The Notre Dame Scholastic /& VOLUME 91, NUMBER 25 MAY 12, 1950 Junior Class Leads Tuesday's Voting
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SiS The Notre Dame i i Seniors Dance in the Dark May 12, 1950 e»»jj<i,.,Jt'>-»gijj,ijTigg~«gyr^'«!ggg>?3re3s»^**a;^ia«iga''3tf*!y^^ fj^J.r^f-Tt ^^c. imFK TESIS PROVE UICKYSIRIKE MILDER THiUI ANY OTHER PRINaniL BRAND! Confirming these scientific tests, an independent consulting laboratory with more than 15 years' experience in cigarette research reports: "Lucky Strike mildest of 6 major brands tested." Yes, Luckies are milder proven milder! And here's one good reason why: Lucky Strike means fine tobacco—fine, light, naturally mild tobacco that gives you real deep-down smoking en joyment—yes, the smooth, rich taste of fine tobacco. Prove to yourself what science has proved. Get a carton of Luckies today! VAN HEFLIN says: Wherever I go, whatever I do—I smoke those mild, smooth Liickies! LET YOUR OWN TASTE AND THROAT BE THE JUDGE! FOR THE RICH TASTE OF HNE TOBACCO...FOR SMOOTHNESS AND MILDNESS... There's never a rough puff in 0 Lucky Screen star Van Heflin surf-casting at Malibu Beach, Calif. COPR., THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANV l,S./M,P,T"luck^Strike Meant fine 7b6acca So round, so firm, so fully packed — so free and easy on the draw The Scholastic a» letters Grotto Ceremony Editor: Hats off to the student body and to all who had a hand in the beautiful May 1 activities in honor. of "our" /^ Mother. I believe the ceremony at the ^ grotto was the most awe inspiring sight I have witnessed in my four years at the University. It would be nice to feel that this ceremony will become an an nual event. After all red is not really such a bad color when it is blended with the white and blue of Our Lady. Dick Soisson Dillon Hall —:— Frosh Thanks '•9 Editor: The Freshman Class Officers wish to thank and congratulate the Freshman Class for its wholehearted and inspiring support of the Freshman Dance last Friday night. Our thanks also to Brian Kelly, Chairman, and the com Arrow Basque Shirts mittee chairman who all gave so un selfishly of their time and energies to MADE TO FIT YOUR VACATION PLANS make our dance the success that it was. We also thank the SCHOLASTIC and WND for the fine publicity the dance —So before you leave, pick up a couple of ,|^ received. these trim-fitting shirts at your favorite Arrow dealer's. They're smart looking. They're com Finally, we wish to express our ap- fortable! Perfect with all your sports outfits, pz-eciation to Father Kehoe, Father Leahy and Ed Vasta, last year's fresh and ideal for your vacation wardrobe! man dance chairman, without w^hose aid, encouragement and advice we could SI.25 to $3.95 not have succeeded. The Freshman Officers Storage Rates ARROW SHIRTS & TIES Editor: UNDERWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS • SPORTS SHIRTS Would it be too much to ask the stu dent council for an explanation as to why they gave their approval to the price list for summer storage of stu dents' goods? The fees charged seem to be out of all proportion to the serv ices rendered. The Place to Go Last year a student's goods were in sured for 32.5 without any extra charges for the Names You Know — and foi" each dollar over that value he paid an additional penny. This year, if his goods are worth more than $10, he must pay the normal storage fee, $2 for a "special handling tag, and finally 3 per cent of the goods' total value as an insurance fee. To top everything, the storage regulations don't even tell you what you are insured against. GILBERT'S As an example of how great the price rise is, take the sample tabula tion that this year's order sheet makes for ARROW for the fees on a chair, a footlocker, and a bookcase. Last year the total • May 12, 1950 charge on these exact same items would inating all contact wth express com antee security for the student's prop have been $4.65. This year it is $14.10 panies and commercial storing houses. erty has resulted in the raising of all — over three times the 194.9 charge! It In its original sense the plan was an basic rates so that a student must pay doesn't seem possible that the agent's accommodation for students, but now it from 30 per cent to 100 per cent of an overhead could have gone up that much. appears to be organized principally as article's value, regardless of insurance, The price for storing upholstered a money-making proposition. to store it for one summer. chairs is so high that several fellows The local agency's attempt to guar (Continued on Page 29) I know feel it will be cheaper in the long run to throw out their present battered chair and buy a new one in September. Along the same line, I can send my . radio home and back again (round trip —1400 miles) for a lot less than the storage fee. In all fairness it may be that the council had no alternative but to accept these ari'angements, or that the person handling the storage was unable to get insurance for less. If such are the facts, or if there are any other ex / will you save going tenuating circumstances, let's hear them. It's certainly a matter of vital interest to the student body. home by Greyhound? Ted Prahinski Badin Hall • Editor: Am I glad I'm graduating! At least ,/\. I'm supposed to. Anyway, my Sopho Check these Greyhound Fares more roommate (bless him) showed me ... then COMPARE! the 1950 storage fees and I was ap palled. If I were to store all the furni One Way ture, etc., that I have accumulated over ^*»»"go ^ 1 75 the years it would cost me $26.50, and that's a very consei-vative estimate and Boston -- 18.60 doesn't include insurance costs. For Buffalo g 35 example, one of my two easy chairs Cleveland 5 4^ would cost $3.50 to store during the coming summer, but I paid only five Los Angeles 41.75 bucks for the thing three years ago, so Washington 13.80 that means that with a depreciation of 20 per cent per year, it would be worth Cincinnati QQ^ $2 at present. As you can easily see, Dallas 17 25 I would be paying a buck fifty more than the chair is worth just for three Milwaukee 330 months storage. That doesn't make New Orleans 14.75 much sense! ^'ami 23.70 After seeing the list, I realize now Minneapolis 9.05 that I won't be able to sell my easy chairs, lamps, or other iiaraphernalia — Louisville 5 50 in fact, I probably couldn't even give Sf- Louis 6 50 them away and not because of their condition! New York 15.65 m I can visualize the typical ND stu Philadelphia 15.25 dent boarding the South Shore Avlthin the month with an easy chair under one ^etfo" 4.30 arm, a lamp shade instead of a hat, Memphis 9 95 and a rug thrown over one shoulder. (Plus Federal Tax) It may set a new fashion! George McCullough Dillon Hall GREYHOUND LINES, Inc ^ Editor: 117 W. Western Ave. g We would like to express our dis approval of the extremely high storage Phone 3-8283 8 rates which were announced this week. Previously, this storage operation has provided the students vnth an opportu nity to store their properties over the summer at a student rate, thereby elim- GREYHOUND 4 The Scholastic Kelleghan received the SCHOLASTIC'S support in the recent Chicago Club elections? . Things we'll never live THE WEEK to see department: the bull throwing a prof around the classroom for fifty min utes . although • many silent movie stars have made screen comebacks re by ^ack McQoldriek cently, this is impossible at Notre Dame; when Mai-y Pickford's pictures Top of the Week week->ends is a tradition at Notre Dame, play in Washington Hall, they're get (^ Senior Ball week-end as well as an economy measure. ting here for the first time. 5. If you're lucky enough to eat in Bottom of the Week Dancing in the Dark a real restaurant do\vntoAvn, don't be As we go to press, the magnolia trees embarrassed when your date tucks his . will last only three days. in front of the Dome are in full bloom, napkin under his collar. A subtle way and most of the seniors are hoping they to correct this is to ask him if he Professor Pieper Resumes (the magnolias, that is) will stay that wants a hamburger or a haircut. way through the week-end. But mag 6. Don't woriy about the noise made Lectures With Monday Talk nolias or not, the long-awaited Senior by the piano on the Sorin porch. By Ball is finally at hand. With the prom Professor Josef Piepei-, professor of Sunday morning, Steve Oracko Avill Philosophy, University of Muenster, will ised co-operation of the Aveather man, have worn it out. the 500 couples who will attend have a give the second and final lecture in his 7. Don't think that the dance floor <• full and varied forty-,eight hours of en cui-rent series Monday .evening at 8 in the Drill Hall is smooth; it really tertainment ahead of them. In antici p.m. in Eoom 101 of the Law Building.