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•••••••*; panic, will keep a dozen others from sharing Karen Lunt's fate. The perfect crime? Almost'. Open your T.Vj Post tonight and start hunting for clues, as Colonel Primrose faces his strangest, most baffling case. First of six installments.

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K.O. THE CHAMP? V/mc Paries watdiing movies of the FANNIE HURST writes in the P«»t this week a dump's latest fight, spotted one passible way. Read One moving and sympathetic story of abygone era. Stepbadc into More Round, a short story hy Don Tracy. die years widi Mamtnm and Her First National Bank. AND... Caret Garrett teports on a West Coast war rone, OWE ANY MONEY? Know ai^body who has mofe bills in Labor at the Golden Gate... Short stories by Octa- dian he can handle? Lowell Brentano reveals A New Way vus Roy Cohen and Rodi Burr Sanborn ... Editorials, to Pay Otd Debts. See page 23. poetry, fun and cartoons. AH in the Post out tius week.

THE SJiTUI(pAY EVENING POST Q The Notre Dame Scholastic Entered aa aecond-elass matter at Notre Dame. Indiana. Acceptance for mailing at ipeeial rate of ponaiM. Section 1103. Oct. 3. 1917. Authorized Jane 23. 1918.

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LANDON WILL SPEAK BENGAL SEMI-FINALS MONDAY AND TUESDAY; TO PRESS CLUB THIRTY-TWO SURVIVE OPENING ROUNDS

By William C. Fay Hon. Alfred M. Landon, republican presidential candidate in 1936, will be They're ready, willing and half of them able to sui-vive Monday and the principal speaker at the annual Tuesday night semi-final round battles in the BFN6AL BOUTS. They are Notre Dame Press Club dinner on the thirty-two youngsters who climbed out of the ring last night and the night Friday, March 24, at 7:15 p.m., in befoi-e, tired and battered, but determined to keep swinging for a comer seat the faculty dining room. The im­ in the BENGAL BOUT FINALS portance of Mr. Landon's speech has led to arrangements for a radio where the eight University boxing broadcast over the NBC network championships will be decided next from 9 to 9:30 p.m., C.S.T. Friday night, March 24. Semi-final (March 20 and 21) and Because of the limited capacity of final round bouts will be fought in the dining hall, Notre Dame men are the Fieldhouse ring and will begin advised by the committee in charge promptly each evening at 8:15 o'clock to make their reservations early. BENGAL BOUT TIME. Reservations are one dollar each, and may be procured from members of The preliminary rounds produced the Press Club or at the cigar stand the fastest action seen during i}ie in the Cafeteria. seven years the SCHOLASTIC has spon­ sored the bouts. Both George Nate William J. Matson, William L. and George Vander Heyden, the com­ Piedmont and Lee S. Read are the petent South Bend Amateur Athletic committee in charge. Union referees who have handled the fights in other years, declared that Professor Dominic Napolitano, of the department of Physical Education, Bookmen Meefings BENGALEERS ARE BUSY has raised his best conditioned crop It's the real thing. of Bengaleers. The Bookmen held their bi-monthly meeting in the Law Building Wed­ The Little Professor's assistants nesday evening, March 8. John ran oif the preliminaries efficiently. Walsh, president of the organization, Bill Sheehan, Gene Young, Hi Fir­ supervised the informal discussion 'Queen's Husband' Slips man, Bemie WitucM, Harry Rich- which centered around the values and Info Washington Hall wine and Andy Murphy divided the techniques of various contemporary judges' duties; Andy Schleuter and novelists. Wednesday Nighf Professor Elvin Handy rang the time­ keeper's bell; ring clerk Professor At the preAdous meeting of the Stephen Bocskey and glove clerks Joe Bookmen on February 28 at the Rose McKeon and Ed Broscoe kept the ring Marie Tea Room, Father Leo R. The Notre Dame Players, under the cleared for action. Ward, C.S.C, head of the graduate direction of Rev. Matthew A. Coyle, school of philosophy, discussed "St. C.S.C, will present their second pro­ The big noise so far has been an­ Thomas and the Intellect." Following duction of the year, "The Queen's nouncer Bemie Fagan who opened a Father Ward's paper there was an Husband," in Washington Hall', next skylight in proclaiming the appear­ open forum in which the members Wednesday and Thursday evenings at ance of "TTTiiiiiiiiggGGGEEEERRR questioned the speaker and discussed 8:15 o'clock. The play is another de­ LLLuuuuuuu sssEEE, the Priidde of some of the problems that he had lightful comedy from the pen of the WaalUsh HaaallU." suggested. Of particular interest was successful young playwright, Robert General admission tickets for the the discussion concerning the rela­ E. Sherwood, author of Petrified Farest and The Road to Rome. semi-finals will be on sale at the gate tionship between the active and the for ten cents. General admission contemplative life. Ray Sadlier is King Eric VIII. Miss tickets for the finals may be pur­ Doris Ward, who plays the part of chased from any SCHOL/iSTic reporter, Mr. T. Bowyer Campbell, the mod- Queen Martha, haughty and dictator­ or at the gate. General admission ei-ator of the Bookmen, has invited ial wife of Eric, is a graduate of the is twenty-five cents; reserved seats the organization to hold its next University of Wisconsin. She recent­ are one dollar. meeting at his home. At this meeting, ly directed "Night Must Fall," a pro­ which will be held after Benediction duction of the Turner Little Theatre The "Huddle" is again offering a on March 22, various selections from of South B.end. Miss Barbara South­ trophy for hte best display of sports­ modem poetry and drama will be ard and Bob Blake play the romantic manship in the bouts. Last year's, read and considered by the members. leads. winner was Vince Guracharri. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC SENIORS WILL TEST THE WEEK By Bill Donnelly ROMBERG THESIS Top of the Week and substituted "Bengal Prelims." THE BENGAL BOUTS. The latter is all very nice, good busi­ Herman M. Romberg, senior phil­ ness, and all that sort of thing, but osophy major from New Haven, we just asked him in a nice way what Conn., has been chosen by the Notre Avibition was wrong with the one we had had. Dame Schoolmen as the formal de- "Look,"-he said, "don't you know by We have always regarded Badin now that you can't even mention Ben­ fendens to present the thesis in the Bog as a plot of ground that suffered fourth annual public philosophical ny Goodman around here?" "We did­ from a frustrated desire to be a lake. n't say we liked the guy," we pro­ disputation to be held in Washington It really tries hard, and there has Hall on April 24. tested. "We just said the University been everything fro m irrigation was threatening to move to Iowa be­ Peter J. Repetti, of Newark, N. J., ditches to miniature dams to keep it cause he was elected honorary state will take the role of informal defend- from achieving its wish. But it cer­ senator in Indiana." He just shook tainly must have been proud of it­ his head. "Why we even condemn the self last Sunday morning when two trend," we went on. "Before long the .near-sighted geese actually mistook.it legislature will make" a law that you for a lake and went strutting around have to be able to double truck before its hjT)othetical shores until a couple you can pass the State Teacher's Ex­ of fellows informed the geese of their am." But he shook his head. So all mistake and chased them back to the because of an over-cautious editor w^e real lake. We can just see the bog can't tell you fellows about .Benny swelling up with pride though at the Goodman. (And if this paragraph way it had duped those two silly gets, in we'll believe anything can geese. "They won't be playing soft- happen.) ball here this spring," it probably HERIIAX M. ROMBERG gloated, "They'll be playing water polo!" "Questions please." • Announcement ens and will lead the public discussion Protest Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock Jim Raaf of Walsh Hall will give a at the conclusion of the formal dis­ Nine indignant people have Axnritten milking exhibition at the University putation. • to us in the past week. They are the farm. Jim is modest about his achieve­ General chairman of the disputa­ nine people who indiscreetly admitted ments, but the following message sent tion will be Thomas E. Roche, presi­ that they listened to "The Periscope." from Missouri by a girl named Katie dent of the Schoolmen, who will open They tell us (each and every one) on the back of a postcard depicting a the program with a brief explanation that the only reason they ever lis­ peaceful pastoral scene of cows graz­ of the purpose of the discussion. tened to the program is that they ing, tells its own story: "Dear Jim, Immediately preceding the formal thought it was the thing to do. But Hope this won't make you too home­ part of the argument two papers will now that they have discovered the sick—but thought it might remind be given by senior members of the truth of the matter, and since they you of the milking contest you won at Schoolmen. John J. McGovern, of have no "good" reason for listening, the County Fair. Do you still have Pittsburgh, Pa., will present an essay they have decided that they won't that beautiful blue ribbon? It just on, "The Intellect and Man." Mr. tune in any more either. Which leaves matched your eyes. Hope you're keep­ McGovern will point out the funda­ only the wind and the waves.' ing in practice.—Katie." mental importance of man's mind as distinguishing him among God's earthly creatures. By means of the Advice intellect man is able to recognize and Sammy Dolce, the Bengal Bouter, Notes on the Dining Hall order the problems of this life and was sparring playfully with a friend direct himself to his final destiny. An agent reports that Mr. Connol­ in the dining hall the other day when ly, the dining hall manager, gave a John E. Walsh, of Chicago, 111., will the friend suddenly whipped out with speech down town in which he said give a paper entitled, "The Search a couple of hajrmakers. Immediately that no meal in the Notre Dame din­ for Certitude." He will discuss the Sammy cautioned him: "One of the ing hall repeats itself in 11 days. We schools of thought that branched from first things you must learn about box­ thought there were a few of those the mind and body theories of Rene ing is not to swing wildly!" You meat courses like albatross or that Descartes, father of the modern phil­ freshmen who don't see anything fun­ "Heigh-ho Silver" stuff that kept osophy. ny about that sentence \\n\\ under­ coming.back every other day but we The thesis to be defended is: "The stand when you see Sammy fight in suppose it must just seem, that way. Integrity of the Human Intellect."— the bouts, that is unless his style has And anyhow, if you get stringbeans 1. Existence and nature of the Intel­ undergone a radical change since last with it one day and lima beans the lect; II. Proper and adequate object year. next that makes it a different meal. of the Intellect; III. Ability of the Formula XZ2 instead of Formula Human Intellect to attain the proper XZl Another agent, one from the object. After the general proposition Argument ivith an Editor :. i kitchen, reports something we sus­ has been stated Mr. Romberg will pected, all along: the cooks don't even seek to establish its validity. We had a nifty "Top of the Week" last week but the editor censored it eat the dining hall meals they prepare Attacking the argument as argu- for us. They eat caf stuff with" cream entes are: Ted Frericks, Albert Pa- in coffee, French bread, etc.... This cetta, Irving Klister, Carl Fricke, and ^-1 This figure may be interpreted in two agent also gives us a few facts on ways: (a) Only the wind and the waves are the new doughnut machine. He says George Haithcock. These objectors left to listen, (b) This leaves only Ed O'Con­ will try to show weak points of the nor broadcasting over the air waves. The cor­ it took something like from 7 p.m. to thesis and the formal defender will rect interpretation is left up to the reader's 1:40 a.m. to make 5,000 doughnuts. strive to clear up their diflSculties. judgment. (Continued on Page 21) MARCH 17. 1939 VILLAGERS FETE '39 KANSAS CLUB PLANS "?" GETS A MONICKER BASKETBALL TEAM ROCKNE PROGRAM IT'S "IL PONDEROSO" By Bill Scanlon By William C. McGowan

The annual testimonial banquet of Mai Elward, head football coach at It doesn't seem fair to ? to call Purdue University, will be the prin­ the Notre Dame Villagers Club hon­ him ? anymore. He's been training cipal sepaker at the annual anniver­ faithfully for KeU (thou^ I don't oring the 1938-39 basketball team sary program held in memory of know why he bothered to train at and coach will be held at the Colum­ Knute Rockne. Elward was a team­ all!) and the Bengal Bouts have al­ bia Athletic club on Monday evening mate of Rockne. This yearly trib- ready begun—yet I'm still calling him at 6:30 o'clock. ? in print and **!!??!* privately. It's time he had a name. Bernard F. Hiss has been named What to call him? He's big as a general chairman of the event. An bam, strong as an ox, and smart as invitation has been sent to Coach Bill a whip. "Barnyard" is the common Chandler of Marquette to attend the denominator for this group. But affair. He will attend if Marquette "Barnyard" lacks any euphonic quali­ does not participate in the New York ties. It just doesn't fit his personality. invitational tournament. Try another. A few weeks ago I said he was capable of taking on the Costin to be Toastmaster football squad, one team at a time. That still goes. And since it's a task Jim Costin, former sports editor of CHARLES MCNAMARA equal only to ? or "Southern Califor­ the News-Times, will be toastmaster. His ehib honors "Rock." nia," I'd have to call him' "Southern Mayor Jesse I. Pavey of South Bend, Cal." StiU, to caU him "Southern Cal" Coaches George Keogan and Elmer ute, sponsored by the Kansas-Okla­ would make him a local anesthetic Layden and members of the basket­ homa Club, will be presented in when he's really universal in that ball squad will be called upon to Washington Hall Sunday evening, respect. speak. Members of the Anderson and March 26. I'd name him "Euthanasia," only Muncie high school basketball teams sometimes his blood is up and he likes may also be present. The Rev. Hugh O'Donnell, C.S.C, to mangle his victims before sending vice-president of the University, and them on. Therefore "Euthanasia" Elmer F. Layden, director of athlet­ will never do. Others on committees who will as­ ics, will speak of their association sist include: William Carpenter, ticket with Rockne. Someone with a bad head might chairman; Francis Fergus, publicity suggest "Masked Marvel." Thaf s out chairman; Hugo Winterrowd, recep­ The committee in charge of the because ? doesn't wear a mask. "Ter­ tion chairman; and officers—Robert program is trjang to obtain exclusive rible Turk" is no good either since ? K. Rodibaugh, president; Richard S. pictures, edited by the "March of is not Turkish. Neither is he Dutch; Alberts, vice - president; Joseph F. Time," which deals solely with Rockne so "Flying Dutchman" is also irrele­ Hartzer, secretary; William Preko- and his Notre Dame football teams. vant. "Cranium Crusher"—^while clos­ witz, treasurer; and Benedict F. Mur- If successful, the pictures will be er to the real ? than the others— dock, sergeant-at-arms. Tickets may shown on the campus for the first would still limit him. be purchased at Brownson Hall rec­ time. There is running through ? how­ reation hall. The Kansas - Oklahoma Club has ever a mingled strain of brute and sponsored the program in honor of poet. Since he learned to read I've Rockne each year since 1931. Charles often found him snuggled in a corner McNamara, president of the club, has with Johnson's Lives of the Poets, or Script Wrifing Confesf appointed Jim Graham as general rocking gently to the majestic rhythm chairman of the program, Lloyd Wor- of Paradise Lost. Indeed, he has Rev. Eugene Burke, C.S.C., faculty ley as chairman of the picture com­ shown an esjiecial fondness for Mil­ adviser of the Radio Club, announces mittee, and Edward Corry as chair­ ton's work and calls Lyddas "his that a script writing contest will be man of the publicity committee. boy." held among the students of the Uni­ versity. The students have been Wait! There's an idea. • trained for this writing and special Ph3rsically ? is huge and powerfoL courses given by Instructor Richard N.C.C.M. Hears Talk By Temperamentally he's thoughtful, yet Sullivan. Mr. Orville Foster also in­ ponderously whimsical. Artistically augurated a radio discussion group Father Cavanaugh he inclines toward poetry of "high to develop technique in script writing. seriousness." There is only one word that de­ The contest will close March 27, The Rev. Francis P. Cavanaugh, scribes succesfully all these divers and contestants are urged to submit C.S.C, of the University Sociology qnaKties of ? "IL PONDEROSO" their entries to any of the following: Department, will deliver a paper on does it. Ed Grimes, Walt Johnson, Ed O'Con­ "Hygienic Marriage Laws" at the nor, Ray Kelly, Bob Jehring or Jim National Conference on Christian Magarahan. Marriage. The conference will be Papal Tiffe Explained held in Washington, D. C, under the The entrants are requested to limit auspices of the Catholic Conference The "White Father of Christen­ their sound effects and characters. on Family Life and the School of So­ dom" is a title often given to the The entries will be judged by a Radio cial Science of the Catholic Univer­ Holy Father. It lias no ^gnificance Club committee which will award a sity. An article by Father Cavanaugh other than the fact that the ordinary prize of ten dollars to the winner. on a similar topic appeared in a re­ color of papal garments has been Stories worthy of presentation will cent issue of the Journal of Social white since the .reign of. Pope Has be broadcast over Station WSBT. Hygiene. y (1566-72), who was a Dominican. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

Announce 57th Laetore Medal Award Sunday; OUR DAILY BREAD Custom Dates Back to Days of Father Sorin

By Edmund Butler liturgy It is not without significance that On the fourth Sunday of Lent for This American counter-part of the the coronation of Pope Pius XII took the past 56 years Notre Dame has "Golden Rose" flowered a number of place on the feast day of St. Greg­ been presenting the Laetare Medal. years ago when several members of ory I, the Great, Pope and Doctor of The award is made to some man or the faculty met one night for an in­ the Church. Gregory occupied the woman of the Catholic laity in recog­ formal discussion. Their conversation Chair of Peter from 590 to 604. The nition of past achievement and as an finally turned to the association of Liturgy, especially the mass, took its incentive to further and greater ser­ religion and educators. Much was present form under his inspiration vice in promoting Catholic ideals. The said about the zealous work on the and direction. The Gregorian Sacra- Rev. John F. O'Hara, C.S.C, presi­ part of some outstanding Catholics. mentary, one of the books that make dent of the University, will announce One member. Professor James Ed­ up our missal, takes its name from this year's recipient Sunday morning wards, was attributed with this him. The same is true of the Chant at the 8:30 o'clock Mass. declaration: which Pius X and Pius XI so fervent­ ly desired to see restored to its right­ The significance of such a presen­ Medal Dates from Father Sorin ful place for the instruction and edi­ tation takes its origin in the Divine Office of that day when the priest "Men and women who have added fication of the faithful. The corona­ lustre to the name of American Cath­ tion mass last Sunday differed but commemorates the call of Moses to the leadership of God's chosen people. olic, by their talent and virtues, de­ little from a papal mass at the time serve good-will and encouragement. of Gregory. The Mass is the sum of From ancient times this mid-Sunday of Lent has been a day of rejoicing. It is my opinion that our university human homage, the same today as in might well take some definite action the seventh century of Gregory and The first word of the Mass is Laetare, "Rejoice." in that regard — take the initiative, then on back to Calvary and the up­ as it were, in acknowledgement of per room of the Last Supper. Popes Began Custom what is done for faith, morals, educa­ The popes began the custom of pre­ tion and good citizenship." Mass Calendar: March 19 to 25 senting the Golden Rose, a precious And so this suggestion was favor­ and sacred ornament of pure gold, to ably received and adopted at a meet­ Sunday 19—Fourth of Lent. Lae- some person or locality conspicuous ing with Father Sorin, founder of the tare Sunday. Simple. Mass proper. 2d for its Catholic spirit and loyalty to university. Father Walsh, then presi­ prayer Intercession of the Saints (A the Holy See. The significance of the dent, and Professor Edwards. Though Cunctis). 3d Living and the Dead rose and Laetare Sunday, the day on it was originally intended that the (Omnipotens). 4th Against Persecut­ which it was blessed, have so blended medal be presented on Laetare Sun­ ors and Evil Doers, that the day is often called Rose Sun­ day it soon became evident that this day, and rose-colored vestments and was impracticable. Now the recipi­ Monday 20—St. Joseph. Spouse of altar decorations (sign of hope and ent's name is disclosed at that time the Blessed Virgin Mary. Confessor. joy) are substituted for the peniten­ and the presentation takes place at Double of the first class. 2d prayer tial purple of Lent. a later and more convenient date. the ferial. Credo. Last Gospel of the ferial. Prime Minister De Valero Traces Irish History Tuesday • 21—St. Benedict. Abbot. Greater Double. 2d prayer the ferial. In Dublin Address to New York World's Fair 3d Against Persecutors and Evil Do­ ers. Last Gospel of the ferial. . St. In a recent international broadcast Washington as its first president 150 Benedict, the apostle of liturgical Eanion de Valera, prime minister of years ago; Carroll of CarroUtown; worship, was the founder of monas- Eire, sent his greetings to the New Matthew Torrington, John Barry, ticism, the bulwark of the Church York Wo7-ld's Fair from Dublin. The Stephen Moynihan, to name only a and refiner of civilization. following paragraphs are excerpts few of the many thousands of Irish­ from, his speech: men, Catholic and Protestant, who Wednesday 22—Ferial. Simple. 2d shared the common purposes and la­ prayer Intercession of the Saints (A " Every Irishman looks back bored together to bring them to ful­ Cunctis). 3d Living and the Dead with pride to the contribution which fillment, belong to the Irish no less (Omnipotens). 4th Against Persecut­ Ireland made to the spread of learn­ than to American history. . . . ors and Evil Doers. R. ing and culture throughout the con­ tinent of Europe in the seventh, "Before I close I want to give you Thursday 23—Ferial. Sunple. Col­ eighth and ninth centuries; with this vision of Ireland's future written lects as of yesterday. pride also we recall the part which by a great Englishman nearly a Irishmen played a thousand years hundred years ago. 'I look,' he said, later, on another continent, in the 'towards a land both old and young; Friday 2U—St. Gabriel. Archangel. foundation and development of what old in its Christianity, young in the Greater Double. 2d prayer the ferial. is today your country, the United promise of its future; a nation which 3d Against Persecutors and Evil Do­ States of America. The special sec­ received grace before the Saxon came ers. Credo. Last (Jospel of the ferial. tion of our historical exhibit will be to Britain and which has never Gabriel, meaning the "Power of God," devoted to these events quenched it. I contemplate a people was sent to announce to Mary the which has had a long night and will glad tidings of the Incarnation. "We shall likewise portray in some have an inevitable day. I am tummg detail the part played by people of my eyes toward a hundred years to March 25—^The Annunciation of Irish blood in the great event which come and I dimly see the island I am the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double of the Fair is intended to commemorate, gazing on become the road of passage the first class. 2d prayer the ferial. the foimdation of the United States and imion between two hemispheres Credo. Last Gospel of the ferial. and the inauguration of George (Continued on Page 19) MARCH 17. 1939 HO HUM.... FROSH FITZGERALD RECEIVES HOBBES WAS A BIT ELECT OFFICERS LOUVAIN FELLOWSHIP OF EVERYTHING By Jim O'Donohoe By James Brugger By John Willman

What was that dead silence over The Belgium-American Educational At the Academy of Politics meet­ all the Freshman Halls for the past Foundation has honored Dr. John J. ing Tuesday evening, David Holman few weeks? Wasn't there a freshman FitzGerald, Ph.D., with a one-year discussed "The Political Philosophy class election going on? Someone Advanced Fellowship to the Univer­ of Thomas Hobbes." Holman traced found out at the last minute Tuesday sity of Louvain. in Belgium. Five the many philosophical ideas of morning that two of the candidates other Americans, representing the Hobbes and applied them to con­ were ineligible. Only 219 Freshmen temporary world conditions. voted for the men who will be their class oflScers. Hobbes' mechanistic theory pre­ sented the idea that the human appe­ Elected president by a large ma­ tite has its roots in man's sensuos- jority was Paul Lillis, who won over ness. Man is credited with reason, Ed Sullivan of Brownson 135 to 87. but the conclusion is drawn that Lillis, football player and scholar ex­ every man is a potential murderer traordinary, is from Freshman Hall to gain his own end. out of New York City. Hobbes followed Kant in the Chris­ The race for secretary was closer, tian tradition. However, he also was however, as Leo Haggerty of Zahm of the Spinoza school with a modified nosed out Robert Donohoe of Cavan- principle of "might is right." His augh by the narrow margin of one happy supposition was that natural vote, 110 to 109. right will limit might. By the same token just and unjust actions are not John Mead and Edward Monohan governed by human laws. were not opposed for the positions of vice-president and treasurer. Their In prescribing the best form of opponents were disqualified. government hereditaiy monarchy was favored. Individuals must accede Now that that is over, the first year their inherent raling power to the men can go back into their hiberna­ state head. This is a duty of a mem­ tion until the Sophomore elections, ber of any state. when they may again awaken and yawn with glee as they think of the In "De Cive" the theory was prom­ energy they are saving by not walk­ ulgated that the Church must be sub­ ing over to Carroll Rec to vote. DB. JOHN J. FITZGERALD, Ph.D. ordinated to the state if there is to Will return to Louvain. be peace: In the "Leviathian," which smacked of political propaganda for Charles II, atheism was regarded as Univei'sity of Pennsylvania, Univer­ inevitable without revelation. This Debaters Meef Florida sity of Alabama, Western Reserve, replaces the nationalistic theory with a pretentious revealed one. There­ Monday evening at 8 o'clock, the Yale, and Harvard, also received Ad­ vanced Fellowships. fore, political philosophy is needed to varsity debating team will meet the supplement the natural law. University of Florida in the Law Building Auditorium. Professor N. Dr. FitzGerald will use his Fellow­ After a study of Euclid, Hobbes Norwood Brigance of Wabash College ship for research work in philosophy. considered Politics a science. He will judge the debate. Friday and He Avill leave for France next Sep- based his opinion on the fact that Saturday, March 24 and 25, the de­ tembei*. mathematics was the only pure sci­ bating teams will take part in the ence and his political philosophy was University of Wisconsin debate tour­ Joined Faculty in 1937 based on Euclid's mathematics. nament, at Madison. Frank Parks and Milton Williams, affirmative; and Dr. FitzGerald received his bach­ At any price the aim of the state Albert Funk and Frank Fitch, nega­ elor's degree at Boston College in is to preserve peace. Violent death tive, will make the trip. 1933. Later he did gi-aduate work at is the supreme &v\\. Modem philoso­ Louvain, and, in 1937, he received phy takes right as a starting point his doctorate in philosophy. He joined whereas the classical philosophers the faculty of the University of Noti*e took law. ... If this is admitted, we Dame in September, 1937, as instruc­ must regard Hobbes as the father of Trip For Socio/ogisfs tor in metaphysics and cosmology. the political code of Mussolini and Professor Frank T. Flynn is mak­ Hitler. ing plans to have the Junioi's and The Belgium-American Educational At the same meeting Chancellor Seniors majoring in sociology visit Foundation was established from Fi-ed Sisk announced that the pro­ the State Prison at Michigan City, funds remaining after the liquida­ cedure of the Politics radio program Indiana, and attend a clinic which tion of the Relief Commission in Bel­ will be changed tonight. The pro­ will be aiTanged for them by prison gium during the World War. It aims gram will take the form of the "In­ oflScials. Those who intends to make to further intellectual relationships formation, Please" broadcast by this trip are requested to consult between Belgian and American uni­ allowing each participant to plague Mr. John Radelet, Walsh Hall, for versities. The Foundation is headed his cohorts with a list of unrehearsed particulars. Mr. Flynn is a member by Herbert Hoover. Since its incep­ questions. The first of the new ser­ of the parole board at the State tion in 1920 it has resulted in the ies will present Joseph Nigro, Ed-" Prison and teacher of Criminology exchange of 640 students between the ward Sandsti'om, Redman Duggan and Penology at Notre Dame. two countries. and Fred Sisk. NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

VINCENTIANS MAN ABOUT CAMPUS COLLEGE PARADE By Richard Leo Fallon, Jr. By Graham Starr By Fred E. Sisk

Recently a 17 year old boy charged This time it's Francis Robert Parks, Tradition Has a Peculiar Power . . . vnth auto theft was brought into the sociology major from Rice Lake, Wis. It can even produce a valued price police court of an Eastern city. He The "high brow" with an average in on a pair of shoes that have been was brought before the court as a the upper brackets (92.29 to be ex­ tramping around on different college criminal—^not the juvenile delinquent act) intends to enter the University campi for the past 13 years. Up until he had been a month before in the of Wisconsin law school next fall. now the pair of shoes have been Reformatory. He had been sent there But the sad part about it, says Frank, "schooled" at Harvard, Princeton, No­ for burglary. A second offense would is the six - month apprenticeship re­ tre Dame, Dartmouth, Rutgers, M.I. mean a long term punishment. He quirement. T., N.Y.U., McGill, Cornell, North­ was 17 now, and, if convicted, would western, Georgia Tech, and are now Secretary of the Wranglers, cam­ being worn by an Alabama student. be sent to the state prison. Neglected pus forensic society, Frank has been by his parents in a childhood sickness, The educated "clod - hoppers" will on the varsity debating team for two he had been left deaf in one ear. travel next to the University of Ken­ tucky for the first semester of 1938- Certainly all this must have been 1939. in the judge's mind. He sent for the father to see if something could be If this hobby of educating shoes done for the boy. The father notified becomes a habit, we foresee something the judge—notified him through some­ along this order: You at Slippery one else without so much as a per­ Rock U. send us your size 15 AA sonal call—^that he would not be both- "gunboats," and we'll crate our 16 . ered with "that kid and tell the judge AAA's and send them both on the to do what he likes." next freight west. After our 16's have spent one semester there, we Vincentians Step In would like you to forward them to the Department of Bootery at Way­ But there were men in the city— ward Aggies. business men who could find time as Vincentians to help out any "kid"— who took the boy in hand. They So I Turned Off the Alarm . . . showed him what a father should be A fellow is lazy when he gets up like; by their example they made him at 5 a.m. in order to have a longer realize that had a place to fill in day to idle.—Pelican society. He did fill his place and made good. He did more—^he gladdened the hearts of those men who could see the definite, recognizable effects of Lyceums Aren't a Breed of Snakes... their efforts. But for a good many of us descend­ ants of the earlier stock, "lyceums" Youngsters like this one are not might mean almost anything. To our molded over night. The turn to crime more experienced ancestors, however, or away from it is a slow process. "lyceums" meant a speaker in the We are all aware of the fact that the town hall, and the subject could have youngster must be directed lest his years—^this year on the "A" squad. been heavy or light, dark or trans­ mischievous pranks grow into petty The fiery senior always takes the af­ parent, or from "soup to nuts." Ly­ crimes and finally into those that send firmative and in many cases annihi­ ceums now come back into fashion at him to the state or federal prison. lates his opponents with his gift of the Utah State Agricultural College That is why the work of the N. D. versatility. where they have a regular lyceum bu­ Vincentians at the Y. M. C. A, in Is a lover of the great out-of- reau to schedule speakers and per­ South Bend is so important. Ath­ doors, fishes extensively and catches formers for the college town hall. letes and honor men, outstanding for the tigers of the Northland—muskies. Late "lyceum-man" at Utah State their activities, nevertheless have His parents have a large farm where was Bums Mantle, play critic and ed­ found time to direct gym classes of they raise Belgian draft horses, and itor of a yearly collection of the best delinquent boys. Ping Pong and pool in the summer time when he isn't ad­ plays of the year. are followed by a club meeting; that miring the beautiful animals he plays by basketball and a swim. There is tennis. no mention made of the fact that the In and About the "Parade" Never signs out because the date N. D. man helping out is a Vincen- Northwestern is offering a series of has already been set for next August,- tian. But the youngsters begin to lectures to help Mr. and Mrs. Income wonder who he is and why he comes. A lovely little lass. According to his Taxpayer fill out their blanks.. .WHA roomie, Roland Martin, the "sucker" University of Wisconsin radio station, worries about getting a certain letter Silent Charity Speaks the Loudest has recently been named the outstand­ every week, and does more debate ing social service radio station in the The 'Commonweal of a week ago work than school assignments. He United States for 1938... At Loyola carries an interesting article that re­ was chairman of the Notre Dame University in New Orleans some stu­ veals the impression this silent char­ Catholic oratorical contest last year. dents have formed the Brotherhood ity makes on the outsider. Impres­ For the past two weeks he has been of Pipe Smokers Association of Loy­ sions of another sort are not infre­ in cold storage because of "flu" and ola university.... Topics include, quent, either; one Vincentian tells of so missed the recent debating trip to "What kind of a pipe have you?"^ a basketball game his group lost be­ Iowa City, Iowa. "What tobacco do you use?" "Try my cause one player was without shoes, He had the worst double room for mixture, it's good." Suppose, Pipe and the other team made "impres­ two consecutive years, because of the Smokers Association that someone sions" on' his feet whenever he took proximity of prefects—^tough ones at wanted to discuss, "Have yuh got a a shot. that. cigarette?" MARCH 17, 1939

will meet with quite satisfactory ap­ featuring the important historical and THEATRE proval. Long weeks of rehearsal have scenic points of their land. Consult the cast in fighting trim. your newspaper for the hour of these By Ray Sadlier last two broadcasts. Tonight's Acad­ Prof. F. Kelly promises a lavish emy of Politics at 7:30 offers a differ­ set; and from Chicago have been ent type of program. Seeking an garnered the brilliant costumes of Aside from a few unique and ex­ informal manner, their topic, "Amer­ royalty! All in all, "The Queen's Hus­ perimental retrogi-essions t o stage ican Government and Politics" will be band" has the potentialities of be­ technique and presentations of cen­ aired in quiz form. coming a remembered incident in our turies ago, the present-day theatre is cloistered life. So, until curtain-time, a complex and integrated mechanism. next Wednesday evening. His Majes­ Campus Radio Log While individualism on the part of a ty, Eric VIII of—?—(we stiU don't performer has not been entirely elim­ know what kingdom we rule)—^retires Mon. 7:45 — Faculty Talk — WFAM. inated, an actor now has an "ad­ to experiment with grease-paint and vanced" point of view. He is an Tue. 7:00 — Men of Yesterday — crepe-hair. What a life! artist member of a group of perform­ WFAM. ers who, like the misicians in an or­ Tue. 9:15 — The Modemaires — chestra, have a common purpose based WSBT. on a philosophy of common effort. RADIO Wed. 9:00 — Periscope of the News Their common purpose is to pro­ By Bernard Feeney — WSBT. duce an effect on an audience—^not Thur. 9:30 — Music Department — many effects, but one effect. To the WSBT. production of one effect all are con­ New Interest tributors—^not only all the players, Fri. 7:30 — Academy of Politics — The announcement of a radio script WFAM. but also all the artists of the theatre: writing contest elsewhere in this issue the scenic designer, the costumer, the is indicative of the rising interest in electricians, and those who control radio within the local Radio Club. At the incidental music transitions, back­ recent meetings more organization MUSIC NOTES grounds, and other desired sound and a greater spirit of cooperation effects. have been noted. Criticism of pres­ By William Mooney ent production by members has stim­ . Hard Work Necessary ulated a desire for better programs. Since the best of the scripts in the It seems very appropriate that this It may appear, superficially, that week something be said of Irish mus­ the actors, especially the leads, are new contest will be selected for dramatization , it is thought that this ic. The material for these few words the main bulwark of a show. Yet, it was found in a work entitled. Man­ remains that long, tedious hours of should help greatly in promoting radio dramatics. ners and Customs of the Ancient concentrated planning and intense Irish, by E. O. Curry, Volume 1. productive effort have made possible the interpretation on the part of the The Man Behind the Voice In the Middle Ages, Irish music actor. To the Stage Director, then, This week, it's Dick Bohn of Alum­ was built on a different scale from is allotted the task of coordinating the diatonic scale of our modem this complicated mechanism of the ni Hall and Chillicothe, Ohio. As the expression goes, he is "way behind music. The scale was homophonous play; for, of necessity, there must be and consisted of five tones roughly the voice" for Dick is the chief engi­ a Supreme Court—otherwise chaos! corresponding to our notes C, D, E, G, The Director must interpret the play­ neer at the local stu­ and A. Irish musicians must have wright's recorded genius, and he must dio, and so usually ^ been acquainted with the bare rudi­ recreate it through actors, scenic de­ isn't on the air. How- ^* ments of harmony, but the native sign, lighting, music, tempo, make-up ever, at times Dick music was little above the primitive and costuming. has announced and stage. The growth of Irish music was engineered programs || very slow. Artistic developments of The contention that actors "make" simultaneously; so far the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries a play is to a great extent fallacious. this year his score on |§ required resources which could only The actor sei-ves as no more than a this is five times! He ^ be found in the courts of princes, in mirror whose job it is to reflect the still recalls his first ^^ large cathedrals, or in rich abbeys. Director's vision. This view, though, broadcast. Dared by ""' is by no means derogatory to the Walt Hagen, he got actor. Ability, stage personality, tech­ a bad case of mike CHARLES R. BOHN Irish Music Isolated nique and interpretation are personal fright! While he has qualities which cannot be achieved engineered 80% of all local shows in The unhappy political and social entirely by Directorial stimulation or the last four years, he still hopes for state of Ireland was whoUy incom­ other external forces. The point to new equipment to handle the work patible with the artistic cultivation be made, though, is that the actor is properly. of music. The introduction of Prot­ an individual mechanism which must estantism into England completely isolated Irish music. Irish harpers no be properly placed in the delicate ma­ New Programs chinery of the whole before a finished longer wandered over Europe, and picture may be presented. Also indicative of this new interest European minstrels ceased to visit are a few new programs. Walter Ireland. The Catholics, deprived of Plug (or "Queen's Husband" Johnson's new series called, "College their cathedrals and abbeys^ and ul­ Quiz" is ready to start. Featuring timately forbidden all public worship "The Queen's Husband," the Play­ Hall competition, the initial broadcast could no longer use even the simple ers' initial production under the di­ will be aired over WSBT from 8 to chants of the Church, The new har­ rection of Rev: Matthew Coyle, C.S.C., 8:30 tonight. Next Thursday night monic music, which received its im­ is scheduled to open next Wednesday the Bengal Boxers will be inter­ pulse from Protestantism, had no in­ evening, March 22, and to close its viewed. Tonight, in honor of St. fluence whatsoever on the Irish music "run" the following evening. It is Patrick, local radio Irishmen have of that period, owing to the impas- rumored that this current production scheduled an interesting travel talk (Continued on Page 18) NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

should be equally evident. The decline and fall of the The Noire Dame Scholastic Hearst empire was not solely the result of its owner's Disce Quasi Semper Victurus Vive Quasi Cras Moriturus extravagances. Just the kind of "yellow journalism" FOUNDED 1867 against which we have protested played a large part in MABK J. MITCHELL Editor-in-Chief that now well-known collapse. VINCENT DECOURSEY Managing Editor Therefore, it is not only in the interests of a more WiLUAM P. MAHONEY Literary Editor WnJJAM C. FAY News Editor truthful and ethical journalism that we decry such flag­ DONALD FOSKETT. Sports Editor rant malpractice. It is to the interest of the newspapers TOM POWEBS Art Editor themselves to look towards future circulation and adver­ REIV. L. V. BROUGHAL, C.S.C JFaeulty Advisor tising, and think twice about trying to fool all of the Member of Catholic School Press Association and Associated Colleg­ people all of the time.—MARK J. MITCHELL iate Press. Distributor of Collegiate Digest. Represented for national advertising by National Advertising Service, Inc., 420 Madison Ave., New York City — Chicago — Boston — Los Angeles — San Francisco. THE SCHOLASTIC is published 26 times during the school year at the University of Notre Dame. Address manuscripts to Editor, Post Office Box 155, Notre Dame, Indiana. The Coronation Staff meetings Wednesday evenings in Editorial Rooms, Ave Maria HIS event was nothing less than a formal declaration Building; Editorial Staff 6:30 P.M.; General Staff, 7:00 P.M. Tin the face of the whole modem and semi-paganized world of the supremacy of the spiritual principle in man. Vol. 72 March 17. 1939 No. 20 This was being enthroned as the real basis of all authority and government, and all those ethical judg­ ments on which the very existence of our civilization "You Can Fool some of the People..." depends. AST Sunday's Chicago Tribune carried an editorial In a world that has gone blind to almost everything L entitled "The American Insane Era," which bluntly but material considerations; a world in which, owing to accused members of the Administration of being "play its rejection of Christian ethics, no bond or oath could boys making a game for their own delight out of the be trusted, the coronation once more enthrones the relig­ needs and resources of the country." Aside from the ious principles, the only principle by which our civilization gratuitous assumptions and far-fetched conclusions of can be saved from complete disaster. this particular editorial, the underlying theme, a defense ALFRED NOYES in Chicago American. of and justification for poor oppressed capitalists, is important as an index of a dangerous tendency. We neither want to attack nor to defend the Tribune's position on the merits of the capitalistic system, nor on The Catholic in Catholicism the unworthiness of the present Administration. Steps N HIS recent visit to the United States, Jacques toward a redistribution of wealth might not be the worst O Maritain remarked that the Catholic is not Cathol- possible inclination for a government. Neither are we cism. M. Maritain's remark has particular significance completely satisfied that the New Deal has not done some when we think of those Catholics who take an active part good. But these are not the things we wsh to contest. in the liturgy and those who merely fulfill their obliga­ The point is that the editorial represents an aspect of tions. To claim membership in the Mystical Body pre­ what seems to have become a regular practice of the supposes an interest, and following that interest there is Chicago Tribune. Such statements as this one are typical an obligation. Toward these two participatory require­ of the practice: "Only a few of the railroads have any­ ments some Catholics are lax; unfortunately many more thing for the stockholders. Many of them have nothing are sophisticatedly iminterested. for their bondholders and are in receivership. All of them The Catholic Church is the Kingdom of God on earth. are bled by taxation." The obvious implication is that It is an active society of those members who, by faith, railroads are bankrupt because of the imposition of exces­ profess to follow the teachings of Christ and participate sively high taxes by the federal government. In point of in the liturgy of the Church. As members, the individu­ fact it is well known that most of the railroads were in als assist at, and take part in, the various liturgical rites the hands of receivers before the present administra­ of the Church. Membership, then, signifies activity, func­ tion took office. tion, action. For the most part, either by desire or by This dishonest use of facts to mislead the reading precept, the faithful are fully responsible to the rites of public is an insidious and thoroughly contemptible prac­ the Church. Sacraments are received frequently and the tice. Yet the Tribune invariably does it. Tribune writers Commandments of the Church are obeyed. For many, almost inevitably confine their use of the facts and sta­ unfortunately, this is the end of their activity. tistics involved in a story strictly to those which com­ It is this group, the Sunday Catholics, that the advo­ pletely support their particular point of view; never are cates and crusaders of Catholic Action are anxious to adverse facts admitted to consideration. And sadly reach. To assist at Mass alone is not Catholicism; to enough, most of the supposedly straight news reporting make one's Easter duty and do nothing more is not Cathol­ suffers from the same perversion, so that there is hardly icism. Catholicism is far more meaningful and inspiring a part of the paper free from the taint of falsity and than that. Catholicism, when fully appreciated and real­ misconstruction. ized gives one a full life, a holy life. Catholicism is Cath­ The policy is positively dangerous. For, though a free olic Action. Better still. Catholic Action is Catholicism. press may be a blessing, that freedom, abused by the The clergy, besides administering the sacraments, act distortion of objective truth in favor of a particular class as spiritual advisors to the laity. They have an active or group, becomes a curse- duty as well as an accepted duty. So, too, the laity, the That the policy represents a tendency in American business man, the teacher, the laborer, the clerk, even the journalism is evident to anyone who reads thoughtfully student—all these have an active duty to perform. They in any variety of newspapers. That the policy can and must not only believe in the doctrines of the Church, but ultimately will result in positive harm to the paper itself more importantly, the must live them.—JOHN J. KOHN. MARCH 17, 1939 li

Among the Magazines

With JOHN J. DEANE

The college student today professes subtle, because to a very large extent was forever insisting upon the holi­ to a bored cosmopolitanism that clothed in Christian dress, with its ness of truth, that is, all that knowl­ damns the good things of home as other-worldly supernatural formulas, edge can do to make a man the better, not quite modem and looks over the surviving in appearance but gradual­ lover of God. But since man can far hills for new thought. To bring ly losing their inner meaning. In love only that which, his intellect home a very Catholic point we have other words, the magnificence of the knows, and since God is thereby re­ incorporated several foreign maga­ Greco-Roman heritage was suddenly stricted to a rather narrow portal in zines into our review to show that given new life through its fertiliza­ reaching the heart of man, i.e., his in­ truth is quite the same the world tion, as it were, by the Christian tellect, Aquinas insists also upon the over. teaching about the individual and his great importance of the contemplative sublimity. And so, Mr. Bedoyer life because it means in itself the gaze The Dublin Revieiv: January. warns, if Christianity does not soon of the soul on God and in consequence get to work, it will find itself hoist the increase of our knowledge of God. J. L. Benvenisti in "Christian with its own petard. The article merely illustrates how Morals and the Means Test" upsets ever-new St. Thomas Aquinas is; this our smug democratic conception of Barbara Ward, in "Planned Econ­ hurrying world would do well to de­ charitable care for the unemployed by omy in Catholic Social Thought," ad­ sist from its rushing to ascertain proving that, if our economics were mires the Catholic economic viewpoint more accurately the end toward which informed to a greater degree with as expressed in the Papal Encyclicals. its haste in carrying it. Christian ethics the problem of xm- Catholic social teaching, she writes, employment would soon be solved. It is remarkable in that, before all else, The Catholic Woi-ld: February. is not solved because we are not suffi­ it is an attempted synthesis; it is not ciently concerned about it to solve it. an accident that the two important "Do Communists Think," by William We are sufficiently concerned to dis­ social encyclicals, Rerum Novanim, H. Kelty, asks a question that should play a certain journalistic lachrymos- and Quadragesimo Anno, which ap­ result in much red agitation. Pro­ fessedly, there is a no more open mind ity and shake our heads, but we tol­ peared forty years later, condemn not than the Communist mind, and the erate and acquiesce in a political and only the glaring evils of capitalist so­ economic order under which it is in­ Communist is indignant when accused ciety, but also the two extreme doc­ of irrationality. Mr. Kelty agrees, evitable. The authoritarian states trines of social change—Fascism and have, in point of fact, destroyed the the Communists do think, no doubt, Communism—^which claim to cure but theirs is the colored thinking of cyclic phenomena of unemployment, them. The Catholic system is bal­ and are correcting the distorted rela­ the pure fanatic. It is the thinking anced; it is fair; and because it is of Ivan the Terrible and of Juan Vi­ tion between town and country by fair, it has displeased both camps. precisely such an invasion (invasion cente Gomez — of men intent upon . Nevertheless, the social programme pow^er and lacking a balanced set of of individual rights of property and of the Church aims above everything gain). Hitler takes forty percent of values. That Communists work in else at balance, the balance achieved the name of humanity, says Mr. all company profits, and makes the by combining planned economy with dividend recipient pay income tax in Kelty, only makes their tactics more individual freedom, state control with despicable. Ivan and Gomez were at addition. Since most company profits private owTiership, economic indepen­ least frank about their sanguinary are a tax on the community, then dence with political needs and social purposes. Communism produces an Hitler's action is simply a refunding justice. But it would be gross misin­ insidious kind of thinking — a kind of that tax and this would appear to terpretation of Catholic teaching to that may result in the destruction of be morally justified. Apparently, as assume that the outline given in the religious worship, and of ctvil rights Mr. Benevisti sees it, the totalitarian Encyclical of a structural change in as it has done in the Soviet Union, in state has stolen a march, in the right economic life is all that is necessary Spain and in the other countries direction, on the democracy. Is our to bring about a change in society. which have suffered ideological wars. aversion to eating humble pie suffi­ This longed-for social reconstruction It is a kind of thinking that should ciently strong to prevent us from fol­ must be preceded by a renewal of the never gain widespread support in the lowing in Der Fuehrer's footsteps? Christian spirit from which so many United States of America. Michael De La Bedoyer, in "What people engaged in industry have at times lamentably departed. Other­ is This Nee - Paganism" puts the "Franco's Spain," by Joseph F. blame for its existence directly at the wise all our endeavours will be futile Thoming. Now that the Spanish war feet of Christianity. Before Christi­ and our home, will be built, not upon is drawing to a close it ic well to look anity the pagan state conceived man, a rock, but upon shifting sand. to the political significance of the es­ not as an individual, but as one stone tablishment of a Spanish government in the structure of the state; how^ever, Blackfriars: January. that is quite-friendly with Italy and with the advent of Christianity there Germany. Dr. Thoming ponders a came a new concept of man, man as To the philosophy majors and, more return to the regency. Everjnvhere, an individual. Then slowly was Neo- specifically, the Thomists, a hitherto in Spain, he writes, there is specula­ Paganism born. Out of Christianity, unpublished lecture of the late Father tion about the probabilities in favor its doctrines and its faith, there grew Bede Jarrett, O.P., should have an of a restoration of kingship. There a new kind of Paganism, at one and especial appeal. "The Holiness of is a strong traditional urge to bring the same time intensely strong, be­ Truth" puts in front of the reader back royalty as a sjnnbol of national cause deriving from the strength of one aspect of the teaching of St. unity. Franco himself favors Prince Christian conviction, and extremely Thomas Aquinas. As a teacher he Juan, the youngest son of Alphonso 12 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC

XIII. Nevertheless, in the event that imder the thumb of Germany's Nazi West Point," by W. H. Baumer, Jr., Prince Juan is invited to accept the dictator. But why worry about the is an interesting and informative responsibilites of kingship, dne may fate of one Dictator? For this reason: article on the Catholic cadets at West be certain that he will not be per­ Catholics are a loyal crowd; they are, Point. There are four hundred and mitted to act as an absolute monarch.. too, a wary crowd. They will defend twenty Catholics among the members the Duce from the lies of the Com- of the Cadet Corps, because of the mimist, but very often they do not close-knit spirit of the Academy con­ Avierica: March 4,1939. know of the change that has come victions translated into action by the "Fascist Trends Show Evidence of over Italy, and without realizing it, Catholic cadets are a compelling ex­ Nazi Influence," (Anonsmious) ac­ they may be harming the Catholic ample to those cadets of other faiths, counts for Mussolini's sliding popu­ cause by continuing to extol the Duce and so the four himdred and twenty larity with the Italian people because as though he were the Duce of sev­ work for much good. They carry of the Anschluss. At that time Mus­ eral years ago. The only possible their whole-hearted approach to cadet solini's attitude seriously offended the Catholic attitude today, especially in life into their religious practice with Italian people, offended them in the America, is one of uncompromising a commendatory spirit. Notre Dame deepest of their Catholic instincts. impartiality. The Church is fighting has aided, in an indirect way, to the Once offended, they were not easily two enemies, Communism and Racism, support of the Chapel at West Point. reassured. The Duce took no steps and Racism is no less ugly when it In order to cover the annual expendi­ to reassure them. The impression dons Fascist garb, nor is it any less tures of the Chapel there has-been a grows throughout Rome that the Duce dangerous. benefit dance at the Hotel Astor after has lost his power; that, for some the Army-Notre Dame football game. reason or other, he is completely "The Catholic Cadet at Stately How far-reaching our roots.

Niail's Greatest Raid By THOMAS PATRICK WALL

Niall of the Nine Hostages was a sweeping close in along the Welsh spared . . . and these for slavery. Into mighty raider of the seas, the terror coast. Near Benavum a force was the holds of ships they are thrown of far coasts. The squat, tower landed secretly to take the high passes along with their former treasures, no sterned merchant galleys of the Ro­ back of the town, the only landward longer human beings . . . but slaves, mans knew him and regretted it; the retreat. Leathern sails stiU glisten­ things to be bought and sold. little stucco walled coastal towns of ing with morning dew are tied to So it was that Niall Neeallach Roman Britain knew him and their spars; long oaken oars alone mourned brothers in slavery; the re­ found booty and high adventure, but now drive the ships in close forma­ had he been the most imaginative of ceding legions knew him and longed tion toward the opening of the little for safe, suimy Italy. Much had Niall men he could never have imagined the bay. The towns folk, still imaware value of the treasure that lay in one raided, much booty taken, much fear of danger, suddenly are aroused by inspired. of his bottoms, a boy of sixteen, or­ the distant sound of many trumpets phaned now of father and mother, In the Year of Our Lord, 389, Niall sounding battle, a sound of terror in separated from his sisters and grew restless and his fighting men those days that always preceded the friends, begging his God for light and clamoured for the sea. Ireland was attack of the Gael. Instinctively, sol­ strength. at peace and these were fighters. In diers rush to posts, doors and win­ search of adventure, treasure, and dows are bolted, women and children Six years this pearl of Christ lab­ slaves the sea warriors took ship, are put on the road to the hills, eyes ored as the humblest of slaves, as a^ therefore. The Western Ocean foamed are turned to the sea. Silence reigns swineherd, speaking to his Creator, under their long oar; the sun dimmed broken only by the lapping of water "a hundred prayers a day and as in the brilliance of helm and sword; on the shore. Suddenly around a head­ many at night" as he later said. The the sea bird was silenced by the blasts land, sweeps into view, a long, many- spark of the Holy Ghost was fanned of their trumpets. oared ship, running toward the town in him by the Irish breezes and there Across the Irish Sea near the prom­ over the water, like some strange came a night when a Voice spoke to ontory, now called St. David's Head, monster of the deep. The estuary be­ him and told him it was time for him the Little Roman town of Benavum comes alive with more like monsters. to leave his masters and take up a Tabemae squatted by its narrow estu­ Long-haired warriors, swinging axe new and greater work, the "Conquest" ary and drank in the splendor of the and sword, spill from the decks as of Ireland. new-dawned day. People moved keels grate on the strand. Up from Years elapsed in training but the through the narrow streets on the the shore they rush, dashing like a day came when Patrick returned filled way to daily tasks. Before one of the wave against the defenses. Clash of with the fire of the Holy Ghost to larger houses two men sat and talked steel on steel, panic, screams of ter­ convert his former oppressors, but while a stripling of a boy knelt at ror, cry of victory, and then silence that story is well known throughout their feet and listened. One of these broken now and then by distant cries the whole world, for Irishmen since men was Calphumius, the decurion, somewhere back of the town where his time have wandered everywhere, the other an officer of the neighbor­ the land forces of Niall have fallen armed no longer with the sword, but ing small garrison, and the boy was upon hapless refugees. with the Word of God, not to enslave, Patricius, son of the decurion. but to free men from the bondage that Niall, in characteristic fashion was Only the young and the strong are is Godlessness. MARCH 17, 1939 13 THE WEEK IN SPORTS

IRISH GRIDMEN GET BENGALEERS REST AFTER GRUELING PRELIMS: DOWN TO WORK RESUME FIGHTING MONDAY AND TUESDAY

By Jim Newland Warm spring weather enabled the Irish football forces to trot out on With several spectacular fights in the background, victorious mitt-slingers Cartier Field early this week. The in the initial preliminaries of the Bengal Bouts prepared today to undergo the first object on Coach Layden's pro­ "second operation." The second rounds of the preliminary battles will be held gram is to put an edge on the abilities Monday and Tuesday. and functions which stagnated during the winter. Blocking, tackling, charg­ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Five technical knockouts featured ing, shifting, and ball handling all the opening night of preliminary have to be worked on along with the scraps with four defending champions necessary conditioning process. successfully holding their respective titles in blistering first round battles. Linemen are doing plenty of leg- work to strengthen that leg-drive for Opening Wednesday evening with the next campaign, and Line Coach 14 fights, Bengal scrappers gave cer­ Joe Boland is emphasizing the neces­ tain e-vidence that the coming fights, sity of learning to do a thing right culminating with the finals a week' first before putting it into practice. from tonight, will be the best in the eight-year history. A packed house Line Blocking Stressed witnessed the opening fights. Shoulder blocks, cross blocks, and After Vince Guracharri defeated check blocks all have their peculiar McCanna in the initial attraction of function, and if this is to be attained, the evening Jimmy McClaren de­ the boys have got to know just how feated Grisanti, winning by a tech­ to throw that black. Backs have been nical knockout in the third round. A drilling in offensive tactics primarily, BENGAL ACTION chap named Duffy, a newcomer to with emphasis on passing and kicking. Scene from last year's production. the Bengal show, gave the fans a "Joe Monday found Elmer Layden's Louis" specialty by sending Ervin coaching staff dividing the squad up Stefanik to the canvas in less than into groups to work with the indi­ one minute, in the third fight in the vidual candidates. Newcomers were Promising Material 125 pound division. By winning so given special attention to start them decisively, Duffey is certain to cause off right in the-Notre Dame style of On Freshman Squad plenty of trouble in the coming fights. play. Incidentally, if things shape up Swinging blistering rights and lefts right, this same style of play will be from all angles, "Swingin' Sammy" on display tomorrow when the first Dolce won over Daner in the three dogfight of the year is staged. One When Basketball Coach George rounds in the 135 pound class. Dolce thing this scrimmage will determine Keogan looks around next year to is defending his title for the third will be how far advanced in condition find men to replace Captain Earl time, and from the class he showed in the men are. Evidently, not a few of Brown, "Duke" Ducharme, and Eddie the opening preliminaries, he has a them will find that the winter was a Sadowski, he is certain to cast eyes fine chance to repeat. long, soft one; also, that excess fat at George Sobek and Bemie Crim- comes off the hard way. mins, outstanding freshman guards. Dick Leahy, defending champ in Two other freshman guards of "no the 145 pound division, held his One Regular Back little ability" are Bob "Whizzer" crown only after considerable opposi­ White and Bob Hargraves. tion from Charley Dillon. This fight- Since Captain Kelly is the only was probably the most closely con­ starter left from last year's line, com­ Although Mark Ertel and Rex Ellis tested of the opening evening. petition for the forward wall will be both return next year, Frank Quinn Jimmy Brown, another title holder, dingdong from now on. Although the of Indianapolis, an excellent • passer, won over Rorick in a slow deliberate entire second string line of Kerr and is expected to give both boys a "run scrap, and Larry McLaughlin K.O.*d O'Brien ends, Harvey and Gallagher for their money" for the center posi­ Ray, a contender in the 145 pound tackles; Riffle and DeFranco, guards; tion on Notre Dame's 1940 basketball division. and Mclntyre center is back intact, edition. The freshman's play revolved While each individual fighter put needless to say their names have not around Quinn. Jim Kelley of Ken­ as yet been picked as starters against on a marvelous show for the huge tucky, a tall lanky boy, is being used crowd, credit is also due to the men Purdue. For one thing, the squad at both forward and center. numbers over 150 men—a sufficient who worked hard for over a week number to include at least one dark- Other promising forwards are putting up the ring and arranging horse. Jak Kline has handed up some "Red" Games, Harvey Doering, Art other necessary matters. fine big Freshman' candidates and Pope, Steve Bagarus, a South Bend The second round of preliminary these ment together with last year's boy, who despite his size is a very fighting is expected to be witnessed 3rd, 4th, and 5th teams should pro­ good shot under the basket, Cornelius by a jammed house. There will be duce some outstanding players. Ducey, and Rod Maguire. 14 fights each evening. 14 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC NICKMEN FINISH INDOOR SEASON AGAINST 47 VARIATIONS ON A SELECT FIELD AT BUTLER RELAY CARNIVAL THEME BY KELL

By Pete Sheehan Last week, you will remember, I The Notre Dame track men, who successfully defended their Central told you how impatient Champ Kell Collegiate Conference title last Saturday, will participate in the Butler Relays was getting. Well, he's not getting any better with a passage of time. at Iridianapolis tomon'ow afternoon and evening. Last year the Irish garnered He is in such a state of constant flux, 18 points to finish in fifth place. that on our most recent visit we could not keep track of him. He changed Last year the Irish took first place positions so many times that he re­ in one event—^the pole vault. Dan Baseball Squad Moves minded your reporter of a ballet Gibbs, the winner, has departed but dancer's nightmare. "I yam merely "Diz" Dean is expected to score in Info Corfier Field keeping my diverous and sundry mus­ cles from stiffening," explained the Killer. But perhaps I should tell you that Captain Joe Nardone, only return­ mentally the Champ is a very orderly ing monogram winner in the outfield, will shift to center field, Coach Clar­ ence (Jake) Kline announced this week as baseball drills moved out-of- doors following a spurt of spring weather. Last season Nardone played left field. With the end of the basketball sea­ son last Saturday, four experienced players from last season turned out for the drills. Rex Ellis, six-foot, four inch basketball center, won a mono­ gram as a pitcher. "He will be slow TRACKSTER HALPIN in working into shape, however," Jake commented, "because the others are "Confined to relays.' a month ahead of him." THE "KILLER" " humility is noble...." Other cagers likely to make strong this event. Ted Leonas, who cleared bids for varsity posts this season are: person. He has methodically checked 6 feet 4 % inches last week will jump Ken Oberbrunner, first baseman or off each and every day on his student against three Big Ten aces—^AUen, outfielder; Lou Wagner, and "Gag" calendar. I saw that Our Bet had of Michigan, Diefenthaler, champion Gaglione, another pair of auxiliary March 24 circled, and between the from Illinois, and Smith, of North­ men both as infielders and outfielders. lines a very efficient little note: 9:15 western. Allen and Leonas shared "The selection of the men to flank p.m.—"fight" in de Bengals; 9:16 p.m. honors at Ann Arbor last month when Nardone in the outfield will depend —call de coroner; 9:17 p.m.—^hit de neither boy could go higher than 6 almost entirely on hitting ability," hay. That just goes to show how feet 4 inches. Bill Dougherty will Kline furthered. close the Champ figures on his bouts. finally have a chance to take up "Of course I gotta work in a shower where he left off at Champaign. The In practices recently in the field somewheres," the Champ said, grin­ Sophomore jumping star cleared 24 house, Coach Kline lined up two in­ ning expectantly at the calendar. feet but committed a foul and had to fields that appear to be among the Occasionally the Pouncer looked better cadnidates out. On the No. 1 be contented with third place al­ preoccupied; every now and then he team, Larry Doyle played first; Hy- though he finished less than an inch would mumble something about six behind the winner. mie' Crane, second; "Motts" Tonelli of football fame, shortstop; and Chet days, or 165 hours, or 9900 minutes, Sullivan, third. Doyle and Sullivan or 594,000 seconds. The supreme hu­ won monograms a year ago. mility of the Champ is sometimes Weights Should Be Tough noble and awe-inspiring. The Champ The other team had Farrell, first confessed to me with boyish modesty, Beinor and Faymonville will have base; McGuire, second base; Hogan that he had not compiled the above plenty of trouble competing against and Kelly alteranting at shortstop; figures, but that his managers had Watson, of Michigan, who broke his with Crimmins at third. Art Verhoes- done the work for him. "They change own record last Saturday when he put tra and Bob McHale handled the 'em every day. I likes to watch 'em the shot 51 feet 8% inches. catching duties. shrink. An' pretty soon there'll be me Coach Kline hopes to get a group in the ring, an' me doin' de routine Dave Reidy, the sensation of the of practice games with South Bend on this Thing, an' the crowds yellin' CCC. meet, will be counted upon in teams as soon as weather permits. for me to finish him off, an' all de both the high and low hurdles. Last fun. Gee!" said the Killer reminis- Saturday he tied two records, won cently, as he recalled the fine "Finis" every one of the nine heats in which Honus Wagner, grand old war- he wrote all over Joe Race last year. he participated and made the fastest horse of the Pittsburgh Pirates, head­ Then I pulled a boner. I mentioned time of his career. ed south for the 27th time this week the Killer's current opponent. Pre­ as the great army of major league vious experience should have taught Coughlin, Saggau, and Tucker will baseball players went into training. me a lesson. He literally roared me run the dashes; Capt. Rice, Halpin, Honus' biggest objection to the game out of the room: "If me opponent is Hestor, Wilkinson and Donnelly will nowadays is that "the players are too entering this fray to get exercise he confine their activities to the relays. friendly." (Continued on Page 17) MARCH 17, 1939 15 AWAIT FINAL ROUNDS INTRODUCING GOLF LINKS AND NEW OF WINTER SPORTS By Eddie Huff QUARTERS TO OPEN By Jack White Eddie Broscoe is a "3 in 1" man; he was varsity right end for three According to Father Holderith, The University Winter Sports Tour­ yeai"s, is current captain of the gym golf coach, and director of the course, • nament went into its sixth week Mon­ team, and he is coaching the Bengal the school golf course will be opened day. Scheduled to close at the begin­ boxers who swept into tournament for the students' use on or before the ning of the month the carnival has action this week. end of this month. been delayed to some extent. When Ed receives his B.S. in phy­ Simultaneous with the opening of sical education this June, he will be- At any rate there is one new cham­ the course will be the opening of the golf quarters in the southwest comer pion; and a score of semifinalists are of the new Rockne Memorial. Lockers awaiting final matches. The new title- and showers will be available to aU holder is Sophomore Frank Piano of golfers upon pajmient of a 75c lock Lyons Hall, who showed well in his deposit fee. They money will be re­ Thursday night billiard defeat of turned at the close of the semester, Mike Shea of Alumni. The affair when the locks are turned in. was no runaway, but the senior ap­ peared soundly trounced by the cue The old clubhouse is now in the re­ of Champion Piano. In attaining the modeling process, and when the seas­ finals, Shea conquered Lyonite John on opens it will be used as shelter for Kerrigan, while Piano ovei'threw a those who are w^aiting to tee off. The final threat in Bill Fish, of St. Mary's. underpass will be used in going to and from the Memorial. The fieldhouse handballers are al­ The golf team will begin practice most in the semifinals. Favorite Sal as soon as the course opens. So far Trentacoste, and Al Van Hollebeke the personnel of the squad has not are assui^ed of semifinal matches, the been chosen, but from the results former with the winner of the Byme- BENGALEER BROSCOE of the Fall tournament Father Hol- Metrailer contest, the latter with Bill Watch him in the gold corner. derith has gathered information that Piedmont or the winner of the Mona- will be helpful in selecting the men han-Lynaugh match. Four double who will compose part of the team. teams are in the semifinals, and a come another "3 in 1" type as he assumes the head coach's duties at For those who did not enter the tour­ champion is near at hand. The four nament last fall, however, there stiU pairs are Bergman-Metrailer, Bradley- Cleveland's Benedictine High in foot­ ball, basketball, and track. Benedic­ remains a chance of making the team. Trentacoste, MuUigan-Schorsch, and All those who are interested in trying Sexton-Brown. tine is a small parochial high school, which maintains its athletic equity in "for the squad should turn in their a major public high league. names to Father Holderith sometime 218 Is Bowling Tops next week, as he would like to know Ed is a veteran Bengal bouter, just how large a group he will have Interest is still running high at the having fought champion Max Marek to choose, from. Walsh Bowling alleys. Father Erns- as a freshman. In the '37 and '38 tourneys he was "mixed up" in the There will be an interhall golf dorff has the students baffled with his tournament this spring, as in the high-scoring jousts against the best "shady" wrestling bouts involving his former protege, "Killer" Kell. Ed past, but the plans for this event are of the campus aces.. Rolling 218 not yet complete. It will probably Father Ernsdorff disposed of Ray has regained his amateur standing again, and this year's Bengals has take place, though, a few weeks after Schnorr to place himself in the fourth the Easter vacation. round. The following are still in the him listed in the role of coach. third round: Murry, Adrian, Kuhar- All campus clubs that are planning It is not generally known about the on sponsoring golf tournaments this ich, Selna, Mcdonough, Herrick and campus that Ed is a life member of Vollmer. spring are requested to communicate the Youngstown all - time scholastic with Father Holderith as soon as pos­ football eleven, but when the names sible, so that the tournament dates In one of the finest letdowns ever of the city's all-time greats are dis­ may be alloted without confusion. recoi-ded, the ping-pong men who do cussed, "Broscoe at right tackle" be­ their playing in Carroll Rec are still There will be a small shop in the comes associated with names like golf quarters of the Memorial where in the undeveloped stages of their Pitt's Donchess, Ohio State's Fesler golf supplies may be purchased at competition. Ten contestants are lin­ and Kabealo, and Notre Dame's Mike reasonable prices. Also, for the bene­ gering in the third round of the Koken and Harvey Brown. fit of those who do not play golf, the singles, and in the double event, two shop will sell squash racquets and matches have been played. Kotte- Edward Francis Broscoe wanted to do postgraduate work upon leaving balls, and handball gloves and balls. Schaller, and Neild-Castleman alone The store will serve as an oasis for of 16 starting combinations are left Cheney high, and consequently spent a year at Dickinson Prep in Pennsyl­ the hungry and thirsty athletes, in to swat it out. The Brownson ping- addition to these other activities. pong tournament is farther advanced, vania, before coming to Notre Dame. but spirit is waning. Four singlists He was named editor of the school's are advanced to the fourth round. annual and most popular man at the a well-delivered pep talk, merely a They are Minogue of Howard, Greene Williamsport institution on the same touch of what he will release between of Lyons, MacDevitt, St. Ed's, and ballot. halves of next year's games as he ex­ HufF, Howard. One match will bring When Pete Sheehan, chairman of horts his young 'uns. the doubles to a close. Greene and the Youngstown - Notre Dame dance, Ed is likely to double in swing Heckler of Lyons are ready to meet presented Ed to the home folk at during the Bengal Bouts should a Garvey and Glenn of Lyons in what Christmas time, Broscoe grasped the mike be available for his emulation appears to be a very fine match. microphone and stole the show with of the late Joe Humphries. 16 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC TENNISTS HOLD FIRST SPLINTERS FROM THE PRESS BOX By Andy Wilson WORKOUT OF YEAR

Most of the indoor sports ended of Iowa State in the heavyweight di­ Gone are the rosy dreams that last weekend — basketball, fencing, vision, is considered one of the coun­ Coach de Landero held for 1939 when track (at least its home schedule), try's best Olympic prospects at his he walked his Irish tennis varsity and the billiard di\'ision of the Uni­ weight. In spite of his defeat, his out of Earlham fieldhouse last May. versity championship tournaments. team just beat out Iowa State for the His squad had won the state team The basketball team, in defeating a team championship by one point, 30- championship; his sophomores. Bill New York University quintet that 29. Fay and Charley Eodgers, had cap­ looked much better than we had ex­ tured the state doubles title—and pre­ pected, ended with 15 victories, 6 de­ viously Fay had been nosed out for feats, and the liighest scoring avei'age Frank Piano, sophomore, from the singles crown. anj' Noti'e Dame team has ever regis­ Lyons Hall and Merrill, Wisconsin, tered — 46.9 points per game. The is the new University billiai*d cham­ Only Captain Eddie Kilrain and defense, in allowing opponents an av­ pion. Last week he defeated "Mike" Bill Arnold were to be lost by gradu- erage of 35.4 points per game, was Shea of Alumni Hall, scoring his slightly disappointing, possibly be­ 100th — and winning — point after cause we had come to expect low about 75 minutes of cautious play. defensive averages after the last Both men were a little taut and off three years, in which the Moir-Nowak their games, each taking 70 turns be­ teams held their opponents to 27, 28, fore the match was over, and averag­ and 30 points per game. However, ing little better than one point per we have enjoyed watching this year's turn. The match was even for the team very much — we like their fii'st 40 points; then vnth Shea trail­ bustling aggressiveness even more ing, 39-41, Piano put on the best than the certain graceful, vetei-an "run" of the game, 11 points, to put nonchalance of last year's bunch. himself far out in the lead. Shea Sadowski and Eiska, BroAvn and Du- came up once more to within 7 charme certainly make up one of the points; but with the score 61-68, fastest teams we have ever seen. Piano ran off 7 sti-aight points, his CoACH DE LANDERO second best streak. The final shot Things looked better last May. was a genuine nerve-wracker. With the score 99-74, and the three balls The home track season indoors almost in a straight line and widely ation. But the southern twins, Capt.- ended satisfactorily if not too excit­ spread. Piano shot from the upper elect Fred Simon and Whit Gregory, ingly, with the Irish scoring- 45 points end of the table. The cue-ball struck Johnny Wolf, and Frank Eeppenhag- on 4 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 thirds, 2 the first object-ball at the table's cen­ en, all double monogram winners, fourths, and 1 fifth place. Dave ter, but glanced off too far. Piano remained to promise a strong '39 Reidy's two hurdle victories, both picked up the chalk and turned away, varsity. record-tying, were the outstanding in­ to let Shea take his turn. But the dividual accomplishments. Hard-luck cue-ball was still moving. It struck Familiar Faces Missing team was Drake, with seven out of the far rail, angled back up the table But AVednesday afternoon Coach de nine entries kept at home because of against the side-rail, then against the Landero looked in vain for some of flu, outstanding absentee being little upper end, then back down the table the familiar faces when the netmen Bill Feiler, one of the finest of colle­ again, rolling ever slower, and ever took their first workout. Eodgers was giate two-milers, and chief threat to closer to the third object-ball. Three missing; he had accepted a bank job Greg Rice's two-mile championship. inches, tw^o inches, one inch—and it in Detroit. Wolf was missing, a vic­ Then of the two men who managed stopped, flush against the side of the tim of poor health which bothered to get to the meet, Drake's 13- object-ball, making just the necessary him last spring, even when winning foot pole-vaulter, "Chuck" Eivins, contact for the point. six singles matches in nine starts sprained his ankle during competi­ tion, and was forced to quit. . . . Fri­ so Coach de Landero looked to his day night's preliminaries in the 440 Piano had to work hard for his sophomore candidates for replace­ and 880 were the first races in a championship. The luck of the draw, ments. scratched entries, and so on, forced month and a half for Pitt's Johnny He thinks he has found them in Woodruff. He pulled a tendon in his him to play tw^o more games than Shea in order to reach the finals. Jack Joyce, Jack Walsh, Norm Heck­ left leg running in the Millrose Games ler and Don Gottschalk. Joyce, espe­ at New York early in February. Also, being totally unknown to those arranging the draw, he was placed cially, is promising and probably will Long-legged John has ever been both­ team \vith Fay to make up one ered by the sharp turns of the wood­ in the middle of the upper bracket, while those men known to be good doubles combination. Heckler . and en Madison Square Garden track, and Walsh are steady defensive players, has never been able to do his best players were spread, so that if all went well, the best men would not be the type to score consistently at the there. . , . We were looking for our fifth and sixth positions. "All Big Six" friend, Elmer Hack- eliminating each other until the semi­ ney of Kansas State, favorite to win finals. Frank started meeting the Coach de Landero thinks the top the shot. We were told by one of "seeded" players as early as the third of the batting order will take care of his Kansas teammates, however, that round. However, he ran off most of itself. Fay stepped into the no. 1 spot he was "a-rasslin"' in the Bix Six his matches without much trouble, last year and scored seven wins in meet. We thought this rather funny, getting his strongest fight from Bill nine matches; Gregory, off his au­ until we ran across an account of the Fish in the semi-finals, and of course, tumn play, is greatly improved and w-restling meet in the Sunday papers. from Shea in the finals. Fish, who should make his last year his best; It seems that Elmer, though he was claims the highest run of the tourna­ Simon will supplement Gregory to the upset victim of one Howard Buck ment — 22 — has also the most inter- make a dependable doubles team and (Continued on Page 20) his flat shots should score in singles. MARCH 17, 1939 KELL PROMISES (Continued from Page lA) will not get much. The only exercise he'll get will be de walk from his comer to de center of the ring. I will send him into de subconscious realm Look Over the Field wid me newest device, the Boy Scout's Delight. Using the opposition's ap­ pendage as material, I will weave him into a series of knots that will thrill Before You Judge/ de spectators. I hope de current ap­ position is long-legged enough to com­ plete me pattern. Trouble is, if this fellow get near de ropes I will be­ come confused."

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(^fi/folv2) ELLSWORTH'S MARCH 17, 1939 21 THE WEEK We hear of a fellow in Alumni whose bed that tumbled—the hind part re­ (Continued from Page '••* ; bed collapsed under him the other maining firm—he slept out the rest night. That's nothing in itself but of the night with his feet up in the And yet with all this supply and only this fellow is so inherently lazy that air and his head dangling a few one-third of the student body on hand, although it was only the head of the inches from the floor. the entire batch disappeared in less than five minutes after they started serving it. It seems that with all their cultural training Notre Dame students have not forgotten their pre- HEADS-UP/ DRESS-UP/ Start If I University habits as doughnut-dunk- ers. We have nothing to report on the Tuesday night batch except that top STYLE with A STETSON/ it is the first time we have ever heard cheering when the food was brought in. SAM^L SPIRO ^ CO. Odds and Ends South Bend's Headquarters for- Stetson Hats It's a good thing the N.Y.U. bas­ See them here, at ^5 up to ^7.50 . ketball players didn't know the name of the fellow who was selling the apples Already we hear of a fellow who thought the two pools in the Eockne Memorial were connected under water. He blithely dived into the smaller one to swim through to the big one and—owoooh, we get sym­ pathy pains even thinking of it....

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STETSON *5 to *40 I \ 22 NOTRE DAME SCHOLASTIC Marine Corps Reserve Marine Corps Resei-ve applicants will be given a prelimijiary examina­ tion at the University on March 23 by Chief Pharmacist's Mate Lakin, U.S.N., who will accompany Major Max D. Smith and First Sergeant Heniy, U.S.M.C. In announcing his first visit, Major Smith stated that, since a large percentage of rejections in previous years have been for poor teeth and faulty vision, he w^ould ar­ range for the preliminary physical examination in order to permit reme­ dial action to be taken before the candidate presents himself for the final examination. Students who wish to enter the Marine Coi"ps summer camp should fill out application blanks and have parents complete the permission blanks before March 23 if possible. The parents' permit is required only for those applicants who are not 21 years of age. Forms may be secured in the Registrar's Office, Main Build­ ing, or from George Wallace, 215 Dillon.

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HNDKEICIIEF TEST PROUES FIVE sophomores at a New England university had •ESSei GIMI been assigned to report on the residential districts of KEEPS WTM. ZONE a sonthem city, its principal products and the location SP01LESS of its plantations. Always clean and Hour after hour they thumbed through book after free from goo no matter how often book in the library—all to no avail. Then one of them you smoke it. Chalo lenging higher- had a happy idea—why not telephone the city's Mayor? priced iMpes in briaf^ They did—and in a few minutes had all the informa- quality and value. lion they needed. No matter what the question—in college, in social life, in business — you'll find the telephone is often ^Wi >4 the quickest, most economical way to get the answer. HEMOUHRD miLflno CO *» ( W T O P I Factory in a Meadow

A DOZEN small Ford plants dot the plants. Inside, with the new­ selves and feel secure. They the meadows within fifty miles est, most modern machines, they know that if slack times come, of Dearborn. These are the build Ford parts. farm and garden ^vill still pro­ "village industries"—with win­ With the money earned, they vide employment. dows bright in the sun and buy that fertile forty just east of Life is pleasant in the villages. wheels turning to the harnessed the pasture lot — families go to Working conditions are almost energy of once lazy streams. school — houses grow wings — ideal. Men do better work and 3Iany of their workers are barns are filled with provender are proud of their contribution farmers who love fine machinery. and sheds with machinery. to Ford quality. It shows up in After harvest and before green- These Ford families have one the fine performance and all- up, these farmer-workmen park foot on the land and one in in­ around dependability of the their cars in neat rows beside dustry. Thev raise food for them­ 1939 Ford cars.

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