaiisB Av«. Two . Ike Nohe 3>a4Me SCHOLASTIC Pne6je*hU V=!-J,T^=^ The Fighting Irish of 1945, who played before 535,000 fans this year, and who had the loyal support of thousands of Notre Dame students and graduates and the devoted following of uncounted millions of "synthetic alumni." Three ^he SYotre Q)ame Scholastic Disce Quasi Semper Vkturus Vive Quasi Cras Moriturus College Parade FOUNDED 1867 By THOMAS M. KGGINS •lllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllltlllllttllllftlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllltllllllllllllll STRICTLY IN THE SPIRIT OF THIS ISSUE . An item from the Indiana Student printed here in its entirety: Under a Minneapolis dateline, October 30, "Minne­ sota's Golden Gophers settled down today to some serious work." Either it was very serious work, or else the reporter ran out of ink. The Ohio State Lantern reports that when the Ohio boys showed up at Pittsburgh recently to play the Panthers, they neglected to bring along a complete set of game uni­ ••iitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiit mill iiiiiiiiiiii III tiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiii forms. Shouldn't they change their name from the Buckeyes to the Plumbers? THE STAFF Charlie Trippi, a real old Southern Gentleman from 'way down Pennsylvania way, has been elected captain of the FRANK GRIMALDI, Editor-in-Chief 1946 Georgia Bulldog team. Steve Cantos has been selected by his Michigan teammates for the school's most valuable JOHN DEFANT Managing Editor player award. This is the first time that the honor has been GEORGE COLLINS - Navy Associate Editor bestowed upon a freshman. PAUL WEYRAUCH Sports Editor According to the Creightonian, Creighton University has JAMES F. MCCARTHY Feature Editor extended an offer of a four-year scholarship to the center of a Lincoln high school who lost an eye in a game against COLUMNISTS Creighton Prep. Loyola University (Maryland), which had no intercol­ THOMAS M. HIGGINS - - - The College Parade legiate football team this year, had 72 percent of its student LOUIS ALMASI . The Crow's Nest body engaged in intramural football during the season. ARTHUR MOSHER, RAY FRANKLIN - The Shillelagh The Eochester Campus comes up with this masterpiece: JACK STEWART - - - - The Green Banner ". the Rivermen dropped four in a row, three of them PHIL CORBOY - - . - Splinters to teams they could have whipped easily on a second try." ED CASO, JOE PIEDMONT Frosh Froth Lads, won't you ever learn that it is the first time that counts? CONTRIBUTORS The Purdue Exponent reveals that when the Ohio State jay-vee squad journeyed to West Lafayette to play the Pur­ JAMES GREENE RALPH HAYMAN due junior varsity, they visited Purdue Home Ec classes. JACK TINKLE JOE LANG They couldn't have sampled the typical Home Ec cooking, BILLY SLAVICK FRANK TYCHSEN however, as they subdued the Purdue team 13-7. (When will GERARD HEKKER DAVE OLSON the Ohio State Lanteiii learn that Purdue is not in Bloom- PAUL ABRAHAM JUSTIN CICCONETTI ington? Indiana students are liable to,^get mad!) JOE RENINGER JOHN C. THOMAS W. O. MILLER JAMES JOHN In a poll conducted at Siena College recently regarding JIM REGAN BILL PFAFF the student body's desire for an intercollegiate sport pro­ JAMES BURNS DAVE WARNER gram, the answer was unanimous—^football. SAMUEL HAZO JOHN GUNTHER PAUL RAGAN BILL BRAUN NOTES UPON A SCREWY FOOTBAU SEASON . We remember when bowl games were feats of skill be- tv\'een evenly matched teams. This year it seems to be differ­ JAMES FERSTEL Photography ent. The Eose Bowl will have as host a thrice-beaten team. ARTHUR COUGHLAN - Circulation Manager Southern California, and in the Cotton Bowl there will be REV. PAUL BEICHNER, C.S.C. Faculty Advisor Missouri University, another thrice-beaten outfit. Out ADVERTISING Publications Office on the coast, a California back angled a bad punt off the side of his foot. A teammate grabbed the ball on his own 15-yard line and set sail for the UCLA goal line. Past the Entered as second-class matter at Notre Dame, Indiana. Acceptance for mid-field stripe he lateralled the ball to the man who had mailing at special rate of postage. Section 11033, Oct. 3, 1917. Authorized made the bad punt, who in turn carried the oval over for the June 25, 1918. only score of the game. Trying to go them one better, ' Member of Catholic School Press Association, Associated however, in a high school game: A centered the ball to B who Collegiate Press. Represented for national advertising by Na­ tional Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Avenue, New York handed it oflF to C who gave it to D on a double reverse. City — Chicago — Boston — Los Angeles — San Francisco. THE E took the pigskin from D on a Statue of Liberty play and SCHOLASTIC is published weekly during the school year, ex­ lateralled it to F who flipped a short pass to G. The ball cept during vacations and examination periods at the Uni­ bounced out of G's hands and into H's arms.—P. S. They versity of Notre Dame. Address all correspondence to: Publica­ lost 47 yards on the play! tions Office, Administration Building, Notre Dame, Indiana. Four Five The Notre Dame Coaching Staff HUGH J. DEVORE maintained his tackle berth in his fresh­ C. J. (JAKE) KLINE man year at Notre Dame and held * Notre Dame's new head football * A former Notre Dame baseball star coach and director of athletics is a na­ down a first string job on the Irish in the pre-World War I era, Jake Kline tive of Newark, N. J., where he starred frosh squad. After playing varsity tackle returned to the University in 1931 as in football at St. Benedict's Prep School. in his sophomore year, Wally was shift­ assistant freshman football coach after Devore, who enrolled at Notre Dame in ed to center in 1941, and was an im­ several years of managing minor league 1930, was highly impressive as a mem­ mediate success. In spite of a knee in­ baseball clubs. Jake, who hails from ber of the freshman team and in 1931, jury in 1942, Ziemba's performance in Pennsylvania, climaxed his baseball ca­ his senior year attracted enough atten­ reer at Notre Dame after playing in as a sophomore, he won a starting end 1915-16-17 by captaining the ball team position on the varsitj' eleven. A regu­ tion to gain him Ail-American honors. in his senior year. Still fresh in the lar for the next three years, Devore was Upon graduation, Ziemba entered the memories of old time Irish baseball fans named team co-captain and won All- Marine Corps, but received a medical are the three home runs Kline slugged American honors in 1933, and he gained discharge in July, 1943. He joined the to beat Michigan in 1917. Passing up considerable prestige as the best col­ Irish coaching staff in the Fall of 1943. several big league offers, he enlisted in the Army in 1917 and spent 1918 and legiate blocker in the nation. Upon his • • • graduation from Notre Dame, Hugh 1919 overseas. He was named head base­ ball coach in 1934 and has piloted Irish was named assistant freshman coach at JOSEPH L. SHEEKETSKI nines ever since, in addition to his du­ the universit}' for the 1934 season. Af­ ties as assistant football coach. Jake ter ser\'ing as line coach under Jimmy * Joseph Sheeketski, from Shadyside, holds a full professorship in the de­ Crowley at Fordham during the 1935- Ohio, came to Notre Dame in 1929, af­ partment of mathematics. 36-37 seasons, he accepted a position as ter a brilliant high school career at head coach at Providence College in Shadyside high school. He won his frosh • • • Rhode Island, Four }'ears later he be­ numerals, played on the national champ­ came assistant to head coach Ank Scan- ionship team of 1930, although he did HARRY A. JACUNSKI Ian at Holy Cross. In 1943 he joined the not win a monogram, and then for the * Harry Jacunski was born in New Notre Dame staff as line coach. When next two years was right halfback at Britain, Connecticut, where he was edu­ Ed McKeever moved last spring to Cor­ Notre Dame. He was recognized as one cated in the public school system, and nell as head coach, Devore was named of the greatest blockers in intercollegiate attended New Britain high school. At his successor. Married, he has four chil­ football, and his backs this year give New Britain High, he gained statewide dren: Hugh Jr., 6, George 5, Madeline promise of reflecting his coaching in recognition as a center and was named 3, Marie 2. that phase of the game. Following his All-State in 1934. Jacunski entered Fordham University in 1935 and earned * • • graduation from Notre Dame, Sheeket­ ski went to Holy Cross, where he was monograms for three years as a regular KENNETH L. STILLEY backfield coach under Dr. Eddie Ander­ end on the Rams. He joined the Green son for the next six years. In 1939, he Bay Packers, in the National Profession­ * After nine years of successful high became head coach.