The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus g"Mtmim^^^m THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS Alumni Board Meets {Page 3) Second Annual Fund (Page 5) ^Father O'Donnell's Address (Page 7) The University Theatre Carries On: a Group from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Ruddigore/ presented Feb. 9-12 under the direction of Prof. Cecil Birder, '14. Vol. 22 FEBRUARY, 1944 No. 3 c- u The Notre Dame Alumnus Immaculate Conception with the Virgin Birth, i.e., that Christ was bom. of a ALufuU RelifiaiU BulletUt Virgin.) The intellectuals, agnostics and athe­ iBY REV. JOHN P. LYNCH, C.S.C.: ists of that so-called enlightened period ridiculed the Pope and his definition, saying that the people of 1854 were too OUB LADY USES HOUYWOOD Any discussion, of course, must be a advanced and too intelligent to believe discussion only; nothing bitter or con­ All advance reviews of the movie, in the infallibility of any Pope or to troversial. If questions are asked or the "The Song of Bernadette," are "raves." accept any so-called "dogma." The in­ discussion gets over your head, tell your This fact, plus the decided interest in tellectuals had a grand time until four friend you'll secure a pamphlet or book religious themes, years later. Then, Our Lady struck— on Lourdes for him. (One of the best assures an enor- and stunned them! pamphlets is "Lourdes and Modem Mir­ m o u s audience acles" securable from Paulist Press, How? for the movie. New York City, or Notre Dame, for ten We, the Sons The book and movie show truthfully cents.) of Notre Dame, this point. The pastor told Bernadette should rejoice The points we stress are briefly these: to ask the "beautiful Lady" who she over this new (1) The appearance of Our Lady at was. public honor to Lourdes is a startling and modern con­ (a) When she was finally asked to Our Lady and firmation of the infallibility of the Pope. identify herself, she didn't reply: "I am Mother, whose (2) Lourdes is a modern proof that Mary" or "The Blessed Virgin." She Grotto of Lourdes miracles, meeting all the standards of didn't identify herself by any of her FaOwr I«ndi is one of the science, are possible to God. more common titles, but she said: most hallowed spots on our campus. INFALLIBIUTY CONFIRMED "I AM THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION" We should rejoice and we should take How did the appearance at Lourdes This dogma definition and the title advantage of this chance to turn atten­ in 1858 confirm infallibility? It's simple hadn't yet percolated down to the peas­ tion of our friends toward her and then —^four years before, i.e., lS5i, the Pope ants in isolated Lourdes, and the title on to her Son. had declared the dogma of the Immacu­ didn't register easily with Bernadette; Discussions of the movie will arise late Conception, i.e., that Our Lady had she kept repeating the name over and over coffee, tea and cocktails. There will been conceived free from the stain of over again lest she forget it before she be a lot of emotion in the discussion. original sin. (We mustn't confuse the (Continued on page 11) Anything concerning Our Lady will in­ evitably arouse emotion — but, in addi­ tion to the emotional appeal, Our Lady and her appearance at Lourdes packed A CENTURY PASSES a powerful intellectual punch. One hundred years ago laist Saturday, the in order that the Personality Who is God, and State of Indiana granted a charter to the Uni­ that the personality who was Mary, the Mother Naturally, neither the book nor the versity of Notre Dame to build and operate an of Christ, jnay stand out. institution of higher learning near South Bend, movie stresses the U\o apologetic points To Notre Dame, none of its illustrious builders in what was then a wilderness. involved, but they are present in the full means much except as he is related to the first story of Lourdes. We propose, in this Without much in the way of resources of any purpose of the university. Men, such as Sorin, article, to give you those two points, so kind. Father Edward Sorin, of the Congregation Corby, Badin, Morrisscy, Cavanaugh, Walsh. of Holy Cross, began the building and operation Bums. 0*Donnell, Rockne, O'Hara. NieuwIand. that you can give your friends the com­ of the Hoosier educational institution which to­ and the host of others, have all been only mem­ plete story of Lourdes. day is known throughout the world. All around bers of a "team" attempting to relate the origin th earth, indeed, people know of Notre Dame who and the destiny of man through the medium of Not everyone of us was able to bring would have difficulty in bounding Indiana or the classroom. perhaps even locating it generally as a state. glory to her name by playing football at No great figure of Notre Dame would accept Notre Dame, but everyone of us can use Notre Dame exists for only one purpose — to anything more than a small part of any credit the movie to bring greater glory to her teach men how to love and ser\'e their God. It for Notre Dame's success. name with our friends. Catholic and trains men to be doctors, lawyers, priests, en^- He would be inclined, rather, to take his ad­ non-Catholic, by giving them the full neers. business men and many other things; mirers to a small community cemetery not far but always, it teaches them, while being such to from the campus, where, beneath tiny crosses, significance of Lourdes. bear in mind their ultimate end as human beings. lies what little remains of the hundreds of hum­ It recognizes that the purpose of education is ble priests and Brothers of the Congregation of ASKING FOR IT to teach men to lead useful lives, but it adheres Holy Cross who have gone to their rewards. firmly to the central concept that no life is really They were the builders of Notre Dame; and the useful unless mankind's eternal destiny is kept stuff with which they were builded was a self- In discussing the movie, we shouldn't constantly in mind. forgetting devotion to God, and "our Lady." be "chicken." We shouldn't be afraid to It is jMssible that few persons in Indiana who after whom the University is named. have not had intimate contact with Notre Dame "bring up religion" in our conversation. "The Song of Bernadette." by Franz Werfel, really know it. People are clamoring for it today and is a beautiful story of devotion to Mary in words. their interest and enthusiasm over the It is much more than an institution which has earned world fame in the field of sports. The story of Notre Dame's first one hundred movie will be proof of it. In this dis­ years is another such song to Mary—^but written cussion and enthusiasm for the movie, It is much more than an institution which was in the lives of the men who both gave to and among the first to give the world pathetic rub­ took from the University of Notre Dame much they'll be "asking for it"—for religious ber or to carry on outstanding scientific research. discussion— and let's not muff or refuse that is not reckonable in ordinary terms of value. It is an institution which submerges the per­ —CUffard B. Ward. '23, in tile Fort Wayne (Ind.) to carry the ball when it's handed to us. sonalities of all the men who have ever served it. "Newv-Sentind** of Jan. 19, 1944. The Notre Dame Alumnus This masrazine is published bi-monthly by the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indianm. Entered ns second class matter October 1, 1939, at the FostofBce, Notre Dame, Indiana, under the act of Au^st 24. 1912. Member of the American Alumni Council and of the National Catholic Alumni Federation. Jeonei E. Annstiong, '25, Editor; Wmiieaa B. Doolar, '28. Managing Editor VOL. 22 FEBRUARy. 1944 NO. 3 Alumni Board Meeting January 23 Extensive Plans Provide for Great Expansion of the Association's Pro- Sram, With Much Broader Objectives As a result of a meeting of the Board taining Class and Club and some other Rev. Hugh O'Donnell, C.S.C, president of Directors of the Alumni Association information of interest.) of the University and alumni Honorary on Sunday, Jan. 23, the Alumni Associ­ President. It will call for the full co­ ation of the University of Notre Dame 8. Study of the problem of placement, operation of the established members of may well mark its Diamond Jubilee particularly as it will be a vital factor the Local Clubs, but it will insure a Year as one in complete accord wnth the in postwar problems of returning Club program to which young and old, progress of Notre Dame as reflected in alumni. and especially the returning alumni the University's own Centenary. 9. Securing at as early a date as pos­ from the armed forces, will subscribe Quickly and by major points, these sible of a Field Secretary for the Asso­ in full. It promises to do more than anything in our history to justify the are the plans: ciation, a man whose duty would be pri­ marily to visit Local Clubs. 100 years of preparation by the Univer­ 1.