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The Notre Dame Alumnus

Vol. IV Contents for December, 1925 • No. 3

The Call to Catholic Lay Activity, by Admiral "W. S. Benson 67 . Alunmi OflBce Organization, by Alfred C. Eyan, '20 69 Editorial .'. 72 Ca:mpus,News and Views, by James E. Armstrong, '25 73 The National Acceptance of the Notre Dame System, by E. M. Starrett, '21 76 Athletics, by.Bert V. Dunne, '26 79 Is the League of Nations Something New?, by Eev. J. M. Eyan, G. S. C. 86 The Notre Dame Club of Cleveland, by John P. Murphy, '12 88 The Alumni 89

The magazine is published monthly during the scholastic year by the Alumni Association of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. The subscription price is $2.00 a year; the price of single copies is 25 cents. The annual alumni dues of $5.00 include a year's subscription to The Alumnus. Entered as second-class matter January 1, 1023, at the post office at Notre Dame, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1897. All corres­ pondence should be addressed to The Notre Dame' Alumnus, Bo.^ 81, Notre Dame, Indiana.

ALFRED C. RYAN, '20, Editor

The Alumni Association — of the — University of Notre Dame Jlttmni Headqiiai-ters: 232 Administration Bldg., Notre Dame. Alfred C. Ryan, '20, Genera/ Secretary.

ALUMNI BOAED REV. M. L. MORURTY, '10 Honorary President WILLIAM P.' MCPHEE, '90 President DANIEL J. O'CONNOR, '05 Vice-President ALFRED C. EYAN, '20 Secretary WARREN A. CARTIER, '87 Treasurer THOMAS J. MCKEON, '90 Director JOSEPH M. HALEY, '99 Director JOHN P. MURPHY, '12 Director EDW. C. MCHUGH, '13 Director Tho University of Notre Dame Band, one of the most representative Kroups on the cnmpus, recently made a test record of the Victory March and The Hike gone which will undoubtedly he released shortly after the first of tho year. m II THE CALL TO CATHOLIC LAY ACTIVITY An Address by Admiral W. S. Benson before the National Catholic Alumni Federation, New York City M , 11 Y SINC.S.13 THANKS are due you for the Catholic Church, they carried with the honor you have done me by your them along with their novelties of doctrine Minvitation to attend and address this gath­ also certain Catholic teachings and tradi- ering of tarnest and zealous Catholic lay­ cions which were to some degree an anti­ men. It will be a pleasure for me to know dote to their errors and heresies. With that my presence and remarks could even this Catholic heritage in their keeping mil- partly repay you for your courtesy and iions of Protestants were able for three confidence. centuries or more to preserve some of the Unfortunately, I have no receipe for essentials of Christianity. But in the last bringing our Catholic laity to recognize two generations Protestantism has all but and perform what many of us believe to exhausted its Catholic patrimony. The be our duty toward our fellows in the Protestant churches have traveled almost Church and outside her pale. I share with the whole road from abandonment of Catho­ you the conviction that there is a great licism to the rejection of Christianity itself. mission for the Catholic men and women Vast numbers of Protestants are today of the United States and I shall be glad to without faith in the doctrines their fathers share the work so far as my time and accepted and are drifting from indifference phj'sical health will permit. into positive irreligion. But there are many thousands who are in quest of a sub­ Blany of us realize our obligations to stitute for the satisfactions and consola­ undertake some form of apostolate and tions of religion. They are seeking this appreciate, I am sure, the immense good substitute in fraternalism, in social service, that our Church and our country would in purely intellectual culture. Here and derive from it. Every endeavor to inspire there they are turning to the Catholic and unite our Catholic men for the spiritual Church. and civic tasks that lie before ua ought to be commended and encouraged. Both How can we present to the minds and as Caifaolics and Americans we owe a debt hearts of these millions the truths of the to our fellow citizens. If past attempts to Catholic Religion? Their condition offers accomplish this union and co-operation us an opportunity and imposes an obliga­ among our Catholic people have failed, we tion. We laymen meet our Protestant should not be deterred for that reason from brethren more often and more intimately making new efforts. So I welcome most than our clergy do. We mingle vdth them cordially this movement initiated by the in business, and in civic and social rela­ National Federation of Catholic Alumni. tionships. Our faith and our example might be made to win them to the Church. Your understanding of the needs and Conscience and charity bind us to aid them problems that present themselves to Ameri­ in finding the Pearl of gi-eat price. can Catholics, and your Catholic education. Catholic culture and high purposes give Now an organization .such as you are promise of the success which your enter­ about to establish might include in its ac­ prise deserves. tivities this apostolate among those out­ It may be of help to you if I repeat some side the Church. Fruitful work is already of the thoughts that have occurred to me being done, but there is need and call for in respect to the necessity and opportunity additional effort. The Catholic Truth So­ for an organization such as you propose. ciety, the Home Missions, the Catholic Our duty is not merely that of defending Press—all these would welcome your co­ our Catholic faith and our Catholic institu­ operation in spreading the teachings of tions for ourselves and our children. We the Church by word of mouth and by the have the equally grave obligation to bring use of print. Let us remember that we the Truth to others who have it not. When should use the printing press not only to at the time of the Eeformation some mil­ mutiply Catholic books and papers and lions of people separated themselves from pamphlets for Catholics who already have 6S THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS the faith but also for those who are with­ can do much for these schools of all grades out it. Perhaps every person in this room by urging Catholic young men and young can testify to a conversion made, under women to enter Catholic rather than se­ God, by a Catholic publication that reached cular institutions; by helping the founding and influenced a soul longing and search­ of scholarships, and by encouraging en­ ing for the True Faith. dowments. Your appeal for the more In playing our part as citizens we have liberal support of Catholic education will another opportunity to win the respect of be all the' more eloquent and productive non-Catholics for ourselves and prompt since you are witnesses to the temporal their acceptance of our Holy Faith. In the and spiritual value of Catholic training. United States, where the ballot is the In order to accomplish any of these ob­ source of government and legislation. jectives you must not have merely an or­ Catholics should be prepared to use it in­ ganization but an active and self-sacrific­ telligently and conscientiously. We ought ing membership. Moreover, in what con­ to be walling and able to put our country's cerns purely Catholic action you will re-' good first and make that consideration quire the approval and co-operation of the alone the test of men and measures. We Hierarchy and the Clergy. Theirs is the ought to make our citizenship an asset and responsibility for whatever work is under­ an inspiration. This should be our answer taken in the name of the Church, and there­ to those who profess to believe that Catho­ fore the • initiative also must be theirs. lics cannot be true to their Church without Having the approbation and collaboration bung,false to their Country. Here again of the bishops and priests, I think your is a service your organization can render. organization should be national in its scope Without thinking of partisan politics, you and activities. It is impracticable if not could assist in the work of teaching our utterly impossible to accomplish what must youth and especially to our fellow Catholics be done by and for the laity of the United of foreign birth the duties and obligations States if parochial and diocesan boun­ of American citizenshii^. They ought to daries are to remain so many barriers b& instructed in the fundamentals of the against the unification of Catholic effort. American Government and assisted to un­ The influences which affect our thoughts derstand American institutions so that they and actions and interests and liberties do may become intelligent as well as loyal not respect these imaginary lines which citizens. divide us Catholic people into parishes and As alumni of Catholic colleges and uni­ dioceses. These artificial barriers serve versities you men need not be reminded to separate one Catholic group from an­ of the blessing of Catholic education. Men other but they cannot isolate us from the and women educated in Catholic institu­ •tendencies and agencies which nearly al­ tions are a credit and a support to the ways "and nearly everywhere are harmful Church, and they are also a protection to to us unless we counteract them. the country. Citizens who are trained to The railroad, the radio, the telegraph and respect lawful authority; to give full obedi­ telephone have made communication so easy ence to their civil as v/ell as their ecclesias­ and rapid that isolation is impossible, even tical rulers; to regard patrotism as a mat­ if it were desirable. The materialism and ter of conscience and not simply as a senti­ irrcligion of the day penetrates into every ment will not become converts to radical corner of the land and obtrudes itself into Socialism or Bolshevism or any other cult every home. Catholic and non-Catholic. The that seeks the destruction of governments. condition is national; the corrective ought The educational facilities of the Catholic to be national. Church in the United States are still ad­ I renew my sincerest good wishes for mittedly inadequate. We need more schools growth and successful labors of your or­ of every class. The colleges and universi­ ganization and add my congratulations to ties already established must have more those who conceived the plan of uniting the liberal support to insure their expansion educated Catholic manhood of this country and improvement in keeping with the de­ in so good a cause. I trust that thousands mands of a large population and the desire will come to share your vision and your for technical education. Your Federation endeavors. THE NOTRE DAMS ALUMNUS 69 ALUMNI OFFICE ORGANIZATION (An address by Alfred C. Ryan, '20, at the National Catholic Alumni Federation, New York City)

HEEE are many men in this gathering I will make no attempt to launch forth whose knowledge of the varied phases in glowing terms on the high purposes and Tof Catholic co.lege education so far aims. I will not present a broad general surpasses that which I am privileged to discussion, employing the usual terms of possess, that I am hesitant to make a com­ '"loyalty", etc. Such discussions, of course, plete expression of the views that have been have their place. But there are times, when, acquired by an intimate contact or asso­ common as it may be, a pound of salt is a ciation Avith those whose entire life has greater help than barrels of sugar. On that been devoted to the advancement of Cath­ theory, then, I set forth this material on olic education. The priests and brothers of alumni office organization as concisely and the University of Notre Dame honored me, as briefly as is consistent with ready under­ far more than I deserved, when I was al­ standing. lowed to attempt the organization or better The purpose of an association should be still, the reorganization of the Alumni Asso­ to stimulate alumni to preserve in every act ciation of that University. Entering the of their daily lives those same high ideals work with no specific instruction other than of broad purpose and sympathy which they "organize", I found a field long neglected. gleaned from the university heritage and This neglect was not intentional. It was its teachers; and to make the wisest use of not an oversight. The facts, perhaps, were Alma Mater in rendering its full measure that the University had entirely too many of service. An alumni association must have other seemingly more important problems some definite program of accomplishment in to cope with, too many other policies to in­ behalf of the University or else the whole augurate, too many more pressing obliga­ fabric of organized effort would prove tions of administration that would not per­ pulseless and of no avail. The individual mit the time, money or services to be ex­ alumnus should continue after graduation pended for this important work. his active affiliation with his college, his The same situation, I feel, is true of class and all its loyalties. practically every other Catholic university It is the obligation of the alumni office or college in the United States. A survey of to formulate this program, keeping at all the situation at other Catholic institutions times the best interest of the school in of learning failed to reveal a thorough sys­ mind, and to stimulate an interest among tematic organization of alumni, functioning the alumni that will naturally and reason­ to the best advantage of the school and ably keep them in close touch with plans, its graduates. policies and progress of the institution. The In this particular work. Catholic insti­ alumnus should and can be made to feel tutions were years behind other private or that he is a part of the University. He state schools. Within recent years—since should be made to realize that the associa­ the wai-—the realization of the need of an tion is bigger than a social organization for effective alumni organization was brought the pleasure of the group, bigger than a clearly to the attention of the group repre­ convenient means of raising money. He sented here today. This explains partially, should be interested in the fundamental aim the reason for the formation of the National of the university which is scholarship and Catholic Alumni Federation. To the men the advancement of leai-ning. His interest responsible for the Federation, worthy should not be confined strictly to the ath­ tribute must be paid. They have succcded letic activities of the institution. Consistent in awakening an interest in alumni organiza­ effort should be made to so acquaint him tion, and with the cooperation of the repre­ sentatives of the many Catholic colleges with the policies of education that hs will, comprising the group, should witness the ultimately, possess a balance point of view successful realization of • the policies that that will correctly serve the purpose of the have been proposed. organization. 70 THE iS^OTRE DAME ALUMNUS It should be understood, too, that the If the situation permits, the same in­ position of the Catholic colleges with coni- formation should be compiled for all non- pai'atively small aumni and old student graduates or old students whose college rec­ groups, scattered perhaps throughout the ords warrants the recognition of the asso­ states and alienated to some extent from ciation. You will find among the old stu­ the institutions during the passing of years, dents many men whose loyalty and interest is not an ideal one. There are handicaps will surpass that of the average alumnus, that cannot be overcome in a short period and whose cooperation you will welcome. of time. It will take years to perfect an It has been the policy of our association organization, but the foundation must be to elect at annual meetings, on the motion made and it cannot be made too soon. of a member in good standing, old students In outlining the work of organization, of this calibre. It has been most successful. much of the material to be offered will The publication of an alumni directory is setm quite obvibus, but to those particular­ also advisable. If finances permit, it ly seeking to establish new alumni oifices should be issued ^yearly. A number of and to develop alumni office work, this ma­ private and state institutions follow this terial may prove a helpful guide—a guide policy; many issue a directory every five made up of both wide and general exper­ years, others whenever it is convenient. ience and of some sought-for ideals. Even The financing of the publication is assumed to the experienced, such recapitulation may either by the university or the association. prove of assistance by again defining and The material is collected by return post­ keeping clear the specific lines of endeavor cards, letters, subscription lists, class sec­ to be emphasized. retaries, local clubs and associations, school The first understanding might be that an directories, etc. energetic secretary, working fuUtime free Where the number of alumni and old stu­ from the disturbance of other work, must dents is sufficiently large, the publication of be employed. The necessity of preparing an alumni magazine is very important. It the office to handle the interest that may be is the one, reliable medium of acquainting awakened is fundamental. the alumni \vith the activities of the school Complete, correct and up-to-date records and its men everywhere and will prove to be must be kept of all graduates. This rec- one of the most encouraging methods in ord,kept in modern equipment, should in­ the upbuilding of alumni interest. It is clude the name of the graduate, his depart­ questionable if any Catholic college can ment, the year he entered the institution, the profitably issue a magazine more frequent­ year he left, the degree rsceived, his street, ly than once a month. Others in this group city and state address, his residence, busi­ will find it necessary to include alumni ness and mailing address, his occupation, news in the regular college magazine, but his alumni and undergraduate activities, a it should be news presented in a manner statement of payment of dues and other that Avill attract the interest of the alumni. pertinent remarks. A system, like the in­ Too frequently, alumni news is used as a dex visible record system,is advisable. This filler in the regular school publication and is the- most essential of office equipment. A is a pitiful attempt to keep the alumni in­ geographical, alphabetical and class file terested in the activities of the college. should be maintained. The nature of the publication may vary. Every eflrort should be made to determine It may be purely informative; a forum for the correct address of every graduate and discussion and have a limited amount of the innumerable changes should be made literary material. Most alumni journals, as soon as they are received in the office. however, are purely informative. It is the As each graduating class Itaves the Uni­ most advisable policy to adopt. The sources versity the secretary should endeavor to of magazine material may come from the procure from each student a permanent ad­ alumni direct, faculty, students, class secre dress where he may be reached or have taries, local clubs and association officers, mail forwarded from, should his other ad­ public addresses of faculty or alumni ath- • dress become unkno^vn. Keep the unknown letics, baccalaureate sermons, college publi­ alumni list to the minimum at all times. cations, editorial committees and the honor- THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 71 ary degree-holders of the institution. It his interest or his query may be. The sec­ will be found that news of the alumni and retary must realize that he is at the ser­ a reasonable discussion of athletics are the vice of every alumnus, and discharge his most interesting sections of a publication. duties with that understanding always be­ A balance of news matters is essential, and fore him. Nothing will kill interest quicker the educational phase of university life than an unresponsive secretary—and once should not be ovtrlooked or slighted. Main­ the alumni feel that they have been slight- tain the reflection of genuine college in­ td, it will take unusual effort to bring them terest. back into the fold. The financing, of course, is the big prob­ The creation and development of various lem. The revenue may be obtained from units, such as local alumni clubs, the .subscription and advertising, but in the various classes and special groups is another earlier stages, financial help from the asso­ important actiAdty. It is the mark of the ciation and even the university must ba ex­ enlai'gment of the alumni association. It pected. It is an investment for the Uni­ is the spreading of alumni influence into versity in a university interest that is gen­ the communities of the men and dirtcting erally understood by the executive heads the interest and cooperation of the indiv­ of the colleges. Subscription campaigns are idual alumnus into the proper channel where necessary. The sending of a certain num­ the aims and purposes of the college group ber of complimentary copies to the different may best ba employed. groups to acquaint them mth the maga­ The organization of local alumni clubs zine is also advisable. opens another broad field of work. It is Before any further discussion is made of generally recognized that the first aim of the activities of an alumni office, it might an alumni club is usually social, if not to be well to bring up the most troublesome say convivial, even in these arid days. factor in any alumni aisociation, that of But it is significant that almost inevitably sufficient funds to carry on the work. Most upon the heels of organization comes the funds of alumni associations are obtained desire to enter into some definite field of through the payment of reasonable annual service. The experience has ben that many alumni dues, varying from two to five dol­ groups need no great stimulus to form an organization, but to make them function. lars a year. It takes a great deal of time efFective.'y and to continue with the same and effort to eol'e^t dues from alumni, but high enthusiasm is more difficult. In the if the systematic method of billing the first place, the need of a program carefully members monthly is adopted and provided prepared and yet not too ambitious, should that the alumni are receiving sufficient evi­ be recognized. A great point is made by dence of the work of the alumni office, the most of the organized alumni bodies of collection of dues is not an impossible the establishment of scholarships and loan matter. funds. These are always valuable as ave­ The experience at Notre Dame has bsen nues for useful activity on the part of the that once the men are convinced that there alumni bodies. Publicity for the institution, is a genuine need for the payment, it will of course, properly guided, is always a be made. legitimate field. The promotion of a proper In the organization of the alumni office, relationship between the local schools and there are duties for the secretary as numer­ the institutions, through meetings, awards ous, as varied and as interesting as the en­ for excellence in scholarship, and interest­ ergy of the man creates. It is altogether ing the proper type of high school youth natural that a bureau of information, keep­ in the institution are commendable ef­ ing complete and accurate records,, both forts. general and specific, should be maintained. There is another field of alumni club ac­ The office should act as a clearing house tivity that should be stressed and judici­ for alumni communication. The personal ously cultivated by the club and its mem­ element in correspondence is vital. Noth­ bers. That is the association with other ing will elicit a more favorable response alumni clubs of other institutions. The than an intelligent correspondence with broadening of the influence of the univer­ every alumnus, no matter what his position. sity or college is best made by its men THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS

and the results of the joint meetings of maintenance of class statistics; the ar­ the Cornell and Notre Dame clubs, the rangement of class reunions; keeping the Princeton and Notre Dame clubs and others alumni publication informed of the doings in different cities have besn gratifying. It of his classmates and rendering whatever has allowed for a better understanding of other duties he can for the good of the the high type of Catholic College graduates group. The alumni office at Notre Dame and an establishment of more cordial rela­ is the clearing house for this activity. All tions with other University groups. class letters are mimeographed and mailed, The knowledge that an alumni club ex­ stationery printed and paid for, lists com­ ists in the larger cities is encouraging to piled and class reunions ari'anged. Thor­ the young graduate. He fesls that in his ough co-operation with the class secre­ effort to cope with the problems of busi­ taries is necessary at all times. ness and social contacts, the association Another big factor in the success of of­ with older men in a circle of university fice organization is the successful conduct graduates materially betters his o^vn posi­ of reunions, homecomings and commence- tion. The possibilities of providing em­ mtnts. We have found that the alumni ployment for the young men in the different look to the office for all information and cities are as obvious as they are important. responsibility regarding these gatherings The local alumni club is an important and the obligation of making and complet­ factor in alumni office organization. Notre ing all arrangements is one that will bring Dame, today, within a period of three unusual results. It is as important as any j'ears, has over foi'ty clubs in twenty other factor of alumni office organization. states, all organized and active. This woi"k There are other innumerable duties in was done chiefly through correspondence, connection with alumni office organization but possible only through the co-operation that arise from day to day and that must and interest of alumni awakened to the be met. Every educational institution has possibilities of the movement. its own problems to meet and the same is Secretaries for all gi'aduats.d classes are true of every alumni association. necessary for a thorough organization. So Remember that a moderate amount of essential are they, that institutions like organized alumni loyalty is worth more Princeton rely wholly upon class organiza­ than an unlimited amount of unorganized tion for the maintenance of thur alumni good will. Analyze your institution: see group. The duties of the class secretary clearly the purposes of the alumni asso­ include the keeping of up-to-date address ciation; pick the right secretary and the lists of his classmates; ths collection and alumni workers, maintain records, develop preservation of biographical material con­ the alumni association by effective meet­ cerning all members of the class; the ings and you cannot fail. EDITORIAL

As the year of 1925 draw^s to a The years have been pleasant. The co­ IN close and a balance is made of operation given by every alumnus has LEAVING ^^^ success or failure of the ac­ made the work not only extremely interest­ tivities of the Alumni Associa­ ing but we hope profitable to the Associa­ tion, one of those intimately associated with tion. If somp good has come to the Asso­ the work for the past four years prepares ciation ana the University through the ef- to reluctantly leave the desk of secretary ' forts of the office during our period as sec­ and editor for more commercial fields of en­ retary, it has been due principally to the deavor. loyalty of the alumni and the fine attitude The privilege of knowing the alumni, at­ of the University administration. tempting to serve them as best we could We value highly the friendships that and receiving from them far more than we have been made in the work and we hope gave, has been an experience that will nev­ for a continuance of them in the years to er be forgotten. come. THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 73 ABOUT For the past few months, the EXCUSE, 1= is with some misgiving that OUR alumni have been coneernsd PLEASE ^^s address of the secretary be­ OWN with tho football squad of fore the National Catholic 1925. They have followed it Alumni Federation in New York City last through one of the most unusual years in month is reprinted in this issue. If there the history of football. They have watched is any excuse for it, it is that too few of the development of an untried and ines:- our alumni appreciate the relative import­ perienced team. They have seen it in ance of the Notre Dame Alumni Associa­ victory and defeat. tion in_ the graduate circles of Catholic The satisfaction that ccmes from a credit­ schools. able performance against all competing The reprint is offered in the hope that it teams has been prest-nt throughout the may help the spirit of the alumni group to season. The boys have acquitted themselves further the policies of the Association as all Notre Dame teams hava done. Play­ under the new secretary to take charge on ing the game for the sheer love of the the first of January. sport, thankful in victory and hopeful in The alumni office is almost entirely at -the defeat, the 1925 squad performed to the mercy of the alumni. If they manifest an credit of the University. interest and reasonably co-operate with the The strenuous season cf ten games, five office, as they have so splendidly done in the of them away from ths campus in widely past, the task of promoting alumni activity separated sections of the country, could not is an exceedingly pleasant one. If they help but add factors that should not be fail to answer letters, fail to respond to ovei'looked. what necessarily must be appeals of the The united opinion cf the a"umni satms secretary and only half-heartedly help in to be that the boys did much better than the matters that concern every Notre Dame was expected of them—and alumni expect man, the job can be discouraging. much. Thankfully, the experience of the ofBce To the boys are given every good v/ish in years past has been that the alumni con­ for continued success next season'. tinue their campus interest and enthusiasm To Coach Ivnute Rockne, our fellow- after they leave Notre Dama. They show alumnus, we have nothing but a sincere, a loyalty that would surprise an outsider. deep-seated feeling of genuine appreciation As the University grows in importance for his every effort. He has builded to the and the Association adds increasingly large credit of the University, the boys and him­ numbers to its membership, new and great­ self. A great man and a great ccach, the er problems will arise. They will have to true alumnus has immeasurable faith in his be met. Notre Dame has started its devel­ loyalty and ability. We all look forward opment work in alumni matters. The big to the seasons to come with a confidence work is still of the future. So, if.the ar­ that when Knute issues his orders, insti'ls ticle referred to gives even a meagre un­ in his men the determination to play to win derstanding of the problems and policies but to play clean, that history wi!l repeat. of an alumni office, we feel that we might We will always have representative teams partially ba forgiven for its appearance in when we have the type of student athlete this issue. and coach that we kavs: today. CAMPUS NEWS AND VIEWS By James E. Armstronst, '25.

OTRE DAME opened for the twenty- rollment of the University at approximate­ fifth time this century on September ly 2500. And to the relief of immediate N8 and 9. But despite the progress at­ posterity, the Reverend President Walsh has tributed to the present era of civilization, announced that this figure will be the limit the only difference noted in the latest con­ until more facilities are obtained. This was gregation was a lengthening of the lines. not news to the students, but was a wel­ Official pronouncement now places the en­ come confirmation. In this connection it 7Jt THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS might be stated that Eev. E. Vincent teams and the only strange feature is that Mooney's youthful face has become sur­ activity was possible before the innovation mounted with an ever-graying head of hair -was introduced. from trying to supervise one thousand * * * * Day Dogs. ^ ^ ^ ^ There are more editors of distinct pub­ lications on the campus than there formerly Eelief for the congestion is in sight. It were members of the entire journalism is just south of the Library. Part of it is class. Two new magazines were added to Howard Hall, which already houses 160 of the list this fall. One is the Catalyzer, a the surplus population. Another part is technical magazine issued by the members Morrissey Hall, which is rising rapidly at of the Chemists' Club. This was formerly right angles to Howard and parallel with issued in mimeographed sheets but the de­ the Library. This was supposed to be velopment was so satisfactory that it is now completed in February when planned but published regularly as a magazine. Paul unavoidable delays have almost destroyed Harrington, track captain, is editor. The this hope. The last part is to the west and Notre Dame Lawyer also made its initial faces Howard, forming the third side of a bow this month. Clarence Ruddy, Aurora, quadrangle, the fourth of which is the new has charge of this branch of campus lit­ stone road that leads from the Dixie High- erature. The Lawyer is also a professional waj"-. This \vill be Lyons Hall. The three magazine and contains contributions from completed halls will house approximately prominent members of the bar as well as 550 students, which still leaves the good of the Notre Dame faculty. landladies of South Bend a comfortable * * * * margin. The other publications are progressing So much for congestion. Digestion re­ under the old banner of "bigger and bet­ mains the same disturbing problem that has ter." W. W. Smith of Green Bay is troubled Dr. Carter and his conferees for working himself and staff night and day so many years. The refectories under the on the 1926 Dome, and reports from both freshmen rule scarcely hold those numerous the business and editorial end indicate that youths and faculty members eating there the members of the Onward and Upward are" taking lessons from Eockne to get in club are certainly in the ascendancy. W. and out uninjured. The campus cafeteria E. Dooley, La Salle, is continuing the long fairly bulges at the ordinary meal hours, and illustrious career of the good Scholastic and there is an increasing ii'regularity of in a fashion that assures its position among repast that would make the traditional Bo­ the elite of the campus literature. Lester hemian or newspaper reporter a. diet con­ Grady, Brooklyn, is also upholding the servative. glorious traditions of one of the most popu­ V * * * lar members of the Notre Dame literary That isn't news but it is atmosphere and family, the Juggler. The Funny Fellow is helps explain many things. For instance just as funny as the day he was baptized it intimates that the campus is crowded. and is tickling the risibilities of Americans • o And that lends credence to the fact that from coast to coast through increasing quo­ there have been numerous new things arise tations in all the media of humor. this year and each has found its o\vn group * * ^ * of advocates and yet there have not been The Knights of Columbus, under Arthur the duplications of leadership common pre- Bidwe!l, grand knight, Chicago, staged an •\aously. Every added bit of space has bean initiation Sunday, Dec. 13, and added fifty filled without appreciably diminishing the more good knights to the steadily gi-owing waiting list. The new stands in Cartier roster of the local branch of the order. And Field were filled just as handily as they in this connection another publication, the were several years ago when they were on­ Santa Maria, reappeared .with all its prestige ly half their present size, and still people intact and reaffirmed. Stephen Pietrowicz, were turned away. The new addition to the also of Chicago, edited the magazine, which gymnasium has been filled both by au­ has become recognized through the whole diences and by candidates for the various K. of C. world as one of the most attrac- THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 75 tive council publications issued. Prof. Saturday night shows, but it is thought Clarence Manion, who has become a pro­ that they will be resumed after the season fessional orator by the way, was toast- closes. A concert by the Notre Dame band master for the initiation banquet and Prof. also drew the full attendance. The band Charles Phillips, journalist, was the prin­ has been performing brilliantly and, with cipal speaker. * « * * a section of the glee club, recorded the The year so far has been full of the "Hike Song" and "The Victory March" for lights and shadows of any period of life. the Victor company in Chicago Dec. 16. Among the shadows of this fall have been The record will be a test for the new the deaths of four students, one of the orthophonic process. Mark Duncan, '15, heaviest years in this respect that Notre was instrumental in arranging the record­ Dame has experienced in a long time. ing. The Glee Club will make two big trips * * * * this year, one through Indiana, Ohio, Penn­ Between the light and shadow was the sylvania and West Virginia between semes­ burning of the University barn, just across ters, and the other through New York, New from the freshman residence group. The Jersey, Ehode Island and Connecticut at building was filled with produce and equip­ Easter. « $ * * ment and seven fine horses were burned. As for the clubs, there are more clubs This side of the event was regretted very on the campus than on the New York much. But th great blaze, breaking out police force. Their names and varieties at iO.OO p. m., attracted almost the whole remind a person of the description of the student body and a large crowd from to'wn, rats in the Pied Piper. There are city and when it was discovered that it was the clubs and state clubs, chemists' clubs and barn rather than a hall things brightened journalists' clubs, big clubs and little clubs, considerably. The brightening was emphatic monogram clubs and publications clubs. And among the freshmen in the new hall as the encouraging thing this year is that the they saw a vision of relief from the en­ S. A. C. shake-up. of two years ago and last vironment. The structure was completely year had its effect. The clubs are active.. ruined and it is probable that the site will The fact is also a supplement to the original be used for other purposes. statement that the campus was so crowded * * * * that all the organizations were active with­ South Bend has had a flood of music out overlapping. Holiday dances are so this fall. Galli-Curci, Tito Schipa and Jo­ plentiful this year that no matter where seph Lhevine appeared in a series in the the brakeman ejects the traveling student city. Notre Dame countered with an at­ he will find a Notre Dame dance. The pro­ traction that filled the 6000 seating ca­ fessional clubs. Scribblers, Daubers, Chem­ pacity of the new gymnasium when John ists, Cubs, Engineers, are all keeping up a McCormaek appeared under the auspices of high standard and a fast pace for work. the Scholarship Club, which by the way, has * * * * been pursuing and extending its good work. There are many other things of interest The appreciation of McCormaek was so that have happened in the colorful world elevating that it was necessary to call a that is the Notre Dame campus. The sports recess while the roof of the gym was clear­ are a life apart and are familiar to the ed, but the event was the outstanding one readers of the Alumnus. It is significant on the outside talent program of the fall. of the gro-wth of Notre Dame that even William Rogerson, popular tenor, appeared apart from the variegated world of sport in a concert in Washington Hall and was there is a life that is filled Avith all the other well received by a capacity audience. forms of activity that supplement the train­ * * * * ing in the colleges and form, when moulded Capacity audiences in Washington Hall together, the college education. This re­ have become regular events since Eev. view of the year, though certainly not brief, William Carey has introduced moving pic­ is inadequate and many events have been tures of the most recent release, some even omitted. But this confession only confirms before South Bend and all of the first qual­ the statement that the transition to the ity. Basketball has interfered with the Greater Notre Dame is off to a big start. 76 THE NOTRE DAJIE ALUMNUS

1!] THE NATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE m NOTRE DAME SYSTEM By E. Morris Starrett, '21. ii m EAM-PLAY, team-courage, team-spirit. the smiling genial mentor of Notre Dame Notre Dame gave the nation its on the gridiron today, who dwells beneath Tfirst undisputed national intercollegiate the golden dome and on the windswept football team. spaces of Cartier Field where men are Hewing to the lines of brain, speed and tested as metal. courage the 1924 team presented the To cherish these successes that have clearest picture of the "perfect football come to Notre Dame and to honor the men machine" that has yet swept over the green that have made them possible directly and white-striped fields. otherwise, for there have been many be­ Before scores of thousands in the East, hind the scenes, unseen and unsung, who Mid-West and Far West it consistently have given well and wisely, should be the triumphed over the best of the nation repre­ ambition of those who admire today. The senting the north, south, east and west. outline story then, of those who have taken Not one "nay" was offered as the "National the Notre Dame system to the woi'ld of Championship" laurels were awarded. footballdom is worth while for what it is, Everjn,vhere the award was heralded with a tribute to those "carrying on". applause. Only at Notre Dame was there From the days of Lou Salmon in the silence—and acceptance. Notre Dame has •early 1900's football men of Notre Dame not claimed, nor will she. For years, many have ever been making and taking import­ years, she has achieved undefeated, untied ant parts in the gridiron world. and unbeaten records through the success Such great players of the late flying of a "system", yet to be realized in its wedge and pioneer forward-pass days as entirety. Pete Vaughan of Wabash College, Lee For eight years Knute K. Rockne has Matthews whose Idaho "Vandals" have been the guide and guardian of that sys­ shaken the Pacific slopes, Pete Dwyer of tem's success. (May he be for many more!) Niagara, and Frank Shaughnessy at McGill He played three years a part of its develop­ in Canada, have all spread the fame of ment to realize its ends and effects. As a Notre Dame. guide and guardian Rockne has brought the North, east, south and west footballdom's system results before the scanning eyes of millions are learning that Notre Dame foot­ millions, and now swiftly into the lives of ball means thoroughness, smartness, cour­ thousands. age, thrills and maximum perfection. From every point of the compass comes Each succeeding coaching regime has the call for Notre Dame men to bring the sent forth its hosts from school, and foot­ Notre Dame ideals, ideas and system ball students to other schools. to others, for it spells success. Hun­ Jesse Harper's regime was far from an dreds attend the summer coaching schools exception. Notre Dame's schedule became of Mr. Rockne to carry away what lecture nationalized and Notre Dame's i*ootball and demonstration can give. His pupils, was permanently recognized under his direc­ former players, instruct thousands more. tion. Here began the real missionary foot­ Has any university yet approached Notre ball movement of Notre Dame to the four Dame in breadth and depth of influence on corners of our nation. the athletic field? What part does the Men from the three great undefeated intimate closed-campus life play in these teams of 1911-1912-1913 led the way. Of men's recreation, football training hours? Knute Rockne's work as assistant and head What part does the militant Catholic spirit coach at Notre Dame we all knov/. of the squad play? What part does the Gus Dorais at Gonzaga in Spokane, thoroughly masculine atmosphere play, and Washington, performed his miracles and so on and on, not forgetting for one instant Northwest conference leaders even prefer THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 77 not to play him practice games. His Bull­ today. It means a mental, physical and dogs bit hard, even in easy play. As ath­ spiritual success that only those closest to letic director of the University of Detroit, Notre Dame can easily realize. he is stepping in broader fields and his in­ Under Knute Kenneth Rockne, the Notre fluence will be felt in increasing measure Dame football fortunes have not only as the season progresses. reached the ultimate in success, but have Harry "Butch" Baujan is head coach at sounded a new keynote for sportsmanship Dayton University with the speedy Art and clean play. The players of his teams Bergman '19 as assistant. are carrying these ideals into every section Chief Meyers reigns at St. Xaxiers, Cin- of this country. cincinnati. To Rockne, tributes are without end and "Mel" Elward has a representative team always worthy and it is his fortune to be the at John Carrol University in Cleveland; director when the Notre Dame spiritual John Meagher is head coach-at St. Edward's life, campus conditions and student loyalty College in Austin, Texas; Freeman Fitz­ are such as to make his work a part of the gerald is line coach at Marquette University color, or tone, of the true ideals of the in Milwaukee; Tom Shaughnessy has com­ University. Some of the coaches of today pleted his fourth year as a winning men­ who have studied under him include: tor at St. Rita's High School in Chicago Charles Bachman, head coach at Kansas and Stan Cofall has been successful at State Agricultural College at Manhattan, Loyola University in Baltimore. Others of formerly of Northwestern, who has kept his the Harper regime have • not been heard team well to the front of Missouri valley from this year. teams for years, and James Phelan, head Now comes the long list of famous Rockne Coach at Purdue University, Lafayette, In­ drilled, schooled and seasoned men whose diana, formerly at Missouri University, who coaching achievements today are carrying has led the Boilermakers from the wilder­ the Notre Dame system over the nation as ness of defeats and is today a factor in Big one gigantic tidal wave sweeps its wave Ten football circles. He is assisted by Noble over the low sand bars of the coasts. Kizer of last year's football and basketball They carry the ultimate message of mod­ teams. ern progressive football. They teach the Chester "Chet" Wynne, head coach at triumph of brain, speed, skill and coordi­ Creighton University, Omaha, rocked nation over weight and mere muscle. They mighty Marquette and won Nebraska call for clean, courageous characters and honors. Bob Reagan is his assistant. win almost continuously wherever the call Ed Anderson led Columbia University of . is answered. Dubuque, Iowa, to the lead in the little The complete list of these workers in Western Conference race, and this year ac­ hundreds of fields throughout the United cepted the position as athletic director of States on football fields today would be al­ DePaul University in Chicago. most impossible to obtain. Today universi­ Lawrence "Buck" Shaw, assistant at Uni­ ties, colleges and preparatory schools are versity of Nevada, led North Carolina State rushing to secure the services of the Notre College last year and reported as head Dame schooled athlete, the football man in coach at University of Nevada in 1925 and particular. The answer is seen in the ^vill be assisted by Bob Phelan, '22. large proportion of graduating players that Edward "Slip" Madigan at St. Mary's take up the work. The results are seen College in Oakland, California, has been in their near-unanimous success. What a "spilling the old dope bucket" for the big story the record of their victories would coast schools regularly. Previously, he make could it be secured! made Columbia Prep at Portland, the most The Notre Dame system of living, of feared of Oregon schools. playing, of development and training has At Notre Dame, Rockne is ably assisted. become a monumental asset to the school. With Tom Lieb as assistant this year, he Success in gridiron tests with the leading has Hunk Anderson and Wilbur Eaton, '24, educational institutions of the United aiding in the development of the great States mean more than athletic prowess squads turning out for instruction. THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS

Joe Brandy has won consistently at St. delphia. Weibel is assistant coach at Thomas College in St. Paul; Eoge Kiley Vanderbilt University, at Nashville. Chuck and Ojay Larson lead Loyola University of Collins is helping Thomas at the Univer­ Chicago; Jimniie Crowley and Harry Mehre sity of Chattanooga. Elmer Layden is ath­ at the University of Georgia; Frank letic director at Columbia College, Dubuque, Thomas at University of Chattanooga, Iowa. Don Miller is one of the assistants at Hector Garvey at St. Johns, Brooklyn, Georgia Tech, while Jimmie Crowley is at and Harvey Brown at St. Louis Uni­ the University of Georgia. Max Houser, a versity have completed enviable records. halfback, is head coach at Midland Colkge, Five others are working hard in smaller Fremont, Nebraska, while Ward Connell, colleges preparing for more important another of the shock backfield is one of fields. "Red" Maher (Snaky Hips) im­ George Little's assistants at Wisconsin. parts his knowledge as assistant at Centre Frank Reese is helping Pete Vaughn at College, Danville, Ky.; Earl Walsh is chief Wabash. Joe Harmon is head coach at St. at Des Moines University and Judge Car- Xavisr's College, Louisville, Ky. berry at St. Bonaventure's in New York The popularity of the Notre Dame sys­ and "Cy" Kasper is head coach at Columbus tem reached a new epoch in 1923 when Mr. College, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. Rockne was invited to lecture and teach his Another group includes Gene Oberst at development and strategic scheme of the Roman Catholic High School in Philadel­ gridiron to assembled athletic instructors phia; Fod Cotton, at St. Ambrose's Col­ at Springfield, Mass., and Provo, Utah, lege, Devenport, Iowa, and Rod Shaugh- summer schools, in addition to the large nessy at Jefferson College, Convent, La. gathering planned at Notre Dame. Nearly Maurice "Clipper" Smith at Gonzaga three hundred took part in the 1923 sum­ College, Spokane, Wash., succeeds Gus mer school instructions taking the system Dorais. fundamentals to every part of the country- Around Chicago, the Catholic High In 1924 he lectured and demonstrated School League is dominated by the rivalries at Los Angeles, Superior, Wis., Little Rock, of Tom Saughnessy at St. Rita's; Norm Arkansas, Williamsburg, Virginia, and Barry at De La Salle and Ben Connor at Notre Dame. Twelve hundred coaches at­ St. Ignatius. tended the sessions at the several schools, Tom King is at the University of Louis­ a convincing testimony to the nation-wide ville. Dan Duffy at Cathedral Latin in approval of the Notre Dame system. Cleveland and Fitzpatrick at Catholic Cen­ This year Notre Dame, William and Mary tral in Grand Rapids have raised the ath­ College, at Williamsburg, Culver Military letic standards at their schools and fostered Academy, Springfield Y. M. C. A. College, a new spirit of competition and success. Springfield, Mass., and Oregon Agricultural Chet Grant is responsible for the improve­ College at Corvallis, Oregon, were summer ment at Cretin High in St. Paul, and many school sessions for the renowned coach. other men are coaching at secondary schools . More than fifteen hundred leading univer­ that have not reported. sity, college and preparatory school coaches The famous team of 1924 has followed the are now keen students of the Notre Dame footsteps of their earlier advocates' of system by virtue of personal study of the physical training in preparatory and col­ system under the direction of Rockne. lege years. Captain Adam Walsh is head The value of this nation-wide acceptance football coach at Santa Clara University, of the athletic system of the University can Santa Clara, California. Noble Kizer is be readily understood. Athletics as an im­ assistant at Purdue University, Lafayette, portant factor in the educational system are Ind., Vince Harrington has taken up the destined to reach a higher and more in­ reins at Columbia University, Portland, fluential plane. The principles of clean Oregon; Joe Bach is assistant coach at Syra­ play, physical fitness and mental poise as cuse, while the other tackle, Edgar Miller, rigidly adhered to by Rockne and his stu­ is assisting Bill Ingram at Indiana Univer­ dents will have an undeniable influence sity. Hunsinger is assistant to Harry in the training of the American youth Stuhdreher at Villa Nova College, Phila­ everywhere. THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 79

1^ ATHLETICS By Bert V. Dunne, '26. [ 11. OTRE DAME'S 37th season of foot­ the following Saturday when Notre Dame ball is over. It wasn't like last year, took its first long trip and faced the pow­ Nwhen the Notre Dame eleven swept erful and primed Army team in New York. the length and breadth of the country for A 27-0 score with Notre Dame on the small a clear national championship. But it was end gave the east a surprise arid confirmed much more like last season than even opti­ the first half of Rockne's prophecy. The mistic fans had been led to hope. When a Army was heralded as the strongest team football team loses 23 monogram players at in the east after this game and its later one time it usually retires more or less collapse came as one of the big upsets of gracefully into a light schedule, drops a few the season. gamts in the process of development, arid Notre Dame staged a brilliant come-back returns to its place in the limelight. Rockne after the Army rout. Coach Spear's doesn't let Notrfe Dame teams work that strong Minnesota eleven felt the first ef­ way. ' fects and lost a 19-7 game to Notre Dame With his entire first team and most of in the huge Minnesota stadium, which was his second team of 1924 graduated last packed for the game. Going to the other June, Rockne came out with a ten-game end of the country the following week, Notre schedule for the green 1925 team that look­ Dame maintained the pace and defeated ed like gridiron suicide to Notre Dame fol­ Georgia Tech 13-0. The next Saturday the lowers. But Rockne's reputation was a team embarked on its fourth consecu­ source of confidence and there was much tive long journey and attacked Hugo eagerness for the opening of the season. Bezdek's Penn State Lions in their lair. Rockne predicted at the beginning that Notre Dame fought but a Homecoming Notre Dame would lose at least two games crowd inspired the Nittany team and the and he proved a good prophet. But with the game ended 0-0. Carnegie Tech came to current upsets of even the country's Notre Dame for the Homecoming game and strongest teams, the loss of two games and went down brilliantly before a rested Irish the tie with Penn State left Notre Dame eleven 27-0. still with a successful season to its credit Saturday, Nov. 21, Notre Dame's 1925 and a good prospect for two more years. team played its classic. Northwestern, Northwestern, one of the Conference lead­ fresh from a triumph over Michigan, the ers, lost three gamts outright, and yet its Conference leader, came down from Evans- student body tore up Evanston celebrating. ton to destroy the no-defeat record that Michigan, the Conference champion, was de­ Cartier Field has kept for twenty years, feated by Northwestern and Northwestern ever since Wabash scored a 5-0 victory in lost to Notre Dame, which was not a small 1905. The Purple amassed 10 points in the achievement for Notre Dame's new eleven. first half and held Notre Dame scoreless. It The season started with a surprise when looked as if the object was achieved. But the unsung Rockne eleven tackled the touted inspiration seemed to possess the Notre Baylor team from Waco, Tex., the cham­ Dame men in the second half and in the pions of the Southwest and the proteges of most spectacular come-back ever seen at the famous Coach Bridges. Baylor went Notre Dame 13 points were piled up and the threatening invader was swept back de­ back to the plans with a 41-0 defeat for its feated. trip north. Lombard, one of the Little Nineteen, had its turn and was swept to The victory cost Notre Dame dearly. a 69-0 defeat by the Irish avalanche. Beloit, Flanagan, sensational half-back,, was hurt a power in the small colleges of the north, and unable to go into the Nebraska game presaged the cracking of the untempered Thanksgiving. Every other man on the Notre Dame eleven by holding the Rockne regular squad was tired out by the terrific team to a 19-3 score. The real crack came struggle that had wrested the game from <^J^ ^./^^ • .i- e^ -.. ^^

192!) FOOTBALL SQUAD. nOTTOM ROW: LEFT TO RIGHT: ROACH, HOERINGER, M'MULI.EN. HANOUREK, CAPT. CROWE, ENRTGHT, WALLACE, CODY AND MAYER. MIDDLE: KNUTE ROCKNE, FLANAGAN, CAPT.-ELECT EDWARDS, WYNNE, M'MANMON, VOEDISH, FREDERICKS, UOLAND, PRELLI AND LIEU, ASST. COACH. TOP: PARISIEN, POLISKY, CAPT.-ELECT HEARDEN, R. SMITH, MARELLI, O'HOYLE, J. SMITH, RIGALI, JOHN RYAN, STUDENT MANAGER. THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 81 Northwestern. The long and tiresome trip those games that are hard to look at—^for to Lincoln, the brief preparation, and the the losing team. The game was just one long season of hard games and travel, com­ of those things. You have seen prize fight­ pleted the wearing down and Notre Dame ers go into bouts with fire in their eyes; a lost its last game 17-0 to a Nebraska team few thundering blows left in their gloves, that had been priming all season and rest­ but realizing that they were in these for ing for two weeks before the game. only a few minutes and that sooner or later There were few individual stars on the they would crack. So, with Notre Dame Notre Dame team this year. It was a new at Nebraska. The boys were tired, fagged team and its succeess was due largely to out. This is not an alibi. It is fact. the response of every man to the teaching The Nebrask assemblage was an en­ of Rockne. Eex Enright, full-back, and thusiastic one and because they were an Christy Flanagan, left half, were the men enthusiastic audience and because they were upon whom the newspapers showered the Nebraskans, they let their heads be domi­ most praise. But a list of the men to whom nated by the dictates of their hearts. The the Notre Dame athletic association award­ result was that Notre Dame suffered. Not ed monograms will give a IJst of-those who physical suffering—no, such would be bad enthroned themselves in the Notre Dame sportsmanship, but mental suffering; the student body's hall of fame: sort of hurt that clings tenaciously to the Capt. Clem Crowe, Lafayette, Ind.; John mind and refuses to be solaced. Voedisch, South Bend, Ind.; Charles Walsh, The winning punch of the Irish was gone. Hollywood, Cal.; John McManmon, Lowell, Knute Rockne gave his team all that he Mass.; Richard Hanousek, Antigo, Wis.; could but to no avail. They were simply Frank Mayer, Glencoe, Minn.; R. Smith, "out there." Their hearts were in the con­ Combined Rocks, Wis.; J. Smith, Hartford, flict, to be sure, but the urgings of the Conn.; Ray Marelli, Rockford, 111.; Arthur spirit could not whip the lagging flesh into Boeringer, St. Paul, Minn.; John Fredricks, action. But with true Celtic courage, Notre Saginaw, Mich.; Joseph Boland, Philadel­ Dame fought to the last. phia, Pa.; John Polisky, Bellaire, 0.; John Nebraska was football mad. They wanted Wallace, Gary, Ind.; Joseph Rigaii, Oak to win. The great Cornhuskers criers pierc­ Park, 111.; Eugene Edwards, Weston, W. ed the clouds which hung over Lincoln like Va.; Arthur Parisien, Haverhill, Mass.; a funeral pall. Harry O'Boyle, Des Moines, la.; Cliri=ty Just one year ago almost to a day the Flanagan, Port Arthur, Tex.; John Roach, Cornhuskers had felt the spurs of the Four Appleton, Wis.; Elmer Wynne, Oronoque, Horsemen and their attsndants. That de­ Kan.; Rex Enright, Rockford, 111.; Francis feat irked Nebraska. It cut deep into their Cody, La Salle, 111.; Joe Prelli, Brentwood, minds and refused to heal. The Lincolnites Cal., and Tom Hearden, Gren Bay, Wis. who had traveled to South Bend in 1924 car­ ried back tales of marvellous treatment, Nebraska 17, Notre Dame 0. superb spirit and the worth of the Notre A fresh Nebraska team and a tired Notre Dame eleven. But it did not cause Lincoln Dame team met on the plains of Lincoln, to rise to the heights of generosity and wel­ Thanksgiving Day and the fresh team won come the Irish in true hospitable fashion. by a score of 17-0. Just five days before Nebraska had been waiting for Notre the Irish of Notre Dame had given every Dame. Thty were "pointed" for the game. bit of strength in their bodies to defeat What cared the Cornhuskers whether they the vicious Northwestern team. Then the ever won another game? Rhodes, Weir Varsity went to Lincoln. It was the old and the rest were playing with all they story of "The spirit is -vvilling but the flesh possessed to -win that one game. The Irish is weak." must be conquered. While 45,000 football loving fans looked And so the Irish were conquered on the on a Nebraska team, always great against plains of Lincoln. Notre Dame teams in the past, rose to the For Notre Dame the game was the end heights of success and hammered out a of a hard season; a season which had wit­ victory over the Varsity. It was one of nessed defeat and victory, thrill and upset. 82 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS

Prelli, J. Smith L. G Wostouphal Captain Weir of Nebraska won the toss Fredericks, Boeringer C Hutchinson, Posporil and elected to work -with the \vind. Rhodes Mayer, Hanousek R.G Raish, R. Mandery Poliski, McManmon R.T Steiner, Randells returned the Irish kickofF 18 yards bring­ Rigali, Wallace R.E....J. Weir, Dover, Lawson ing the ball to his own 38 yard line. Then Parisien, Edwards O.B Brown. Wickman Roach, O'Boyle L. H Dailey, Locke the unexpected happened. Weir punted on Cody, Hearden, Prelli R.H A. Mandery, Mielinz the first down and drove the ball to the Enright, Wynne F.B Rhodes, Oehlrich Touchdowns—Rhodes, A. Mandery. Irish four yard line where it was downed. Points after touchdown—E. Weir (2e; Goal from The stands flew into a rage. They wanted a field, E. Weir (placement). Referee—Eckersall, (Chicago); Umpire — Young, touchdown. (111. Wesleyan); Field Judge—Reilly (Georgetown) ; A handful of Notre Dame rooters, tuck­ Head Linesman—Wyatt (Missouri^. Notre Dame 0 0 0 0— 0 ed in the stands, prayed that the varsity Nebraska 14 0 3 0—17 might break forth from their bad position. Koach got back to punt. The ball barely left his toe when a sheet of Avind tore from The 192S Football Schedule. across the plains and carried the ball out Oct. 2—Beloit at Notre Dame of bound on the 7 yard line. Then Rhodes, 9—Minnesota at Minnespolis after two failures, broke through for a 16—Penn State at Notre Dame 23—Northwestern at Evanston touchdown. The great Cornhusker back 30—Georgia Tech at Notre Dame swung through the speed of a Grange. Nov. 6—Indiana at Notre Dame All this happened in the first quarter. On 13—Army at New York the second kickoff Notre Dame managed 2C—Drake at Notre Dame 27—Carnegie Tech at Pittsburgh to hold the Huskers in check for a brief Dec. 6—Southern California at Los Angeles period. But the Cornhusker attack again began to function. The ball was on Notre The 1926 football schedule was complet­ Dame's 32 yard line when Brown passed to ed on the 15th of December, with the an­ Mandsry who ran 12 yards for the second nouncement by Rev. George Finnegan, C. touchdown. Wtir again kicked goal. S. C, head of athletic board, that Drake At this point of the struggle, Roekne University of Des Moines, Iowa had been rushed in his first string eleven, which held signed to a two-yearcontract, the first game the Nebraska eleven in check for the re­ to be played at Notre Dame on November mainder of the half. In the third quarter 20, 1926 and the second contest to be at Weir dropped one over for placement. This Des Moines in 1927. gave the Cornhuskers the final 3 points, Outstanding factors in the 1926 schedule making the score 17-0. are the scheduling of Drake and University Nebraska was truly playing above its of Southern California, the renewal of re­ head. Missouri and Drake had conquered lations with Indiana, and the dropping of the Huskers earlier in the season but none Nebraska from the series of next year. of the faulty offensive or sieve-like defense Drake replaces Nebraska and cordial rela­ that the Nebraskans displayed in its Mis­ tions with the Des Moines institution are souri Valley Conference games could be confidently expected. Drake defeated Ne­ found when they bumped the Irish. braska this year, and the scheduling of the A crushing plunging offense, a fast and new game only adds another hard game to shifty running attack and successful passes the already tough schedule of ten games. at critical moments, won for Nebraska. The The change in the Army date to the mid­ scarlet defense was only medieore but good dle of November will be another welcome punting on the part of Wtir gave it an ad­ change. It has been felt that Coach Roekne vantage. In fact, the Irish outdid the Ne­ has had to bring his team along too fast in braskans in the matter of first downs. previous years to present a well-balanced "Choppy" Rhodes and Ed Weir were the combination against such a strong team as satellites of the Cornhusker crew while that from West Point. With Notre Dame Prelli and Boeringer stood out as minute in mid-season form next year, the Arniy men in the Irish battle front. game should be the outstanding game of The lineup and summary: next year. NOTRE DAME 0. NEBRASKA 17. The signing of a two year contract with C. Walsh, Voedisch L.E Shaner, Spreafcue, Lee McMuIlen, Boland L.T E. Weir the University of Southern California was THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 83 welcomed by the Notre Dame men in the from the five veteran members of last year's far West. Southern California returns to team, has apparently started from where it the middle west in 1927. It is undecided left off last year. Capt. McNally, Nyikos as to where the game will be played, but it and Crowe have proved to be scoring aces of is possible that the limited seating capacity almost equal caliber. The guarding of Dah- of Cartier Field may necessitate the playing man and Conroy has kept the ball con­ of the game in Chicago. sistently in Irish hands and prevented any With five games scheduled for Cartier regularity in opposition offense. Coach Field against teams of recognized calibre, Keogan is enabled by the showing of the there is much rejoicing on the campus. The first five to build up very carefully a reserve additional seating capacity on Cartier strength that looked a bit weak at the be­ Field has enabled Mr. Rockne to bring bet­ ginning of the season. Behind the barrage ter teams to Notre Dame and the home of the first string the reserves are piling up series for 1926 is the finest in the history experience safely and much additional of athletics at school. strength is being added to the squad. - The The games in Minneapolis, Evanston, New development of the team is one of the fin­ York, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles are dis­ est bits of coaching witnessed in Notre Dame tributed nationally, and the alumni anxious athletics outside of Rockne's development of to see the team in action cannot but feel this year's green football team. gratified that Coach Rockne has so intelli­ Iowa comes to Notre Dame for the last gently arranged his trips for the coming pre-holiday game with ill omen preceding it. year. The Hawkeyes served up a defeat to the powerful Wabash quintet Saturday night. The Little Giants are proverbially strong Basketball. and unless they are in one of their cen­ Armour Institute 26, Notre Dame 53. University of Minnesota 14, Notre Dame 36. tennial off-years Iowa has a powerful quin­ Northwestern University 0, Notre Da-tie 30. Dec. 18. University of Iowa at Notre Dame. tet that will give the Irish a full evening. Dec. 30. Northwestern University at Notre Dame. Jan. 2, Mercer"University at Notre Dame, Notre Dame is working hard. The team Jan. 5, Kansas Aggies at Notre Dame. has only been together since Dec. 1 and in Jan. 8„ Franklin College at Franklin. Jan. 15, University of Detroit at Detroit. spite of the excellent early season showing. Jan. 16, City College of Detroit at Detroit. Coach Keogan is putting them through a Jan. 20, Wabash College at Crawfordsville. Jan. 23, Michigan State at Notre Dame. stiff series of scrimmages. Jan. 30, University of Detroit, at Notre Dame. ' Feb. 6, University of Illinois at Urbana. The development of the team is evidenced Feb. 13, Wabash College at Notre Dame. Feb. 16, Michigan State at Lansing. in the attendance. Notre Dame is playing Feb. 20, Carnegie Tech at Notre Dame. on her own court, one of the finest in the Feb. 27, Franklin College at Notre Dame. Mar. 5, Creighton University at Notre Dame. mid-west. During the South Bend era, when Mar. 6, Creighton University at Notre Dame. the games were played down town and only a part of the student body could be accom­ Notre Dame's basketball team is threat­ modated, outside interest in the game ening to conduct a tour through the ranks dropped to almost nothing except a reading of 20 opposing quintets that •will make the interest. But already the team and the sporting world forget the expected reverses new gym have won such comment that the that the football team met this fall. A Armour game was played before 3,003 peo­ 53-26 victory over Armour Institute and a ple and the Minnesota game before a crowd more significant 36-14 triumph over Minne­ that exceeded 3,500. New spirit in basket­ sota have given the campaign a running ball has sprung up at Notre Dame and the start. Two more Conference games before sport promises to' rank next to football be­ the holidays will test its lasting power. fore this season is over. Notre Dame plays Northwestern at Evans- ton Tuesday night and Iowa at Notre Dame Friday night. School is dismissed for the NOTRE DAME 30. NORTHWESTERN 20. Christmas holidays Friday afternoon but Defeating two Big Ten Conference teams it is safe to say that half the student body in four days by decisive scores is another will remain for the game Friday night. interesting and encouraging page in basket­ Coach Koegan's quintet, hastily formed ball history at Notre Dame, and the 1925 Si THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS

team stands in high favor with the stu­ western, Illinois, Iowa and Marquette at dents. The victory over Northwestern in Notre Dame during one track season is proof Evanston on the 15th of December was of the growth of Notre Dame's power among earned by a clever, fast floor work, satis­ athletic teams and also of the new policy of factory passing and a five-men defense that the athletic board in utilizing the new fa­ Northwestern was unable to break through. cilities. Rockne, a former pole vaulter him­ Northwestern's scores were for the most self, personally coaches the track team. part the result of long shots from the center Rockne won three track monograms at Notre of the floor. Dame. Clem Crowe, at forward, and Johnny Another strong schedule faces a weak Nyikos, at center, led the attack. They were Notre Dame team. This is not a reflection able to carry the ball under the basket and upon the individual members of this year's sink shots from all angles. Crowe netted track team but it just happens that inex­ five field goals and Nyikos four. perience and ineligibility have played havoc Notre Dame managed to maintain a com­ %vith the outlook. Coaches John Wendland fortable lead shortly after the game started and Tom Lieb are working with the candi­ and held the margin throughout the game. dates in the absence of Coach Rockne and The team is developing in fine shape and the gymnasium is an athletic circus every the new gj'^mnasium extension -with its afternoon in desperate preparation for the wooden floor has been a big factor in the season which starts with the strong North­ new spirit of the squad. western team on January 23. Capt. Paul Harrington in the pole vault Track. is the brighest star in the present con­ Notre Dame has been noted for hard stellation. He is expected to develop into football schedules for some time. This year one of the best vaulters in the country this a hard basketball schedule was added in year. Joe Boland and Bachman are tossing view of the first opportunity the Irish have the shot in a promising fashion. Jimmy had to play on their own campus, in the Stack, last season's sensation, Joe Prelli new gymnasium court. Last year's baseball and McDonald are in fairly good condition schedule was a stiff one and vdll probably for the quarter-mile. Masterson is the best be repeated this year. And now comes bet for the half %vith Collins training hard. Coach K. K. Rockne -with the announcement Brown, Phelan.and Young are out for the of a track schedule that breaks preceding mile. Coach Wendland's cross-country train­ records. ing has done much to develop the distance INDOOR. men, but they are new. Ryan is about the Jan. 23—Northweste-n at Notre Dame Feb. 13—Illinois at Urhana only candidate for the 2-mile with any 20—Marquette at Notre Dame promise. 27—Illinois Relays at Urbana Mar. 6—Wisconsin at Madison No hurdlers and no broad jumpers is the OUTDOOR. April 17—Ohio and Kansas Relays disturbing report from the coaches. Even 24—Drake and Penn Relays if the track events are developed there May 1—Illinois at Notre Dame 8—^lowa at Notre Dame seems little likelihood of finding field ma­ 15—Michigan S. C. at Lansing 22—Indiana State Meet terial except in the pole vault and the shot June 10—National Intercolleelate put. The bright spot in the workouts this The meet with Northwestern will dedicate week has been the freshmen candidates. the new Notre Dame gymnasium annex, Both Lieb and Wendland say that the fresh­ which has enlarged the whole building so men look like the finest lot of candidates that there is now a good track with only that has answered the call in several sea­ eight laps to the mile and a 60-yard straight­ sons and they are setting to work to build away. This new gym has been the signal, up next year's team. along ^vith the addition to Cartier Field's It was said this week in the gym that seating capacity, for the bringing to Notre the freshmen could trim the varsity in a Dame of athletic events that have formerly meet at the present time, which speaks well been held away from the University through for the yearlings but doesn't cause a big lack of space. The appearance of North­ boom in varsity stock. However, the work- THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 85 outs in the gym show the worry of both Spike McAdams; Benny Di Pasquali, light­ candidate and coaches and unexpected talent weight champion—also being pressed by may rise to the occasion, and there will be Manuel Garcia in his division; Pat Canny, occasion, too. middleweight and Springer," himself, heavy­ weight. All of these men are training their hardest and seem to be in the pink even at Boxing. this early date. Coach Charley Springer's stable of boxers The new gymnasium is expected to be too sounds more like an aerdrome these days small to accommodate the crowds that will with the steady whirr of gloves against want to see the Navy fighters, nationally quivering sand-bags. This is one phase of heralded, in action in the west. The bouts University athletics that looks better this here last year were considered by many as year than it has in a long time. Practical­ better than the contests usually staged and ly all of last year's men have returned, with with the strong opposing teams lined up the exception of the welterweights. The for the winter the fight fans are going to most interesting and easily the hardest have a glove feast. schedule ever attempted by the "Fighting Irish" has been booktd by Springer. Here it is: Hockey. Jan. 25—Tournament for Notre Dame Hockey prospects at Notre- Dame are in championships the eclipse this winter, according to Coach (freshmen eligible) Tom Lieb. Inability to locate a satisfactory Feb. 5—Iowa State at Ames .rink and to have dependable ice is the cause 13—U. S. Naval Academy at Notre of the decline of the once popular campus Dame sport. These conditions the last two years 27—Penn State at State College have resulted in a slowing up of hockey en­ Mar. 1—U. of Virginia at Charlottesville thusiasm to the point where material on 15—Kansas Aggies at Notre Dame hand is not at all up to form. However, Coach Lieb contemplates building a rink in If that isn't enough fighting for one sea­ the space between Badin and Walsh halls, son, join the marines. The Notre Dame the site of the rink several years ago. tournament promises to be one of the high lights of the local schedule. There are a Lieb is confident that if a rink is built number of freshmen who look like real and Notre Dame has any T,vinter weather at iighters and who promise to give the varsity all satisfactory for the smooth surface need­ plenty of competition. There is a possibility ed in the game he can muster a hockey team- that if these men prove superior in the home from the enthusiasts on the campus. The fights they may be eligible for for some of former star has already arranged games the other meets. The scrap with the navy with Minnesota, Wisconsin and Marquette. here is the feature of the entire schedule. If conditions permit there will be two matches with the Gophers. All of these Last year a game but green team went teams come from up where ice is ice for a to Annapolis and Dick McClure was the only considerable part of the year and Notre one who won his bout, to put it gently. This Dame will have to have a steady siege of year with experience and incentive, Notre cold to prepare for them. If the team is Dame is priming to knock the proverbial formed and conditions are favorable it is tar out of the sailors. Iowa State, Penn highly probable that other teams on Notre State and the Kansas Aggies are, not Dame's former schedule will repeat. These handled with gloves bscause of their delicacy. would include the University of Michigan, Virginia is unknown, but the soft-spoken Michigan State College and Culver. gentlemen have a reputation for being able Even with the strong basketball, track to fight when necessary. and boxing schedule for the winter months, Among Coach Springer's proteges the these is a strong hope on the campus that most promising at present are Lorenger, a hockey team will materialize, and Coach bamtam champion who is being pressed in Lieb is doing everything he can do without a regular bantam feud by Pat Canny's ward. installing ammonia tanks. 86 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS

11 IS THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS SOMETHING NEW.? A Lecture by the Rev. J. M. Ryan, C. S. C, Professor of History, College of Commerce, NotJ-e Dame. 11 S the League of Nations something new? private, individual life. Society as such It is, if you can also say Christianity is belongs to God and owes Him service; hence Ia new idea. Eegardless of the fact that all Civil Government, all social organiza­ on two occasions the American electorate tions, all corporation, and the like, have has repudiated most decisively European religious duties and are bound to obey and entanglements, the trend of events is lead­ worship God. Civil government is one, as ing us thither. Even Mr. Coolidge is slip­ the Christian faith should be one. This does ping and comes boldly foz'th in favor of not mean that there can be only one absolute ending our traditional national heritage, State. Regardless of how many particular although in this he should not be censured governments there may be, they are all one too severely. in a transcendent way. They are all made up Not so many years ago few indeed were of Christian people; one great family in the they who upheld the medieval idea of a Church, and therefore also, in the civil world court. Almost all historians and his­ order; one great Christian commonwealth; tories took a fling at the haughty Hilde- a society of nations; a Christian republic, brand and his imperial policy. Yet what is all with a common aim and Avith a common our present League of Nations but the old obedience to God. At the head of this re­ wine in a new bottle? The question that public of humanity was the Emperor, as the troubled the early Christian Popes was how Pope was the head of the Church. The Em­ to find a means of ending war and its ter­ peror was not a universal sovereign but rible evils. Then, as now, the law of might rather a king and direct ruler only in his was the law of right. It was the Christian own dominions. As Emperor and president Church, and she alone who could hope to of all kings, the Papal authority rested up­ solve the problem. on the willingness of the kings to recognize Hildebrand did not create anything new; a common leader, and this willingness in he did not enunciate any new doctrine. Even turn rested upon the general respect of me­ in the days of pagan Eome the Church held dieval society for Christian unity and its the same imperial policy he held, the same general recognition of Christian principles she holds today. Hers is the . teaching of in obedience to God. Christ, and it is from Him and the famous The Pope and the Emperor were there­ scene of the tribute on the shores of Galilee fore two counterparts in the medieval sys­ that she draws the reason for her policy. tem, one the head of the spiritual concerns Hildebrand merely succeeded in emphasizing and the other of the temporal. In this ar­ the Christian religious features in the sys­ rangement is set forth the idea of the sep­ tem, and in making them dominant, not in aration of Church and State, an idea that an arbitrary way as so often charged, not is now-a-days often loosely understood. The by material force, but by the universal con­ medieval idea of the relations of the spirit­ sent of the medieval world. ual and the temporal, of Chui-ch and State, All Medieval Christians did accept and tried to avoid each of two extremss. It was all Christians "of the present day should ac­ an idea,-not of the identification of the two, cept the principles of the ancient "League nor yet of the utter divorce of the two, but of Nations and Hague Tribunal". These rather of distinct separateness and yet of simply stated are: God is the creator and mutual respect and helpfulness. The two Lord of all. Man's chief duty is obedience were understood to be distinct, each inde­ to God in all things. Eeligion is man's chief pendent in its own sphere and esnh founded concern. The universal rule of religious upon Divine authority; and yet the two were principles is God's right and man's obli­ intended to work in harmony. It was recog­ gation. Eeligion is not merely a matter of nized, at the same time, that in the final TH£ NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 87 analysis the spiritual was higher than the The discordant elements which prevented temporal because the soul is superior to the Christian league of nations from at­ the body and that the spiritual interests of taining perfection, the forces that made for life, whether in the individual or in society division and disunion succeeded at the end are the more important. of the Middle Ages in destroying the ideal It will be seen at once that this medieval union of Church and State, the co-ordinate conception of government differed greatly rule of the spiritual and the civil powers, from that of antiquity, which was well or­ by forming the distinct and rival states of ganized and entirely absolutistic. The bonds modern Europe and later the Protestant of union were on the one hand military churches. force and the Eonian law, on the other It was not long before the need of some Christian faith. While the medieval system international understanding between these strove to keep the spiritual and temporal rival states manifested itself in the political separated, it took its chief guidance from sphere and led to a poor substitute for the the sphere of the spiritual and moral. Its medieval system. This took the form of the general direction was determined, not by so-called system of "European equilibrium" the will of an absolute ruler nor by political of the "balance of power", a system which or economic expediency serving the material recognized the demands of political or eco­ interests of the empire, but by Christian nomic expediency and ignored the claims of justice, the duties of man toward God and religion and justice. The religious wars of toward his fellowmen. Europe which followed upon the revolution Under the Medieval joint-rule of Church of the sixteenth century against the Church and State both rulers and people looked to of Eome culminated at the treaty of West­ the Pope, the head of the spiritual empire, phalia in 1648, in the recognition of the as the chief guardian of justice and moral­ system. To this later was added the feature ity in public life as well as in private. He of large armaments as a guarantee of peace, and his court formed the supreme court of which gave to the years since 1870 the name appeal, the league of nations court of that "period of armed peace". In 1914 the in­ time. Often he was the arbitrer between evitable crash came. The world had already princes and nations in time of war, either suspected that the armed peace was really because principles of Christian justice were no peace at all. Long before the break came involved or because he was universally students were expecting and speculating recognized as an impartial father who had when and how the war would start. The equal affection for all his spiritual children Hague Tribunal idea was nothing more than and was therefore bound to a just decision an attempt, a poor attempt if you will, to as God's representative. This same court avert the storm and devise a new inter­ also warned princes against abuse of national system. authority or unjust aggression and admon­ Once again the nations have concluded a ished the people to render proper obedience. temporary peace built upon the ruins of the The ancient idea of the Papacy and the non-Christian systems. Once again they have Empire, of co-operation between the two built up a league ignoring religion and re­ supreme authorities, religious and civil, a ligious justice. How long will it last? Today civil commonwealth of all western peoples, America faces possible war because the guided by the principles of the Christian league is dominated by Japan and her hos­ faith, was the foundation of that unity of tile views on our emigration laws. Yester­ medieval society which brought about the day England scrapped the league in assert­ achievements of those times. The system ing she would have no outsider hampering was not entirely free from imperfections; her or telling her how she should treat the there were political and social forces which assassins of her soldier sons. It needs no tended to counteract the unifying forces. scholarship to see that the new-old league Nevertheless, while it held, great things lacks the essential principle, a power that were accomplished; and it approached very would give it authority, religion. When will close to the realization of a "society of the nations learn such leagues are insuf­ nations" which the modern world so sorely ficient? When will they learn that a peace needs and longs for. system of balance of power based only on S8 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS

political, economic, international, expediency this suggestion if they do not grasp in its is no sound and permanent peace? Will it entirety the medieval system, which has require more wars and millions of lives be­ been distorted and falsified. Some ^vriters fore they learn to try once more the med­ have constantly made it appear that the ieval idea of peace based upon Christian Popes after Gregory VII were bent on es­ justice? It is difficult to see how this can be tablishing a universal papal monarchy, a without the universal recognition of a cent­ kind of theocratic absolutism. Their preju­ ral authority in religion and morality, and dice prevents their looking facts in the face there can be no such authority except the and giving Medieval society credit for com­ one founded by Christ Himself and placed mon sense and for an earnest desire to solve in the hands of His Vicar. Some will resent a difficult problem.

m "H THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF CLEVELAND (A letter from John P. Murphy, '12, President, to the ofJicers of other local Alumni clubsO 11 At ths time The Cleveland Club de­ the Committee rates the applicant inter­ termined to establish a scholarship for viewed under the five following headings: Cleveland men at Notre Dame, our mem­ 1. Financial resources and need of bers were discussing ways and means where­ scholarship; by the club could create a reason for its 2. Qualities of leadership; existence which would at once be worthy 3. Past record of scholarship; and impress the membership with an obliga­ 4. Past record in school activities; tion they would discharge. Also we had 5. Moral standards. in mind ways and means of maintaining After the individual interview by each the interest of the future graduates of member of all the applicants, the members Notre Dame who would come to our city to of the Committee meet and submit their live. We decided then, and we still feel, ratings of each applicant. The applicant that our decision to establish these scholar­ receiving the highest rating is selected. ships was the proper thing to accomplish The above rules, while they may seem these ends. hard and fast, are interpreted by the Com­ Our scholarship is available to any Cleve­ mittee most liberally, and ratings and quali­ land boy graduating from a high school or fications are discussed to the end that the academy regardless of religious creed. The boy selected in the opinion of the Committee selection is made upon a competitive basis will benefit most by the educational ideals by a Committee consisting of three club of Notre Dame and \vill be a credit to the members who have the right to call upon school, the club and himself when graduated. prominent citizens to sit on their Board An incident of our last selection was the to help thetn make the selection. This fact that of the two applicants receiving Committee sends a notice to all the differ­ the highest rating, the Committee was un­ ent high schools in the city, advising of the able to decide upon either and referred the date that the Committee will meet to receive matter to the President of the club, who applicants in person; prior to that date the suggested the difficulty be solved by grant­ applicants are requested to write a letter ing both a scholarship, which was done. of application for the scholarship, setting These two boys are at Notre Dame Uni­ forth the nature of their school activities versity now, and from the reports we have and their ambitions in relation to going had as to their scholarship and general to Notre Dame University and the acquir­ standing, we have reason to be very proud ing of an education, this letter to be ac­ of them. companied by letters of recommendation The scholarship granted to the applicant • from their school, authorities. Each of the is in the nature of an advance or loan members of the Committee interviews pri­ amounting to S300.00 each school year, vately each applicant in a friendly personal which is paid to the University and applied way; after the interview each member of against the school expenses. We figure THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 89 that a student can attend Notre Dame Uni­ to the fund, this contribution amount­ versity for an aggregate expenditure of ing to SIO.OO, more or less, according to §900.00 and the amount advanced repre­ the abilities of the members. Other sents one-third of such expenditure. The than this voluntary contribution—our applicant assumes responsibility for a third club has no dues. of the total expense and the University Our most effective method of raising provides a position that enables the student funds, however, has been from the to take care of the balance. Each of the proceeds of a concert we arrange each applicants understands that when he is in year to be given by the Notre Dame a position to conveniently do so after University Glee Club. Tickets for this graduation, he will return to the club's concert are sold by our membership, scholarship fund the amount of the advance with the understanding that the pro­ with the idea that he in turn is helping some ceeds are to be used for scholarship other boy to get an education. This is in purposes. the nature of a moral obligation. I sincerely hope that the above will be Our methods of maintaining a scholar­ helpful to you and that we will soon hear ship are two: that all of our Notre Dame clubs through­ First, we ask the members of the club out the country are establishing and main­ to participate in an annual contribution taining these scholarships.

M THE ALUMNI LiL Jl 18f0 19C6 JAMES H. DZLANEY, commercial graduate Among the Notre Dame men now claim­ of "80, formerly of New Orleans, is now ing Florida as thtir permanent address is living in Brooklyn, N. Y., at 1960 East 13th ALBERT A. KOTTE, formerly of Alliance, Street. Mr. Delaney has a son, J. Kenneth, Ohio. His address is Miami Beach, Florida, who will be among the registrants at the Box 54. University next year. 1911 lS9o The affection that the alumni have for The King of Belgium trophy, symbolical Brother Alphonsus and Brownson Hall was of the world's championship for 12 litre again manifested when JOHN C. TULLEY, (725 cubic inch) cylinder displacement president of the Bremer-Tully Mfg. Co., S. boats, has betn awarded to DR. L. E. VAN Canal St., Chicago, presented the Rector SANT, 1895, of Peoria, 111., for the pheno­ with one of the finest radio sets to appear menal speed of 61.77 miles per hour, made on the campus. Brother Alphonsus has in­ with his hydroplane. Doc's II., last October. stalled the set in the Eec. Room of Brown- Ten of the fastest boats in the world, hail­ son and the gang claim TuUy to be "one of ing from the United States, France, Italy the finest". It was an ideal Christmas gift and Belgium, were entered in the competi­ to the Brownsonites. tion. The sympathy of the Class is extended 1900 to LEO GARRITY, old student, upon the re­ The many friends of W. A. GUILFOYLE, cent loss of his wife. Garrity is living LL.B., will regret to learn of his sudden in Chatsworth, Uinois. death in Edgemont, S. Dak., on the 19th 1914 of November. Mr. Guilfoyle had not been Among the '14 men to be prominently in the best of health for the past several advanced in the ranks of advertising recent­ years, but his illness was not acute and ly is RONALD O'NEILL, LL.B., of Detroit, death was unexpected. He had been promi­ Mich. He was recently elected a vict- nent in the affairs of his community, act­ president of the firm of Brooks, Smith & ing as State Senator, president of the French, Inc., Advertising, Detroit, and has Board of Education, and City Attorney been engaged to handle the year's adver­ during his residence in Edgemont. He is tising for one of the largest automobile survived by his widow and three children. manufacturers in the country. 90 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS

IRA W. HURLEY, another law man of '14, however, to Tulsa, Okla., still interested has become associated with the law office in oil, and living at 1522 S. Peoria Street. of Loucks, Eckert and Peterson, 10 S. La- 1919 Salle St., Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. MAURICE CARROLL of Kan­ 1915 sas City, Mo., announce the arrival of One of the most interesting communica­ Mary Suzanne, on the 22nd of October, tions to come to us during the past year 1925. Maurice is very successful in the was from BROTHER WALTER, C. S. C, who architectural practice with offices at the is doing missionary work for the Com­ Ridge Arcade, Kansas City. munity of Holy Cross in Bengal, India. Our privilege to announce the year's ac­ Brother Walter is with the educational tivities of PAUL J. RYAN of Johnsto^vn, Pa., group at Bandura, Hasnabad, Dacca Dis­ is occasioned by the fact that P'Muggs was trict, Bengal, and is teaching at the Holy responsible for the presence of his close Cross High School. The growth of the friend, K. K. Rockne, as the principal school has been remarkable in recent years speaker at the largest banquet ever given and over 615 students are now registered to a group of men in that city. The ban­ in the institution. quet was given in honor of the local Catho­ Photographs of the different groups were lic High School football squad, and present sent to us, and the picture of the football at the gathering were such notables and field covered with six feet of water dur­ dignitaries as the Bishop, Arch-Abbeys, ing the rainy mouths reminded us of some Senators, Congressmen, Judges and others of the gridirons of this country during the of lesser importance. We also announce, recent season. with reservations, that P'Muggs' annual 1916 tour to Chicago will be around the first While JOSEPH F. SMITH has been As­ of the year, presumably New Year's Eve. sistant Law Director of the City of Cleve­ 1920 land for some months past, we were able We have had innumerable requests for to determine his correct address only last the address of ANDREW J. MOYNIHAN, who, week. You can reach him at the City Hall, apparently, has taken up a permanent resi­ Cleveland, Ohio. dence in Paris. "Shrimp" may be reached DR. JORGE R. SAN PEDRO, of the Spanish- care The American Express Company, American group of '16, is now living at Paris, France. Rumor has it that Andy Pilotos, del Rio, Cuba. The doctor found is contemplating the issuance of a novel favor with the airplane view in the October which he has been working on for the past issue of The Alumnus and wrote us for year or so. an enlargement. A pleasant greeting occasionally arrives He sends greetings to all of his friends from JAMES CONNERTON, C. S. C, now at Notre Dame. preparing for the priesthood at Holy Cross 1917 College, Washington, D. C. He spent sev­ The new address of G30RGE SHANAHAN, eral years in the Seminary at Notre Dame according to the postal authorities, is care and we believe that his ordination is not Alhambra Hotel; West Palm Beach, Fla. far away. George was formtrly associated with the The Corby subway gang of the post-war Consumers Company of Lima, Ohio. If our period will remember CARM LOMBARD©, fel­ information is incorrect, we might presume low townsman of Eddie Anderson and a that business has been so good that Shana­ reserve squad football man. Carm was han was getting his Florida holiday in married to Miss Helen Marie Garvey of early. Muskegon, Michigan, on the 26th of No­ FRED J. SLACKFORD, old monogram man vember, 1925. and a resident of Cleveland for the past 1921 few years is now with the Premier Serv­ Fellow classmates of Jo3 HEIMANN'S will ice Co., 560 Lapham Bldg., Providence, kindly address him as Doctor when they R. L meet him in the future. Joe safely gather­ 1918 ed an M. D. from St. Louis University last Several years ago, HAROLD DELANEY June and is now practicing in Massillon, obeyed the impulse to follow the oil treitd Ohio. The address is 1940 W. Tremont westward to Wyoming. He has returned, Street. THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 91

JAMES L. O'TOOLE, whose staunch loyal­ and we know he would appreciate it. ties in any argument in Sorin are not for­ E. J. MCCARTHY, more familiarly known gotten, is now practicing law at 908 Union as Red, has transferred his law offices from Trust Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. O'Toole the J. M. S. Building to the Poledor Build­ has had remarkable success in his profes­ ing, Michigan and Colfax Avenues, South sion since leaving Notre Dame, and many Bend, Ind. press clippings of public addresses, trials 1924 and prosecutions have come to our atten­ LEO J. LOVETT, one of '22's engineers, tion. was recently re-elected secretary of the WM. F. LAWLESS, one of Sorin Hall's South Bend branch of the American Chem­ insurrectionists of '21, after spending some ical Society. time in Eoanoke, Va., has joined the Florida The scientists of '22 will remember thousands. Bill is concerned with the ac­ LAURENCE E. ROMBAULT, M. S., as one of tivities in Daytona, Florida. The street Father Nieuwland's capable assistants. address is 218 Taylor Avenue. Since leaving Notre Dame, Rombaut has been at Crieghton University, Omaha, as HENRY L. MORENCY, after spending sev­ assistant professor of mathematics. Rom­ eral years in Fort Collins, Colo., recovering baut has married and a two-year-old his health, is now a member of the faculty daughter and a six-months old son are the of the Michigan State College at Lansing, additions to his family. Mich. He may be reached by mail at When some of the old gang open up, Sturgis, Mich. they give us both barrells. EDWARD L. Letters from JOE TIERNEY of Rochester COCHRANE, silent for three long years, sent are always welcome. He never fails to add on all the dope about the gang in the notes of interest about the gang that are Northwest. Cochrane is practicing law at not only good news to the writer person­ 639 Central Bldg., Seattle, Wash., after ally, but make excellent alumni paragraphs. taking a P. G. in law at Washington Uni­ Joe mentions the sad fact that FRANK versity. His residence address is 905 MCGRAIN, old student of '19 and '20, Twelfth St., N., Seattle. He also mentions recently lost his mother and sister in a that he would appreciate hearing from a train collision with the car he was driv­ few of his former associates Sunkist ing in his home to'wn of Geneva, N. Y. Salter, Chub Breen, Frank Tyler, Newman Frank has bein in Florida for several Clancy, Scotty McKee, Joe Heimann and years, profiting in no small way, from the others. sale of real estate. We were also told that SYLVESTRE A. STEINLE, has been working JOSEPH DORAN, old student of '18 to '20, is for the Puget Sound Power and Light Com-"" in the State Income Tax Bureau, Duffey- pany of Seattle, Wash., for several years. Powers Building, Rochester But to Lefty is planning a trip ot his home in get back to Joe .... he has, as you might • Ohio, and the campus is one of his stops. know, several children and Joe says they Imagine our surprise when we heard have developed an absolute faith in Santa that VINCENT J. HANRAHAN, pleasantly Clause .... that will cost him plenty. Joe's quiet at all times, had left the States and address is Cutler Building, Rochester, N. Y. gone to South America for the Standard 1922 Oil Company. He is at Maracaibo, Ven- JAMES JONES, of the law class, is the ezula for that company. His mail address insurance adjuster for the Aetna Insurance is 87 Indian Church Road, Buffalo, N. Y. Company, Wilder Building, Rochester. 1923. FRANK E. DRUMMEY, C. S. C, one of the Henry F. Barnhart, Class Secretary. most prominent seminarians in '22, is now 33 Bowdoin St., Cambridge, Mass. at Holy Cross Sanatorium, Mahoney Park, Wedding announcements have been com­ Deming, New Mexico. Prank's health ing to us with such regularity that we are failed him last year and he has been in organizing a special department for nuptial Deming attempting to recover. He is benedictions. Fearing that our vocabulary progressing slowly, and send the best of would soon become exhausted of felicific holiday greetings to the crowd. A word phrases, we urge the members of the class to him from his classmates would not be out to write the epithalamiums. of keeping with the spirit of the class— MR. CLIFFORD WILLIAM DOLL and Miss .92 TILE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS

Gertrude Catherine Klapheke were married is now stationed at Water Valley, Miss. on the 2nd of September, in St. Boniface Ed's only contact with Notre Dame and its Church, Louisville, Ky. They are now at men is by radio, but he assures us that home in the Cavalier Apartments at Louis­ it serves the purpose. ville. The new address of ROBERT G. QUINN is MR. NELSON JAMES CALLAHAN and Miss 866 President St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mary Katherine Mulholland were united Words from KLEOFAS BARDZIL, now in his in marriage on the tenth of October at the first year at Harvard Law after a two Church of St. Thomas Aquimas, Cleveland, year venture in business, tell more of the Ohio. gang. He is rooming ^vith HUGH BLUNT, MR. JOHN MICHAEL MONTAGUE and Miss '24, who is in his second year at Harvard Catherine Monahan were married en the Law. STAN JACOBS is in his third year at 12th of October in the Old Chapel at Notre Harvard and evidently gong gerat HER­ Dame. The Montagues residence address MAN CENTLIVRE, JIM CARROLL, JOHNNY is 7028 Cregier Ave., Chicago. YOUNG, MACNAMEE and OHME, the last MR. LOUIS ALBERT DE SMET and Miss three of '25, are also at Harvard WORTH Hazel Ryan were married on the twentieth CLARK and JOE SULLIVAN finished there last of October in St. Gertrude's Church, Chi­ spring. Bardzil's address is 1684 Massa­ cago. chusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass. MR. JOHN RICHARD FLYNN and Miss Beatrice Marie Baltes were married on the HAKRY FLANNERY'S address in New York fifth of November at the Cathedral of the City is 64 East 34th Stret. Flan is with Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne, Ind. CHARLIE GRIMES, '20, handling Features The Flynns will make their home in Cleve­ that Fit, with offices at Suite 709, 437 Fifth land. Avenue, New York. He also nientons that MR. GEORGE DEVER was married to Miss he is doing (and even making money at) Kathleen Green on-Tuesday, September 29, ^vriting blood and thunder detective stories. 1925. Mr. James Young was the best man. CHARLIE DE BARRY,, after two years Reports have it that Mr. and Mrs. Dever architectural practice in Cleveland, is now will motor to Florida. with the George B. Post & Co., one of the biggest and most prominent companies in New York, and is far from the least of that Among those seen at the annual classic company's staff. De Barry is living with between the Army and Notre Dame were Harry Flannery. Mr. and Mrs. JOHN MONTAGUE, Mr. and VINCE ENGELS sailed for Toulouse on the •Mrs. J. FRANK WALLACE, Mr. and Mrs. AL Leviathan last month. He will be in FicKS, STEVE WILLSON, VINCE BROWN, Toulouse for a time, and later will go to ViNCE ENGELS and PROFESSOR CONLSY. Paris to study and do newspaper work. It did uor heart good to see JIMMIE WELCH A note that EARL O'DONNELL was mar­ and to note that he has lost pounds ried to Miss Irene Webb of Edmonton, Al­ FRANK DISNEY and WILL HASKINS were berta, Canada, on the eighth of October somewhere in the Yankee Stadium. It is failed to be included in the class notices rumored that before another month. Will heading this column. Earl has been in •ndll he with those receiving the 'nuptial Seattle for the past six months, employed benediction'. by the National Surety Company sa gen­ JIM BELL cancelled business relations re­ eral manager of the Claims Department. cently with AUyn, Bacon & Co., of Chicago After an extended honeymoon in the Ca­ and left for England where he \vill attend nadian Rockies, Mr. and Mrs. O'Donnell Oxford during the next three years. will be at home at the Paul Revere Apart­ JOHN CHAPLA is sealing investment se­ ments, Seattle, Wash. curities for the Philip H. Collins Company, ED LAWLEK, old student, who. is man­ 1166 Union Trust BIdg., Cleveland. John aging the Wiilapa Boiler Works in Ray­ and Jack Morton took time out to call upon mond, Washington, manages to get into the Secretary in Metropolitan Marion dur­ Seattle about every six months to holiday ing the summer. in a true boilermakers fashion. Ed looks ED RYAN, still -with the enginering forces up O'Donnell, Cochrane and the crowd and of the Illinois Central Railroad Company renews hi.s contacts with civilzation. THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 93

KRIPPENE, KENNETH W., associated with reached at Box 748, Bristow, Okla. the Chicago Title & Trust Co., Chicago, for For the first time since he left school, the past two years, is now living at 6973 PETE CRAY obeyed the impulse to write Greenview Ave., Chicago. to one of the gang at Notre Dame. Pete 1924. confides, in typical Cray language, that he TOM BARBER, varsity track man, has is associated with his father, acting as a bten in Pontiac, Michigan for the past two "suburban mortician" to the dying public seasons, coaching one of the high schools in Pittsburgh's north boroughs. He doesn't there. Tom likes Pontiac well enough to care to say just how much of a mortician return for another season and even had he is, but he's getting more suburban every Weibel vsit him to show him the town. day. Pete is helping business by purveying Tom's address in Pontiac is 28 Judson St. Stutz motor cars as a side-line. Pete's EDWARD S. SULLIVAN, faring wtll enough salesmen are making profits for him, and in and around Chicago, claims a new ad­ he anticipates a big increase in business dress of 2111 Ridge Ave., Evanston. Note after the 1926 Stutz models are announced. it. The best of wishes are sent on to the gang, LESTER FOLEY, now located at Eastport, and if you care to obtain more personal in­ Florida with the Brooks-Scanlon Corpora­ formation about the boy, write to him at tion, manufacturers of long leaf yellow 37 S. Ralph Ave., Bellevue, Pittsburgh, Pa. pine lumber, was one of the Florida crowd CHARLIE ROBRECHT. after enjoying At- at the Georgia Tech game in Atlanta. Itnaic City for a season, has returned to Lester has assumed all of the airs of the Notre Dame to do graduate work and act settled business man and was more quietly as instructor in the Department of Chem­ entertaining than ever. istry. The old haunts look good to Ro­ NORMAN SMITH, one of the long-to-be- brecht and the gang at school welcome him. remembered gang in Corby and Sorin, is CHARLIE MOLZ, one of the enterprising still in Youngstown, associated -^vith' the journalists of the class, is now telegraph Ohio Automatic Sprinkler Company. Norm editor of the Detroit News. Molz manages made the Penn State game and also re­ to return to Notre Dame and South Bend turned for Homecoming. It is unnecessary at irregular intervals and renews those_^ to say more than that Norm is still the acquaintances so firmly established when Norm of campus days. he was with the News-Times. JOHN KEVILL, one of Sioux City's rep­ ROBERT LIVINGSTON CAHILL, old student, resentatives while at Notre Dame, is now enjoys and profits by the reputation of be­ living in Chicago at 6134 N. Claremont ing the first '24 man to become a member Ave. Kevill is with the First Trust and of the New York Stock Exchange. Bob's Savings Bank of Chicago. business address is 66 Broadway, New York A daughter. Miss Magaret Grace, was City, and claims 550 First St., Brooklyn, as born to Mr. and Mrs. PAUL C. BREEN, of his residence. New York Cty, on the 28th of August. ED MILLER, of the Louisville Club, is Tid s with the New York Timts, we under­ now at Paducah, Ky., associated with the stand, and is living at 10 Pairview Avenue, Kentucky Actuarial Bureau, with offices in Nev/ York City. the City National Bank Bldg. Ed is sat­ RAY KOHIN, of La Salle, Illionis, was isfied as long as his business interests keep married to Miss Ruth Olmsted of Peru, him in Kentucky. Illinois, on the 30th of October, in Chicago. 1925. Ray is with the Midland Utilities Company ROBERT GORDON, is associated with Frank of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Kohin are at M. Hogan, a Notre Dame man of earlier home at 5461 Blackstone Ave., Chicago. • years, in the practice of law in the Elmore NAT POWERS, of the famous trio of Buell, Building, Fort Wayne. Bob is active in Scoggins and Powers, is associated with the work of the Notre Dame Club of Fort the law offices of Fonts & Patterson, Union Wayne and made both friends and enemies National Bank Building, Houston, Texas. by handling tickets for the Homecoming CLARENCE J. KERWIN, formerly of Tulsa, and Northwestern games for the club. Okla., has directed his interests to the oil Never mind. Bob, the kickers forget it as fields in the southwest and may now be soon as the season is over. u THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS HAROLD MOYLAN, another Fort Wayne Bishop Chartrand of Indianapolis united man, is also practicing law in Fort Wayne in the holy bonds of matrimony MR. GEORGE and expects to soon be a member of the new G. WARD and Miss Catherine Jehn of In­ law firm (Notre Dame) of Lennon, Stewart dianapolis. Art Haley, Vie Lemmer and and Moylan. Al Meyers were among those present at the Speaking of law, lawyers and the '25 ceremony. George and his wife are now group, we are told that PETE MONAGHAN of living at Apt. 1-B, 1425 Elmdale Ave., Topeka, Kansas, passed the Missouri bar Chicago. Moline, WILLU.M BOSSINGHAM of Joliet and CARL MEKUS, who has been employed as EDWARD O'TOOLE of Dixon passed the Illi­ teller at the Merchants National Bank of nois bar examinations and that FRANK Defiance, Ohio since graduation has re­ E. STEELE of Akron is the latest classmate signed that position to accept a more pro­ to be admitted to the Ohio bar also that fitable one in a real estate office in Miami, OSCAR LAVERY, A. B., 'of Bridgeport, Conn., Fla. Carl will be associated, in some ca­ has registered in the Law School at Yale. pacity or other, ^vith T. T. Ansberry, form­ GEORGE LUDWIG is now associated with er congressman and Notre Dame man and the Grand Rapids Gas Company, Grand Ex-Governor Cox of Ohio. Eapids, Mich. STEVE CORBOY, or better still Mr. S. C. On the 24th of September, the Rt. Rev. Corboy, after a short vacation in Valparai­ so, is now in Chicago and associated with the Consolidated Adjustment Bureau, 166 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111. The com­ BLUXEl pany is an automobile finance organization CLOTHES FOR THE COLLEGE MAN and Steve contends that the work is much to his liking. Steve would be glad to see any of the gang when they are in Chicago. JOHN NOPPENBERGER has been assistant coach at St. Xavier's in Cincinnati the past season. Noppy Ikes the work and looking forward to giving St. X's team a favorable rating when the season closes. His ad­ dress is 3138 Woodburn Avenue, Cincin­ nati. RAYMOND SABATZKI, who won the Lehn and Fink medal for excellance in pharmacy last June is back doing graduate work and The assisting in the Department of Pharmacy. SEB MILLER is at the Fort Wayne plant DINNER SUIT of the Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, while ED AHLERING is at the vyUTprecisely according to conservatively correct ideas smae company's South Bend plant. in notch and shawl collar An interesting and gossipy note came models. Tailored in the from TOM GOSS, who is living in Chicago at LUXENBERG way of fab­ rics which instire excellent Apt. 1-S, 1433 Lunt Avenue. Tom was get- tng his excerise in Gary recently and no­ 50 ticed the sign "BROWN & DANCH." Tom m mentions "seeing that they were proud of the fact that they were attorneys at law, NAT LUXENBERG BL BRO. I dropped in to see how business was. The diminutive Clyde Brown had his feet on 37 Union Square, New York, N. Y- his desk, and his partner in crime sat op­ NEWARK, N. J., BRANCH posite him with feet also parked a little 863 Broad St. high. They looked as though they might have been doing some business Then Our style memo, book sent free on request PAUL SAGSTETTER was here in Chicago for a while, but was transferred to the job of THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 95 signal enginer on the South Shore Eailway. care of The Hurst Realty Co., Fort Laud­ He is living with JOHN A. KELLY, at 1109 erdale, Fla. West Fifth St., Gary. Kelly is an engi­ BEN KESTING is seeing Pennsylvania at neer-accountant with the same company.... the expense of that commonwealth through JOHN HENAUGHAN of '23 is in the office his association with the State Highway De­ with me at the United States Gypsum Com­ partment. Ben knocked off an indoor job pany DICK FUITE came to the city re­ for the winter and is bending over a draft­ cently and is selling bath tubs for the ing board until the spring season is official­ Crane Mfg. Co. He can be found at 647 ly declared open. Ben's new address is Sheridan Road in company with ED MC­ 1135 Ridge Row, Scranton, Pa. LAUGHLIN of '24 and SHORTY LUJAN AL FOOS returned to the home town of Tom offered the above, and much more that Norwalk, Ohio, and when last heard from was a bit too personal for public print, and was waiting for the breaks after working we publicly acknowledge our indebtedness overtime all summer as a timekeeper for a to him When more the gang loosen up road contractor. \vith news, this column \vill assume the LOWELL GRADY has formed a partnership proper proportions. in law T,vith his father in Crookston, Minn. We did hear from BOB WORTH, however, OTTO SCHOMBURG, commutes from Sound who tells us that he is pi'omoting a whole­ Beach, Conn., to New York City every day sale sandwich and doughnut outfit now be­ to work in the architectural offices of Rob­ ing organized under the high-sounding ert J. Reiley, 50 East 41st St. Some of the name of Mills & Worth. Bob says the game '25 gang in the City might pass a pleasant pays and pays well, so why kick? He hour or so with him if the impulse prompts. asks for the lowdown on JiGGS DONAHUE Otto is rather centrally located for some of and JOHN MACNAMEE and these two gentle­ them. men and others might correspond with him JOSEPH BURKE is continuing his schooling

l^--4 -J/ Warning to Motorists Don*t Start Your Engine UNLESS Qarage Windows or Doors are open All gasoline engines, when operating, generate CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. This gas is an insidious and fatal poison. It is invisible, odorless, fi tasteless and non-irritant. A small quantity, breathed into the lungs, means almost immediate death. Fresh air only will avert this danger—fresh air I through open doors and open windows. Be warned yourself —and warn others against this danger from CARBON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY^ MONOXIDE GAS. OF BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS 96 THE NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS by attending classes in the College of Law PHIL O'DONNELL liked South Bend so well at Columbia University. Joe lives at 617 after his years at Notre Dame that he bid Macon Street, Brookljm and commutes to Vincennes a happy good-bye and is now the university every day. He mentions that working in the neighboring city. His ad­ he sees Cahill and Donahue occasionally. dress is 414 W. La Salle Ave. JAMES CARROLL, we understand, is study­ The address of ANSE MILLER in Roanoke, ing law at Harvard, and studies at 9 Athens Va., is 1238 Maple Ave. You know, of St., Cambridge, Mass. course, that Anse was married shortly after AL FELLNER, of Belleville, Illinois, sends he was graduated. us letters bearing the trade name of Eoesch' Enamel Range Co., N. 24th and West Main The news of the wedding of JOE BACH St., that city. We presume that Al is on and Miss Mary Louise McGowan of Chicago the pension list there. occupied considerable space in the local MORRIS FELDMAN, who. contributed so papers recently. The wedding was quite a lai-gely to the number of Nash automobiles Notre Dame affair. BILL RYAN of Chi­ being driven in South Bend while attending cago was bes tman, ToM RIORDAN, HAROLD school, has taken over the agency for the COOKE, JOHN CONNERY and BOB O'NEILL Cleveland car in that territory. Morris has were the ushers, and many of Joe's friends one of the finest salesrooms in South Bend at school were among the 300 guests pres­ in the new La Salle Annex, directly op­ ent. posite the Hotel La Salle. AL HOCKWALT is living in Canton, Ohio DAN SAMMON is still in Cleveland, receiv­ and is working for the United Alloy Steel ing mail at 5820 Detroit Avenue, that city. Corporation of that city.

Local Alumni Clubs THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF THE CITY THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF ST. LOUIS OF NEW YORK Joseph B. McGlynn, '12, 120 North Main John T. BaKe, '20, 25 Church Street President Street, East St. Louis President Robert M. Anderson, '83 Vice-President Eugene Cronk, '12 Secretary-Treasurer Angus D. McDonald, '00 Vice-President THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF SYRACUSE AND P. P. McElIigott,. '02 Vice-President CENTRAL NEW YORK Hugh A. O'Donnell, '34 Vice-President Peter Dwyer, '08 Honorary-President Stephen C. Willson, '23 Secretary-Treasurer Leo D. Kelley, '21 President Rev. Michael J. Shea, 'C4 Chaplain Jacob E. Eckel, '16 Secretary-Treasurer THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF NORTHERN THE NOTKE DAME CLUB OF TOLEDO CALIFORNIA Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. T. O'Connell, Eustace Cullinan, '95, Phelan Bldg., LL.D., •'06 Honorary-President San Francisco, Calif President Thos. T. Van Aarle, '21 President Thomas Sheridan Sheridan, 'S6 Vice-President John C. Cochrane, '23 Vice-President Joseph A. Clark, 'SG Vice-President Albert J. Kranz, '17 Vice-President Frank A. Andrews, 'IS Vice-President Kenn F. Nyhan, '22 Secretary Edward P. Madigan, '20 Vice-President Frank Lockhard, '19 Treasurer John S. Mclnnes, '22 Secretary-Treasurer THE TWIN-CITIES NOTRE DAKIE CLUB THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF OKLAHOMA James P. Swift, '24, Thos. F. Shea, '09, Tulsa President 454 McKnight Bldg., Minneapolis President Leo. A. Schumacher, '13, Okmulgee Secretary Rev. Ed. O'Connor, St. Paul Vice-President J. Paul Loosen, '20, Okarche Treasurer P. W. O'Grady, '03, Minneapolis Vice-President THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA Thos. J. Lee, Jr., '23, John H. Neeson, '03, 232 City Hal! President Minneapolis Secretary-Treasurer E. P. Gallagher, '01 Vice-President THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF Paul Scofield, '20 Vice-President WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA James C. O'Donnell, '14 Secretary-Treasurer John B. Barr, '24, 403 Braddock Ave President THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF ROCHESTER Dr. Leo D. O'Donnell, '17 Vice-President Raymond Guppy, '11-'12, 204 Rugby Ave. Leonard M. Carroll, '16 ..'. Secretary President Raymond J. Black, '22 Treasurer James Welsh, '22 Vice-President THE NOTRE DAME CLUUB OF WESTERN Joseph P. Flynn, '16 Secretary WASHINGTON Rev. Father Garrigan Honorary President THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF ST. JOSEPH E. M. Starrett, '21, VALLEY Port Townsend, Wash President Rev. J. H. O'Donnell, '16 Honorary-President Joseph Sinnott, '08 Vice-President Arthur L. May, 'IS, J. M. S. Bldg., Louis Fritch, '19 Secretary-Treasurer South Bend, Ind President THE NOTRE DAME CLUB OF YOUNGSTOWN Paul Castner, '23 Vice-President William S. Meyer, '75 Honorary-President Martin J. Schnur, '95 Vice-President John J. Buckley, '20, 207 Arlington St, President Eugene J. O'Toole, '20 Vice-President Leo Holland, '99 Vice-President Louis V. Harmon, '19 Secretary-Treasurer Edgar Raub, '23 Secretary-Treasurer Continued on Fol'owing Page