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The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus 6-"'^=^ NOTRE DAME ALUAWUS Vol. 39 No.2 March-April, 1961 Above: MOST REV. MARTIN J. O'CONNOR, LL.D. '60, signs in at new Rome Club bead- quarters after receiving honor- ar>- membership. See "A Home in Rome." Right: ^UNIVERSAL NOTRE DAME Communion Sunday circled the globe, as witness this after noon observance in Rome ad dressed by Rev. Edward L. Hcston, C.S.C., a participant in planning for the forthcom ing Ecumenical Council. See "Second Council of the Vati can," Club Reports. James E. Araistrong, '22 Editor i Page 12: 1961 38th ANNUAL John F. Loughlin,'48 I UNIVERSAL NOTRE DAME NIGHT Managing Editor ^ • THEME: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS* Bditorial Comment Officers JoH.v C. O'Co.N.NOR, '38 Honorary President WALTER L. FLEMI.VG, JR., '40 President PAUL J. CUSHI.NG, '3l..Fund Vice- President from your JAMES J. BYRNE, '43 Club Vice-•President W. EDMUND SHEA, '23..Class Vice- President Alumni Secretary JAMES E. .•\RMSTROXC, '25 ; Executive Secretary Directors to 1962 The struggle between God and Cae we have only to raise our participation JAMES J. BYRNE, '43 to 65%, al the same average gift. Byrne Plywood Co. sar is not new. Royal Oak, Michigan 0 Dartmouth and Princeton have ex Its persistence stems from the fact PAUL J. CUSHI.VG, '31 that the two images are contemporar)-. ceeded 70% participation. This goal Hydraulic Dredging Co. and therefore tlie tributes cannot be for us is neither optimistic nor im Oakland, California conveniently segregated, but must be practical, but a proved contemporary WALTER L. FLEMING, JR., '40 potential, and one well within the Fleming & Sons, Inc. properly divided and defined. P.O. Box 1291, Dallas, Texas reach of a co-operative Notre Dame I feel certain that more than four W. EDMUND SHEA, '23 Notre Dame men in ten have an in Alumni Association. Third National Bank Bldg. Or we could reach the $1,000,000 if terest in the image of Notre Dame, Dayton, Ohio and hold a genuine personal allegiance only the same loyal minority persisted, to the University. but raised tlie average of their annual Directors to 1963 And I know, and have often said, gifts to $91 plus. MAURICE CARROLL, '19 that the measure of this allegiance is It is my hope, and it is my belief, 5743 Delmar Blvd. not alone in tlie alumni contribution that when the University of Notre St. Louis 12, Missouri to the Annual Alumni Fund. Dame presents its full and defined ap GEORGE L. CONNOR, '48 M Yet the world asks the question, peal to all alumni, the response will 209 S. LaSalle St., Rm. 716 ' be forthcoming from twice as many Chicago 4, Illinois "How many alumni showed an interest WILLIAM P. MAHONEY, JR., '38 in your school in 1960?" alumni as are now responding to the 612 .Arizona Bank Bldg. And the only statistical answer we Annual Fund appeal, and that each Phoenix, .Arizona have is the participation of alumni in alumnus in this greater group will give HARRY J. MEHRE, '22 the Annual Alumni Fund (which not just the token small denomination 686 Greenwood Ave., N.E. makes no demand in any fixed gift that marks our present donor ma .\tlanta 6, Georgia jority, but will recognize, with raised amount). In 1960 this figure dropped Directors to 1964 to 39.5%. sights and an element of sacrifice, the You are not entirely to blame for tremendous opportunity that the Ford JOHN P. DEMPSEY, '49 this 1960 recession. The "Program for Foundation matching gift of $6,000,- Kidder, Peabody & Co. the Future," including the Memorial 000 has given Notre Dame to acceler 123 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. PATRICK A. DOUGHERTY, '50 Library, shifted in botli nature and ate the outstanding Program for the 4909 34th .Avenue, S. i time-table during the year, and one Future that its present leadership has Minneapolis, Minnesota result »vas a lack of pressure and a lack evolved. WILLIAM H. FALLON, '37 of clear-cut goals for alumni giving. This is a sermon on money, isn't it? 18 Boston Post Rd. I think also you were subconsciously Does it mean tliat we are worried or Larehmont, New York waiting for what you felt would be a tricky in holding up this image of OLIVER H. HUNTER, '43 Caesar? F.B.I., P.O. Box 23, necessary appeal for special giving, a WALTENew RCastle FLEMIN, PennsyK-aniG a .Mxecutive raising of the sights from previous an I don't think so, and I am sure JAMEChairmeS BYRNEn o. f the 1961 ClubCommittee Activitiess nual gifts. you don't. It just means that in this W. EDMUND SHEA Class Activities PAUL GUSHING ; As I write this, it looks as though age and place, the free and wonderful Alumni Fundy Foundation and Gifts our general appeal to alumni will come opportunity to superimpose the City of JAMES J. BYR.NE Preparatory SchooliM in this fall of 1961. God in the City of Man requires the JoH.N DEMPSEY. proper understanding and use of both Placement and Job Counseling Father Hesburgh has expressed the W. EDMUND SHEA Inter-Alumni Affairs hope that, for three years at least, we images. WILLIAM MAHONEY, JR might secure a minimum of $1,000,000 God's purposes have always been Prestige and Public Relations MAURICE CARROLL a year from alumni. served by man's proper use of material Religion and Citizenship That sounds like an ambitious tar things, his stewardship under God. W. EDMUND SHEA AND JAMES BYRNE. get. Actually it is modest in the light If we must on occasion stress the Nominations HARRY MEHRE Budget and Finance of our record. In 1960, for example, means, it is only because in our close WILLIAM MAHONEY, JR Jlesolutions when our participation figure dropped association and privil^ed understand to 39.5%, we still recorded $625,169.04 ing we become so deeply convinced of This nugune is published bt>mont!l]y by given by alumni to the University. the great ends such means will pro the Uoivexsitr of Notre Dame, Notre This represented an average alumnus vide. Dame, Ind. Entered as second class mat ter Oct. 1, 1939, at tbe Post Office, Notre gift of $56.96. Think now of your o\vn opportunity Dame, Ind. under the act ol Aug. 24, 1912. To secure the projected $1,000,000, (Continued on page 16) f Notre Dame Alumnus, March-April, 1961 NOTRE DAME RECEIVES $5.7 MILLION IN 1960 Alumni Contributions Down CLASS REPORT -I960 From 1959 Both in Total Amoimt Number of Percentage and Percentage of Class Con Contri Number of tributed butions of .Altmuii Fhrtidpation Participation ISflfl .inrl hrfnrr . 9 9,753.74 U 57 193 inni 37 0(1 2 10 20.0 i>in2 29.00 6 17 33.3 irnis 130.00 3 13 20.0 A Although alumni contributions rnm 4,200.00 9 17 52S dropped in amount and percentage of 4<ionn 7 18 38.9 i-infi 1,690.00 7 32 21.9 ; participation, the Universit)' of Notre inn? 170.00 4 20 20.0 Dame received $5:719,651 in gifts and I7(;nn 3 28 10.7 r grants during 1960. The record total IS09 . .._ .343.00 7 30 23J represents an increase of $2,343,859 8 27 over the previous year. 20 39 333 1912 .. .._. 3,196.00 10 54 18.3 Included in the overall figure is an ion 929.00 22 38 37.9 initial grant of $1,075,000 from The ini4 936.00 17 67 23.4 Ford Foundation under terms of its ._ 4,793.00 28 6» 43.8 laifi . 17,020.00 21 63 32J ne«' Special Pi-ogram in Education. 13,fi'>5 ?3 39 102 38.2 The philanthropic organization has 191R .. 2,961.00 33 77 KJ9 ^awarded Notre Dame a $6,000,000 1919 2,976.00 14 67 203 matching grant, to be remitted on the 1920 4,144.00 30 81 37.0 basis of one dollar for ever)' two dol 1921 _ _ 2,704J0 36 107 33.6 1922 _ ._ . __. ._ ._ 30,076.00 73 181 403 lars which the University receives from 1923 _ . 7,204.67 67 232 283 alumni, friends, corporations and 1924 ._ ._ 3,680.00 80 217 363 other non-governmental sources up to lO'.i . .- 7,324 33 109 298 36.6 Jime 30, 1963. To meet this challenge, IMK 13,983 90 99 233 39.1 1927 6,024j9 131 389 33.7 Notre Dame has spelled out a three- 1928 -._ 69,967.81 163 468 34.8 ; year, $18,000,000 natiomnde fund- ... 12,414.26 131 472 31.9 raising program including an $8,000,- R,5<non 193 488 39.9 •. 000 Notre Dame Memorial Library to 1931 ... _ 13,712J)7 178 306 33.2 be built beginning this summer. 1932 .. _.. 7,667J0 171 516 33.1 1933 _ _ 8,333.84 161 333 29.1 § Of the $5,719,651 total $613,410 1934 . __ ,._. „. .. 6,796.03 163 377 28.2 • was in gifts providing life income to 1935 .._... _ 14,642.00 176 330 32.0 • the donor. 6,-B4.93 122 423 28.7 . „ 3,697.98 119 460 23.9 Alumni contributed $625,169 dur- 1938 - - .