J. "ON ;!wJad euelPul 'ewe a aJ~oN a I \f d " 3elV lSOd "SOn ell:lO 11~Ol:ld-NON ell ~. SCHOLASTIC ~~ff~~~ PIZZA KING PRESENTS: Vol. 123, No.2, October 1981 Restaurant & Lounge Notre Dame, IN 46556 OUR NEW OVER 2 FOOT LONG PARTY SANDWICH FEATURES MANY VARIETIES TO SERVE 5-7 PEOPLE EACH 3 Faces at Notre Dame International students share their experiences . .. Beth Healy

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12 A Profile of Past Presidents Eight Irishmen who shaped Notre Dame. Fr. Leo R. Ward

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ACE IS THE PLACE 18 Fiction/Benjamin Percy Chuck Wood W.ITH THE HELPFUL HARDWARE MAN 143 Dixieway South • South Bend,lN 46637 • 234·5350 22 Poetry Dan Bell, Mary Frances DeCelles, Mark Pizatto Across from Bob Evans 272-7535 25 The Last Word Chuck Wood • PAINTS HOURS: MON & TUES 9:00·5:00 FRI 8:00 • 7:00 • TOOLS WED 9:00·6:00 SAT 8:00· 3:00 • PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL. THURS .9:00·8:00 FREE PARKING SUPPLIES FRONT & REAR • GARDEN Guy's-only Style Cuts - $8.95 SUPPLIES 219 DIXIE WAY • HOUSEWARES SI'ECIAl M-T-W: Style Cut - $6.00 The opinions expressed in Scholastic are those of the authors and editors of Scholastic • HARDWARE NO. IN ROSELAND • SPORTING 0' WALK-IN ~ and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the entire staff and editorial board of GOODS Scholastic or the University of Notre Dame, its administration, faculty, or the student body.

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EDITORIAL BOAR.D- Up Front 1981-1982 ~I I have a confession to make: I love EDITOR-IN-CHIEF I to criticize Notre Dame. Don't be Chuck Wood shocked. Many people who see pro~ I lems with our fair school want to GENERAL MANAGER make sure others see these problems, Clay Malaker and would like to do something about I them as well. Unfortunately, stu­ dents generally have little to no in­ Culture/Fiction Editor put in immediate decisions made at Our humble stadium Jane Zwerneman our school. Fortunately, however, there are slow but real changes at How do we add on to our stadium News/Sports Editor Faces of Notre Dame Notre Dame, and often it is the stu­ without disrupting the present pro­ Ed Kelly dent's voice that initiates the long gram? By adding a ring of seats around the stadium at a slightly chain of events leading to a meaning­ St. Mary's Editor ful change in Notre Dame life. steeper pitch, we could greatly en­ After three years of resident life large the capacity with the minimum Elizabeth Bradley here, one learns that most sugges­ temporary discomfort. This would tions fall by the wayside. Any sug­ not be an extraordinarily difficult Copy Editors construction project, and it could be Dan McGrath _ gestion to be given serious attention by Beth Healy must not only be logical and desir­ done without affecting the capacity Mark Bustamante

able in the students' eyes, but it must in the year it would take to complete. -- have enough of a compelling force Fifteen rows could be added on the Advertising Manager The average Notre Dame student For many, individual class grades Many reasons surround a foreign behind it that it can move the time­ north side of the stadium nearest the Brian Graham carries between fifteen and eighteen are irrelevant in comparison to the student's decision to attend an honored and nearly inflexible wall of road, while up to thirty or more credit hours per semester. Theo­ national exams given throughout American university. Often political rows would be feasible on the other retically, a student spends two hours their school years. Students take situations have influenced the stu­ tradition that our adminiistrators Distribution Manager and Board of Trustees value so sides. This would increase the capa­ studying outside of class for every annual exams on the year's material dent's choice. Francois Boueri, a na­ greatly. For better or for worse, city by at least 30,000. Randy Raciti hour in. For 301 Notre Dame stu­ as a requisite for advancement to tive of J ounieh, Lebanon, explains profit often proves to be one such The additional seating would give dents, each hour of the day is study. the next year. Austrian Bernie Wen­ that his parents wanted him to at­ compelling force. the people who desire and deserve Business Manager These students face not only class inger explains, "In Europe the grades tend school in the United States to To continue, I have a proposal that to see a Notre Dame football game Pat James homework, but culture homework. don't tell anything. The key is safeguard him from the turmoil in I think qualifies on all three counts; a better chaance. Students, it will Every activity, every action, repre­ passing the Baccalaureate." The their country. Francois left Leba­ a proposal that is desirable, logical, not be too many years from now layout Editor sents a study of America and its two grading systems do not reflect non for Panama where he spent six and in the long run profitable. I pro­ when you are competing for those Mike Mulligan tradition, atmosphere, culture, and the same degree of intelligence or months with relatives. "I had no pose that the football stadium be football tickets that you take for people. These students, from sixty level of studies. The classification real interest to study in America enlarged. granted now. Another advantage different countries, join the N.D. of foreign educational systems be­ and it was my father who wanted Photo Editor Some fifty years ago, our present would be that some of the undesir­ community unfamiliar with its tra­ comes difficult. me to come. If there wasn't trouble stadium was considered by many to able scalping of tickets that plague Angela Allyn Adamson dition, principles and atmosphere. Most foreign countries require one at home, I wouldn't be here." Junior be far larger than any projected at­ our games would be eliminated. Their educational experience does secondary language, usually English. engineering student Francois also tendance could justify. Many people A cost-benefit analysis: The extra Art Editor not end with closed books, but con­ Language study begins at approxi­ has a sophomore brother, Niam, at blamed the men responsible for the ticket receipts would soon repay the Tamera Mams tinues in every facet of American mately age 12 and students often Notre Dame. decision for building the stadium as initial investment in expanding the student life. pick up a third language in high Beyond freedom from political being overly optimistic about the structure of the stadium (for that Staff "For these people, education at school. A number of foreign stu­ tension, foreign students can bene­ future popularity and growth of matter, most of the funds would Beth Healy, Alyson Hritz, Barbara stevens,: Notre Dame goes beyond academics. dents at Notre Dame speak up to fit from an American diploma. Notre Dame football. As it turned probably be donated willingly by our Bryan Cashman, Jim Wasilak, Joe Hildener) They constantly learn from inter­ five languages. Much of this lin­ Junior Tarique Ansari from Bom­ out, fifty years later, the decision to ever-faithful benefactors nation­ Karen Trappen, Beth DeSchryver, Ducan: action in the halls and associations guistic development stems from the bay, India, explains his business build a stadium with a capacity of wide); the South Bend area business Meyers, Jim Rickert, _Allen Brenzel, Scott with American friends. Often, what proximity of countries and the reg­ degree will be invaluable in the fam­ over 50,000 was not optomistic community would benefit from the Rappold, Bill Muller, Julie Wodarcyk, Mary comes from the gut is more valu­ ular interaction between these na­ ily business. Tarique chose Notre enough. added influx of fan dollars. Conclu­ Sloan, Greg Bachhuber, Tim Judge, Bill able than what comes from the tions - in commerce, study, or va­ Dame at the recommendation of a Notre Dame has been blessed by sion: It appears to be a wise invest­ Mans, Bob Vanderheide, Mark Boennigh~ head," says Father Thomas Tal­ cations. America's territory serves school advisor who was familiar hausen, Donna Teevan, Gus Bachhuber,l an ever-growing body of alumni and ment. Charles Van Ravensway , larida, C.S.C.; Faculty Advisor of as a hindrance to foreign language with the University and its under­ loyal fans. The only disadvantage Lastly, it would allow many more the International Students Organi­ development, preventing practical graduate business program. He will associated with this blessing is that people to become exposed to all the zation at Notre Dame. language use for the majority of the use his studies in his father's fast­ Notre Dame can no longer accom­ traditions at Notre Dame, not just CREDITS Notre Dame foreign students offer nation. growing publishing company. Many foreign students arrive at Likewise Leo Abrego, a fifth-year modate all who desire to view a foot­ our tradition as a football power. A Cover:­ a treasure chest of ideals, tradi­ ball game in person at Notre Dame. personal visit to our campus is re­ tions, and histories. The wealth of in­ Notre Dame better prepared for the architecture student from El Sal­ Tamera. Mam~ There is simply not enough room in portedly somewhat of an uplifting formation shared by these students curriculum than the American vador, came to Notre Dame because our stadium. event for most visitors. I will admit is often foreign to the American freshman. Often they find courses his family felt the education is No-one will predict that the popu­ _that I am-looking forward to coming illustrations: - college student. Discussions with simple and compensate by picking superior. Colleges at home fre­ larity of the football program will back for football weekends in the p. 22, 23 Jeff Ripplei p. 22, members of Notre Dame's foreign up extra hours. Their "high school". quently closed because of political dwindle. Any reliable forecast indi­ future. _ KitcheniP. 23_ Paul Monardo student body display valuable les­ is more competitive, and they nar­ unrest. Leo spent four months study­ cates a steady growth in the number I welcome any responses to this sons about the University, America row their studies, for example to ing English at' the University of proposal, or anything else that and differences between the cul­ Arts and Letters, or Commerce,­ Michigan followed by one and a half of fans. We could double the size of ;',' the stadium and never need to worry Scholastic publishes. 0 Photos: ...... ; tures. or Sciences, around the age of 16. years in a Pre-Architecture pro­ about sellout crowds. p. 1; 4, _6, -7, 9 Courtesy of the Dome;; The majority of Notre Dame's Though they may find the lectures gram at Eastern Michigan. Notre p; 1/ 4,5,25 MichaeIP.' MulliganiP. 20 foreign students come from an aca­ and exams here easier, however, Dame was one of the six architec­ -Alyson Hritzi p.-1;' 14; 15; 16/21. Angela! demic tradition much different from reading can take more time because ture schools he applied to. He felt .AJIYl1_M!llJ1s()Jli_-_P,.?,1Q!<'!thrYr.L~.igg~r: the American system. of a lack of proficiency in English. his mother would be especially - 2 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER, 1981 3

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EDITORIAL BOAR.D- Up Front 1981-1982 ~I I have a confession to make: I love EDITOR-IN-CHIEF I to criticize Notre Dame. Don't be Chuck Wood shocked. Many people who see pro~ I lems with our fair school want to GENERAL MANAGER make sure others see these problems, Clay Malaker and would like to do something about I them as well. Unfortunately, stu­ dents generally have little to no in­ Culture/Fiction Editor put in immediate decisions made at Our humble stadium Jane Zwerneman our school. Fortunately, however, there are slow but real changes at How do we add on to our stadium News/Sports Editor Faces of Notre Dame Notre Dame, and often it is the stu­ without disrupting the present pro­ Ed Kelly dent's voice that initiates the long gram? By adding a ring of seats around the stadium at a slightly chain of events leading to a meaning­ St. Mary's Editor ful change in Notre Dame life. steeper pitch, we could greatly en­ After three years of resident life large the capacity with the minimum Elizabeth Bradley here, one learns that most sugges­ temporary discomfort. This would tions fall by the wayside. Any sug­ not be an extraordinarily difficult Copy Editors construction project, and it could be Dan McGrath _ gestion to be given serious attention by Beth Healy must not only be logical and desir­ done without affecting the capacity Mark Bustamante able in the students' eyes, but it must in the year it would take to complete. -- have enough of a compelling force Fifteen rows could be added on the Advertising Manager The average Notre Dame student For many, individual class grades Many reasons surround a foreign behind it that it can move the time­ north side of the stadium nearest the Brian Graham carries between fifteen and eighteen are irrelevant in comparison to the student's decision to attend an honored and nearly inflexible wall of road, while up to thirty or more credit hours per semester. Theo­ national exams given throughout American university. Often political rows would be feasible on the other retically, a student spends two hours their school years. Students take situations have influenced the stu­ tradition that our adminiistrators Distribution Manager and Board of Trustees value so sides. This would increase the capa­ studying outside of class for every annual exams on the year's material dent's choice. Francois Boueri, a na­ greatly. For better or for worse, city by at least 30,000. Randy Raciti hour in. For 301 Notre Dame stu­ as a requisite for advancement to tive of J ounieh, Lebanon, explains profit often proves to be one such The additional seating would give dents, each hour of the day is study. the next year. Austrian Bernie Wen­ that his parents wanted him to at­ compelling force. the people who desire and deserve Business Manager These students face not only class inger explains, "In Europe the grades tend school in the United States to To continue, I have a proposal that to see a Notre Dame football game Pat James homework, but culture homework. don't tell anything. The key is safeguard him from the turmoil in I think qualifies on all three counts; a better chaance. Students, it will Every activity, every action, repre­ passing the Baccalaureate." The their country. Francois left Leba­ a proposal that is desirable, logical, not be too many years from now layout Editor sents a study of America and its two grading systems do not reflect non for Panama where he spent six and in the long run profitable. I pro­ when you are competing for those Mike Mulligan tradition, atmosphere, culture, and the same degree of intelligence or months with relatives. "I had no pose that the football stadium be football tickets that you take for people. These students, from sixty level of studies. The classification real interest to study in America enlarged. granted now. Another advantage different countries, join the N.D. of foreign educational systems be­ and it was my father who wanted Photo Editor Some fifty years ago, our present would be that some of the undesir­ community unfamiliar with its tra­ comes difficult. me to come. If there wasn't trouble stadium was considered by many to able scalping of tickets that plague Angela Allyn Adamson dition, principles and atmosphere. Most foreign countries require one at home, I wouldn't be here." Junior be far larger than any projected at­ our games would be eliminated. Their educational experience does secondary language, usually English. engineering student Francois also tendance could justify. Many people A cost-benefit analysis: The extra Art Editor not end with closed books, but con­ Language study begins at approxi­ has a sophomore brother, Niam, at blamed the men responsible for the ticket receipts would soon repay the Tamera Mams tinues in every facet of American mately age 12 and students often Notre Dame. decision for building the stadium as initial investment in expanding the student life. pick up a third language in high Beyond freedom from political being overly optimistic about the structure of the stadium (for that Staff "For these people, education at school. A number of foreign stu­ tension, foreign students can bene­ future popularity and growth of matter, most of the funds would Beth Healy, Alyson Hritz, Barbara stevens,: Notre Dame goes beyond academics. dents at Notre Dame speak up to fit from an American diploma. Notre Dame football. As it turned probably be donated willingly by our Bryan Cashman, Jim Wasilak, Joe Hildener) They constantly learn from inter­ five languages. Much of this lin­ Junior Tarique Ansari from Bom­ out, fifty years later, the decision to ever-faithful benefactors nation­ Karen Trappen, Beth DeSchryver, Ducan: action in the halls and associations guistic development stems from the bay, India, explains his business build a stadium with a capacity of wide); the South Bend area business Meyers, Jim Rickert, _Allen Brenzel, Scott with American friends. Often, what proximity of countries and the reg­ degree will be invaluable in the fam­ over 50,000 was not optomistic community would benefit from the Rappold, Bill Muller, Julie Wodarcyk, Mary comes from the gut is more valu­ ular interaction between these na­ ily business. Tarique chose Notre enough. added influx of fan dollars. Conclu­ Sloan, Greg Bachhuber, Tim Judge, Bill able than what comes from the tions - in commerce, study, or va­ Dame at the recommendation of a Notre Dame has been blessed by sion: It appears to be a wise invest­ Mans, Bob Vanderheide, Mark Boennigh~ head," says Father Thomas Tal­ cations. America's territory serves school advisor who was familiar hausen, Donna Teevan, Gus Bachhuber,l an ever-growing body of alumni and ment. Charles Van Ravensway , larida, C.S.C.; Faculty Advisor of as a hindrance to foreign language with the University and its under­ loyal fans. The only disadvantage Lastly, it would allow many more the International Students Organi­ development, preventing practical graduate business program. He will associated with this blessing is that people to become exposed to all the zation at Notre Dame. language use for the majority of the use his studies in his father's fast­ Notre Dame can no longer accom­ traditions at Notre Dame, not just CREDITS Notre Dame foreign students offer nation. growing publishing company. Many foreign students arrive at Likewise Leo Abrego, a fifth-year modate all who desire to view a foot­ our tradition as a football power. A Cover:­ a treasure chest of ideals, tradi­ ball game in person at Notre Dame. personal visit to our campus is re­ tions, and histories. The wealth of in­ Notre Dame better prepared for the architecture student from El Sal­ Tamera. Mam~ There is simply not enough room in portedly somewhat of an uplifting formation shared by these students curriculum than the American vador, came to Notre Dame because our stadium. event for most visitors. I will admit is often foreign to the American freshman. Often they find courses his family felt the education is No-one will predict that the popu­ _that I am-looking forward to coming illustrations: - college student. Discussions with simple and compensate by picking superior. Colleges at home fre­ larity of the football program will back for football weekends in the p. 22, 23 Jeff Ripplei p. 22, members of Notre Dame's foreign up extra hours. Their "high school". quently closed because of political dwindle. Any reliable forecast indi­ future. _ KitcheniP. 23_ Paul Monardo student body display valuable les­ is more competitive, and they nar­ unrest. Leo spent four months study­ cates a steady growth in the number I welcome any responses to this sons about the University, America row their studies, for example to ing English at' the University of proposal, or anything else that and differences between the cul­ Arts and Letters, or Commerce,­ Michigan followed by one and a half of fans. We could double the size of ;',' the stadium and never need to worry Scholastic publishes. 0 Photos: ...... ; tures. or Sciences, around the age of 16. years in a Pre-Architecture pro­ about sellout crowds. p. 1; 4, _6, -7, 9 Courtesy of the Dome;; The majority of Notre Dame's Though they may find the lectures gram at Eastern Michigan. Notre p; 1/ 4,5,25 MichaeIP.' MulliganiP. 20 foreign students come from an aca­ and exams here easier, however, Dame was one of the six architec­ -Alyson Hritzi p.-1;' 14; 15; 16/21. Angela! demic tradition much different from reading can take more time because ture schools he applied to. He felt .AJIYl1_M!llJ1s()Jli_-_P,.?,1Q!<'!thrYr.L~.igg~r: the American system. of a lack of proficiency in English. his mother would be especially - 2 SCHOLASTIC SEPTEMBER, 1981 3

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hour at a party is still the same together and eat at the same table. America in general. Each foreign project tied, which requires that the stranger the next day." Much of the We are close to our hall mates student has a viewpoint largely de­ money may be used as the donor and does offer many possibilities." foreign socialization' emphasizes Thus, these students from diversi­ which is especially nice for visiting termined by his familial and national desires; or source tied aid requiring more intimate gatherings where a each other and coming back to N.D. history. Compared to that personal that the receiving country buy all fied backgrounds chose Notre Dame few friends dance and talk. They are pleased that "the people I studied for various reasons and face a con­ It is more like coming home." foundation, American families, at­ necessary components from the not the "weekend explosions" that Foreign students are attracted to titudes, and responsibilities differ. donor and use their transportation with also go to Mass." Catholicism tinual education once they are here. resound across the campus on Fri­ did play an important part in his "The greatest problem facing for­ students with a broader viewpoint Francois witnesses the effects of to get them to the country, often day nights. Father Tallarida com­ of the world, those appreciating at raised prices. decision. Now that Leo will grad­ eign students at Notre Dame is the ments, "They like to sit around and six years of war on his people. politics, literature and culture. Rachael's studies in economic uate in May, he is unsure if he will socialization process. The exposure chat, to try to understand what "Lebanese youth are very mature. Bernie frowns on students' lack of development heighten her aware­ return home. It has already been of talent between American and Americans think about religion, They have had to grow up fast." outside reading, rarely touching a ness of the situations in her country two and one half years since he has foreign students is meager," states politics, familial situations. They Faced with the realities of war, the been home. "Notre Dame is the best Father Tallarida. He cites three newspaper or magazine. Extra­ youth of Lebanon is faced with and the world. She will complete two are interested in the cultural dif­ curricular activity tends to be com­ years of study at Notre Dame and thing that has happened to me." major reasons for this lack of inter­ ferences and in penetrating the harsh realities. War is personal, too. Most foreign students arrive at action: foreign students spend a lot pletely physical, not mental. "I have friends and professors who then return to India to write her American character. They don't "Many students here seem un­ thesis. She indicated that although Notre Dame unaware of the tradi­ of time studying (especially grad­ need props such as beer." have died in the war." He has heard tion and culture behind the Univer­ uate students); the English lan­ aware of the world outside. It isn't the bombing outside the classroom she has been in America only one While friendships are easy to be­ that they don't care, but that they month, adjustment has been easy sity. Often their choice has been guage as a social tool is weak for gin, often they do not progress and and his home. War has separated influenced by a friend or relative many; and the associations on cam­ don't know. It's a pity because the his family. because it is "just as I expected it remain superficial. Bernie .explains, States are involved in so many parts to be." She has had a fair amount who studied in the States. How­ pus which provide valuable con­ "I am at ease socializing here be­ In comparison, the problems of ever their freshman perspective tacts for students from similar back­ of the world," says Francois. American youth-picking a major, of exposure to Americans in India cause there is less formality in cus­ and in her internationally focused differs from that of the American grounds, such as the Chinese and toms, such as bringing flowers to American students sometimes going away from home, job inter­ freshman. To foreign students, foot­ Indian associations, don't promote know less about their own country's views - seem trivial. America's studies. dinner. It is easier to interact." Yet Foreign students have much to ball histories and national reputa­ many activities outside that associa­ he points out that American "friend­ actions than foreign students, who youth knows stability and security; tions are of little consequence. They tion. are often affected by American they grow at the same pace, in the offer to Notre Dame. In exchange, ships" are often. what Europeans the American student body has a face not only new studies and cul­ Often foreign stUdents complain would consider "acquaintances."- policies. "Very often students tend same school system, with the same whole culture to share with them. ture, but also a tradition unique to of a lack of communication with "At first it is easy to get along, to be inwardly focused. It seems the schedule. Notre Dame. Francois claims MIT, Americans. Parties are not gen­ American myth of Number 1 has As Father Tallarida puts it, "The but after awhile you realize there Tarique expounds on the Ameri­ University of Notre Dame, even Harvard, Notre Dame all mean the uine opportunities to meet other is something missing." gone too far," comments Tarique. can ideology in comparison to his though it has a small number of same at home, while in the U.S. each students. "Faces have no names, Probably the strongest ties for Francois wishes Americans would home in India. "It is time for people 'foreign students, can provide in­ is special. "In the end," he observes, and you turn up the music as loud foreign stUdents with Americans be "more aware of foreign affairs in the world to realize that there is sights to Americans about foreign "I think the result at home will be as you can to cover up for the fact are those made in the dorm. Tarique and what's going on so that they no Number 1. It is not important cultures as well as our own. If the same; I could have gone any­ that there is no basis for conversa­ comments, "Holy Cross is especially have an opinion and realize the in­ to be No. 1. Rather, it is important given the opportunity they are will­ where really. I am glad I chose tion," says Bernie. He adds, "The nice because it is removed from justice that is going on." Tarique to be a citizen of the world; to be ing to come out of their cocoons and N.D. because it is not really big stranger you spoke with for an the main campus. We tend to stick adds, "America is a leading nation aware; to understand." He sees for the American students open to in the world; students at Notre America as a land of plenty al­ these individuals, the interaction Dame are the future leaders. They though India is "the finest place in must be informed." will be highly beneficial for both." the world." But the advantage of The International Students Organ­ Of all the new customs and values plenty entails a responsibility to ization on campus provides the me­ the students encounter, the football those who have less. Tarique feels dium for that interaction and wel­ tradition initially has the least that the American myth has per­ comes any interested students. value; they understand neither the haps gone too far in that we forget D game, nor the fans. "At first I got to be humane. He views America's mad when everyone cheered and responsibility as a combination of Timothy Judge provided valuable then cheered while they got mad. I sharing material and intellectual editorial assistance tor this article. didn't understand," says Francois. wealth. I However, friends quickly explained American aid must focus on the ! the positions and rules and he now needs of the people as they realize enjoys the game much more. them from within. "You cannot tell Tarique sees American sports as a starving man about satellites. It an outlet for frustrations. He used means nothing to him," claims Tar­ I to feel there was too much em­ ique. "To give with no strings at­ phasis on sports, but now better tached is an ideal, but we must work understands their importance. Ber­ towards it." He points out that nie, though, still chuckles that con­ this ideal is also the principle be- I versation frequently surrounds "how -hind this University and the whole Ii fast they can run and how far they Christian philosophy: to give to can kick the ball." those who need without expecting Researcher Prabin Bhattacharya return. from Calcutta, India, believes most Adding to this idea, Rachael Dav­ people think of Notre Dame as a is,- a doctoral student from Ban­ football school because of the ex­ galore, India, expounds on her tensive involvement by students and country's philosophy towards aid. the administration. He maintains "India wants to be self-sufficient as "there is something else going on far as possible. Responsibility of here and the University needs to do other countries cannot be based on something to let everybody -else know guilt but rather the desire to give. it." Most Americans are unaware of the Discussion of impressions of Notre type of aid given." She explains that L to R: Rachel Davis, Leo Abrego, Francois Boueri, Bernie Weninger Dame spills -over to those about aid is generally one of two kinds: Fr. Tallarida

4 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER, 1981 5 3 '1 I hour at a party is still the same together and eat at the same table. America in general. Each foreign project tied, which requires that the stranger the next day." Much of the We are close to our hall mates student has a viewpoint largely de­ money may be used as the donor and does offer many possibilities." foreign socialization' emphasizes Thus, these students from diversi­ which is especially nice for visiting termined by his familial and national desires; or source tied aid requiring more intimate gatherings where a each other and coming back to N.D. history. Compared to that personal that the receiving country buy all fied backgrounds chose Notre Dame few friends dance and talk. They are pleased that "the people I studied for various reasons and face a con­ It is more like coming home." foundation, American families, at­ necessary components from the not the "weekend explosions" that Foreign students are attracted to titudes, and responsibilities differ. donor and use their transportation with also go to Mass." Catholicism tinual education once they are here. resound across the campus on Fri­ did play an important part in his "The greatest problem facing for­ students with a broader viewpoint Francois witnesses the effects of to get them to the country, often day nights. Father Tallarida com­ of the world, those appreciating at raised prices. decision. Now that Leo will grad­ eign students at Notre Dame is the ments, "They like to sit around and six years of war on his people. politics, literature and culture. Rachael's studies in economic uate in May, he is unsure if he will socialization process. The exposure chat, to try to understand what "Lebanese youth are very mature. Bernie frowns on students' lack of development heighten her aware­ return home. It has already been of talent between American and Americans think about religion, They have had to grow up fast." outside reading, rarely touching a ness of the situations in her country two and one half years since he has foreign students is meager," states politics, familial situations. They Faced with the realities of war, the been home. "Notre Dame is the best Father Tallarida. He cites three newspaper or magazine. Extra­ youth of Lebanon is faced with and the world. She will complete two are interested in the cultural dif­ curricular activity tends to be com­ years of study at Notre Dame and thing that has happened to me." major reasons for this lack of inter­ ferences and in penetrating the harsh realities. War is personal, too. Most foreign students arrive at action: foreign students spend a lot pletely physical, not mental. "I have friends and professors who then return to India to write her American character. They don't "Many students here seem un­ thesis. She indicated that although Notre Dame unaware of the tradi­ of time studying (especially grad­ need props such as beer." have died in the war." He has heard tion and culture behind the Univer­ uate students); the English lan­ aware of the world outside. It isn't the bombing outside the classroom she has been in America only one While friendships are easy to be­ that they don't care, but that they month, adjustment has been easy sity. Often their choice has been guage as a social tool is weak for gin, often they do not progress and and his home. War has separated influenced by a friend or relative many; and the associations on cam­ don't know. It's a pity because the his family. because it is "just as I expected it remain superficial. Bernie .explains, States are involved in so many parts to be." She has had a fair amount who studied in the States. How­ pus which provide valuable con­ "I am at ease socializing here be­ In comparison, the problems of ever their freshman perspective tacts for students from similar back­ of the world," says Francois. American youth-picking a major, of exposure to Americans in India cause there is less formality in cus­ and in her internationally focused differs from that of the American grounds, such as the Chinese and toms, such as bringing flowers to American students sometimes going away from home, job inter­ freshman. To foreign students, foot­ Indian associations, don't promote know less about their own country's views - seem trivial. America's studies. dinner. It is easier to interact." Yet Foreign students have much to ball histories and national reputa­ many activities outside that associa­ he points out that American "friend­ actions than foreign students, who youth knows stability and security; tions are of little consequence. They tion. are often affected by American they grow at the same pace, in the offer to Notre Dame. In exchange, ships" are often. what Europeans the American student body has a face not only new studies and cul­ Often foreign stUdents complain would consider "acquaintances."- policies. "Very often students tend same school system, with the same whole culture to share with them. ture, but also a tradition unique to of a lack of communication with "At first it is easy to get along, to be inwardly focused. It seems the schedule. Notre Dame. Francois claims MIT, Americans. Parties are not gen­ American myth of Number 1 has As Father Tallarida puts it, "The but after awhile you realize there Tarique expounds on the Ameri­ University of Notre Dame, even Harvard, Notre Dame all mean the uine opportunities to meet other is something missing." gone too far," comments Tarique. can ideology in comparison to his though it has a small number of same at home, while in the U.S. each students. "Faces have no names, Probably the strongest ties for Francois wishes Americans would home in India. "It is time for people 'foreign students, can provide in­ is special. "In the end," he observes, and you turn up the music as loud foreign stUdents with Americans be "more aware of foreign affairs in the world to realize that there is sights to Americans about foreign "I think the result at home will be as you can to cover up for the fact are those made in the dorm. Tarique and what's going on so that they no Number 1. It is not important cultures as well as our own. If the same; I could have gone any­ that there is no basis for conversa­ comments, "Holy Cross is especially have an opinion and realize the in­ to be No. 1. Rather, it is important given the opportunity they are will­ where really. I am glad I chose tion," says Bernie. He adds, "The nice because it is removed from justice that is going on." Tarique to be a citizen of the world; to be ing to come out of their cocoons and N.D. because it is not really big stranger you spoke with for an the main campus. We tend to stick adds, "America is a leading nation aware; to understand." He sees for the American students open to in the world; students at Notre America as a land of plenty al­ these individuals, the interaction Dame are the future leaders. They though India is "the finest place in must be informed." will be highly beneficial for both." the world." But the advantage of The International Students Organ­ Of all the new customs and values plenty entails a responsibility to ization on campus provides the me­ the students encounter, the football those who have less. Tarique feels dium for that interaction and wel­ tradition initially has the least that the American myth has per­ comes any interested students. value; they understand neither the haps gone too far in that we forget D game, nor the fans. "At first I got to be humane. He views America's mad when everyone cheered and responsibility as a combination of Timothy Judge provided valuable then cheered while they got mad. I sharing material and intellectual editorial assistance tor this article. didn't understand," says Francois. wealth. I However, friends quickly explained American aid must focus on the ! the positions and rules and he now needs of the people as they realize enjoys the game much more. them from within. "You cannot tell Tarique sees American sports as a starving man about satellites. It an outlet for frustrations. He used means nothing to him," claims Tar­ I to feel there was too much em­ ique. "To give with no strings at­ phasis on sports, but now better tached is an ideal, but we must work understands their importance. Ber­ towards it." He points out that nie, though, still chuckles that con­ this ideal is also the principle be- I versation frequently surrounds "how -hind this University and the whole Ii fast they can run and how far they Christian philosophy: to give to can kick the ball." those who need without expecting Researcher Prabin Bhattacharya return. from Calcutta, India, believes most Adding to this idea, Rachael Dav­ people think of Notre Dame as a is,- a doctoral student from Ban­ football school because of the ex­ galore, India, expounds on her tensive involvement by students and country's philosophy towards aid. the administration. He maintains "India wants to be self-sufficient as "there is something else going on far as possible. Responsibility of here and the University needs to do other countries cannot be based on something to let everybody -else know guilt but rather the desire to give. it." Most Americans are unaware of the Discussion of impressions of Notre type of aid given." She explains that L to R: Rachel Davis, Leo Abrego, Francois Boueri, Bernie Weninger Dame spills -over to those about aid is generally one of two kinds: Fr. Tallarida

4 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER, 1981 5 Now tha't the semester is half­ finished, though, I stop. and think Sometimes you wonder how much gradually overtakes him as well, he Perspective about the words of those alumni. education actually takes place in the s~ttles down for a winter's nap. Utopia? Well, I don't know about classroom, especially when you con­ FIfteen minutes later you notice that Editor's Note.: We gave the substan­ "Listen," said an older guy at a that. Notre Dame is a great place sider the daily activities which sur­ not only does he snore, he talks and tially vague assignment of writing place I worked this summer, "what­ and all, but the football team still round that inevitable phenomenon The Sophomore even carries on conversations in his about ((The Notre Dame Life" to a ever you do, don't come back with loses here, the food's not like Mom's, known as sleep. Though most stu­ sleep as well. student from each undergraduate your nose in the air and 'We are and calculus classes are about like dents usually welcome the experi­ Bef?re you kno:v it, or more ap­ year. The follo!Wlng four perspec­ ND' plastered on everything from any other. ence, some try their best to put it off The Meaning proprIately, feel It, the alarm an­ tives are the results. The similarities your socks to your toothbrush." Why then does the rest of the na­ until the wee hours roll around. Ever n?unces 6: 00 a.m. Springing from and divergences among them present "C'mon, Notre Darners aren't that tion despise us so when we are really wonder what keeps the guy next hIS perch, he assumes his all-to 0- as much of a comment on campus bad." . not that much different? door going at 3:30 a.m. during his Of A famous "I'm up, why aren't you?" life as does each story itself. C. W. "The hell," came the answer, "I've rt rains here too. The Ivory Coast Sex Pistols jam? Or what insanity attitude and proceeds to shave and met enough ND'ers to know that I can say as much. And nobody hates drives the people across the hall to brush his teeth (this time to rid don't want to meet any more." I had the Ivory Coast for it either. take up a theology discussion as the Domer Bed himself of morning mouth). With­ heard all this before, all too often. Well, all I know is that Notre strains of "God Save the Queen" die out a second to lose, he bolts to the The Freshman And this guy wasn't just upset by Dame, the school, is something dif­ away? showers to drain an army's share Notre Dame's constant television ex­ ferent from Notre Dame, the legend. But enough of trying to get into of hot water. posure. He, like the others, resented We students live with Notre Dame a sleepy mood-how about when you Meanwhile, you hope he will slip "Sit Down that Notre Dame considers itself the the school, every day. And we'll b~ finally get into bed? It seems your on his soap as you attempt to gain only college - no, make that the the firs't to criticize this or that. But morning quickly catches up to you by Paul McGinn a few extra moments of rest. But only thing - that matters. To him, in the back of our minds is Notre as linens lie strewn over the desk twenty minutes later, whistling some Digger) Notre Dame translated meant "Big Dame, the legend, constantly hover­ chair, and the blanket still seals the obnoxious tune, he enters the room door sill cracks from when you tried sheets to your grubby body. With Ego." ing over us like some dome in the feelings of the entombed Hans Solo and marches to the window mutter­ to keep your boisterous neighbor's ing something to the effect of how by Bob Vonderheide "We are ND! We are ND!" Notre sky. you attempt to unfreeze your lip~ Dame just loves to admire itself. You Therein lies the paradox. We can noise on his side of the hall. After cool it is this morning. realizing it's too.late to worry about to mutter, "Shut the damn window!" know, community-spirit~dome.... love Notre Dame, and hate it too. ~ot fulIy awake, you roll over, I am not one of those guys who Bl;lt your lips (more correctly, your Rah. Rah. The rest of the nation can only hate making your bed, you throw on the hopmg that somehow this nightmare has wanted to go to Notre Dame mIddle-class morality) remain silent I couldn't blame them either. To it. What that says about the alumni sheets just to protect your body from will end. But as he turns his stereo since infanthood. In fact, I come to this latest insult. an outsider, Notre Dame seems to would be the subject of another the indelible mark of those mattress volume knob to "5," for "Revolution from central Kentucky where Notre Ceremoniously, he begins to un­ have captured the National Ego story. buttons. Number Nine," you realize that the' Dame (ugh!) is hated through and dress; that is, he undresses slowly Championship. "Sit down, Digger!" Maybe it's all a problem of un­ Remembering that the pillow case nightmare has just only begun. through. Kelly Tripucka is consid­ and noisily, as if for every ache he just comes so naturally. deserved jealousy. Maybe you have now serves as a spare laundry bag utters, you should let out a sigh of Crawling from beneath your comfy ered on the same level as Frank to live in the legend to love the you begin to wonder how many dif~ covers, you put on your clothes as Burns, and Faust still means a book But I had to change. I had to be­ heroic praise. Before hitting the legend. Father Sorin would be baf­ fe~ent persons have slept atop/per­ slowly as a man awaiting the firing even when he wins. ' come the defender of a school I pre­ sack, however, your buddy must fled. Notre Dame, Our Lady, was his spr:ed. upon that luscious lump of squad. Looking. about you slowly, So I really don't know how I viously couldn't stand. After all ND make his mommy happy and brush is my school. ' legend-not the football team, not artIfiCIal feathers. Even while your you attempt to pIcture the day ahead ended up here. Even as late as las't his teeth. But no regular tooth­ Dad, Mom, and I pulled in Notre the food, not even the calculus nose senses that tantalizing aroma, brusher is this guy: for five minutes -four classes, 8:00, 9:05, 11:15, and December, I felt more comfortable you begin to itch (just a bit) think­ 1: 15. With a sigh of impending yelling "Sit down, Digger!" than Dame Avenue last August. I was classes. he brushes with Close-Up until hi~ ready. I knew who the football quar­ I will be going home in a few days ing that for the last thirteen nights, gums begin to bleed, only to finish damnation, you glance at the warm "We are N.D.!" Somehow, though, you have slept on these same sheets folds of the half-made bed and muse Notre Dame ended up on my list of terbacks were. I went right to the leaving a place I never thought I'd up by flossing for another five min­ bookstore and bought a jacket with go to, a place I never understood. or at least near them. When peopl~ utes, infernally clicking that waxed on how easy it was in high school. college possibilities, and after I un­ talk about the griminess of daily life, All this time, your roomie has tangled all the red tape of college ND plastered all over it. They were But, you know, I think I'll wear my string against each tooth and even out of "We are ND" toothbrushes .. Notre Dame jacket for the ride they must look at bed linens and doubling up on the places where kept tugging on your arm entreating applications, Notre Dame was on pillows. you to go to breakfast. But as he top. I'll spare you the blow-by-blow home. 0 large pieces of gunk hide out. After account of adjusting. Roommates, As you lie awake, you think of depositing the floss near the trash sees his cause futile, he moves for My friends raised a few eyebrows the door. As the last echo of the at my choice; some of the non­ food, classes, laundry, et al. Being Bob Vonderheide is a freshman how this bitterly cold January morn­ can, he ends his procedure with a ~lammed door resounds, you fall I Catholic breed even called me a a freshman is just a state of mind from Lexington] Ky. This is his first ing seems rather warm. Thanks to little mouthwash. But he cannot anyway. contribution to Scholastic. a well-calibrated thermostat, you content himself with a few quick mto your mattress paradise and traitor. All through the summer summarily blow off the rest of the 'I everyone kept telling me what ND begin to bathe in enough body water swishes - more like three gargles, I to "save the whales." And remorse­ fives swishes and eight spits (which, day. was like. It seems that everyone had Now not even the bells of Sacred something to say about Notre Dame. fully you think of the day you of course, he fails to wash down the II turned down your Stanford accept­ drain). But behold, that is not all as Heart or the blare of dormitory To start, the Notre Dame alumni stereos can wake you from your I talked to immediately equated the ance and opted for this place. But he must examine and reexamine 'his s~umber. You have set your priori­ school to, say, Utopia. "Nowhere is now you are stuck; more appropri­ complexion to see how many zits he if ately, the sheets are sticking to you, can rid from his cherubic face. And tIes and reached your exhaustion the sky so blue." "Everyone knows limit. Sleep conquers all. 0 everyone." "It's a family." "It's more so you realize you had better forget seemingly, he is ready to go to bed. beautiful than anything this side of your troubles and try to get some Scampering to his upper bunk he sleep. il the Ivory Coast." trips over the dangling phone ~ord I' I w~s really getting "psyched" by And as sleep finally descends upon and falls forward into the bunk post. all thIS talk. I tried learning the your salt-water laden eyes, you re­ Rung awake, you politely ask if he i. words of the fight song, and I even member that your roommate has yet is all right, but you would really read the Notre Dame Magazine filled to go to bed. Four and one-half sec­ rather be asking, "Ever thought of wi'th words like, community-spirit onds before your unconscious takes suicide?" Adding insult to injury, he -dome.... hold, ~e announces his presence by ascends the bed, detouring upon your Then my bubble burst. Most peo­ slammmg the door against the sink, shoulder. ple I talked with brushed off the your so-called doorstop. WHhout a But as a dog must first soften his "great ND" with a sigh, a roll of the moment's hesitation, he leaps to the grass bed, so too must your room­ eyes, and, possibly, a few selectively window and rips open the sash, only mate somehow fluff up his resting chosen insults. to allow -25 degree air to gust into place. Usually a dog takes less than the room and' freeze your sweaty a minute-he takes five. But as sleep 6 OCTOBER] 1981 7

, \ _ , r . '. . ~ Now tha't the semester is half­ finished, though, I stop. and think Sometimes you wonder how much gradually overtakes him as well, he Perspective about the words of those alumni. education actually takes place in the s~ttles down for a winter's nap. Utopia? Well, I don't know about classroom, especially when you con­ FIfteen minutes later you notice that Editor's Note.: We gave the substan­ "Listen," said an older guy at a that. Notre Dame is a great place sider the daily activities which sur­ not only does he snore, he talks and tially vague assignment of writing place I worked this summer, "what­ and all, but the football team still round that inevitable phenomenon The Sophomore even carries on conversations in his about ((The Notre Dame Life" to a ever you do, don't come back with loses here, the food's not like Mom's, known as sleep. Though most stu­ sleep as well. student from each undergraduate your nose in the air and 'We are and calculus classes are about like dents usually welcome the experi­ Bef?re you kno:v it, or more ap­ year. The follo!Wlng four perspec­ ND' plastered on everything from any other. ence, some try their best to put it off The Meaning proprIately, feel It, the alarm an­ tives are the results. The similarities your socks to your toothbrush." Why then does the rest of the na­ until the wee hours roll around. Ever n?unces 6: 00 a.m. Springing from and divergences among them present "C'mon, Notre Darners aren't that tion despise us so when we are really wonder what keeps the guy next hIS perch, he assumes his all-to 0- as much of a comment on campus bad." . not that much different? door going at 3:30 a.m. during his Of A famous "I'm up, why aren't you?" life as does each story itself. C. W. "The hell," came the answer, "I've rt rains here too. The Ivory Coast Sex Pistols jam? Or what insanity attitude and proceeds to shave and met enough ND'ers to know that I can say as much. And nobody hates drives the people across the hall to brush his teeth (this time to rid don't want to meet any more." I had the Ivory Coast for it either. take up a theology discussion as the Domer Bed himself of morning mouth). With­ heard all this before, all too often. Well, all I know is that Notre strains of "God Save the Queen" die out a second to lose, he bolts to the The Freshman And this guy wasn't just upset by Dame, the school, is something dif­ away? showers to drain an army's share Notre Dame's constant television ex­ ferent from Notre Dame, the legend. But enough of trying to get into of hot water. posure. He, like the others, resented We students live with Notre Dame a sleepy mood-how about when you Meanwhile, you hope he will slip "Sit Down that Notre Dame considers itself the the school, every day. And we'll b~ finally get into bed? It seems your on his soap as you attempt to gain only college - no, make that the the firs't to criticize this or that. But morning quickly catches up to you by Paul McGinn a few extra moments of rest. But only thing - that matters. To him, in the back of our minds is Notre as linens lie strewn over the desk twenty minutes later, whistling some Digger) Notre Dame translated meant "Big Dame, the legend, constantly hover­ chair, and the blanket still seals the obnoxious tune, he enters the room door sill cracks from when you tried sheets to your grubby body. With Ego." ing over us like some dome in the feelings of the entombed Hans Solo and marches to the window mutter­ to keep your boisterous neighbor's ing something to the effect of how by Bob Vonderheide "We are ND! We are ND!" Notre sky. you attempt to unfreeze your lip~ Dame just loves to admire itself. You Therein lies the paradox. We can noise on his side of the hall. After cool it is this morning. realizing it's too.late to worry about to mutter, "Shut the damn window!" know, community-spirit~dome.... love Notre Dame, and hate it too. ~ot fulIy awake, you roll over, I am not one of those guys who Bl;lt your lips (more correctly, your Rah. Rah. The rest of the nation can only hate making your bed, you throw on the hopmg that somehow this nightmare has wanted to go to Notre Dame mIddle-class morality) remain silent I couldn't blame them either. To it. What that says about the alumni sheets just to protect your body from will end. But as he turns his stereo since infanthood. In fact, I come to this latest insult. an outsider, Notre Dame seems to would be the subject of another the indelible mark of those mattress volume knob to "5," for "Revolution from central Kentucky where Notre Ceremoniously, he begins to un­ have captured the National Ego story. buttons. Number Nine," you realize that the' Dame (ugh!) is hated through and dress; that is, he undresses slowly Championship. "Sit down, Digger!" Maybe it's all a problem of un­ Remembering that the pillow case nightmare has just only begun. through. Kelly Tripucka is consid­ and noisily, as if for every ache he just comes so naturally. deserved jealousy. Maybe you have now serves as a spare laundry bag utters, you should let out a sigh of Crawling from beneath your comfy ered on the same level as Frank to live in the legend to love the you begin to wonder how many dif~ covers, you put on your clothes as Burns, and Faust still means a book But I had to change. I had to be­ heroic praise. Before hitting the legend. Father Sorin would be baf­ fe~ent persons have slept atop/per­ slowly as a man awaiting the firing even when he wins. ' come the defender of a school I pre­ sack, however, your buddy must fled. Notre Dame, Our Lady, was his spr:ed. upon that luscious lump of squad. Looking. about you slowly, So I really don't know how I viously couldn't stand. After all ND make his mommy happy and brush is my school. ' legend-not the football team, not artIfiCIal feathers. Even while your you attempt to pIcture the day ahead ended up here. Even as late as las't his teeth. But no regular tooth­ Dad, Mom, and I pulled in Notre the food, not even the calculus nose senses that tantalizing aroma, brusher is this guy: for five minutes -four classes, 8:00, 9:05, 11:15, and December, I felt more comfortable you begin to itch (just a bit) think­ 1: 15. With a sigh of impending yelling "Sit down, Digger!" than Dame Avenue last August. I was classes. he brushes with Close-Up until hi~ ready. I knew who the football quar­ I will be going home in a few days ing that for the last thirteen nights, gums begin to bleed, only to finish damnation, you glance at the warm "We are N.D.!" Somehow, though, you have slept on these same sheets folds of the half-made bed and muse Notre Dame ended up on my list of terbacks were. I went right to the leaving a place I never thought I'd up by flossing for another five min­ bookstore and bought a jacket with go to, a place I never understood. or at least near them. When peopl~ utes, infernally clicking that waxed on how easy it was in high school. college possibilities, and after I un­ talk about the griminess of daily life, All this time, your roomie has tangled all the red tape of college ND plastered all over it. They were But, you know, I think I'll wear my string against each tooth and even out of "We are ND" toothbrushes .. Notre Dame jacket for the ride they must look at bed linens and doubling up on the places where kept tugging on your arm entreating applications, Notre Dame was on pillows. you to go to breakfast. But as he top. I'll spare you the blow-by-blow home. 0 large pieces of gunk hide out. After account of adjusting. Roommates, As you lie awake, you think of depositing the floss near the trash sees his cause futile, he moves for My friends raised a few eyebrows the door. As the last echo of the at my choice; some of the non­ food, classes, laundry, et al. Being Bob Vonderheide is a freshman how this bitterly cold January morn­ can, he ends his procedure with a ~lammed door resounds, you fall I Catholic breed even called me a a freshman is just a state of mind from Lexington] Ky. This is his first ing seems rather warm. Thanks to little mouthwash. But he cannot anyway. contribution to Scholastic. a well-calibrated thermostat, you content himself with a few quick mto your mattress paradise and traitor. All through the summer summarily blow off the rest of the 'I everyone kept telling me what ND begin to bathe in enough body water swishes - more like three gargles, I to "save the whales." And remorse­ fives swishes and eight spits (which, day. was like. It seems that everyone had Now not even the bells of Sacred something to say about Notre Dame. fully you think of the day you of course, he fails to wash down the II turned down your Stanford accept­ drain). But behold, that is not all as Heart or the blare of dormitory To start, the Notre Dame alumni stereos can wake you from your I talked to immediately equated the ance and opted for this place. But he must examine and reexamine 'his s~umber. You have set your priori­ school to, say, Utopia. "Nowhere is now you are stuck; more appropri­ complexion to see how many zits he if ately, the sheets are sticking to you, can rid from his cherubic face. And tIes and reached your exhaustion the sky so blue." "Everyone knows limit. Sleep conquers all. 0 everyone." "It's a family." "It's more so you realize you had better forget seemingly, he is ready to go to bed. beautiful than anything this side of your troubles and try to get some Scampering to his upper bunk he sleep. il the Ivory Coast." trips over the dangling phone ~ord I' I w~s really getting "psyched" by And as sleep finally descends upon and falls forward into the bunk post. all thIS talk. I tried learning the your salt-water laden eyes, you re­ Rung awake, you politely ask if he i. words of the fight song, and I even member that your roommate has yet is all right, but you would really read the Notre Dame Magazine filled to go to bed. Four and one-half sec­ rather be asking, "Ever thought of wi'th words like, community-spirit onds before your unconscious takes suicide?" Adding insult to injury, he -dome.... hold, ~e announces his presence by ascends the bed, detouring upon your Then my bubble burst. Most peo­ slammmg the door against the sink, shoulder. ple I talked with brushed off the your so-called doorstop. WHhout a But as a dog must first soften his "great ND" with a sigh, a roll of the moment's hesitation, he leaps to the grass bed, so too must your room­ eyes, and, possibly, a few selectively window and rips open the sash, only mate somehow fluff up his resting chosen insults. to allow -25 degree air to gust into place. Usually a dog takes less than the room and' freeze your sweaty a minute-he takes five. But as sleep 6 OCTOBER] 1981 7

, \ _ , r . '. . ~ children to take note of this "fine, Notre Dame is a dangerous place. young man." They hoped that some­ Security personnel warn us con­ The Senior day, their children would be able to stantly, "Don't let the beauty of the Perspective follow in my footsteps. I looked campus lull you into a false sense of forward to returning, though, for security." Although they're mainly this stop at home had reassured me worried about crime, they should be that I had made the right decision more concerned about the hazards in coming to Notre Dame. to life and limb that face the typical The cold and isolation of January Notre Dame student every single The Junior and February tended to keep me day. Having made it to my senior within the hall, but spirits were al­ year with all the bodily parts I came ways high as we anticipated a week­ with, I feel obligated to alert others by Donna Teevan end semi-formal or a boisterous to Domer dangers. Freshmen, espe­ section party. For those who might cially, should read this carefully, so have ventured into the· cold, there that they too can live to contribute were plenty of snowballs available to the alumni fund. What I'll Remember and an equal number of innocent Each season has its own perils. In targets passing by. There was al­ the warm weather the athletic en­ ways a movie on campus that easily thusiasts, armed with baseballs, foot­ sufficed for a fun, inexpensive date. balls, soccer balls, and frisbee~, take But when we weren't relaxing, study­ to the quads. The standard attIre for by Michael Welch ing came easily, for Emil and his spring and fall, therefore, is a helmet distinguished colleagues had laid and padding-not to play football As I make my way up Notre Dame The trees were bare, yet they stood the framework for our academic necessarily, but simply to survive a A venue, I look for the Dome at the solid and confident in the wake of careers. And all we had to do WflS walk through campus. If a baseball end of the street. It stands in golden falling snowflakes. A clear night give it "that old Notre Dame try." doesn't crush your skull, there's usu­ brilliance, shining above the trees, and full moon would create winter I will remember the melting of the ally a frisbee aimed at decapitating and silently guiding me back to my scenes that had previously been snow and the thawing of the ground. you. It's also easy to find yourself in second home. It serves as a symbol relegated to storybook fantasies. The ice would chip away from the the middle of a football game out on of Catholic education to me and the The cold of winter brought with it base of the Dome, revealing the the quad. Ever wonder why the line thousands of men and women who the season of formal dances and a goldness in its entirety. The quad of scrimmage is usually a sidewalk? have lived and learned in this com­ chance to meet a person who could would once again be alive with pic­ It's because those football games are munity since 1842. It watches each make you laugh and forget the nics and music, and even more just legalized ambushes. day as I mature both as a Christian pressures of growing up. Winter Frisbees and footballs. The basket­ A warm and sunny South Bend and as a student. also signaled the coming of UCLA, balls would bounce behind the book­ day is rare enough to arouse the in­ "If you survive the first snowfall, you're lucky . . ./1 Iii L know that when I return in the as our team faithfully rallied to store, and the Rock would be terest of campus wildlife. (Here I'm years to come, the Dome will remind send the opponent home claiming 'I jammed with those proud Notre referring to the Sierra Club-type safety. In fact, they only help ad­ you can hear but not see how close me of the special life I lived at Notre our use of a sixth man in the sky. Dame athletes whose abilities went wildlife, not the Dillon Hall-type). Ii Dame. When I return I will remem­ vertise your wipeouts. Once you hit you are to a snowy grave. The Christmas season had arrived, unnoticed by the media, yet ad­ Squirrels, rabbits, and chipmunks the ice, you certainly don't want Winter or summer, be sure not to ber the autumns that God took and Morrissey Manor shone brightly mired by the rest of the students. comb the campus like football-week­ let your guard down if you've man­ special care in arranging for us. On anyone to find out about it, unless in the darkness, celebrating with The spring meant new ducks on end tourists. Those "cuddly" crea­ you need an ambulance. But when aged to arrive at your destination in Sundays, beside the candles at the II strings of cheerful lights that re­ the lake and new leaves on the tures may seem innocent enough to you walk into class late, covered one piece. There's danger inside as Grotto, I prayed for hope and peace. minded us of home. A midnight trees. It meant An Tostal and the some, but I don't trust them. They with sand and cinders, it's pretty well as outside. The same person I' I will also recall that Monday morn­ walk around St. Mary's lake gave chariot races, as well as the home­ all have beady eyes, nervous paws, obvious what delayed you. "What a who cautiously tiptoes on the ice all I. ing marked the beginning of the me the inspiration to conquer my stretch for the seniors. But most and sharp teeth. klutz!" or "Must be a Southerner," the way to the dining hall may very school week, while the afternoon Ii finals and the joy of finding peace of all, it meant that our lives had If the jocks and animals don't get your classmates and ex-friends whis­ well be a victim of the "slip on the brought Frisbees and footballs onto and solitude. The calendar year progressed and that we· had ma­ you, the South Bend cowboys, the per to each other. melting ice cube routine," if he does the quad, where fallen leaves rested would end with the celebration of tured through yet another Notre people who ride those student-hun­ Perhaps it's better to do your not remain vigilant when he finally beneath the colorful trees of our the Eucharist as I sat on the floor Dame year. I will remember that gry lawnmowers, will. The Notre backside slide on the ice before an gets inside. The same person who campus. Wednesdays meant study of the Morrissey chapel amid close I had lived and loved in the close­ Dame ranch hands whiz around un­ appreciative audience. If you have escapes injury from a sky full of time, as Jesus beckoned to me from friends and neighbors. A hamburger ness of God, and this enabled me to predictably, as if they were riding style, you can redeem yourself by frisbees may have his nose driven His perch upon the face of the at the Huddle and a game of pool at say good-bye to friends; some who wild horses out on the range. Judg­ making it look deliberate (as long as into his face by one of the doors in library. The end of the week brought Goose's would precede my ride to would return in the fall and seniors ing from their speed, I would guess you don't break any bones - that O'Shaughnessy, which swing out into loud, refreshing music from the the airport, as I began my journey who would return only in fond that the University allows them only would make your story slightly less the hallways instead of into the windows of the dorms and happy­ home. remembrance when I looked at my two minutes to mow both North and credible). You might nonchalantly classrooms. (It's a conspiracy.) hours that always brought a smile I looked forward to seeing my scrapbook. South Quads. (I'm .sure they can do remark, "Everyone in Grosse Pointe I don't mean to create an epi­ to my face. On Saturdays, we parents and telling of my experi­ I will remember these isolated, it, too.) is doing it this year. It is the thing." demic of paranoia or to exaggerate watched last-second field goals mys­ ences at Notre Dame. As I re­ scattered events for, together, they If you survive until the first snow­ Soon every prep on campus will be the dangers lurking all around us. teriously glide through the uprights; counted the events of the fall and will have formed the basis of my fall, you're lucky (sort of). As those down there on the ice with you. After all, most people do make it to as we laughed and cheered, our vis­ early winter, they sat, smiling and Notre D,ame experience. But most first snowflakes float gently to earth, Even if getting around on ice graduation. Just remember, though, itors searched the heavens for the nodding because they realized that of all, r'!will remember the Notre you should prepare yourself for the poses no challenge to your agility, to be ever on the lookout. Let's remi­ rest of our team. The newspapers tradition had withstood the test of Dame that is nestled beneath the trials ahead. Those who lack the dodging snowplows must. The peo­ nisce a:bout our college days when said that Montana and Hornung time. My mother (SMC '56) would stars, and the. Notre Dame that was grace of Peggy Fleming (as I do), ple who drive them act as if they're we look at our scrapbooks, not our couldn't have done better and that ask if I had made the hopeful walk a foundation of my life. 0 fear more than anything that they in the Fairbanks 500. They love scars. 0 Knute would surely have been proud. through the trees to St. Mary's, as will slip on the ice that c()vers the speed as much as the lawnmower The next day, I headed back to the my dad (ND '55) spoke of Father pathways for most of second se­ drivers do. (I 'bet the same people DOOM Teevan) an .R.A ... in Farley, is Grotto to light another candle and Hesburgh and the. upcoming bowl Michael F. Welch is a junior) study­ mester. do both-they display the same sa­ a hardened veteran of life in the to begin a new week. game. The townspeople congratu­ ing Finance and philosCYphy) from The cinders and sand the mainte­ distic inclinations.) Those Mario An­ shadow of the golden dome. She was The lakes soon froze and the lated me for attending such a fine Ohurchville) Pennsylvania. This is nance workers sprinkle on the side­ dretti's of the Tundra always seem ceypy editor for Scholastic last year. skies became a mellow, healthy gray. institution, as they instructed their his first essay for Scholastic. walks don't do much to guarantee to ,approach from behind, so that S SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER, 1981 9

, I I __ • __.------children to take note of this "fine, Notre Dame is a dangerous place. young man." They hoped that some­ Security personnel warn us con­ The Senior day, their children would be able to stantly, "Don't let the beauty of the Perspective follow in my footsteps. I looked campus lull you into a false sense of forward to returning, though, for security." Although they're mainly this stop at home had reassured me worried about crime, they should be that I had made the right decision more concerned about the hazards in coming to Notre Dame. to life and limb that face the typical The cold and isolation of January Notre Dame student every single The Junior and February tended to keep me day. Having made it to my senior within the hall, but spirits were al­ year with all the bodily parts I came ways high as we anticipated a week­ with, I feel obligated to alert others by Donna Teevan end semi-formal or a boisterous to Domer dangers. Freshmen, espe­ section party. For those who might cially, should read this carefully, so have ventured into the· cold, there that they too can live to contribute were plenty of snowballs available to the alumni fund. What I'll Remember and an equal number of innocent Each season has its own perils. In targets passing by. There was al­ the warm weather the athletic en­ ways a movie on campus that easily thusiasts, armed with baseballs, foot­ sufficed for a fun, inexpensive date. balls, soccer balls, and frisbee~, take But when we weren't relaxing, study­ to the quads. The standard attIre for by Michael Welch ing came easily, for Emil and his spring and fall, therefore, is a helmet distinguished colleagues had laid and padding-not to play football As I make my way up Notre Dame The trees were bare, yet they stood the framework for our academic necessarily, but simply to survive a A venue, I look for the Dome at the solid and confident in the wake of careers. And all we had to do WflS walk through campus. If a baseball end of the street. It stands in golden falling snowflakes. A clear night give it "that old Notre Dame try." doesn't crush your skull, there's usu­ brilliance, shining above the trees, and full moon would create winter I will remember the melting of the ally a frisbee aimed at decapitating and silently guiding me back to my scenes that had previously been snow and the thawing of the ground. you. It's also easy to find yourself in second home. It serves as a symbol relegated to storybook fantasies. The ice would chip away from the the middle of a football game out on of Catholic education to me and the The cold of winter brought with it base of the Dome, revealing the the quad. Ever wonder why the line thousands of men and women who the season of formal dances and a goldness in its entirety. The quad of scrimmage is usually a sidewalk? have lived and learned in this com­ chance to meet a person who could would once again be alive with pic­ It's because those football games are munity since 1842. It watches each make you laugh and forget the nics and music, and even more just legalized ambushes. day as I mature both as a Christian pressures of growing up. Winter Frisbees and footballs. The basket­ A warm and sunny South Bend and as a student. also signaled the coming of UCLA, balls would bounce behind the book­ day is rare enough to arouse the in­ "If you survive the first snowfall, you're lucky . . ./1 Iii L know that when I return in the as our team faithfully rallied to store, and the Rock would be terest of campus wildlife. (Here I'm years to come, the Dome will remind send the opponent home claiming 'I jammed with those proud Notre referring to the Sierra Club-type safety. In fact, they only help ad­ you can hear but not see how close me of the special life I lived at Notre our use of a sixth man in the sky. Dame athletes whose abilities went wildlife, not the Dillon Hall-type). Ii Dame. When I return I will remem­ vertise your wipeouts. Once you hit you are to a snowy grave. The Christmas season had arrived, unnoticed by the media, yet ad­ Squirrels, rabbits, and chipmunks the ice, you certainly don't want Winter or summer, be sure not to ber the autumns that God took and Morrissey Manor shone brightly mired by the rest of the students. comb the campus like football-week­ let your guard down if you've man­ special care in arranging for us. On anyone to find out about it, unless in the darkness, celebrating with The spring meant new ducks on end tourists. Those "cuddly" crea­ you need an ambulance. But when aged to arrive at your destination in Sundays, beside the candles at the II strings of cheerful lights that re­ the lake and new leaves on the tures may seem innocent enough to you walk into class late, covered one piece. There's danger inside as Grotto, I prayed for hope and peace. minded us of home. A midnight trees. It meant An Tostal and the some, but I don't trust them. They with sand and cinders, it's pretty well as outside. The same person I' I will also recall that Monday morn­ walk around St. Mary's lake gave chariot races, as well as the home­ all have beady eyes, nervous paws, obvious what delayed you. "What a who cautiously tiptoes on the ice all I. ing marked the beginning of the me the inspiration to conquer my stretch for the seniors. But most and sharp teeth. klutz!" or "Must be a Southerner," the way to the dining hall may very school week, while the afternoon Ii finals and the joy of finding peace of all, it meant that our lives had If the jocks and animals don't get your classmates and ex-friends whis­ well be a victim of the "slip on the brought Frisbees and footballs onto and solitude. The calendar year progressed and that we· had ma­ you, the South Bend cowboys, the per to each other. melting ice cube routine," if he does the quad, where fallen leaves rested would end with the celebration of tured through yet another Notre people who ride those student-hun­ Perhaps it's better to do your not remain vigilant when he finally beneath the colorful trees of our the Eucharist as I sat on the floor Dame year. I will remember that gry lawnmowers, will. The Notre backside slide on the ice before an gets inside. The same person who campus. Wednesdays meant study of the Morrissey chapel amid close I had lived and loved in the close­ Dame ranch hands whiz around un­ appreciative audience. If you have escapes injury from a sky full of time, as Jesus beckoned to me from friends and neighbors. A hamburger ness of God, and this enabled me to predictably, as if they were riding style, you can redeem yourself by frisbees may have his nose driven His perch upon the face of the at the Huddle and a game of pool at say good-bye to friends; some who wild horses out on the range. Judg­ making it look deliberate (as long as into his face by one of the doors in library. The end of the week brought Goose's would precede my ride to would return in the fall and seniors ing from their speed, I would guess you don't break any bones - that O'Shaughnessy, which swing out into loud, refreshing music from the the airport, as I began my journey who would return only in fond that the University allows them only would make your story slightly less the hallways instead of into the windows of the dorms and happy­ home. remembrance when I looked at my two minutes to mow both North and credible). You might nonchalantly classrooms. (It's a conspiracy.) hours that always brought a smile I looked forward to seeing my scrapbook. South Quads. (I'm .sure they can do remark, "Everyone in Grosse Pointe I don't mean to create an epi­ to my face. On Saturdays, we parents and telling of my experi­ I will remember these isolated, it, too.) is doing it this year. It is the thing." demic of paranoia or to exaggerate watched last-second field goals mys­ ences at Notre Dame. As I re­ scattered events for, together, they If you survive until the first snow­ Soon every prep on campus will be the dangers lurking all around us. teriously glide through the uprights; counted the events of the fall and will have formed the basis of my fall, you're lucky (sort of). As those down there on the ice with you. After all, most people do make it to as we laughed and cheered, our vis­ early winter, they sat, smiling and Notre D,ame experience. But most first snowflakes float gently to earth, Even if getting around on ice graduation. Just remember, though, itors searched the heavens for the nodding because they realized that of all, r'!will remember the Notre you should prepare yourself for the poses no challenge to your agility, to be ever on the lookout. Let's remi­ rest of our team. The newspapers tradition had withstood the test of Dame that is nestled beneath the trials ahead. Those who lack the dodging snowplows must. The peo­ nisce a:bout our college days when said that Montana and Hornung time. My mother (SMC '56) would stars, and the. Notre Dame that was grace of Peggy Fleming (as I do), ple who drive them act as if they're we look at our scrapbooks, not our couldn't have done better and that ask if I had made the hopeful walk a foundation of my life. 0 fear more than anything that they in the Fairbanks 500. They love scars. 0 Knute would surely have been proud. through the trees to St. Mary's, as will slip on the ice that c()vers the speed as much as the lawnmower The next day, I headed back to the my dad (ND '55) spoke of Father pathways for most of second se­ drivers do. (I 'bet the same people DOOM Teevan) an .R.A ... in Farley, is Grotto to light another candle and Hesburgh and the. upcoming bowl Michael F. Welch is a junior) study­ mester. do both-they display the same sa­ a hardened veteran of life in the to begin a new week. game. The townspeople congratu­ ing Finance and philosCYphy) from The cinders and sand the mainte­ distic inclinations.) Those Mario An­ shadow of the golden dome. She was The lakes soon froze and the lated me for attending such a fine Ohurchville) Pennsylvania. This is nance workers sprinkle on the side­ dretti's of the Tundra always seem ceypy editor for Scholastic last year. skies became a mellow, healthy gray. institution, as they instructed their his first essay for Scholastic. walks don't do much to guarantee to ,approach from behind, so that S SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER, 1981 9

, I I __ • __.------Fostering Christian Encounters

by Barbara Stevens In Retrospect • • • In the past few yearsJ the student very encouraging to me," he re­ religious attitude at Notre Dame has marked. Father Schlaver believes greatly improved. This improvement that these changes in Notre Dame is dueJ in partJ to Campus Ministry. spiritual life can be attributed to Campus Ministry is an organization several influences: student initiative, Excerpts from the on campus charged 'With the respon­ faculty interest, a community effort, sibility of furthering stUdent spir­ and Campus Ministry. ituality and coordinating ministry on A Campus Ministry organization campus. can be found on most college cam­ NetreDameStudent· Manual puses, responsible for furthering stu­ dent spirituality. State universities developed the concept of Campus "Ministry at Notre Dame," com­ Ministry many years ago in the form 1958-59 mented Father John Fitzgerald re­ Sr. jane Pitz cently, "used to be more or less like a spiritual McDonald's." Ministry . EachstudenL .must make lllorning. check fully Student~; must secure permission of the~ector of areas such as student/facultY'rela­ meant that there was a priest read­ ;dress.e·d thre~ .times :a week...... ". , . the hall to. entertain women ,gu~sts ··iri.their r6bms, but ily available for Communion and tions and world and community t.: . J .','J,. . ',: •• ,.' .. inn() instance later than 6: 00. p.m. Giris visitors ;arefor~ Confession, and people attended problems; The staff uses Ii variety of Mass and received the sacraments methods in their work.· They sponsor i .. '. l'l" 0 st.uclEmtn'lay'travE!lout of. :~.outhBend . at jiny. . .bidden to b~bli'campus after 9: OO.p,m;· tlriiesstllE!Y are with as much haste and as little retreats, visit Notre Dame stUdents :timedayor !night, \vith,outp.~rn'lissi6n of the Rector.. .' . going to' orf~brn the Studeri~Center.. ' ;.;'. .' serious reflection as possible. How­ in the hospital, offer counseling serv­ !.. ' . . .. ' . . .;' '.' ;, . . . Studertts:areexPected to·bein their rooms after ever, three members of the Notre ices for young men who have regis­ P Nooff-ca!ripusstuden(maybe'tn a r¢sidericehall/ . ':lights are out and are noftocongregatein corridors o~ Dame Campus Ministry staff, Fa­ tered for the draft. They also help iand noresiderit:student:may be in'a,ny hall: other·thall other s1:1iderits" rooms.' . . ." . .' . j ther Fitzgerald, Father David prepare students for Baptism, Con­ ilJ.is own' after the warning:bE!ll fOrroom~heck(9:55); ;'..:' Schlaver, and Sister Jane· Pitz, firmation, and "full Communion," L'...... , .... ': .' ',' '.'. . . '. .: .. ' '" . .'~' .:',. ,TheUniversityr~serves the righttotrarisfer anoffi, agree that this spiritual attitude aid couples in preparing for' mar­ r'.:' Wheri.·a:card:'g~me·islieingplaYedin·a .student's.': '?ctmpus studerit intq'a :r~slderice'half at any time.:' . riage, train hall staff and coordinate has greatly improved over the ',_ ,...... students: are . years. Father Schlaver and Father liturgical functions in Sacred Heart i;,~om:; :,;:th~ door~f,' t~et6,~;~.~~~tb~.left?~en~ ::()ff~Cam~~ riev~~ all6w~d t()~.~~tertairi Fitzgerald can clearly see this change Church,. the dorms, and the Grotto. , . . ." .. .' '.. .'...... ' " ...... '. . .'...... women visitors; exc;epttlieir, niother~,. in th~ir:rOoms .. t,·]·.:s.··· .. ·.·]·..··nA.· .. ·t·shJeu'.. d.c.ea·.:nr't.·w···.ini··tah·y.'h#irm}v ... ·e.·· .. ~·.:.. ::.·.c ... :... a. r....: .. ·..... Y-,.heri::o~e.6 ..f.....•... :lti .. ·... ,:.· ..·:.s. :p....• ·.. a .. r ....•:e.:n:,t,·.:s.:: .." ''':.. '''' ". .:: '. '...... • because they were away from Notre The Campus Ministry staff spends a . .·'Alloff~canlpus.sttidents~xnust be 'fIl.theirplace of Dame for several years. Father great deal of time· working one-on­ ~'::'Coais, .'ties, and dr~s~"shirts are requi~M. dress fO:r ...•. residence bi 12: OC(p.m; everyriighf except Saturday Schlaver finds that there now exists one with students as well. One-on­ Ian evening meals and all m~als ori Sunday. '. ' whenth~y'rpWbe~bsent until 12:.30 a.m. •.... . a better awareness of God's peace one '. counseling is not a primary and a better community life. "That's function of Campus Ministry, ac­ II""':" . . " , . ". Oii~ofBound;:~~ . . '. . '. .' " - ...... '.< : cording to Sister Pitz, because it is f ",' ;. .The' ;ouoWiri~',~~ura~ti\1:~'~' ~~. ': ., far too time-ccmsu~ng. "However," • 'are,approved ro~ Itudl:'nl Pattooage." , Fr. David Schlaver . ·~I~)'~., ::. ~mtrJc s~:!kj'ii~~~Di~~~~:om~', ~... ",." ..... , ~, . '. ~ she added enthusiastically;. "I do it, . ,. . and I like doing it." . of Newman Centers. The Newman Although exceptions obviously . The o~t~Qf~bourids. area .iric1ud~~·West~rn Ave'; Center served as a place where exist,Father Fitzgerald, Father . from· the 200'b/ockWestandS, Main.$tr~et froin, Roman Catholic students could pur­ Schlaver, and Sister Pitz agree that ;::th~300 block South. 'jtalso inCliides th~ .·streets sue their knowledge of Catholicism the student body at Notre Dame nbw fbimingtliebdi.mdariesas. shown 'on:.'thlsrpap) and, at the same time, socialize with has a very favorable spiritual atti­ other Catholics. During this time tude. Students consistently" fill the .. ·AllY~tLid~ntfound. within . this . area is .iiable .to~ period, Catholics didn't usually marry majority of dorm' chapels every Sun­ grave p~na!ty~ '.', ...... '..: .'.j people of other religious faiths, so day to participate in the Eucharistic they needed a place on campus in liturgy. They pray on their own dur­ which to meet other Catholic stu­ ing the week, and some attend daily dents. However, Catholic colleges Mass. Students voluntarily serve did not adopt Newman Centers until others by acting as big brothers and years later because they already big sisters, tutoring children, work­ offered religious courses and had a ing at Logan Center, and participat­ predominantly Catholic stUdent ing in world hunger projects. Most I would like to subscribe to SCHOLASTIC for ______years at $7:00 per year. population, so that they did not feel (cont'd on page 24) they needed them. Enclosed is a check or money order made payable to SCHOLASTIC. The Campus Ministry staff· at Notre Dame tries to serve as a cata­ SEND SCHOLASTIC TO N~e: ______~ ______~~ ______FAMILY AND FRIENDS!! lyst for the students. Their basic Address: ______Fr. john Fitzgerald task is to coordinate pastoral care, but they also try to address other City: ______State: ______Zip: ______10 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER~ 1981 11 Fostering Christian Encounters by Barbara Stevens In Retrospect • • • In the past few yearsJ the student very encouraging to me," he re­ religious attitude at Notre Dame has marked. Father Schlaver believes greatly improved. This improvement that these changes in Notre Dame is dueJ in partJ to Campus Ministry. spiritual life can be attributed to Campus Ministry is an organization several influences: student initiative, Excerpts from the on campus charged 'With the respon­ faculty interest, a community effort, sibility of furthering stUdent spir­ and Campus Ministry. ituality and coordinating ministry on A Campus Ministry organization campus. can be found on most college cam­ NetreDameStudent· Manual puses, responsible for furthering stu­ dent spirituality. State universities developed the concept of Campus "Ministry at Notre Dame," com­ Ministry many years ago in the form 1958-59 mented Father John Fitzgerald re­ Sr. jane Pitz cently, "used to be more or less like a spiritual McDonald's." Ministry . EachstudenL .must make lllorning. check fully Student~; must secure permission of the~ector of areas such as student/facultY'rela­ meant that there was a priest read­ ;dress.e·d thre~ .times :a week...... ". , . the hall to. entertain women ,gu~sts ··iri.their r6bms, but ily available for Communion and tions and world and community t.: . J .','J,. . ',: •• ,.' .. inn() instance later than 6: 00. p.m. Giris visitors ;arefor~ Confession, and people attended problems; The staff uses Ii variety of Mass and received the sacraments methods in their work.· They sponsor i .. '. l'l" 0 st.uclEmtn'lay'travE!lout of. :~.outhBend . at jiny. . .bidden to b~bli'campus after 9: OO.p,m;· tlriiesstllE!Y are with as much haste and as little retreats, visit Notre Dame stUdents :timedayor !night, \vith,outp.~rn'lissi6n of the Rector.. .' . going to' orf~brn the Studeri~Center.. ' ;.;'. .' serious reflection as possible. How­ in the hospital, offer counseling serv­ !.. ' . . .. ' . . .;' '.' ;, . . . Studertts:areexPected to·bein their rooms after ever, three members of the Notre ices for young men who have regis­ P Nooff-ca!ripusstuden(maybe'tn a r¢sidericehall/ . ':lights are out and are noftocongregatein corridors o~ Dame Campus Ministry staff, Fa­ tered for the draft. They also help iand noresiderit:student:may be in'a,ny hall: other·thall other s1:1iderits" rooms.' . . ." . .' . j ther Fitzgerald, Father David prepare students for Baptism, Con­ ilJ.is own' after the warning:bE!ll fOrroom~heck(9:55); ;'..:' Schlaver, and Sister Jane· Pitz, firmation, and "full Communion," L'...... , .... ': .' ',' '.'. . . '. .: .. ' '" . .'~' .:',. ,TheUniversityr~serves the righttotrarisfer anoffi, agree that this spiritual attitude aid couples in preparing for' mar­ r'.:' Wheri.·a:card:'g~me·islieingplaYedin·a .student's.': '?ctmpus studerit intq'a :r~slderice'half at any time.:' . riage, train hall staff and coordinate has greatly improved over the ',_ ,...... students: are . years. Father Schlaver and Father liturgical functions in Sacred Heart i;,~om:; :,;:th~ door~f,' t~et6,~;~.~~~tb~.left?~en~ ::()ff~Cam~~ riev~~ all6w~d t()~.~~tertairi Fitzgerald can clearly see this change Church,. the dorms, and the Grotto. , . . ." .. .' '.. .'...... ' " ...... '. . .'...... women visitors; exc;epttlieir, niother~,. in th~ir:rOoms .. t,·]·.:s.··· .. ·.·]·..··nA.· .. ·t·shJeu'.. d.c.ea·.:nr't.·w···.ini··tah·y.'h#irm}v ... ·e.·· .. ~·.:.. ::.·.c ... :... a. r....: .. ·..... Y-,.heri::o~e.6 ..f.....•... :lti .. ·... ,:.· ..·:.s. :p....• ·.. a .. r ....•:e.:n:,t,·.:s.:: .." ''':.. '''' ". .:: '. '...... • because they were away from Notre The Campus Ministry staff spends a . .·'Alloff~canlpus.sttidents~xnust be 'fIl.theirplace of Dame for several years. Father great deal of time· working one-on­ ~'::'Coais, .'ties, and dr~s~"shirts are requi~M. dress fO:r ...•. residence bi 12: OC(p.m; everyriighf except Saturday Schlaver finds that there now exists one with students as well. One-on­ Ian evening meals and all m~als ori Sunday. '. ' whenth~y'rpWbe~bsent until 12:.30 a.m. •.... . a better awareness of God's peace one '. counseling is not a primary and a better community life. "That's function of Campus Ministry, ac­ II""':" . . " , . ". Oii~ofBound;:~~ . . '. . '. .' " - ...... '.< : cording to Sister Pitz, because it is f ",' ;. .The' ;ouoWiri~',~~ura~ti\1:~'~' ~~. ': ., far too time-ccmsu~ng. "However," • 'are,approved ro~ Itudl:'nl Pattooage." , Fr. David Schlaver . ·~I~)'~., ::. ~mtrJc s~:!kj'ii~~~Di~~~~:om~', ~... ",." ..... , ~, . '. ~ she added enthusiastically;. "I do it, . ,. . and I like doing it." . of Newman Centers. The Newman Although exceptions obviously . The o~t~Qf~bourids. area .iric1ud~~·West~rn Ave'; Center served as a place where exist,Father Fitzgerald, Father . from· the 200'b/ockWestandS, Main.$tr~et froin, Roman Catholic students could pur­ Schlaver, and Sister Pitz agree that ;::th~300 block South. 'jtalso inCliides th~ .·streets sue their knowledge of Catholicism the student body at Notre Dame nbw fbimingtliebdi.mdariesas. shown 'on:.'thlsrpap) and, at the same time, socialize with has a very favorable spiritual atti­ other Catholics. During this time tude. Students consistently" fill the .. ·AllY~tLid~ntfound. within . this . area is .iiable .to~ period, Catholics didn't usually marry majority of dorm' chapels every Sun­ grave p~na!ty~ '.', ...... '..: .'.j people of other religious faiths, so day to participate in the Eucharistic they needed a place on campus in liturgy. They pray on their own dur­ which to meet other Catholic stu­ ing the week, and some attend daily dents. However, Catholic colleges Mass. Students voluntarily serve did not adopt Newman Centers until others by acting as big brothers and years later because they already big sisters, tutoring children, work­ offered religious courses and had a ing at Logan Center, and participat­ predominantly Catholic stUdent ing in world hunger projects. Most I would like to subscribe to SCHOLASTIC for ______years at $7:00 per year. population, so that they did not feel (cont'd on page 24) they needed them. Enclosed is a check or money order made payable to SCHOLASTIC. The Campus Ministry staff· at Notre Dame tries to serve as a cata­ SEND SCHOLASTIC TO N~e: ______~ ______~~ ______FAMILY AND FRIENDS!! lyst for the students. Their basic Address: ______Fr. john Fitzgerald task is to coordinate pastoral care, but they also try to address other City: ______State: ______Zip: ______10 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER~ 1981 11 A Profile of Past Presidents Culture Update

MUSIC ... at the Snite Galleries Sep. 13-0ct. 25 - "Aobut line" by Fr. Leo R. Ward, c.S.c. , ... at Notre Dame Nov. 4 - Lecture: "Kondin'sky Stripped Bare By His Critics" Nov. 2 - Glee Club Concert - Carl Stam, conductor­ (Dr. Kenneth C. lindsay, NYSU) - Annenberg Aud.- 1 O'Laughlin Audi. (SMC) - 8 pm 8 pm The earliest among them was ari Local priests were trying to emulate Charles L. O'Donnell (1928-1934), Nov. 15 - Craig Cramer, organ - Sacred Heart Church - 8 :15 pm Nov. 8 - Opening: Ethnographic Art Gallery Irishman; the rest were Midwestern him thirty and forty years later. a gifted poet, a great teacher, a j Nov. 16 - Robert Bailey, Eastman School of, Music, speaker­ Nov. 10- Lecture: "Justinian: Byzantine Art" (Dr. Dean A. Porter, Americans of Irish origin. All had Cavanaugh regretted that his own­ mightily impressive pulpit orator­ Crowley Hall, r 124 - 4 pm UND) -Annenberg Aud.-12:15 pm at least minor football aches and and his priests'-education was, in this man was far more taut than his (gallery hours: Tues-F 10-4 pmp, Sat./Sun. 1-4 pm, closed Mondays) · .. at Saint Mary's pains, had abundant financial diffi­ his view, somewhat truncated. Yet he predecessor. The philosopher Santa­ ... at the Saint Mary's Galleries culties, and a:ll were priests. Though himself, a great inspirer of youth yana said that, given its head, his Oct. 28 - Piano Festival- Student Recital -little Theater, Moreau Hall- 4:30 pm Oct. 16 (closes) - "Indiana Fire II" - Moreau Gallery, separated from one another by time and a notable friend of Jews, was a own temperament would be for go­ Oct. 29 - Piano Festival- Donna Coleman, guest pianist­ Moreau Hall and temperament, all were dedicated classic example of how enriching a ing with pilgrims to weep at the little Theater - 8 pm Oct. 25 (closes) - "Memorabilia Exhibit" - Hames Gallery, as if in concert to the assumption liberal education can be. Professors, foot of the cross in Jerusalem. So, Nov. 1 - Michael Bjelica, classical guitar - little Theater - 8 pm Moreau Hall that Notre Dame should always priests, and students saw him as an too, for Charles O'Donnell who was Nov. 8 - Michiana New Music Ensemble - Roger Briggs, coordinator Oct. 28-29 - "Portfolio Review" - All Galleries, Moreau Hall little Theater - 8 pm Nov. 6-Dec. 4 - "Jack Olson Drawings" - Hammes Gallery foster its Catholic identity as pri­ eminently humane administrator and more a monk and a contemplative Nov. 12 - Carol Knell, mezzosoprano - little Theater - 8 pm Nov. 6-Dec. 4 - "Juried Alumnae Exhibition" - Moreau Gallery mary and as an overall guiding force. friend, and during his term as presi­ soul than a man designed for action. Nov. 17 - Michiana Area Composers Concert - Roger Briggs, (gallery hours: M-F 9 :30-12/ 1-3, Sun, 1-3, closed Saturdays) None of the many present thought dent, 1905-1919, he was just the man He was unlucky in his choice of as­ coordinator - little Theater - 8 pm Nov. 19 - Fall Choral Concert - Raymond Sprague, director­ twice when, at a 1935 Notre Dame that Notre Dame needed. sistants and touchy under criticism little Theater - 8 pm THEATER celebration, Archbishop Mundelein James A. Burns, the next incum­ of Notre Dame and i'ts Irish and Nov. 22 - Saint Mary's College Wind Ensemble Concert­ of Chicago said that, "Notre Dame's bent, was pedestrian, but strong for football complexion. Even so, the Roger Briggs, conductor -little Theater - 8 pm NO Student Players the Zahm academic model. A quiet, Depression notwithstanding, Notre mission is to the world." They are · .. at the Snite Museum of Art Nov. 6,7,13, 14-Marily Mayer's Odd Couple-Judy Kucenic, the eight presidents of Notre Dame patient, unheroic type, he was the Dame thrived under this semisevere director - 2nd fl. Ballroom, LaFortune - 8 pm $2.00 who held that office from 1893, first Notre Dame president to have ruler, who went on building as if the Nov. 3 - Christine lindsay, harpsichord/piano - Annenberg around the time of Fr. Sorin's death clear unwavering ideas of what Thirties were prosperous and cut no Auditorium - 8:15 pm Underground Theater to Fr. Hesburgh's ascendency in Catholic higher education must be professors or their salaries; this is a Nov. 8 - John Van Buskirk, piano - Annenberg Aud. - 8: 15 pm Nov. 10- Angela D'Antuono, soprano - Annenberg Aud.- Oct. 13, 14, 15 - Edna St. Vincent Millay's Aria Da Capo­ 1952. about. He had made pioneer studies record far bettet than compiled by 8:15 pm Jeff Mousseau, director - Washington Hall Father Andrew Morrissey was the of Catholic education in America and SOllie state-supported neighbors. Nov. 17 - Duo Vivo: Laura Hunter, saxophone and Brian Connell, , Basement - 12 pm - $1.00 successor of University president had a sense of university organiza­ The next president was eventually piano - Annenberg Aud. - 8: 15 pm . ND/SMC Theater Thomas Walsh, who died three tion. "the informal Cardinal" of Philadel­ ART months before Fr. Sorin passed He looked like Mr. Academic, and phia. John F. O'Hara (1934-1940) Oct. 30, 31 - Emma Bovary, written and directed by Doug Kritzberg away. As president, Morrissey led so he was. Above all, he showed and Rachel Paternson - 8 pm - location to be was a great churchman whose un­ · .. at the Isis Gallery announ. the school through a not over-aca­ throughout his three-year term from abashed primary ideals were not Oct. 12-13 - "13 Chicago Artists: Painting and Sculpture" Nov. 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 - Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector General­ demic twelve years. Limerick-born 1919 to 1922 foresight and insight poetry, science or research, but apol­ (gallery hours: M-F 10-4 pm) Leonard Powlick, director- . Morrissey, scarcely a schoolman at to discern possibilities and promise ogetics and Christian moral disci­ · .. at the O'Shaughnessy Galleries Washington Hall - 8 pm all, was a plodding charaCter who in in individuals, communities and in­ pline. It would scarcely occur to him Sep. 6-0ct. 25 - "Highlights from the Photography Collection" DANCE effect swore that Notre Dame would stitutions; Notre Dame and CathoiJ.ic that liberal education, to which Oct. 18-Dec. 27 - "life - The First Decade" higher education in America owe Nov. 8-Dec. 27 - "Everett McNear: Drawings and Watercolors" Oct. 30 - Michiana Ballet Concert - O'Laughlin Auditorium - 8 pm be safe and sound. In effect, it would Notre Dame was committed, could Nov. 8-Dec. 31 - "Bruce Onobrakpeya: Nigerian Printmaker" Nov. 18 - Abiogenesis Dan"e Collective, Informa Dance Concert­ become a five-hundred-man replica much to him. I visited him when he be a self-sufficient end. He wanted Nov. 15-Dec. 31 - "Christmas Show" LaFortune Ballroom - 8 pm of himself: plain people keeping was fatally sick, and his words sum­ and effectively promoted education their heads above water. His bete marized his character: "We must be for the good of the Catholic Church,. noire was a fellow Holy Cross priest, patient, but we must fight." For example, he conceived and car­ John A. Zahm, who for years strug­ Matthew Walsh was the next man ried out the' idea of a small, highly gled to boost Notre Dame's academic up front, a South-Side Chicagoan select body of Catholic graduate stu­ ideals and levels, especially among who kept cool and at least gave the dents working for M.A. degrees; this more, cadets on parade were a dis­ at shunting academic issues into any seemingly been left to Providence. the priests. impression that he could wow people simple plan, geared to apologetics, play dear to the heart and lifestyle convenient limbo, he was a magnifi­ Secondly, he became an admirer and Morrissey was forceful, a sharp and command armies . . . if he had threw those students together. They of the new president, J. Hugh cent gentleman who wanted Notre friend of Robert M. Hutchins, then political pacesetter, but he lacked wanted to. What he did want was generated their own power and O'Donnell (1940-1946), affectionately Dame, the Flag, and the Cross president of Chicago University and high academic aims. Father Arthur a peaceful, nonflamboyant Notre picked up happy fellow travelers. known as J. Hugh or "Pepper," a always above reproach. His gift was proponent of education by way of Hope was Morrissey's secretary, and Dame, staying out of debt and out Churchman O'Hara could always big gracious man who wanted Notre for charity and propriety. the great books that did, so much to in his book, Notre Dame-One Hun­ of adverse pUblicity. Play a safe be counted on to back the academic Dame to look good before God and Our final entry, John J. Cava­ express and to constitute Western dred Years) Hope writes: game, no faux pas, keep your head if this was seen to elevate the good man, 'especially the bishops. He ar­ naugh (1946~1952), asked President, civilization; Notre Dame's General Father Sorin's ideas had so im­ on your shoulders. Put up buildings name of the Catholic Church. Money ranged that Mass be said daily for Truman in 1948 how he 'kept so Program, now more than thirty pregnated those in authority that that will pay for themselves and was scarce, and yet with little feel­ N.D. people involved in the war, he many White House and 'field con­ years old, resulted largely from that, Father Morrissey, president from make a· profit. His presidency, 1922- ing for research, but steered by ,a dedicated the plaque at the east door cerns from worrying him to death. friendship. 1893 to 1905, said: "What we need, 1928, covered most of the Rockne few. prie$ts and soine native'and of Sacred Heart to God" Country and "You do what you can," said Tru­ .. Thirdly,John Cavanaugh groomed, here is a compact, tidy little heyday, and it is unfortunate that some D.P. professors, O'Hara suc­ Notre Dame. Indeed, he could man, "and leave the rest to God." chose and named Theodore 'Hesburgh boarding school. We can't compete we don't have the stories from Fa­ ceeded in getting graduate work scarcely be rest,rained from launch­ John J. Cavanaugh, in part a prod­ as his successor. 0 with these other institutions that ther Walsh, a great raconteur, of under way. ing an additional church as a war uct of John W. Cavanaugh, Henry have ,all the money." how day by day he encountered Instead of its being a trial by fire, memorial. War interests were lucky Ford, and Studebaker, was a strong Fr. Leo R. Ward has lived at Notre Rockne, a man fit to spar with war was a break for the next presi­ for him since he had no strong hearty man, and we mention only Dame since 1928. For much of that Notre Dame got a new president Walsh himself. The Walsh years dent. Well over 4,000 Navy recruits stomach for the academic" and he three of the coun'tless valuable acts time he wasa'lYr(?fe880r in the De­ in 1905, Father John W. Cavanaugh, were an era of good feeling and housed at Notre Dame made up in affiliated more readily with church­ he accomplished for Notre Dame. partmentof Philosophy. He is the handsome, graciously charming, and homely good fun, much of it gener­ finances and in prestige for the loss men, athletes, and the military than First, he put it on a sound financial author of numerous book8) including "the finest gentleman in America." ated by the president himself. of its usual student. body. Further- 'with scholars. ,Although he was deft footing, a matter which he said had two recent collections of poetry. 12 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER, 1981 13 A Profile of Past Presidents Culture Update

MUSIC ... at the Snite Galleries Sep. 13-0ct. 25 - "Aobut line" by Fr. Leo R. Ward, c.S.c. , ... at Notre Dame Nov. 4 - Lecture: "Kondin'sky Stripped Bare By His Critics" Nov. 2 - Glee Club Concert - Carl Stam, conductor­ (Dr. Kenneth C. lindsay, NYSU) - Annenberg Aud.- 1 O'Laughlin Audi. (SMC) - 8 pm 8 pm The earliest among them was ari Local priests were trying to emulate Charles L. O'Donnell (1928-1934), Nov. 15 - Craig Cramer, organ - Sacred Heart Church - 8 :15 pm Nov. 8 - Opening: Ethnographic Art Gallery Irishman; the rest were Midwestern him thirty and forty years later. a gifted poet, a great teacher, a j Nov. 16 - Robert Bailey, Eastman School of, Music, speaker­ Nov. 10- Lecture: "Justinian: Byzantine Art" (Dr. Dean A. Porter, Americans of Irish origin. All had Cavanaugh regretted that his own­ mightily impressive pulpit orator­ Crowley Hall, r 124 - 4 pm UND) -Annenberg Aud.-12:15 pm at least minor football aches and and his priests'-education was, in this man was far more taut than his (gallery hours: Tues-F 10-4 pmp, Sat./Sun. 1-4 pm, closed Mondays) · .. at Saint Mary's pains, had abundant financial diffi­ his view, somewhat truncated. Yet he predecessor. The philosopher Santa­ ... at the Saint Mary's Galleries culties, and a:ll were priests. Though himself, a great inspirer of youth yana said that, given its head, his Oct. 28 - Piano Festival- Student Recital -little Theater, Moreau Hall- 4:30 pm Oct. 16 (closes) - "Indiana Fire II" - Moreau Gallery, separated from one another by time and a notable friend of Jews, was a own temperament would be for go­ Oct. 29 - Piano Festival- Donna Coleman, guest pianist­ Moreau Hall and temperament, all were dedicated classic example of how enriching a ing with pilgrims to weep at the little Theater - 8 pm Oct. 25 (closes) - "Memorabilia Exhibit" - Hames Gallery, as if in concert to the assumption liberal education can be. Professors, foot of the cross in Jerusalem. So, Nov. 1 - Michael Bjelica, classical guitar - little Theater - 8 pm Moreau Hall that Notre Dame should always priests, and students saw him as an too, for Charles O'Donnell who was Nov. 8 - Michiana New Music Ensemble - Roger Briggs, coordinator Oct. 28-29 - "Portfolio Review" - All Galleries, Moreau Hall little Theater - 8 pm Nov. 6-Dec. 4 - "Jack Olson Drawings" - Hammes Gallery foster its Catholic identity as pri­ eminently humane administrator and more a monk and a contemplative Nov. 12 - Carol Knell, mezzosoprano - little Theater - 8 pm Nov. 6-Dec. 4 - "Juried Alumnae Exhibition" - Moreau Gallery mary and as an overall guiding force. friend, and during his term as presi­ soul than a man designed for action. Nov. 17 - Michiana Area Composers Concert - Roger Briggs, (gallery hours: M-F 9 :30-12/ 1-3, Sun, 1-3, closed Saturdays) None of the many present thought dent, 1905-1919, he was just the man He was unlucky in his choice of as­ coordinator - little Theater - 8 pm Nov. 19 - Fall Choral Concert - Raymond Sprague, director­ twice when, at a 1935 Notre Dame that Notre Dame needed. sistants and touchy under criticism little Theater - 8 pm THEATER celebration, Archbishop Mundelein James A. Burns, the next incum­ of Notre Dame and i'ts Irish and Nov. 22 - Saint Mary's College Wind Ensemble Concert­ of Chicago said that, "Notre Dame's bent, was pedestrian, but strong for football complexion. Even so, the Roger Briggs, conductor -little Theater - 8 pm NO Student Players the Zahm academic model. A quiet, Depression notwithstanding, Notre mission is to the world." They are · .. at the Snite Museum of Art Nov. 6,7,13, 14-Marily Mayer's Odd Couple-Judy Kucenic, the eight presidents of Notre Dame patient, unheroic type, he was the Dame thrived under this semisevere director - 2nd fl. Ballroom, LaFortune - 8 pm $2.00 who held that office from 1893, first Notre Dame president to have ruler, who went on building as if the Nov. 3 - Christine lindsay, harpsichord/piano - Annenberg around the time of Fr. Sorin's death clear unwavering ideas of what Thirties were prosperous and cut no Auditorium - 8:15 pm Underground Theater to Fr. Hesburgh's ascendency in Catholic higher education must be professors or their salaries; this is a Nov. 8 - John Van Buskirk, piano - Annenberg Aud. - 8: 15 pm Nov. 10- Angela D'Antuono, soprano - Annenberg Aud.- Oct. 13, 14, 15 - Edna St. Vincent Millay's Aria Da Capo­ 1952. about. He had made pioneer studies record far bettet than compiled by 8:15 pm Jeff Mousseau, director - Washington Hall Father Andrew Morrissey was the of Catholic education in America and SOllie state-supported neighbors. Nov. 17 - Duo Vivo: Laura Hunter, saxophone and Brian Connell, , Basement - 12 pm - $1.00 successor of University president had a sense of university organiza­ The next president was eventually piano - Annenberg Aud. - 8: 15 pm . ND/SMC Theater Thomas Walsh, who died three tion. "the informal Cardinal" of Philadel­ ART months before Fr. Sorin passed He looked like Mr. Academic, and phia. John F. O'Hara (1934-1940) Oct. 30, 31 - Emma Bovary, written and directed by Doug Kritzberg away. As president, Morrissey led so he was. Above all, he showed and Rachel Paternson - 8 pm - location to be was a great churchman whose un­ · .. at the Isis Gallery announ. the school through a not over-aca­ throughout his three-year term from abashed primary ideals were not Oct. 12-13 - "13 Chicago Artists: Painting and Sculpture" Nov. 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 - Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector General­ demic twelve years. Limerick-born 1919 to 1922 foresight and insight poetry, science or research, but apol­ (gallery hours: M-F 10-4 pm) Leonard Powlick, director- . Morrissey, scarcely a schoolman at to discern possibilities and promise ogetics and Christian moral disci­ · .. at the O'Shaughnessy Galleries Washington Hall - 8 pm all, was a plodding charaCter who in in individuals, communities and in­ pline. It would scarcely occur to him Sep. 6-0ct. 25 - "Highlights from the Photography Collection" DANCE effect swore that Notre Dame would stitutions; Notre Dame and CathoiJ.ic that liberal education, to which Oct. 18-Dec. 27 - "life - The First Decade" higher education in America owe Nov. 8-Dec. 27 - "Everett McNear: Drawings and Watercolors" Oct. 30 - Michiana Ballet Concert - O'Laughlin Auditorium - 8 pm be safe and sound. In effect, it would Notre Dame was committed, could Nov. 8-Dec. 31 - "Bruce Onobrakpeya: Nigerian Printmaker" Nov. 18 - Abiogenesis Dan"e Collective, Informa Dance Concert­ become a five-hundred-man replica much to him. I visited him when he be a self-sufficient end. He wanted Nov. 15-Dec. 31 - "Christmas Show" LaFortune Ballroom - 8 pm of himself: plain people keeping was fatally sick, and his words sum­ and effectively promoted education their heads above water. His bete marized his character: "We must be for the good of the Catholic Church,. noire was a fellow Holy Cross priest, patient, but we must fight." For example, he conceived and car­ John A. Zahm, who for years strug­ Matthew Walsh was the next man ried out the' idea of a small, highly gled to boost Notre Dame's academic up front, a South-Side Chicagoan select body of Catholic graduate stu­ ideals and levels, especially among who kept cool and at least gave the dents working for M.A. degrees; this more, cadets on parade were a dis­ at shunting academic issues into any seemingly been left to Providence. the priests. impression that he could wow people simple plan, geared to apologetics, play dear to the heart and lifestyle convenient limbo, he was a magnifi­ Secondly, he became an admirer and Morrissey was forceful, a sharp and command armies . . . if he had threw those students together. They of the new president, J. Hugh cent gentleman who wanted Notre friend of Robert M. Hutchins, then political pacesetter, but he lacked wanted to. What he did want was generated their own power and O'Donnell (1940-1946), affectionately Dame, the Flag, and the Cross president of Chicago University and high academic aims. Father Arthur a peaceful, nonflamboyant Notre picked up happy fellow travelers. known as J. Hugh or "Pepper," a always above reproach. His gift was proponent of education by way of Hope was Morrissey's secretary, and Dame, staying out of debt and out Churchman O'Hara could always big gracious man who wanted Notre for charity and propriety. the great books that did, so much to in his book, Notre Dame-One Hun­ of adverse pUblicity. Play a safe be counted on to back the academic Dame to look good before God and Our final entry, John J. Cava­ express and to constitute Western dred Years) Hope writes: game, no faux pas, keep your head if this was seen to elevate the good man, 'especially the bishops. He ar­ naugh (1946~1952), asked President, civilization; Notre Dame's General Father Sorin's ideas had so im­ on your shoulders. Put up buildings name of the Catholic Church. Money ranged that Mass be said daily for Truman in 1948 how he 'kept so Program, now more than thirty pregnated those in authority that that will pay for themselves and was scarce, and yet with little feel­ N.D. people involved in the war, he many White House and 'field con­ years old, resulted largely from that, Father Morrissey, president from make a· profit. His presidency, 1922- ing for research, but steered by ,a dedicated the plaque at the east door cerns from worrying him to death. friendship. 1893 to 1905, said: "What we need, 1928, covered most of the Rockne few. prie$ts and soine native'and of Sacred Heart to God" Country and "You do what you can," said Tru­ .. Thirdly,John Cavanaugh groomed, here is a compact, tidy little heyday, and it is unfortunate that some D.P. professors, O'Hara suc­ Notre Dame. Indeed, he could man, "and leave the rest to God." chose and named Theodore 'Hesburgh boarding school. We can't compete we don't have the stories from Fa­ ceeded in getting graduate work scarcely be rest,rained from launch­ John J. Cavanaugh, in part a prod­ as his successor. 0 with these other institutions that ther Walsh, a great raconteur, of under way. ing an additional church as a war uct of John W. Cavanaugh, Henry have ,all the money." how day by day he encountered Instead of its being a trial by fire, memorial. War interests were lucky Ford, and Studebaker, was a strong Fr. Leo R. Ward has lived at Notre Rockne, a man fit to spar with war was a break for the next presi­ for him since he had no strong hearty man, and we mention only Dame since 1928. For much of that Notre Dame got a new president Walsh himself. The Walsh years dent. Well over 4,000 Navy recruits stomach for the academic" and he three of the coun'tless valuable acts time he wasa'lYr(?fe880r in the De­ in 1905, Father John W. Cavanaugh, were an era of good feeling and housed at Notre Dame made up in affiliated more readily with church­ he accomplished for Notre Dame. partmentof Philosophy. He is the handsome, graciously charming, and homely good fun, much of it gener­ finances and in prestige for the loss men, athletes, and the military than First, he put it on a sound financial author of numerous book8) including "the finest gentleman in America." ated by the president himself. of its usual student. body. Further- 'with scholars. ,Although he was deft footing, a matter which he said had two recent collections of poetry. 12 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER, 1981 13 • a Gallery I received my bachelor's degree in 1979 from Indiana University in South Bend. Currently I am a second year student in the Master of Fine Arts programs at Notre Dame. I paint and make litho­ graphs from still life setups. These setups have recently been of children's toys. Because toys are like human beings, painting and drawing groups· of them is like creating human situations or telling stories. Some people say my work is illustrational. I don't deny that. It doesn't seem that illustration and art are mutually exclusive as some present trends appear to imply. Story telling adds another dimension to my painting and drawing and makes it accessible to more people. Content is important, but of equal importance are the formal aspects of art; drawing, design, and color. Some of the nineteenth-century realists have had a strong influence on my work. Like them, I want to . represent my subject in an objective and meticulous way. As the musician must struggle to master his or her craft, so must the artist. I am now beginning to Cootie Mania; feel confident in myself as an artist and am eager to Lithograph; address new and every more complex and challenging 16 in. X 12% in.; 1981. Teri Larkin problems. PORTRAIT OF AN AR TIS T: Teri Larkin

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say anything important to him "Ready? How can you be ready back against the leg of the beige on. It was suddenly difficult to put just then. But what he wanted to for your suicide?" he asked himself, Formica dinner table. The razor thoughts together. He could not think about now, what he had been staring in the mirror on his closet blade he had snatched from his even describe the pain to himself; considering for a long time, was door. He looked so calm, it startled father's dresser was in his pocket. it was coming too fast. i. some way to stop his parents from him. Suicide. Then he laughed Benjamin pulled it out and braced His right hand contracted tightly arguing. For instance, finishing his out loud at himself for being so himself. This is it, he told himself. around the blade and jerked be­ homework first was the latest in a melodramatic. He was trying to There was a noise below him; his cause of the pain crashing into it string of tricks he had devised. He think himself out of his plan. He mother getting ready to come up­ from the other side of his body. He thought that perhaps his parents reminded himself that, after all, stairs. He clenched his left hand forgot the way he was supposed would come together in their pride he was not supposed to be actually into a fist. His mother's foot to use the blade, and he dragged Benjamin Perc~ for their hardworking son, but this killing himself. He knew that creaked the first step up from the it down the bulging vein and deeper latest trick had, as had the others, when the time came, one thing he basement. into his arm. A scream pushed apparently gone over their heads. had to be was calm. Now! He shouted inside himself, out of him, a scream louder than He never did it right. scraping the blade against his left he had ever heard before in his He needed something more Benjamin jumped down the stairs from the second floor to the wrist. life. obvious. One idea kept floating Falling flat on the floor, Benjamin by Chuck Wood around in his head. Suicide. Now first three at a time because he You know how sometimes you could do nothing but watch, fas­ there was something obvious. He was so proud of himself. His overlook the most obvious facts, cinated, as his blood splattered out You know how some kids are the noise of their arguments would had often tried appealing to his sense of timing was perfect. This like when you take a roast chicken of his wrist. Some of it hit the really smart, and you wouldn't drone up to him. It happened so parents' sympathy and guilt by was the day, four days away from or a casserole out of the oven for pressboard underside of the dinner mind so much except that they al­ much that Benjamin thought he saying that he might take his life if his mother's birthday. It was your mom and dash the whole table and fell back immediately, ways show off? Benjamin Percy was should be numb to its incessant, they did not stop arguing and Saturday, and his father, brothers, thing on the floor, because you but some of it also remained up like that. He used big words and grating sound, but he wasn't. If hating each other so much. and sister were out shopping for forgot it would be burning hot, and there, collecting into small, inverted did brainy stuff all the time. He they argued while he was doing "I don't know if I can grow up gifts. He had told them that he wanted to make sure you knew he homework, he would try to ignore already had a present, which was you used your bare hands. Or when puddles. Slowly, a drop would right in an atmosphere as tense as you jump off the high-dive to im­ form in a puddle. As it formed, had brains. them by concentrating hard on this," he would tell them. He true in a way. He had also told Benjamin jumped down the stairs whatever he was working on, but his dad that he needed to go some­ press someone you like, and right the drop pulled at the rest of the thought that would get to them, after you're off the board you liquid, which clung stubbornly to from the second to the first floor he would always be distracted, but it never did. where at 3 :30, so they would be realize how high up you really are, the table. As this happened in three at a time, making as much straining to hear the meaning be­ Most of the time, his parents just back around 3 :15. When they noise as he could against the thick, hind the noise. What could be so returned, Benjamin imagined, they how deep the water really is, and different puddles, the drops fell as a glanced at him, shook their heads, then, just before you belly-flop into slow rain on and near Benjamin. dull white shag carpeting. Now important that it would make and told him not to be ridiculous. would find his mother huddled over Benjamin did not always jump down them throw anger at each other the him in the bathroom on the first the water you remember that you, The drops felt very warm. Ben­ Of course he had to agree­ don't really know how to swim? jamin realized that his body was the stairs like this; he just did it way they did? And what, he won­ children his age did not do that floor, hysterically begging forgive­ every once in a while to make it dered, could make them stop? ness. Well, in the split second before becoming cool. Then he noticed kind of thing. He knew it was his brain told his body how to react that he could not feel the blood known that he had finished his "Mom," Benjamin broke the ridiculous, but he was insulted that At 3 :05, Benjamin reached the homework before his brothers and silence, finding no answers in it, "I've bottom of the stairs and went to a razor blade cutting into its coming out any longer. It was still they did not take him seriously. skin, Benjamin realized that he had running out of the gash, but thirty his sister. Of course he knew that finished my homework." Suicide. The idea kept coming back through the living room toward the everyone else knew that he would Mrs. Percy peered ather son bathroom. On the way, the never­ done something like that. He had seconds after he had made that to him. It followed him persistently, overlooked one important fact - opening, he could not feel it. probably finish even before his over her knitting. Of course she like a lost dog that follows a kid needs-wax shine of the Mexican­ older brother, Terry, who was in knew he was finished with his work, tile patterned floor in the kitchen this was going to hurt. The attempt Then he heard another scream. around, looking to take over a new might be fake, but the pain would Was it his, he wondered. No, he the 11th grade-no matter how because he'd made such a big deal home. caught his eye. He thought sud­ not be. He would have blushed had didn't feel a scream. He saw some much work they had proportion­ about coming downstairs. Because Now, the fierce drone of his par­ denly that the kitchen might be a ately. Making noise on the stairs was she had been rerunning her argu­ more interesting place to do this there been any blood available to lady who was shrieking in the ents' last confrontation still pound­ rush to his face. doorway. He couldn't tell who she simply a good reminder. ment with her husband, she had ing in him, Benjamin finally gave thing. After all, everyone locks When he reached the first floor, not really noticed him after the himself in the bathroom when Benjamin's body went rigid, as in, at least to the viability of the did his thoughts. He could not Benjamin saw his mother sitting in noise on the stairs. Now he stood idea. Suicide. It would certainly committing' suicide. figure out what exactly was going (con~d on page 24) her chair in the living room. Her there waiting for ... what? Her make his mother and father sit up The refrigerator clicked into the Chair. It was a family heirloom praise? Her blessing? She didn't and take notice. But still, he would cooling cycle and began to hum as handed down from her great-aunt. imagine' those things would make never . . . he could not. . . . Then Benjamin walked into the room. It must have been a nice chair when much difference to him one way or it occurred to him - he- did not His mother had just finished clean­ great-great-aunt what's-her-name the other. This boy was her son, have to actually ... kill himself. ing the kitchen, and the white Buy One used it, but now it was drably but she had no idea of what he did Benjamin sat down in one of the surfaces of the refrigerator and WHOPPER stupid. inside. He was young and so small, dining room chairs to think this the oven, textured to prevent The furniture in the living room yet his thoughts were huge and over. He no longer noticed the fingerprint smudges, reflected his Get Another appeared meager and scared hi the older than most of her own. loud clink of his mother's knitting face and the rest of the room. He face of that overstuffed monster, She tried to think of something needles in the next room. All he had turned away, scared that seeing WHOPPER Benjamin thought. The chair's to say, but as it too often happened, to do, he realized, was to make it himself would make him change his Free! flower design was faded, and all over she didn't know what she wanted look like he wanted to take his mind. There were a few grease· it were displays of ashtray spills, to say. Finally she managed to life. Of course he had to do it spots on the wall behind the stain­ wine drops, coffee upsets, and say, "That's good, Ben. I guess just right so as to make it look less steel sink and the dishwasher; ~ Please present this coupon other mishaps now forgotten. Yet you can do whatever you Want 'til genuine. That way he could shake his mother must have missed before ordering. Limit one his mother, he thought, was either dinner." Looking at him, Mrs. his parents 'up and still be around those. Ben wiped them off with a BURGER coupon per customer. Void too sentimental or too lazy to Percy could tell that he was as afterwards to reap the beneflts. Scott paper towel. Higher up on where prohibit.ed by law. reupholster it. unsatisfied with that answer as she that wall there was a tea-kettle­ KI NG This Offer Expires For a few silent moments, he was; someday, she assured herself, For almost a month, Benjamin shaped clock that said it was almost watched his mother in her chair, they would have a good talk. She read books about suicides and ten after three. Time was getting ... . Sat., Nov. 14, 1981 knitting. She attacked the yarn the went back to her knitting. blood-clotting, and other related away from him. Benjamin decided Good only at 405 E. Ireland way she always did after she and Benjamin gave up and walked topics. He was sure he knew what to do his performance in the kitchen. ~ Mr. Percy had argued. Sometimes, out of the living room. He should to do to fake the suicide but make it Rd. 501 Dixieway North. when Benjamin was in his room, Taking a deep breath, he sat" have known his mother would not look authentic. He was ready. down on the tile. 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------~-"------.. I.: say anything important to him "Ready? How can you be ready back against the leg of the beige on. It was suddenly difficult to put just then. But what he wanted to for your suicide?" he asked himself, Formica dinner table. The razor thoughts together. He could not think about now, what he had been staring in the mirror on his closet blade he had snatched from his even describe the pain to himself; considering for a long time, was door. He looked so calm, it startled father's dresser was in his pocket. it was coming too fast. i. some way to stop his parents from him. Suicide. Then he laughed Benjamin pulled it out and braced His right hand contracted tightly arguing. For instance, finishing his out loud at himself for being so himself. This is it, he told himself. around the blade and jerked be­ homework first was the latest in a melodramatic. He was trying to There was a noise below him; his cause of the pain crashing into it string of tricks he had devised. He think himself out of his plan. He mother getting ready to come up­ from the other side of his body. He thought that perhaps his parents reminded himself that, after all, stairs. He clenched his left hand forgot the way he was supposed would come together in their pride he was not supposed to be actually into a fist. His mother's foot to use the blade, and he dragged Benjamin Perc~ for their hardworking son, but this killing himself. He knew that creaked the first step up from the it down the bulging vein and deeper latest trick had, as had the others, when the time came, one thing he basement. into his arm. A scream pushed apparently gone over their heads. had to be was calm. Now! He shouted inside himself, out of him, a scream louder than He never did it right. scraping the blade against his left he had ever heard before in his He needed something more Benjamin jumped down the stairs from the second floor to the wrist. life. obvious. One idea kept floating Falling flat on the floor, Benjamin by Chuck Wood around in his head. Suicide. Now first three at a time because he You know how sometimes you could do nothing but watch, fas­ there was something obvious. He was so proud of himself. His overlook the most obvious facts, cinated, as his blood splattered out You know how some kids are the noise of their arguments would had often tried appealing to his sense of timing was perfect. This like when you take a roast chicken of his wrist. Some of it hit the really smart, and you wouldn't drone up to him. It happened so parents' sympathy and guilt by was the day, four days away from or a casserole out of the oven for pressboard underside of the dinner mind so much except that they al­ much that Benjamin thought he saying that he might take his life if his mother's birthday. It was your mom and dash the whole table and fell back immediately, ways show off? Benjamin Percy was should be numb to its incessant, they did not stop arguing and Saturday, and his father, brothers, thing on the floor, because you but some of it also remained up like that. He used big words and grating sound, but he wasn't. If hating each other so much. and sister were out shopping for forgot it would be burning hot, and there, collecting into small, inverted did brainy stuff all the time. He they argued while he was doing "I don't know if I can grow up gifts. He had told them that he wanted to make sure you knew he homework, he would try to ignore already had a present, which was you used your bare hands. Or when puddles. Slowly, a drop would right in an atmosphere as tense as you jump off the high-dive to im­ form in a puddle. As it formed, had brains. them by concentrating hard on this," he would tell them. He true in a way. He had also told Benjamin jumped down the stairs whatever he was working on, but his dad that he needed to go some­ press someone you like, and right the drop pulled at the rest of the thought that would get to them, after you're off the board you liquid, which clung stubbornly to from the second to the first floor he would always be distracted, but it never did. where at 3 :30, so they would be realize how high up you really are, the table. As this happened in three at a time, making as much straining to hear the meaning be­ Most of the time, his parents just back around 3 :15. When they noise as he could against the thick, hind the noise. What could be so returned, Benjamin imagined, they how deep the water really is, and different puddles, the drops fell as a glanced at him, shook their heads, then, just before you belly-flop into slow rain on and near Benjamin. dull white shag carpeting. Now important that it would make and told him not to be ridiculous. would find his mother huddled over Benjamin did not always jump down them throw anger at each other the him in the bathroom on the first the water you remember that you, The drops felt very warm. Ben­ Of course he had to agree­ don't really know how to swim? jamin realized that his body was the stairs like this; he just did it way they did? And what, he won­ children his age did not do that floor, hysterically begging forgive­ every once in a while to make it dered, could make them stop? ness. Well, in the split second before becoming cool. Then he noticed kind of thing. He knew it was his brain told his body how to react that he could not feel the blood known that he had finished his "Mom," Benjamin broke the ridiculous, but he was insulted that At 3 :05, Benjamin reached the homework before his brothers and silence, finding no answers in it, "I've bottom of the stairs and went to a razor blade cutting into its coming out any longer. It was still they did not take him seriously. skin, Benjamin realized that he had running out of the gash, but thirty his sister. Of course he knew that finished my homework." Suicide. The idea kept coming back through the living room toward the everyone else knew that he would Mrs. Percy peered ather son bathroom. On the way, the never­ done something like that. He had seconds after he had made that to him. It followed him persistently, overlooked one important fact - opening, he could not feel it. probably finish even before his over her knitting. Of course she like a lost dog that follows a kid needs-wax shine of the Mexican­ older brother, Terry, who was in knew he was finished with his work, tile patterned floor in the kitchen this was going to hurt. The attempt Then he heard another scream. around, looking to take over a new might be fake, but the pain would Was it his, he wondered. No, he the 11th grade-no matter how because he'd made such a big deal home. caught his eye. He thought sud­ not be. He would have blushed had didn't feel a scream. He saw some much work they had proportion­ about coming downstairs. Because Now, the fierce drone of his par­ denly that the kitchen might be a ately. Making noise on the stairs was she had been rerunning her argu­ more interesting place to do this there been any blood available to lady who was shrieking in the ents' last confrontation still pound­ rush to his face. doorway. He couldn't tell who she simply a good reminder. ment with her husband, she had ing in him, Benjamin finally gave thing. After all, everyone locks When he reached the first floor, not really noticed him after the himself in the bathroom when Benjamin's body went rigid, as in, at least to the viability of the did his thoughts. He could not Benjamin saw his mother sitting in noise on the stairs. Now he stood idea. Suicide. It would certainly committing' suicide. figure out what exactly was going (con~d on page 24) her chair in the living room. Her there waiting for ... what? Her make his mother and father sit up The refrigerator clicked into the Chair. It was a family heirloom praise? Her blessing? She didn't and take notice. But still, he would cooling cycle and began to hum as handed down from her great-aunt. imagine' those things would make never . . . he could not. . . . Then Benjamin walked into the room. It must have been a nice chair when much difference to him one way or it occurred to him - he- did not His mother had just finished clean­ great-great-aunt what's-her-name the other. This boy was her son, have to actually ... kill himself. ing the kitchen, and the white Buy One used it, but now it was drably but she had no idea of what he did Benjamin sat down in one of the surfaces of the refrigerator and WHOPPER stupid. inside. He was young and so small, dining room chairs to think this the oven, textured to prevent The furniture in the living room yet his thoughts were huge and over. He no longer noticed the fingerprint smudges, reflected his Get Another appeared meager and scared hi the older than most of her own. loud clink of his mother's knitting face and the rest of the room. He face of that overstuffed monster, She tried to think of something needles in the next room. All he had turned away, scared that seeing WHOPPER Benjamin thought. The chair's to say, but as it too often happened, to do, he realized, was to make it himself would make him change his Free! flower design was faded, and all over she didn't know what she wanted look like he wanted to take his mind. There were a few grease· it were displays of ashtray spills, to say. Finally she managed to life. Of course he had to do it spots on the wall behind the stain­ wine drops, coffee upsets, and say, "That's good, Ben. I guess just right so as to make it look less steel sink and the dishwasher; ~ Please present this coupon other mishaps now forgotten. Yet you can do whatever you Want 'til genuine. That way he could shake his mother must have missed before ordering. Limit one his mother, he thought, was either dinner." Looking at him, Mrs. his parents 'up and still be around those. Ben wiped them off with a BURGER coupon per customer. Void too sentimental or too lazy to Percy could tell that he was as afterwards to reap the beneflts. Scott paper towel. Higher up on where prohibit.ed by law. reupholster it. unsatisfied with that answer as she that wall there was a tea-kettle­ KI NG This Offer Expires For a few silent moments, he was; someday, she assured herself, For almost a month, Benjamin shaped clock that said it was almost watched his mother in her chair, they would have a good talk. She read books about suicides and ten after three. Time was getting ... . Sat., Nov. 14, 1981 knitting. She attacked the yarn the went back to her knitting. blood-clotting, and other related away from him. Benjamin decided Good only at 405 E. Ireland way she always did after she and Benjamin gave up and walked topics. He was sure he knew what to do his performance in the kitchen. ~ Mr. Percy had argued. Sometimes, out of the living room. He should to do to fake the suicide but make it Rd. 501 Dixieway North. when Benjamin was in his room, Taking a deep breath, he sat" have known his mother would not look authentic. He was ready. down on the tile. 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------~-"------j) composition changes according to the player's interpretation. In recording a dance on film for history, then, it would be necessary to film the several casts which per­ Capturing form the work. This could become a nightmare in the case of a dance like Balanchine's Serenade which is per­ formed by many companies over many years - and Balanchine has the changed the choreography itself since it was first performed. For most modern choreographers, video com­ bined with any or all of the other methods of recording a dance seems to be the best alternative. Terpsichore Before the advent of moving pic­ tures, and indeed after it, choreog­ raphers sought ways to notate the by Angela Allyn Adamson movements and poses in a dance in order to document their works in a Dance is perhaps the most transient pieces have traveled quite well the audiences of the day. way that writing and pictures could of the arts. While the painter, the through time. These morsels of dance Pictures, whether drawings, paint­ not. The early systems used figures sculptor, and the composer create have made the trip in various ways. ings or photographs, leave a more similar to the patterns the dancers art objects that endure long after the The four most important vehicles are precise record of the actual steps, as traveled through in space. The more artist's personal demise, the chore­ 1) written accounts, 2) pictures and, well as giving us some idea of what sophisticated methods were based ographer works, for the most part, more recently, films, 3) various the dancers and costumes looked like. upon musical notation. After 'all, knowing that the body of his achieve_ methods of notation, and, 4) older There are two problems with relying since most dance is performed ac­ ment dies with him. The evanescence dancers passing dances on to younger on pictures, especially photographs, companied by music,and music, of the art form is due to the fact that dancers. for an accurate depiction of a dance. made of audible vibrations in timed dance is composed of movements de­ The bulk of dance history comes Pictures are two-dimensional and sequence, is at least as ethereal as signed in time and space. The very to us through the first vehicle, writ­ still, while the dance is three-dimen­ dance, why cannot dance be re­ materials, the medium if you will, of ten accounts. Ranging from stories sional and kinetic. Thus a picture can corded as music is? Saint-LeOn de­ Starr Oanias teaching a master class. dance, then, by its very nature is mo­ about the .rehearsals to reviews of only give a "cross section" of the vised a system of stick figures on a mentary and nearly intangible. To performances, these accounts tell actual art. A photograph or drawing musical staff to record his own chore­ Both systems, Labanotation and reconstructions if they can locate a supplement the movement a chore­ what the dances were about. They cannot tell us how fast the dancer ography in the mid-nineteenth cen­ Benesh, are rather complicated and dancer that has performed the work. ographer may choose to utilize props, can also elaborate on who performed was moving, whether the pose came tury. Vladmir Stepanoff, a teacher at training is necessary for fluency. The Dance, then, is transient and im­ costumes and sets, all of more per­ which pieces when, putting a dance­ at a climax point in the dance, nor the Imperial Maryinski Theater in importance of dance notation as a permanent but not unrecordable. It manent nature than the fundamental work in clear historical context. can it indicate whether the pose was Russia, invented a music-note sys­ method of preserving and protecting is possible to capture something of art itself. The actual creation, move­ While the written records of dances held or whether it was a fleeting tem in 1891 which was used to re­ choreography is recognized through­ the art in various other media, and ments which come into being and dis­ rarely tell exactly what the actual transition. The second problem with cord most of Marius Petipa's work. out the field. Most major companies in this way preserve some of the solve again never to be repeated in steps were, they can give us an idea pictures and, even more so, with It was not until this century, how­ employ at least one full-time notator. beauty for future generations. Lest the same manner twice, is much like of the dance's total impression and photographs is that in posing for ever, that a viable and international Less formal than notation and one think these methods of recording the artistic "happenings" so popular what effect that impression had on them (particularly when photog­ method of dance notation was de­ perhaps the most accurate of all the can replace the art, let me say that in recent times; physical objects re­ raphy was young and exposure times methods of dance preservation is the written accounts, pictures, movies, main long after the actual work has veloped. were long) the movement is taken In 1928, Rudolf Von Laban pub­ time-honored tradition of older notation and the memories of dancers faded into memory. out of context.. Often this displace­ lished a book called Schifttanz in dancers passing repertory on to can but give approximations of what If dance is such an ethereal art, ment results in a false impression. which he set forth a pictorial nota­ young dancers. Much of Petipa's the reality was. Though we can enjoy existing only for a short time, how For instance, from the photographs tion based on movements, not poses, choreography was simply passed the modern-day versions of Bournon­ is it that the Royal Danish Ballet can of Anna Pavlova we might assume in dance. Labanotation, as it is now down from generation to generation. ville and Petipa choreography we offer a Bournonville Festival? How is that she was a terre Ii terre dancer, called, is based on the point of view It traveled to the west when notable can never know the sumptuous splen­ it that the American Ballet Theater that is, close to the earth. We know of the dancer and can be used for dancers of the Russian school de­ dor of the original productions, nor can devote an entire program to from written accounts, however, that solo works as well as huge corps fected. Natalia Makarova recently can we appreciate them as the origi­ Petipa choreography? How is it that she had incredible elevatiQtl and dances. In the 1940's Labanotation restaged Petipa's La BayadereJ and nal audiences did. O'Laughlin Auditorium can host a often gave the impression that she was adapted for industrial use in Mikhail Baryshnikov restaged the Our world is different now; our "Pavlova Celebration"? How is it was floating or flying above the doing movement studies for efficiency Petipa Giselle. Both Makarova and dancers are different now. Though when August Bournonville, Marius ground. experts. The second major notation Baryshnikov were trained in the tra­ we can enjoy a modern-day tribute Petipa and Anna Pavlova are long Motion pictures and video can al­ is Benesh notation. It was developed dition where the standard repertory to the legendary dancer, Pavlova, we dead? Bournonville's and Petipa's leviate these problems and perhaps by an English painter, Rudolph is taught to the promising young can never see her perform her sig­ choreography, and Pavlova's dancing give the most accurate record of a Benesh, ·and his wife, Joan. The students. Makarova has said publicly nature pieces, "The Dying Swan" and live today because most people are dance. Movies and video are not the system was copyrighted in 1955 and that she wishes to continue the tra­ "The Dragonfly," and be moved to not willing to let ethereal beauty stay definitive answer for recording dance in 1956 they published the book, dition here by teaching gifted, young tears the way her audiences were. ethereal. People must record beauty; for eternity, however. There are in­ Introduction to Benesh Notation. American ballerinas the classics, Our idea of dance has changed; our they must seek to immortalize it. herent problems in this method also; The shorthand for the notation came hoping to bring depth and lyricism dancers do other kinds of dances Choreographers, too, either because The primary problem lies in the fact the following year and soon after the to their athleticism. Another case of now. The approximations can, at of egotism or because of concern for that it is the cameraman's perception Institute of Choreology was founded preserving dances through dancers is best, hint at what was, and in doing the art, have been unwilling to allow of a dance that is recorded and not in order to train dance notators. "The Pavlova Celebration." Much of so create something new. Terpsich­ their work to go entirely unknown necessarily the choreographer's in­ Benesh notation is the official nota­ the program was staged by dancers ore, muse of the dance, remains by future generations. Thus, while tent. Also, a dance tends to look dif­ tion of the Royal Ballet. The short­ who were in Pavlova's company. In elusive. 0 very few complete dances of the past ferent depending on the artist who hand is based primarily on poses as the field of modern dance, dance are known to us today, bits and The author (on left) in dance class. performs it, just as in music the opposed to motion. historians are most successful in their 20 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER~ 1981 21 , I

• - - 'I> . . ~~------~ -~------j) composition changes according to the player's interpretation. In recording a dance on film for history, then, it would be necessary to film the several casts which per­ Capturing form the work. This could become a nightmare in the case of a dance like Balanchine's Serenade which is per­ formed by many companies over many years - and Balanchine has the changed the choreography itself since it was first performed. For most modern choreographers, video com­ bined with any or all of the other methods of recording a dance seems to be the best alternative. Terpsichore Before the advent of moving pic­ tures, and indeed after it, choreog­ raphers sought ways to notate the by Angela Allyn Adamson movements and poses in a dance in order to document their works in a Dance is perhaps the most transient pieces have traveled quite well the audiences of the day. way that writing and pictures could of the arts. While the painter, the through time. These morsels of dance Pictures, whether drawings, paint­ not. The early systems used figures sculptor, and the composer create have made the trip in various ways. ings or photographs, leave a more similar to the patterns the dancers art objects that endure long after the The four most important vehicles are precise record of the actual steps, as traveled through in space. The more artist's personal demise, the chore­ 1) written accounts, 2) pictures and, well as giving us some idea of what sophisticated methods were based ographer works, for the most part, more recently, films, 3) various the dancers and costumes looked like. upon musical notation. After 'all, knowing that the body of his achieve_ methods of notation, and, 4) older There are two problems with relying since most dance is performed ac­ ment dies with him. The evanescence dancers passing dances on to younger on pictures, especially photographs, companied by music,and music, of the art form is due to the fact that dancers. for an accurate depiction of a dance. made of audible vibrations in timed dance is composed of movements de­ The bulk of dance history comes Pictures are two-dimensional and sequence, is at least as ethereal as signed in time and space. The very to us through the first vehicle, writ­ still, while the dance is three-dimen­ dance, why cannot dance be re­ materials, the medium if you will, of ten accounts. Ranging from stories sional and kinetic. Thus a picture can corded as music is? Saint-LeOn de­ Starr Oanias teaching a master class. dance, then, by its very nature is mo­ about the .rehearsals to reviews of only give a "cross section" of the vised a system of stick figures on a mentary and nearly intangible. To performances, these accounts tell actual art. A photograph or drawing musical staff to record his own chore­ Both systems, Labanotation and reconstructions if they can locate a supplement the movement a chore­ what the dances were about. They cannot tell us how fast the dancer ography in the mid-nineteenth cen­ Benesh, are rather complicated and dancer that has performed the work. ographer may choose to utilize props, can also elaborate on who performed was moving, whether the pose came tury. Vladmir Stepanoff, a teacher at training is necessary for fluency. The Dance, then, is transient and im­ costumes and sets, all of more per­ which pieces when, putting a dance­ at a climax point in the dance, nor the Imperial Maryinski Theater in importance of dance notation as a permanent but not unrecordable. It manent nature than the fundamental work in clear historical context. can it indicate whether the pose was Russia, invented a music-note sys­ method of preserving and protecting is possible to capture something of art itself. The actual creation, move­ While the written records of dances held or whether it was a fleeting tem in 1891 which was used to re­ choreography is recognized through­ the art in various other media, and ments which come into being and dis­ rarely tell exactly what the actual transition. The second problem with cord most of Marius Petipa's work. out the field. Most major companies in this way preserve some of the solve again never to be repeated in steps were, they can give us an idea pictures and, even more so, with It was not until this century, how­ employ at least one full-time notator. beauty for future generations. Lest the same manner twice, is much like of the dance's total impression and photographs is that in posing for ever, that a viable and international Less formal than notation and one think these methods of recording the artistic "happenings" so popular what effect that impression had on them (particularly when photog­ method of dance notation was de­ perhaps the most accurate of all the can replace the art, let me say that in recent times; physical objects re­ raphy was young and exposure times methods of dance preservation is the written accounts, pictures, movies, main long after the actual work has veloped. were long) the movement is taken In 1928, Rudolf Von Laban pub­ time-honored tradition of older notation and the memories of dancers faded into memory. out of context.. Often this displace­ lished a book called Schifttanz in dancers passing repertory on to can but give approximations of what If dance is such an ethereal art, ment results in a false impression. which he set forth a pictorial nota­ young dancers. Much of Petipa's the reality was. Though we can enjoy existing only for a short time, how For instance, from the photographs tion based on movements, not poses, choreography was simply passed the modern-day versions of Bournon­ is it that the Royal Danish Ballet can of Anna Pavlova we might assume in dance. Labanotation, as it is now down from generation to generation. ville and Petipa choreography we offer a Bournonville Festival? How is that she was a terre Ii terre dancer, called, is based on the point of view It traveled to the west when notable can never know the sumptuous splen­ it that the American Ballet Theater that is, close to the earth. We know of the dancer and can be used for dancers of the Russian school de­ dor of the original productions, nor can devote an entire program to from written accounts, however, that solo works as well as huge corps fected. Natalia Makarova recently can we appreciate them as the origi­ Petipa choreography? How is it that she had incredible elevatiQtl and dances. In the 1940's Labanotation restaged Petipa's La BayadereJ and nal audiences did. O'Laughlin Auditorium can host a often gave the impression that she was adapted for industrial use in Mikhail Baryshnikov restaged the Our world is different now; our "Pavlova Celebration"? How is it was floating or flying above the doing movement studies for efficiency Petipa Giselle. Both Makarova and dancers are different now. Though when August Bournonville, Marius ground. experts. The second major notation Baryshnikov were trained in the tra­ we can enjoy a modern-day tribute Petipa and Anna Pavlova are long Motion pictures and video can al­ is Benesh notation. It was developed dition where the standard repertory to the legendary dancer, Pavlova, we dead? Bournonville's and Petipa's leviate these problems and perhaps by an English painter, Rudolph is taught to the promising young can never see her perform her sig­ choreography, and Pavlova's dancing give the most accurate record of a Benesh, ·and his wife, Joan. The students. Makarova has said publicly nature pieces, "The Dying Swan" and live today because most people are dance. Movies and video are not the system was copyrighted in 1955 and that she wishes to continue the tra­ "The Dragonfly," and be moved to not willing to let ethereal beauty stay definitive answer for recording dance in 1956 they published the book, dition here by teaching gifted, young tears the way her audiences were. ethereal. People must record beauty; for eternity, however. There are in­ Introduction to Benesh Notation. American ballerinas the classics, Our idea of dance has changed; our they must seek to immortalize it. herent problems in this method also; The shorthand for the notation came hoping to bring depth and lyricism dancers do other kinds of dances Choreographers, too, either because The primary problem lies in the fact the following year and soon after the to their athleticism. Another case of now. The approximations can, at of egotism or because of concern for that it is the cameraman's perception Institute of Choreology was founded preserving dances through dancers is best, hint at what was, and in doing the art, have been unwilling to allow of a dance that is recorded and not in order to train dance notators. "The Pavlova Celebration." Much of so create something new. Terpsich­ their work to go entirely unknown necessarily the choreographer's in­ Benesh notation is the official nota­ the program was staged by dancers ore, muse of the dance, remains by future generations. Thus, while tent. Also, a dance tends to look dif­ tion of the Royal Ballet. The short­ who were in Pavlova's company. In elusive. 0 very few complete dances of the past ferent depending on the artist who hand is based primarily on poses as the field of modern dance, dance are known to us today, bits and The author (on left) in dance class. performs it, just as in music the opposed to motion. historians are most successful in their 20 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER~ 1981 21 , I

• - - 'I> . . ~~------~ -~------i $ I I Poetry Why Bother I by Dan Bell I Autumn Moon i' by Mary Frances DeCelles

The autumn moon never rises A man came down the road yesterday, into :the sky, said peace was all he wanted. We turn to meet it. I told him not to waste his time, A silvery-white incision streaming he turned and walked away. from this mirror of earth, cuts through my window. A bullet flew, it could not yield and flesh was torn apart. I i The simple-featured face folds around the trees The sky grew grey and earth feU apart to avoid disturbing and the mushroom had the last say. them from their stillness. Now he is master of the awakened evening sky; Then I flew to the skY and sat on a cloud The sun and all her haughtiness is banished, and I looked on the scene below, And then the cloud gave way. . until dawn. and before my eyes I saw what might have been and I fell like a raindrop ,into a sea of tears. if one man had tried to makeit so. And as I drowned Then she will creep up, I looked up to the sky and there he was again. and steal the stage from the moon. There were children laughing I felt sorry for him because Humbly, he will yield to her at dawn. and their parents were gay he was an alone and no border could be found. while I was surrounded by: millions. Until then he is master of the autumn night. But then someone whispered in my ear He loved us. , "Why waste your time?" We let him down.

Laugh AndT urn The Page'

" by Mark Pizzatto by Mary Frances DeCelles when I see her with her arms around that •Other man, I, cringe and sincerely try to smile At them. But I mostly just see her ' 'In a less impassioned light~harsher-with more Is my embar:rassment. A fuzzy image spinning away Thana littlescorn---:so deeply imbedded. With other past selves so tangled in regret. Frustrated' 'In my heart. Atth.efutility ()f memories re-playhig, I try ,The mind distances her image. The memories To forget. ,But then of pain Everpresent. The poisoned pulse of amputated love I see her arm in his. • <,'. ' and its silly , . It's funny really. He is of our dying presence! Irksome image of myself. I am thefool So very plain to me •Who loved m'lady '. So beautiful .for her. ,Too much to see My>embarrassment. My scorn. : Our real friendship (always so cock-sure of more' ,And.then finally hit,with the dreaded possibility' She smiles at me delightedly"'-()f light, of life, yes .. •As certain reality). This , It is she. " . . The one of memory, the one of dream 'But different now to me, to me now. RemembeI'ing Th!'!Wcoundre-opens: She,

.", ... ,.,,,; , :rrtined my heart of hope for her. ",.,.,,' ' ,Love.,' She' clipped the, blooming 'buds of· trust; , ,Petals ~al1, Sap drips.. But it is' surely better " "! TO,be sure of iriendshipthari falsely· passionate. "We: If an could behold this vision, ~ . must· ".: If I could enlarge the image,

Get ,.,together again." Alld we, do. And .grow ,a little Then woul~the artificial elements shrink. , . . o,,-:."'!-:_ . ',' . . Past'the pain ,(from importance,~""""'"'''''''-''' ., '--'~'----... Of· wilted possibility,. pruned and pressed from prominence) , ~ , Into pages ' .. , . " Pretensions would be relinquished; ': .. ', ...... Nature's precedence recognized;

Of~nunbo~" b66k:dry leaves, scr~p. ,'1 Man's mortality realized It is Yes.' ~""';:;;~i';:.;, ..~";:,~,,,"~.:r..;.J.,~~:""~.i;L";i.,o,'''''i'_"':;'''''''.;':;';;'';"L:,_.:.. ," ,c...... , ..... " .. _ ...... c:, ...... ,c ... . 22 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER~ 1981 23 I. i $ I I Poetry Why Bother I by Dan Bell I Autumn Moon i' by Mary Frances DeCelles

The autumn moon never rises A man came down the road yesterday, into :the sky, said peace was all he wanted. We turn to meet it. I told him not to waste his time, A silvery-white incision streaming he turned and walked away. from this mirror of earth, cuts through my window. A bullet flew, it could not yield and flesh was torn apart. I i The simple-featured face folds around the trees The sky grew grey and earth feU apart to avoid disturbing and the mushroom had the last say. them from their stillness. Now he is master of the awakened evening sky; Then I flew to the skY and sat on a cloud The sun and all her haughtiness is banished, and I looked on the scene below, And then the cloud gave way. . until dawn. and before my eyes I saw what might have been and I fell like a raindrop ,into a sea of tears. if one man had tried to makeit so. And as I drowned Then she will creep up, I looked up to the sky and there he was again. and steal the stage from the moon. There were children laughing I felt sorry for him because Humbly, he will yield to her at dawn. and their parents were gay he was an alone and no border could be found. while I was surrounded by: millions. Until then he is master of the autumn night. But then someone whispered in my ear He loved us. , "Why waste your time?" We let him down.

Laugh AndT urn The Page'

" by Mark Pizzatto by Mary Frances DeCelles when I see her with her arms around that •Other man, I, cringe and sincerely try to smile At them. But I mostly just see her ' 'In a less impassioned light~harsher-with more Is my embar:rassment. A fuzzy image spinning away Thana littlescorn---:so deeply imbedded. With other past selves so tangled in regret. Frustrated' 'In my heart. Atth.efutility ()f memories re-playhig, I try ,The mind distances her image. The memories To forget. ,But then of pain Everpresent. The poisoned pulse of amputated love I see her arm in his. • <,'. ' and its silly , . It's funny really. He is of our dying presence! Irksome image of myself. I am thefool So very plain to me •Who loved m'lady '. So beautiful .for her. ,Too much to see My>embarrassment. My scorn. : Our real friendship (always so cock-sure of more' ,And.then finally hit,with the dreaded possibility' She smiles at me delightedly"'-()f light, of life, yes .. •As certain reality). This , It is she. " . . The one of memory, the one of dream 'But different now to me, to me now. RemembeI'ing Th!'!Wcoundre-opens: She,

.", ... ,.,,,; , :rrtined my heart of hope for her. ",.,.,,' ' ,Love.,' She' clipped the, blooming 'buds of· trust; , ,Petals ~al1, Sap drips.. But it is' surely better " "! TO,be sure of iriendshipthari falsely· passionate. "We: If an could behold this vision, ~ . must· ".: If I could enlarge the image,

Get ,.,together again." Alld we, do. And .grow ,a little Then woul~the artificial elements shrink. , . . o,,-:."'!-:_ . ',' . . Past'the pain ,(from importance,~""""'"'''''''-''' ., '--'~'----... Of· wilted possibility,. pruned and pressed from prominence) , ~ , Into pages ' .. , . " Pretensions would be relinquished; ': .. ', ...... Nature's precedence recognized;

Of~nunbo~" b66k:dry leaves, scr~p. ,'1 Man's mortality realized It is Yes.' ~""';:;;~i';:.;, ..~";:,~,,,"~.:r..;.J.,~~:""~.i;L";i.,o,'''''i'_"':;'''''''.;':;';;'';"L:,_.:.. ," ,c...... , ..... " .. _ ...... c:, ...... ,c ... . 22 SCHOLASTIC OCTOBER~ 1981 23 I. The Library -The Last Word------

by Mary Frances DeCelles But up north they say that life in the south is a more nervous, edgy experience because it is more prone to by Chuck Wood the scrutiny of alumni going from the golf course Noise, to the Rock to the bookstore to Sacred Heart. And yet stillness, then there are those tour group stragglers who Peace, .~. wonder if the dining hall is the Administration Build­ with doubting, ing. Seen in this northern light, life up here is not All things move; the air is full of energy. less exciting, it is less of a bother than the open-to-the­ A line on the floor, public existence of South Quad. A chair in the room, No matter how these styles are characterized, I know it's a useless habit. Sure I realize I don't All are transfixed in their particular places, nowhere is the distinction clearer than in the two have to do things that way anymore. I know, I know­ held taut by constraints. dining halls. And nowhere is there less debate about I'm free cif that burden now. But still I just cannot In this seeming randomness there is order. which wins out. Almost everybody agrees that the shake myself out of myoId ways. I almost hate to South Dining Hall is better. Some people like eating The mind .,. talk about it, it's so ... senseless, so unnecessary. at North, but you have to understand that they are In it are all the doubts that criticize. I ... I . , . (dare I admit to it publicly?) I still homesick for their high school's cafeteria. The heart ... arrange the silverware, glasses, and dishes on my tray Eating at South has both esthetic and practical In it is all the faith that gives one hope. according to the South Dining Hall pattern even advantages. The place has a lot of character. And if Here lies the contradiction that reaches truth. though I have moved and eat at North now. I feel it's really "a jungle out there" in the real world, extremely self-conscious when my new neighbors watch getting into the dining rooms surely is adequate Peace and Noise will merge; me place the utensils in certain spots. I can tell training for it. Though obviously biased, one friend Wisdom will be attained. that they can tell that I am a foreigner. from Badin put it best when she said, A statistic"going against all recent national trends, "North Quad people visit the South Dining Hall; an inverse carpetbagger, this young man went North, South Quad people go to North only when necessary." in search of variety and a roommate. I will always Now of course, the Dome is visible from more treasure the encouragement of my friends down places on the North Quad. That I suppose, is good or south who said I was a fool. They told me I was blind; bad depending on how high your domer quotient is. Campus Ministry ... year. Sister visited this student in Benjamin ... they said I was a "traitor, a snob, a dirty emigrant." The aroma of doughnuts, bread, and rolls baking is the hospital over a long period of It cannot be such an important thing, I figured. only noticeable around the northern regions. That (cont'd from page 10) time and came to know him rather (cont'd from page 19) This campus gets to look pretty small after three years, is definitely· better. But then again, the South has a well. This fall the boy stopped in to so a simple move across campus seemed to be no big importantly, students are sincere in was, but he remembered that he more expansive, collegiate appearance. see Sister and tell her again how im­ deal. There can't be that much of a difference, or so I their attitudes toward religious life. wanted to show her something. And so it goes. Back and forth. The creation of the portant and meaningful her visits felt. Boy, was I cured. . "Many students find," observed That was why he was on the kitchen "Tower Quad" only complicates matters. So even were to him. His gratification meant floor like this. But what was he First, as a trans-quad mover, I suddenly saw that though a lot of people from all over campus have Sister Pitz, "that this time, during a great deal to Sister Pitz. their four or ·five years here, are trying to prove? Her noise droned there is a little jingoist inside everybody. Southerners, asked me if I like North or South better, I think years when questions of faith and Another very satisfying student into him. He was losing track of for example, stare at me blankly then pityingly when I'll end this exercise in comparative quadratics questions of practice are raised. They response occurred after the death of things. These last thoughts were a they hear about my move. Finally they put a com­ right here. take that questioning seriously." Father Bill Toohey, the previous di­ struggle to put together. forting hand upon my shoulder and ask, For Father Schlaver, the outstand­ rector of Campus Ministry, last fall. He wanted to tell the lady to "Were you forced into it?" ing elements of Notre Dame spirit­ "They couldn't close the doors to the shut up. No, he wanted to tell her But I can always find solace and a fraternal greeting uallife consist of group worship and church at the funeral because there he was sorry, that he had messed when someone up here finds out where I came from, participation in the liturgy. "The were so many people there because up, that he hadn't done this thing Usually news of my move elicits a suave, welcome-to­ whole liturgical phenomenon has be­ of the ministry which had taken right. He was being torn up by the the-In-Crowd smile and such questions as, come a real community experience," place under him," remembered Sis­ effort, yet he tried to concentrate. "How's it feel to move up in the world?" or, "You stated Father Schlaver.. "There is a ter Pitz. "It made me realize that "Lady," he whispe:r:ed. The lady finally wised up, eh?" Thanks, I think. greater interest in worshiping to­ what we do is so important that heard him and stopped screaming. And then there is the indignity I suffered as a new gether and participating in the Eu­ students were willing to minister to "Oh God, Benny, how could you face in the dorm: three people asked me if I was charist by belonging to a music us. What we had done was worth­ do this?" she demanded. a freshman. Two were upperclassmen, so they could group or serving as a Eucharistic while." "Lady, I ... you," he tried to get away with the excuse that they had never seen minister or a lector." Father Fitzgerald summed up the push just a little more air out of me around the hall before. But the third guy was Father Fitzgerald emphasized his aim of Campus Ministry with his his tired lungs but couldn't. a freshman. I mean really. I guess I should never positive feelings toward students' comment, "Campus Ministry has The lady went on, quietly hyster­ have shaved my moustache. spiritual attitudes with his observa­ tried to help create a Christian Com­ ical, trying t.o get him to talk, But those incidents do not match the loss of personal tion that "for every cynical student munity-a climate where encounters "Oh, Benny, how could you? Why? property that I and my roommate (and several other on campus, there are ten students between students and God are not Why on earth did you do this?" guys throughout the dorm) suffered when someone who are open and sincerely hungry only possible, but probable." Judging "I didn't ... 'do it ... ri ...." stole one of our two bookshelves. These are shelves not only to learn more theology but from the large number of students that come with the room, so I guess there is a real to believe more deeply." participating in the liturgy every o bookshelf throat roaming the corridors of Stanford For the staff, one of the most re­ Sunday and volunteering their time Hall. If anybody ever spots a room in Stanford with warding aspects of working in Cam­ to help others, it is evident that nothing but bookshelves along the walls, let me know. pus Ministry is receiving feedback Campus Ministry has succeeded. 0 All in all, the differences in lifestyle between the from the students. Sister Pitz re­ quads are more substantial than I expected. For called an experience involving a stu­ Barbara Stevens is a Notre Dame instance, there seem to be more hours per capita spent dent from Dillon Hall, who was hos­ freshman from Pitman) New Jersey. on afternoon naps on North Quad. South Quad types pitalized to have leg surgery last This is her first articZe for Scholastic. would claim that this phenomenon is due to the North's simply being a'less exciting place to live. North-South Schizophrenia 24 SCHOLASTIC The Library -The Last Word------by Mary Frances DeCelles But up north they say that life in the south is a more nervous, edgy experience because it is more prone to by Chuck Wood the scrutiny of alumni going from the golf course Noise, to the Rock to the bookstore to Sacred Heart. And yet stillness, then there are those tour group stragglers who Peace, .~. wonder if the dining hall is the Administration Build­ with doubting, ing. Seen in this northern light, life up here is not All things move; the air is full of energy. less exciting, it is less of a bother than the open-to-the­ A line on the floor, public existence of South Quad. A chair in the room, No matter how these styles are characterized, I know it's a useless habit. Sure I realize I don't All are transfixed in their particular places, nowhere is the distinction clearer than in the two have to do things that way anymore. I know, I know­ held taut by constraints. dining halls. And nowhere is there less debate about I'm free cif that burden now. But still I just cannot In this seeming randomness there is order. which wins out. Almost everybody agrees that the shake myself out of myoId ways. I almost hate to South Dining Hall is better. Some people like eating The mind .,. talk about it, it's so ... senseless, so unnecessary. at North, but you have to understand that they are In it are all the doubts that criticize. I ... I . , . (dare I admit to it publicly?) I still homesick for their high school's cafeteria. The heart ... arrange the silverware, glasses, and dishes on my tray Eating at South has both esthetic and practical In it is all the faith that gives one hope. according to the South Dining Hall pattern even advantages. The place has a lot of character. And if Here lies the contradiction that reaches truth. though I have moved and eat at North now. I feel it's really "a jungle out there" in the real world, extremely self-conscious when my new neighbors watch getting into the dining rooms surely is adequate Peace and Noise will merge; me place the utensils in certain spots. I can tell training for it. Though obviously biased, one friend Wisdom will be attained. that they can tell that I am a foreigner. from Badin put it best when she said, A statistic"going against all recent national trends, "North Quad people visit the South Dining Hall; an inverse carpetbagger, this young man went North, South Quad people go to North only when necessary." in search of variety and a roommate. I will always Now of course, the Dome is visible from more treasure the encouragement of my friends down places on the North Quad. That I suppose, is good or south who said I was a fool. They told me I was blind; bad depending on how high your domer quotient is. Campus Ministry ... year. Sister visited this student in Benjamin ... they said I was a "traitor, a snob, a dirty emigrant." The aroma of doughnuts, bread, and rolls baking is the hospital over a long period of It cannot be such an important thing, I figured. only noticeable around the northern regions. That (cont'd from page 10) time and came to know him rather (cont'd from page 19) This campus gets to look pretty small after three years, is definitely· better. But then again, the South has a well. This fall the boy stopped in to so a simple move across campus seemed to be no big importantly, students are sincere in was, but he remembered that he more expansive, collegiate appearance. see Sister and tell her again how im­ deal. There can't be that much of a difference, or so I their attitudes toward religious life. wanted to show her something. And so it goes. Back and forth. The creation of the portant and meaningful her visits felt. Boy, was I cured. . "Many students find," observed That was why he was on the kitchen "Tower Quad" only complicates matters. So even were to him. His gratification meant floor like this. But what was he First, as a trans-quad mover, I suddenly saw that though a lot of people from all over campus have Sister Pitz, "that this time, during a great deal to Sister Pitz. their four or ·five years here, are trying to prove? Her noise droned there is a little jingoist inside everybody. Southerners, asked me if I like North or South better, I think years when questions of faith and Another very satisfying student into him. He was losing track of for example, stare at me blankly then pityingly when I'll end this exercise in comparative quadratics questions of practice are raised. They response occurred after the death of things. These last thoughts were a they hear about my move. Finally they put a com­ right here. take that questioning seriously." Father Bill Toohey, the previous di­ struggle to put together. forting hand upon my shoulder and ask, For Father Schlaver, the outstand­ rector of Campus Ministry, last fall. He wanted to tell the lady to "Were you forced into it?" ing elements of Notre Dame spirit­ "They couldn't close the doors to the shut up. No, he wanted to tell her But I can always find solace and a fraternal greeting uallife consist of group worship and church at the funeral because there he was sorry, that he had messed when someone up here finds out where I came from, participation in the liturgy. "The were so many people there because up, that he hadn't done this thing Usually news of my move elicits a suave, welcome-to­ whole liturgical phenomenon has be­ of the ministry which had taken right. He was being torn up by the the-In-Crowd smile and such questions as, come a real community experience," place under him," remembered Sis­ effort, yet he tried to concentrate. "How's it feel to move up in the world?" or, "You stated Father Schlaver.. "There is a ter Pitz. "It made me realize that "Lady," he whispe:r:ed. The lady finally wised up, eh?" Thanks, I think. greater interest in worshiping to­ what we do is so important that heard him and stopped screaming. And then there is the indignity I suffered as a new gether and participating in the Eu­ students were willing to minister to "Oh God, Benny, how could you face in the dorm: three people asked me if I was charist by belonging to a music us. What we had done was worth­ do this?" she demanded. a freshman. Two were upperclassmen, so they could group or serving as a Eucharistic while." "Lady, I ... you," he tried to get away with the excuse that they had never seen minister or a lector." Father Fitzgerald summed up the push just a little more air out of me around the hall before. But the third guy was Father Fitzgerald emphasized his aim of Campus Ministry with his his tired lungs but couldn't. a freshman. I mean really. I guess I should never positive feelings toward students' comment, "Campus Ministry has The lady went on, quietly hyster­ have shaved my moustache. spiritual attitudes with his observa­ tried to help create a Christian Com­ ical, trying t.o get him to talk, But those incidents do not match the loss of personal tion that "for every cynical student munity-a climate where encounters "Oh, Benny, how could you? Why? property that I and my roommate (and several other on campus, there are ten students between students and God are not Why on earth did you do this?" guys throughout the dorm) suffered when someone who are open and sincerely hungry only possible, but probable." Judging "I didn't ... 'do it ... ri ...." stole one of our two bookshelves. These are shelves not only to learn more theology but from the large number of students that come with the room, so I guess there is a real to believe more deeply." participating in the liturgy every o bookshelf throat roaming the corridors of Stanford For the staff, one of the most re­ Sunday and volunteering their time Hall. If anybody ever spots a room in Stanford with warding aspects of working in Cam­ to help others, it is evident that nothing but bookshelves along the walls, let me know. pus Ministry is receiving feedback Campus Ministry has succeeded. 0 All in all, the differences in lifestyle between the from the students. Sister Pitz re­ quads are more substantial than I expected. For called an experience involving a stu­ Barbara Stevens is a Notre Dame instance, there seem to be more hours per capita spent dent from Dillon Hall, who was hos­ freshman from Pitman) New Jersey. on afternoon naps on North Quad. South Quad types pitalized to have leg surgery last This is her first articZe for Scholastic. would claim that this phenomenon is due to the North's simply being a'less exciting place to live. North-South Schizophrenia 24 SCHOLASTIC J. "ON ;!wJad euelPul 'ewe a aJ~oN a I \f d " 3elV lSOd "SOn ell:lO 11~Ol:ld-NON