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VOL. LIV. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, JANUARY 29, 1921. No. 14.

All the members of the class took the degree TO ROBERT E. LEE. of Bachelor of Arts, and before the end of (Born January 19, 1807.) the decade Timothy Howard and three of his l/'ING of the chastened battle sword, and seeker of classmates were Mastets of Arts. ^^ the Grail, Young Howard's entrance into the Union We bid your spirit lead our hosts to holy heights Ai-my and his term of military ser\dce are again; eminently characteristic of the man. *He had It matters not the distant stars make every craven come to Notre 'Dame in the spring of 1859 quail— Far worse this li^'ing• in the sedge, this mireland's and had at once assumed the double duties murky stain. of student and professor. At no trifling sacrifices he had previously made two years If thy great blade came gleaming down the path­ of his college course at the University of way to the sea Michigan. But even now he was not to re­ And with it stood a miUion men, with early morning grey. main to take his degTee. The Union needed The dross would leave our weary limbs, and our sad his services, perhaps his life. No demon­ hearts be free— stration marked his departure for the army. With shining eyes a-foUowing the Captain who The men who lived here in those days could pray. —M. E. w. present on this point unanimous testimony. The authorities at the University heard of him a few daj's later: he was on his way TIMOTHY EDWARD HOWARD, to the South, as a member of the Michigan PROFESSOR AND JURIST. . Infantry. He was presently to prove him­ self a fighting man, though he was always LEO R. AVARD, C. S. C, '23. most careful to avoid anything hke ostenta­ N the jubilee commencement of 1917 tion: His career before, during, and after •Notre Dame conferred degxees on men his military experiences, showed him a war­ who a few weeks before had left her rior. As he stood for the tFnion at Shiloh on halls to enter military training camps. April 6, 1862, a Rebel rifleman prematurely The like had occurred before. More than ended Howard's fair promise of a brilliant half a century earlier, in 1862, when Notre military career. The bullet gi-udgingly Dame was just out of her teens, a young spared his life. It entered his neck, came man, battle-scarred in daring service, re­ menacingly near to the jugular vein, and turned to the University to • receive his passed out through the left shoulder. That degree. This .youth, Timothy Edward event definitely determinded that Timothy Howard,'was one of a brilliant graduating Howard was to take up other weapons and class of five. One of the others was Michael fight on other fields.' For the next month BroTSQi, afterwards a priest of, the CongTe- he faced death as he lay in a hospital in gation of the .Holy Cross; another was EYans\alle, Indiana. Hints suggestive of the Joseph Lyons, who became a life-long com­ sufferings of those days, and-of the manner panion-professor of Howard's;' and a third in which this Christian warrior bore them— .-was another*'Howard, who, hke Timothy "feverish sleep," "utter weakness unto, Howard's parents, was a native of Ireland, death," , and "Pain shall stiU my soul re­ and who, like Timothy Howard,, was severely fine,"—^these we find in a poem which he disabled during the War of the Rebellion. penned during convaleseiice. "He never 234 ' t>f7e hWre 6ame S'eJioiasder complained, no matter what was the matter" up in some measm'e his precious studies, by is the testimony of one who knew him from teaching in the country schools and serving •that time nntil the day of his death. The as inspector of schools. "shuffling feet" of those who carried away From the time when Timothy Howard en­ the bodies of other j^oung men broke in on tered Notre Dame, in the Spring of 1859, his his restlessness to preach convincingly to life and hers were intimate. He^was ever him. "And I?" he questioned himself. His an interested witness of her marvellous answer was an enviably holy life. gro\^i;h, and he was not an unimportant It seems that the wounded youth did not factor in her exterior expansion and interior relish at all the fact that the soldier's life integrity. Upon his return from his mili­ was not any longer for him. He was forced tary service Howard for a time seriously upon recovering to set himself to something considered the priestly vocation. A priest else. • And he was always versatile. In his who knew him then and for years after­ very first years he learned to apply himself ward, says, "He would have been an honor and to make the most of what was at hand. even to God's priesthood." But mature and The scene of his assuredly difficult and in­ counselled reflection urged him to remain a valuable early lessons was a farm near Ann lay professor. In his own words, he decided Arbor, Michigan, The getting of the rudi­ to "mate -with saintly men" and to "dwell ments of education involved sacrifices that apart mth heroes." The life of a teacher at proved the quality of the man. He had at that time even more than now was not in eighteen made his way through a' local high eveiy way attractive;- there was in it little school and entered the University of Michi­ enough of material compensation and noth­ gan. Those were not easy times. Yet an ing of glamour. But Timothy Howard was ancient, recalling that period and looking out prepared to devote himself to it disinter- upon om* own, says: "The people had no ^estedly, with zeal and edifying ardor. He luxuries then; but they had enough to eat, taught successfully at various times mdely anyhow,—as not everyone has now." The differing subjects—^English Literature, As­ privations^of poor students in those days are tronomy, Latin, Greek, Mathematics, and beyond om* comprehension. They had no others. There is. extant even a photograph luxuries and were in many instances with­ of Professor Howard and his surveying class. out the ordinary comforts and necessities. His name is recorded among those who, in It was a stock reminiscence with the later the St. Alysious Literary Society, "were Judge Howard that he and his room-mate wont to wax warm in the debate," and , once lived for an entire week on twenty-five among "the most distinguished editors" of cents worth of food. They cut wood to pay the Progress, the forerunner of the Scholas­ for their lodging, and in that practical task tic. _Professor Lyons in his "History of learned at least in a practical way that hick­ Notre Dame'- notes that "Notre Dame has . ory is hard: Such difficulties, however, were a fine telescope, the gift of the Emperor not hindrances but incentives to Timothy Napoleon, and a resident Professor of As­ Howard. He had overcome greater diffi-, tronomy, Professor T. E. Howard." "Pro­ culties. His father's death had left him a fessor Howard," he conunents, "is one of the tall stripling of fourteen; but the lad had best mathematicians in the West." At the taken the affairs in hand like a-man, oper­ organization of the Notre Dame Alumni As- ated the farm, and "raised the seven sociatioii in 1868, the professor was unan­ children." He was wont to relate in after imously chosen as its poet, and he read years that as a fifteen-year-old boy he once "the poem" and delivered "the oration" at drove by himself a distance of fifty miles to the silver jubilee of the University, cele­ procure a load of lumber. These initial brated in 1869. Father Sorin once offered a" handicaps would appear insm^mountable to hmidred dollars for the best essay on polite­ an ordinary youngster, but despite them ness, which was won by Professor Howard young Howard progressed most admirably with a series of essays on politeness and ^ until his sophomore year at Michigan, when education, "biased on Christian principles." sickness at home indefinitely postponed the- At Father Sorin's request he read his treat­ completion of his course. Even then he kept ise to the students during meals. He '^fiQr Houre 5ame g'eholascie 235 frequently contributed to various Catholic law, as well as his personal worth as a man, periodicals, and for an excellent poem was a citizen, and a public official." awarded a life subscription to the Ave Professor Howard was a teacher at Notre"^ Maria. Dame for a score of years before his entry During all those full years Professor into the service of the state. In 1907, after Howard embodied in his life .the qualities a lapse of more than a quarter of a century, all-important for the teacher. He was both he returned to his Alma Mater, this time master and student. He did not cease to as a professor of law- Notre Dame bore prepare for his work after he had taken his exteriorly the marks of great change;, but degrees, but broadened and deepened his that the learned Judge could "without any fund of knowledge and its applications until difficulty fit" himself back into the old life, he was a comprehensive and accomplished eloquently' proclaims that the heart of her scholar. Indeed he was not naturally bril­ had not.changed. The Judge went about the liant. One who taught him in his first years trying details of teaching with the same at Notre Dame says: "He was a plodding placidity as in his early years, and the same man—not brilliant." No small factor in his quiet success attended his diligent efforts. success was the fact that the students were The students of the first years of the twen­ "his boys." "Suaviter in modo" he says ex­ tieth century, like those of the mid-nine­ pressly, was his motto. "What success," he teenth, found in Professor Howard a father asks, "will, the tyrannical teacher have in as well as a preceptor. Peace of soul shone "winning the love of his classes ?" He styles out of his every feature; the very stride of the teacher a trainer of the heart as well as this stately and venerable Judge bespoke his of the mind—one who "does not forget the great mind and heart. Great Teacher." , Thus this veteran battled on till past the The long period of Timothy Howard's ser­ three-quarter-century mark of his age. In vice to the state should not be passed over his early years he had chosen Notre Dame- lightly. As councilman in 1878 he secured as the field for the exercise of his well-bal­ the first park for South Bend, named in anced powers; and here he would finish his gratitude by the cit;^'' "Howard Park." Later term of service. "Press on boldly, pa-" he was successively county official, state sen­ tiently, honorably, till your life.is crowned ator, and supreme judge of Indianar^ He was with success." . For nearly four score of .author and promoter of the Momence Bill years he himself lived up to this his o"wn for draining the Kankakee Swamp, and he advice to young men. performed the very large and exacting\task W'lien at length he felt his end approach­ of codifying the laws of Indiana. ing he said, "I feel out of place among the ^ It was not until he was forty-six j'^ears boys." This was at the commencement time of age that he began his study of the law; of 1916. The President of the University yet he became a la^^yer and a judge of the wanted hun to resume his teaching in Sep­ first rank. He was never a pleader or practi­ tember. He would "think it over," he was tioner, but rather an interpreter and teacher "getting tired," and was thinking- of retir­ of the law, and a counsellor for the poor and ing. The truth was that he was not well. even for lawyers themselves. It should be The physicians urged a serious operation noted that he never became a politician in which had been long delayed, and he the ordinary sense of the terra. Of his own submitted. He was not to^rally. But every volition, "he was utterly lacking in the arts temporal and spiritual affair was well. in of the politician." One.who was associated order. mth him in those years says, "He laid down The last, beautiful, serene days which what the party intended to do, and I guess Judge Howard spent upon earth were per­ he thought you'd vote for him if he was good haps a revelation even to those who had " eiiough." He received from Notre. Dame in kno^^ii him longest and best. He had always 1893 the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, been a most conscientious "Chi-istian, gen­ and five years later he was awarded the tleman." "In Judge Howard," says one ad­ Laetare Medalin recognition of his" "services mirer, "you have a type of man that, hu­ to religion and morality, education: and the manly speaking, reaches perfection. The 236- '^?e Hozve 5ame ^cholascie eulogies of Judge Howard are true—abso­ to the Notre Dame^ of the past. Her trials lutely." "I never knew anyone who came and triumphs had been in a very real sense nearer to mj'- idea of perfection/' asserts a his own. An important part of his life's certain religious whose idea of i^erfection armor he had here forged; with that he is not mediocre; "he was what I would con­ battled, and, like his Alma Mater, he never sider a perfect man." Eetired and unas­ ceased to add strength to his position. Ap- suming, "he was always, even on his death­ parentlj'' a catastrophe to both of them came bed, considerate of others." One who lived in the great fire of '79. The Professor was in with him intimately for eighteen years 'de­ the habit of attending Mass at Notre Dame; clares that he never discovered any dif­ but on the Sunday following the fire he said: ference between his public and his private "I hate to go to Notre Dame to church to­ conduct: "no divergence—always the gentle­ day; I'm afraid Father Sorin will be*all man." "I don't know a finer thing about broken up." The great founder of Notre Judge Howard," says the same mtness, Dame, however, was braver than even Pro­ "than the way he talked to the Blessed Vir­ fessor Howard thought him. Nothing could gin and Christ at the time of his death, as have pleased,the Judge more than the con­ if They were right there. It had never come tagious pluck with which the venerable priest out before, but it showed what he had been faced the situation. "We'll all get together," thinking about." he said, "clear away the ruins^ and build Judge Howard's cardinal virtue was mod­ again." Indeed Father Sorin always took esty. "He was never too forward—^never!" . pains to encourage Professor. Howard, asserts a life-long associate. It was his After he had passed away the Judge spoke honest endeavor to efface himself from any­ of him as "ever partial to whatever I have thing lie^put before the public, as his delight­ tried to do, since the first day I entered these ful essays and poems. His most unfailing sacred precincts, now, nearly forty years characteristic—liis-desire and care to be un­ ago." "I have knoi^ai as dear friends," he known—^is everyvi'^liere in evidence. Priests said," the many modest, untiring, and de­ and religious were always objects of great voted men of God who have wrought the reverence to him, and he would not trans­ great work." And few, if any indeed, even gress the least-binding law of the Church. of those me.n of God were more modest than Like most teachers and all modest politicians, Timothy Howard himself, this man of God, he was a poor man. Yet he was always and few, if any of them, addressed them­ glad to share what he had with the needy, selves more unsparingly to "the great work" and for years was most devoted to the work than this true son of Notre Dame. of the. St. Vincent of Paul Society. He often ^ a » said that he, had "no desire for more than THE FIGHTING IRISHMAN. the necessaries of life." In 1864 he married Miss Julia Eedmond, of Detroit. For several HAKOLD E. MCKEE, '22. years they lived ill a small house near St. The sinall mountain village of Wolf Cross­ Mary's gate at Notre Dame and subsequently ing in Idaho was ablaze with excitement. in South Bend. For the golden jubilee of The stage which comes up from Mackey with their wedding their ten children planned a the mail had arrived.the night before with celebration; butj characteristically, the old a tenderfoot aboard for that particular couple slipped away to Detroit, where they town. Wells Sharkey, a red-nosed, hard- celebrated their jubilee by attending Mass headed cowpuncher, who loved a-fight as and receiving Holy Communion in the church much as he hated a. tenderfoot, had heard in which they had been united a half century the news and was now on his way to the before. His wife tells that when he learned scene. In the Crossing saloon were several that he was to be the recipient of the townsmen, awaiting in considerable excite- Laetare Medal he was unable to sleep a raent the arrival. of the cowpuncher. wink that night—"he.felt so bad about it." "He ought to.,be getting here.'purty sud- In his declining years, when his life flowed din," speculated the bartender, consulting his on as unruffled as a brook,„Jiudge Howard watch; "I wonder if "T—a horse - galloped up ^was fond of taking the willing listener back and stopped ill, front of the saloon, and Wells- '5^e Ncrcre &anne ^cholascie 237 Sharkey, his nose' a trifle redder from the "Oh, I don't mind a little dtist. My wild ride and the excitement, strode into the shirt was dirty and I was going to change room. "Whar's that there tenderfoot?" he anyway." bellowed, glaring at each man present. "So you've got another one, eh? Well, "He put up at old man Kims last night, I'll bet you ain't got another one of these but we aint seen nuthin of him today," vol­ right handy," and Sharkey snatched the ten­ unteered one of the townsmen. derfoot's felt hat, tore out the crown and "I reckon he knows what's good for that then pushed the rim down over the stran­ tender hide of his," chuckled Wells as he ger's ears amid shouts of derisive laughter walked over to the bar. from the natives of the Grossing. "Wait till you see him. Wells; he's a little "Say, don't you think you've gone a bit feller only about Ave feet and a half—" too far with this joke?" asked the tender-- "It don't make no difference how little he foot, struggling with the hat rim. is or how big," broke in Wells; "he's a ten­ "\Vliat if I have? Who'll stop'me? I'd derfoot and needs to be taught a thing or like to see anyone try, especially some ten­ two. What you drinkin', boys ? Let's have derfoot," sneered the cowpuncher. a drink, and then we'll go scoutin' for him "But tearing up a man's hat is a—" and when we run him down, I'll—" "Say, stranger, I don't take sass from no­ "Look," cried the bartender excitedly, body—" pointing to a short but well-built young fel­ , "Butyou^" low in khaki who was standing in the door­ "I'll show you how we treat guys that way, "there he is now." get fresh with Wolf Crossing folks," .roared "Oh, so there you are, mister tenderfoot," Sharkey rolling up his sleeves. snarled Sharkey, glovfering at the stranger "Will you hold this for me, please?" asked in the doorway," Well, don't stand there the young man with a slight tremor in his blinkin' like a drunk coj'-ote; come in!" voice, as he handed a ring to the bartender. "Thanks," replied the young man CLuietly "What you takin' that off for?" bellowed as he proceeded up to the bar. "What have the cowpuncher. you in the line of cold drinks?" he inquired j "Why, it might cut your jaw or put out of the bartender. your eye if I should happen to hit you with "Gin fizzes, ginger ale, an—" it." "AAV, give him a malted milk; that's all a "Wliat you think of that, boys?—^he's tenderfoot can drink mthout stranglin' to goiii' to hit me—goin' to hit Wells Sharkey— : death," hissed Sharkey. that's a good one! But hold the darn thing "By George, I shall take one at that;" for him if you want to. He probably won "Will you have one also ?" nodded the stran­ the old ring at a ladies' tea party for being ger to the cowpuncher. able to drink tea "without sugar." Sharkey only gTowled, and one of the "No, I didn't; that's—" townsrnen demanded, "Say, tenderfoot, "Yes, you did," chirped in the bartender, what brought you up here ? What's your examining the ring. "You won it at a tea business here?" party all right, but for dancin,' instead of , "I'm prospecting for copper." drinkin' tea. See here, it's got U. N. D.— "Oh, another one of those snooping en­ means unusual nice dancer, don't it, tender­ gineers, eh?" drawled Sharkey sarcastically. foot?" . . ^ "No, you're wrong, Mr. Cowboy; I'm a "No, it doesn't mean anythiiig of the mining engineer." • sort," hotly retorted the tenderfoot. "Oh, but ain't you the fresh little ten­ "Then what does it mean?" yeUed Shar­ derfoot !" roared Sharkey. ' Say, Mr. ten- key, mth clenched fists as he came towards terfoot,, that's a nice yaller shirt you got the stranger. on there; did mamma iron it so nice for "It means University of Notre Dame." you? I wonder if it would look the same "Notre Dame?" hoarsely whispered the with this on it"; and Wells scooped a hand­ cowpuncher with a pallor sneaking into his ful of dust from the floor of the barroom ruddy cheeks, "WliyJ—I^ah—say, I've, got - and threw it on the stranger. chores to do at the ranch, and I ain't, got no 238 tofie- Notn^e ^ame Scholastic time to be monkeying with no visitor," he THE DIPLOMAT. said in excuse as he shuffled towards the Mr. Beaucard looked up from his evening door. paper as his pretty young daughter tripped "But, \¥ells," called the bartender— into the room arrayed in her best apparel. "I ain't got no time, I tell you," insisted He gave her a scrutinous "once-over," the co"sviDuncher, striding out the door fol­ removed" the cigar from his mouth, and de­ lowed by the disappointed villagers. manded in a none too affable tone, "What's "Are you goin' to let him off scott free, up tonight, Esther?" Wells? Aint you goin' to scrap him an' teach him somethin' ?" pleaded a gi-ey-haired "Why father, hasn't mother-told you? native as Wells mounted his horse. This is the evening Mr. Ronibeau is calling." "Scrap him nuthin'," returned Wells, pick­ The mother, who was busily engaged in ing up the reins, "that guy's from Notre semng, stopped to explain. "Oh yes, father, Dame and I aint takin' no chances; I've I had forgotten all about it. Mr. Rombeau heard a few things about them Finghtin' is coming over tonight." Irish before," and putting the spurs to his "Mr. Rombeau! Mr. Rambeau! Wlio is pony. Wells Sharkey, the red-nosed hard- Mr. Rombeau? I don't know anybody by header cowpuncher, disappeared down the that name! What does he want with me?" road in a cloud of alkali dust. sternly inquired the head of the family. "Oh, you don't understand, father. He is VAESITY VERSE. calling on me!" explained Esther mth a little laugh. MIRTH. "Vv^iat's that! what's that!" returned the 0 Young- man. Sing!—^the north winds blow And whirl and dance o'er worlds of snow aroused father quickly; "do you mean to tell In better lands,—and blossoms rare, me some young fellow is coming here to see All pink and Avhite, are tossed somewhere; you tonight?" And somewhere heart-flushed rubies glow. "Yes, father," meeklj'- replied the daugh­ Far off, amidst a chequered show ter. "He is—" Of tents and spices: to and fro "Just wait a minute, young lady. Haven't Pace turbaned men without a care— I told you time and again that I won't allow 0, young man. Sing I you to go Vidth these youilg scalpins? You O'er distant seas, new \dldngs row, are to young and I won't have it." And distant towns sink soft below Deep skies of peacock blue and there. It was evident that Mr. Beaucard's temper With sun-tanned arms and wind-tossed hair, was not of the hand-crank kind; it was auto­ Are maidens to your fancy! So, matic and off at the push of the button. Sad young man, Sing! —Y. E. Esther braved the storm and continued-:

]\IA PETITE DENISE. "But he is even on his way .now and I can't On the Eiver Sevre in France send him home," In a red-tiled Breton manse "Daughter, little do you realize the gravity Once I met a demoiselle. of life. What you need is a little more dis­ With Titian hair and spirit rare: . cipline. You have been going out too much She was fair beyond compare. lately and now you top it all off by inviting- ' Vraiment, I remember well. some block here tonight despite ray telling While I drank her father's wine you thaf you cannot go out untj] you are She Avould rest her hand in mine. Or iny hair she'd fondly seize, ^ eighteen." - Swearing ne'er to let me go, "He is not that," protested Esther; "he is For, she said, she loved me so. om* new neighbor and I think it rude of you Then I'd squeeze petite Denise, if you! don't allow him to get acquainted; Be­ And reply, "Now promise you • sides he is a gentleman and comes from nice Will remain forever true, people." . For I'm coming back some day." . • "You heard ' what I said, didn't you ?". - But I fear she will forget That we'two have ever met— snapped the; father./' - \ v . . She was four years old;last May. "I know Mrs.-Rombeau," interceded the mothlKL', ,;"and. I am sure .there' will he no '^e Noure Same Seholascic ?39 harm in allowing the young man to call to­ "ROOM FO' ONE." night." "You might meet him, ,anyi\^ay," added "Room fo'. one!" called out the colored Esther. waiter in the dining car of an east-bound train of the New Y'ork Central. George "Yes, riLmeet him; you can bet I'll meet Reed, who was returning from his.Christ­ him ! Now you go to your room, Esther, and mas vacation to resume his school work at I'll attend to this!" the University of Notre Dame,, looked up With the tears forcing themselves to her from the paper which he was reading, while eyes, the girl retired to her chamber, not waiting at the entrance door. knowing what else to do. The mother tried "Right heah, sah," beckoned the negro, again: "The Eombeaus are strangers in the pointing to a vacant place at a small table. neighborhood and we must treat them with George stepped up slowly, and havirg respect. They are French and their feelings reached the table, found the place for liis are easily hurt, and they would never get hat under the chair without attracting'too over it if you should send Jack home tonight. much atention to his unfamiliarity with tl:e Mr. Eombeau returned from Paris a few etiquette of the dining-car. Before he was days ago; he frequently goes on missions seated the waiter was already at his elbow. there, and his son must be a boy of some "Fo' two?" he asked, as George handed him' consequence." the order for the dinner. "Oh, so this Rombeau is a Frenchman and "Yes, .sir," answered Reeed absent-mird- goes to France, does he? Well, well!" edly, being too much preoccupied with the An idea started to buzz in Mr. Beaucard's novelty of his surroundings. When the "seiisorium." His lips smacked and uncon­ waiter had-walked awey, George felt for his sciously moved into a vague smile. He was hat in order to make sure that it was under awakened from his revery by a ring. of the the right chair, and then glancing across the door bell, and he arose to answer it. table he encountered a pair of searching eyes •Esther from her room above heard the bell that made him feel a wave of warmth rising and her father go to answer it. She felt that from the region -of his heart to the roots of something dreadful was going to happen. In his hair. He looked indifferently to the her misery she could have cried aloud. other side of the car—where a lady and a.- Humiliated and mortified, she wept copious little girl of six or so sat at a table. . tears, in the midst of which she heard the "Don't you like creamed asparagus with door open below. She could not quite be­ meat, Manmia?" asked the young one. lieve her ears, but she thought she heard her George became-suddenly conscious of the father say, "Oh yes, step right in, my boy! odor of fried steak, which remihded"^him of Fine-evening, isn't it? Just give me your the veal chops and other things he had or­ hat. I'll.call Esther immediately. Step in dered for his own supper, and he instinc­ the parlor and have a chair!" The girl tively looked to the table to see whether they quickly dried her.tears and hurried^ down had not already arrived. He had for the stairs in delight. once forgotten the silent spectator on the The greeting between Esther and Jack opposite side of the table, but there she was, was more or less restrained, on account of a girl of not more than twenty, now look­ the paternal censorship. Esther could not ing oiit of the window. For a moment he account for the sudden turn in the situation, watched the fleeting lights and shadows play but anyhow she rejoiced that=her father had upon her delicate features. "used his head." Since that first call of "Hasn't - that lady lovely hair, Mamma ?" Jack's, Mr. Beaucard and Mr. Rombeau, Sr., remarked the little girl across the aisle. have become fast friends. We might add George looked.up to his fair table-com­ that when the former enters the home of his panion and could not help admiring the Parisian friend it is not usually through the brovvm, smootlily combed' hair, gathered into front door but by way of the porte-cochere, neat puffs over her ears. Her features were which leads to a crjTptic treasury of French so delicate that they threatened to melt at champa'gnes. —niAas^crs D*.- OTT, '22V any moaaent into 13ie surrounding brightness. 240 Tsfte Noirre 6ame Seholascic

"And did you see, Mamma, how pretty makes the pearls look pretty," he thought as she looks in her blue suit?" he poured slowly the thick cream into his George glanced up again. "She does look gilt-edge chocolate. good in that well-tailored, dark-blue suit," he "Wliy does that man get so red on his assented mentally. face?" persisted the tattler. "Heah you ah, sah," the waiter broke in, "This is going too far," thought George interrupting George's observations with a as he sipped his chocolate; "I'll have to get shock; "veal shops, creamed asparagus, out of here before she gets something fool­ French fries fo' tw"o." ish into her head." And just then the' "I ordered for one only," objected George waiter presented the bill to him. in some confusion. "I'll pay mj?^ bill," said the girl. "Never mind," spoke up the girl smiling; "Never niind," retorted George. "I ordered the same, and; so I'll take the ' "But I insist," she protested. other dish." "I am deaf," he answered, as he pulled a "Thank j^ou," George answered automati- roll of bills from his pocket, and sending callj'. away the waiter •\^'ith the "keep-the-change" The dinner went on in silence. Reed now farewell, he arose from the table. • - felt that since the first word had been spoken I must certainly thank you," she said it depended on him to further the conver­ quietly, mthout rising. "My name' is sation. "This meat reminds me of the por­ Pierce—Hattie Pierce," she corrected. ter-house steak we get everj'^ day at Notre "I consider it a pleasure to know you. Dame," he began; "we can smell it all over Miss Pierce," said George in return. "I am the grounds two hours before brealrfast and George Reed. May we now go to the pull- supper." man and have a little chat?" "And the buns we get every morning," he "0 Arthm*," she exclaimed, looking over ' continued, encouraged by her smile, "the George's shoulder; "I was afraid you S. A. T. C. students used at one time for wouldn't come." George stepped aside and practice in the thromng of hand-grenades." the cause of her exclamation stepped This time he succeeded admirably. She forward. tossed her head like a thoroughbred racer "I want you- to meet Mr. George Reed, crossing the line, and her merry laugh she continued pleasantly; "he was a very en- spread a crimson blush over her cheeks and taining companion during our dinner. Mr. her dark eyes danced merrily. ^ "Basking in Reed, this is my husband, • Mr. Arthur such sunlight, I could live a life time," Pierce." George thought as he pluiiged his fork into "Room fo' one!" announced the Ethiopian the pie. waiter. _B. THEOPHILUS, '21. "Do you like that young man with that lady. Mamma?" inquired the little girl; "I THOUGHTS. don't like him; he has such a long neck." George suddenly felt his neck extending to BY JUNIORS. the length of the proverbial giraffe's. He Necessity is i:he mother of home-brew. looked across the table and met the girl's If you can't be a winner, be a good loser. eyes fixed squarely on him, while her hand Cheerfulness can cover a multitude of ills. was sloAvly raising a spoon of ice cream to He who laughs first has, heard the joke her dainty mouth. He looked down at once before. ' and at the same instant his heart gave a heavy thump that made him feel the heat of Actions make the "movie" which portrays a Gary steel furnace. - . the man. . : • "Mamma,".he again heard the little girl An ,eye-glass on- a stick is no proof of re­ ask, this time in a somewhat subdued tone, finement. -. .. "hasn't" that lady a'pretty string of pearls ' A man's work is generally in proportion around lier neck?", to his virtue.; ' , v . " ' George glanced at the pearls, much pleased Economy of effort is often a: euphemism tliat" the - subject' had befeii changed. - "She for laziiiess. V*. '-'_-• 'Sfie Nocre bame Scholasuc 241

were of Notre Dame stock, imbued with the ^<:-:\•;.:<%•-.,...•••••..•:-••—•'.~ •^- -•. / 1 /V>_^ /•;:-• -r-^S..;-rr.••.•.•.„.:.•:;,--i^-xi- --.^^j Notre Dame spirit in everything but their good acting. In this connection the Players' |otpe]|)ameJcbolastic Club, if it be looking for suggestions instead DlSCn-QUASbSE^\PCRA''IC11/RUS-VlVE-QU'-\Sl-CR'\S./'^\ORITVRVS of crabbed criticism, can find them walking Entered as Second-Class Mail Mailer. in any corner of the campus between classes. In- fact, there is a precious supply of drama­ Published every Saturday during the School Terra at the UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. tic and comic talent in sight, modestly wait­ ing for others than themselves to discover it. VOL. LIV. JANUARY 29. 1921. NO • 14. All that can really account for the feeble­ ness of dramatics at the. university is dearth Board of Editors. of- initative. So often is it asserted on the lecture stand and around other stands that ALFRED N. SLAGGERT, '21 M. JOSEPH TIERNEY, '21 the main purpose of a college is to fiu-nish. WALTER M. O'KEEFE, '21 EMMETT SWEENEY, '21 leaders that it appears the only essential MORRIS STARRETT,'21 EDWIN W. MURPHY, '23 lacking to a finished college man is a suffi­ HENRY STEVENSON '21 VINCENT ENGELS, '23 cient following. In the Players' Club this EDWARD B. DEGREE, '23 J. W. HOGAN, C.S. C, '22 coterie is all prepared; the only requirement LEO R. WARD, C. S. C, '23 FRANK WALLACE, '23 is that some pied piper ( not necessarily pied R M. MuRCH, C. S. C, '23 H. W. FLANNERY, '23 aiid possibly a tutor) sound his horn, and CHARLES P. MOONEY, '22 the rest will happen automatically. Sin­ cerely and seriously it is hoped' that cold • A few weeks ago, about the time the last print can arouse some heat on the subject. call for "Dome" photos was first beginning If nothing more, the Players' Club can claim to reverberate along the university sign­ some credit by even putting on the opera, boards, the Players Club "Pvip Van Winkle." At all events, whether DiLLEMMA OF THE showed promising signs it is decided in the end to produce Shake­ DRAMA. of life. Wlien classes re­ speare artistically or Belasco successfully, at sumed following the least we hope it is decided. —M. E. W. Christmas vacuum it became evident, how­ ever, that the organization had passed out The follo^^^ng reply to an editorial which mtli 1920. So it happens that Notre Dame was written for the SCHOLASTIC by a promi­ is left with the paradox (one that only Bern­ nent engineering student, is interesting ard Shaw could elaborate) of a university because it comes offering classes in the course in drama and "THE ENGINEER AND from another 'gineer. the drama at the university expiring in the HIS EDUCATION." We, of course, reserve course of events. Whether or not this fanci­ opinion; i.t is better ful situation is the result of a chance in to take the side of the angels. national politics, it is painfully plain that the "An article under this title was printed in Players Club and the League of Nations are the Scholastic of Nov. 13, 1920, in which the in the same limbo of innocuous desuetude. author stated that the present curriculum Dramatic art at Notre Dame neither for of the engineering school is faulty. He art's sake nor for goodness' sake will remain maintained that the engineer is* confined on our campus. It would seem that the na­ too closely to technical work, and is not fit­ tion-wide trend toward to normalcy implies ted by his training to cope on a social basis a return to the usual state of histrionic af­ with other professions. . fairs at our university. The successful engineer has been defined It might safely be contended that the as one who can thiiik clearly, and organize dramatis personae to enact a production and execute rapidly; a man who can solve worthy of Notre Dame do not haunt the decisively whatever social problems may- halls of the university, were it not for the arise; a leader among his fellowmen. It is recent appearance of the play, "Fads and our belief that the modern engineeering cur­ Fancies" which made such a showing at the riculum trains the student to possess these "Oliver."- The* tending man and four otlners qualifications. •i-i->—-e •;--•<;••--

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The technical side of the engineering cur­ among us "vvith invitations to the parish of riculum is composed of the mathematical and "St. Joe's," and so does the dizzy pace physical sciences, and the practical applica­ continue. • . tions of their principles in the laboratory. It is to be regretted that social affairs of A systematic study of these sciences neces­ the pleasing character of the Knights of sitates clear thinking; and the successful ap­ Columbus' and Off-Campus students' dances plication of their principles developS^bility are not more frequent; and that more stu­ to organize and execute accurately and dents do not take advantage of the oppor­ STidftly. tunity to forget care and worries in the In all schools the engineering course con­ relaxation of a social evening with their fel­ sists in part 'of a study of the basic laws of lows—and others of course. Both dances the social sciences. The technical training of were well attended, the crowds and music the engineer has fitted him to solve all prob- were so nearly on a par that one seemed an . lems which may arise, once he knows the overflow from the other. Each committee underlying principles. furnished unique dance programs, the A successful leader must be a speaker: Knights of Columbus coat-of-arms appearing an orator he need not be. The man who can on the one, and original sketches by Notre present to his audience a clear and lucid ar­ Dame artists brightening the other. The ray of the facts regarding a question, who young ladies paid tribute to both with mar­ can draw logical inferences from these facts, cels and the 'glad clothes,' the boys stretched aiid who does not find it necessary to evade their *pers' as far as possible, the taxi- the question or resort to an appeal, as manj'- drivers collected roj'"ally, and the evening orators do. . . . that man is bound to be the was voted a wonderful success. —^F. W: leader of public opinion in his community. And is not this precisely the manner in which the engineer is trained to present his MOSTLY STAGE FRIGHTS. solution of a problem to the class ? If, -then, training counts for anything in Social life at Notre Dame is wearing, these the shaping of. a man's future life, the en­ days, with a concert and a basket-ball game gineering curriculum is fulfilling every on Saturday night, and a student "vaude­ reasonable demand made upon it; and if ville" on Monday. The entertainment in be­ training counts for nothing, wherein, we half of the famine-stricken Chinese, though may well ask, lies the value of education? a financial success, was, so far as regards —W. SCHULTZ- amusement, simply a failure. Alfredo de Paredes opened the bill. His voice is of rare FRILLS AND FRIZZES beauty and gives promise, of becoming great. The debut in South Bend last week gave him Notre Dame invaded society during the what one might call a stage personality, for past week with a carnival of actual and an­ he seemed to be perfectly at home before a ticipated social affairs. The annual dances notoriously critical audience. The pleasing- of the Knights of Columbus and the as­ thing about his performance was an evident sociation of students residing off the Campus desire to do his best. He succeeded admira­ were held on the same evening; preparations bly, and his "Tell Me Little Gipsy" was ex­ have begun for the Senior ball, and the am­ cellent. Alfredo was the star of the evening. bitious Sophomores have plunged ijito the The band, however, shared stellar honors depths of psychology'- to decide the momen­ with him, and it was a delight to listen to tous question of making the Cotillion formal. such thrilling music. The less one says about Harry Denny announces a series of Saturday the rest of the program, the better. Not afternoon Dansants for "ND's" to be held one of those "taking part seemed to be inter­ ,witli faculty permission at the Oliver Hotel. ested enough in w;hat they were doing to give The Lawyers have tentative plaiisfor a din­ even a passable performance. ^ We congrau- ner dance, and the Ohio club will hold a latg Mr. Benedict Ong on his speech in Eng­ Buckeye banquet .in the, same hotel at no dis­ lish, and we .hope the fiiiancial result of tant ,datiB, Bkrry Poiilan .is eoiiaisteiitly •9l^3'=^•v^9!ll»«g was a.s gi^tifyimg; tier him^s the lofte Nocre &ame Scholascie 243 entertainment on the whole was a disap­ it well.. She also played the piano, and the pointment to us. As for those amiable gen­ spontaneous applause which followed the jazz tlemen who failed to appear it may be said solo on the saxaphone and which was the that they have as much of-the Notre Dame heartiest that, has gladdened the hallowed spirit as a Valparaiso reporter. walls of Washing-ton Hall in some time, was 5}^ ^ !t^ due largely to her skilful accompaniment. The concert on Saturday was only a slight Her violin interpretation of "Humoresque" variation of the kind we have been having and "Souvenir-" was interesting, but she lately; it was another quartet, styling them­ seemed more at home with "Margie." It selves "The Fine Arts." There was nothing- is really too bad that she could not instil fine about them unless it was" the singing of some "pep" into her colorless accompanist, "Comin' Thro' the Rye" by the soprano. The who seemed to lack originality at all times contralto possessed a voice of depth and aiid was positively tedious in two solos of the sweetness, but she did not sing enough. The old-fashioned "concert piece" type. bass also possessed a voice of depth, and he —STEVENSON. sang tod much. • Wliy do these concert people always think MEN YOU REMEMBER. it is necessary to play, the fool in order to —^Vince Giblin, LL.B. '18, now a member amuse an audience in Washing-ton Hall? In of the law department of the Florida East the last three entertainments there has been Post Railway Company at Jacksonville, at least one in every troupe who would wink Florida, sends regards to his many friends slyly and then say something asinine, under at the University. the impression, no doubt, that he was a reg­ ular devil. The bass on Saturday night, did —Announcement of the marriage of Miss this repeatedly and was ably seconded by the Mary Anastasia O'Hara to Mr. Thomas tenor who bowed very girlishly after singing Flanagan, LL. B. '14, at Teaneck, New Jer­ something ridiculous about a frog and water. sey, on the twenty-second of January has People who know a little about music ima­ come to the University. CongTatiilations gine that nobody else knows anything and se­ and best wishes! lect songs they patronizingly consider suited -^Recent communication from Professor to the uncultured intelligence. College men Leonard Van Moppen, who lectured at Notre ai'e not easily fooled. We know and appre­ Dame several years ago, informs us that he ciate good music, and we would rather a real is still in Europe where he is finishing his artist attempted to lift us to his level than poem on evolution. He writes, "We (Pro­ that a poor one descended to what he con­ fessor and Mrs. Van Moppen) are still in siders ours. The object of these concerts is Italy. After visiting- Milano we spent six to cultivate a taste for things that are beauti­ weeks in Venice and n^w are here at Flor- ful. Can such culture be acquired by attend­ ence. Glorious! We will soon leave to spend ing; cheap concerts in which popular songs three months at Rome; have had gTeat ex­ are rendered far more miserably than one perience as Attache—saw much and felt can hear them sung at a despised movie, more. I hope justice A^dll be done to Erin common vaudeville, or forbidden dance hall ? as it must, before long. I hope to be remem- •

^ -i= Jt= * bered to all my old friends at Notre Dame." "The Novelty Four" entertained last Sat­ —The Player's .Club have held a meeting urday a Aveek. The name of the quartet Monday to investigate the alleged addition to is somewhat misleading, as hash is no nov- the population in Washington hall. Inci­ elty to the ordinai-y college man. But even dentally they will begin practise for the new hash can be made agreeable, and the musical production which is expected to malve its variety served on this occasion proved de­ first night sometime after Lent. Jack Demp- cidedly popular. The dictionary defines hash sey is g-uiding the revived organization for as "matter chopped up and mixed"; and the the present; Rev. L. V. Broughall is direc­ mixed-up of classical, sacred and jazz num­ tor. All who have dramatic ability sufficient bers ,was cleverly done by an attractive to encounter stage-fright and hysteria will young lady who pTaj'^ thfe violin and played be present. - —TIBRNEY. 244 '^e NoiJre 6ame S'eholascie

UNDER THE DOME. United States. The stafl: is composed of: 'Rey de Castro, Directores; J. Gonzalez del —"Lenten is acumen in." Valle, Eiterarios; C. de Tarnava, Jr.. Ai- —Found: a sum of money. Inquire of tistico, and R. Garcia Rubio, Administrado.. Brother Alphonsus, Browiison Hall. —R. A. Black d^\^elt on "The Life of John —^The Sophomores have decided to hold Clerc Maxwell" and W. L. Shilts spoke on their annual mix-up on Saturday, April 16. "The Life of Michael Faraday" at a meeting President Leslie Logan has appointed half a of the engineering club, Monday evening, in dozen committees or so to arrange for music, the Engineering building. hall and programs. So don't begin to worry about it until the Easter vacations are over. —Coach Halas is determined to keep —Professor Sclieib, dean of Agriculture, Notre Dame's present basketball standard has been noticed lingering in the vicinitj'^ of rising by preparing for the future, now. the Hockey rink this past week. Rumor has More than twenty Freshmen answered his it that he wants it for a hot-bed. first call for "yearling varsity" material. Drills in fundamentals, scrimmages with the —^The official yodelers of the University, Varsity and a few outside games will com­ composing the Glee Club, are preparing with prise the present program, which is to de­ evening and noon choruses for their first con­ velop material for the future. Many inter- cert, to be held soon in Washington Hall. hall cage-stars have taken advantage of the —The Society for Psychical Research opportunity to learn the new tricks of the held an interesting meeting in Washing­ game and to keep in excellent condition. ton Hall Saturday evening, under the direction of John Buckley. Follomng the —In certain respects, the Ohio Club and session an informal experience meeting was the Democratic party are similar: both are addressed by several of the new members. out in the cold. The burning issue that pre­ —Mrs. Anna L. Sweet, the mother of cipitated the plight of the Buckeye organi­ Brother Alphonsus and Mr. George H. Sweet zation was not the League of Nations: it was (old student), celebrated her seventj^'-fifth tobacco smoke in the nostrils of tlie librar­ birthday on January 27th. A pleasing fea­ ian. The ill-starred meeting Avas called to ture of the celebration was the reception of hear the report of a committee working to letters of congratulation from many of her make possible an Ohio club dance. The S. A. friends in the faculty of the University and C. turned down the proposition forthwith, elsewhere. Mrs. Sweet, her friends say, and it was shortlj'' after reading the dire looks twenty years younger than she is, and report that the librarian came upon the trail she herself feels twenty years younger. of smoke. —^Musical Notre Dame has resumed the —A re-organization meeting of the Forum business of creating a rhji:hmical relation is scheduled for the coming Thursday. Offi­ of tones, the Band, orchestra and Glee club cers for the present semester will be voted rehearsing daily in Washing-ton Hall. Pro­ •on and a speaking program of many fiery fessor John J. Becker, director of the youths provided. Preparations for the Fran­ singers, announced interesting plans, not yet cis Thompson night are being made. Mr. fullj'' eomiDleted, for the remaining months Paul Fenlon, a Notre Dame disciple of the of the year. He stated that the present club great Catholic poet, ynll read a paper on the was particularly well-rounded and enthusi­ literary rating accorded Thompson. The re­ astic, and prophesied social and artistic suc- lation of Thompson to the late Celtic renais­ sess for the organization. sance is the subject to be handled by Prof. .—"Buy one and help us put" it over" is the Vincent O'Connor. slogan adopted by the management of "Nos- —The mighty seniors disposed of their ostros," the university annual published in premier arrangements for the'Great Ball in Spanish by Latin American students. You half hour on Monday noon.. The conference may - remember that "Nosostros" was was held in the South room of the Library. founded last year, and is the only publication Committees were organized for action, and of its kind in th^ese grand and glorious will be efxpected to show real r'e'sults within 'Sfie Nocre 6ame Seholasuia 245 a month or so. "Red" De Courcj'" is general the advocates of communism, modern and chairman; Al Slaggert is chairman of ways ultra, Mr. Weir perforated the defence of the and means; George O'Brien melds the gavel Socialists by the words of their staunchest in the group charged with responsiblity for progenitors. Especially did he score the eco­ music and programs, and Joe Maag is in nomic interpretation of histoiy, the founda-^" charge of the committee on arrangements. tion teaching of communism. His powerful -^Great gusts of wind lent local color to point was the assertion that Socialism would- the organization meeting of the Chicago take power out of the hands of a few corrupt Club, Thursday, in the Library. The gentle­ officials to turn it over to another less law­ men from the breezy city number 150. Al­ fully-constituted, group of men on the as­ sumption that they would remain immune ready they have laid extensive plans.for a from taint. At the business session it was dance to be held in the Hotel Drake during decided to send Notre Dame knights to the Easter vacation. Jack Dempsey is presi­ neighboring localities to create sentiment on dent ; Norman Barry vice-president; Rodger the Smitli-To"Riier bill soon to come up for' Kiley, secretary, and George Devers vote in Congress. Maurice Dacey was ap­ treasurer. pointed chairman of the committee. Wal­ —While Percy Wilcox was gliding off the ter O'Keefe furnished vocal harmony to the northern shores of St. Mary's lake Tuesday accompaniment of munching jaws. His afternoon, the weather changed without jokes were of the kind that strike a chord"in warning and a thaw set in so suddenly that the makeup of even "Juggler" contributors. the athlete went through the ice up to the —ENGELS. third button of his vest. An emergency was at once forwarded to Corby subway and upon Wilcox's arrival from the scene of the WHAT'S WHAT IN ATHLETICS. catastrophe something warm and aromatic OuE GKEAT SCHEDULE. was administered. It is rumored in the Brownson recreation room that it was hot Notre Dame's position as a national lemonade. leader in intercollegiate football has been em­ phasized again by the recent 1921 schedule —Our small but choice body of journalists announcement. The faculty board of ath­ v/ere guests of the Neius-Times at the open­ letic control has officially approved of a ing of that paper's new home in South Bend, series of games which bears the trademark on Thursday. The fact that examinations of Athletic Director Rockne's personal and were taking place did not frighten the future diplomatic triumph. Too few realize the copy-readers from the opportunity of a actual difficulties involved in arranging plesant time in the big city. At their head games for a team that has steadily climbed marched the venerable dean, who handled to the top and which is now displacing his flock in true Citj'- Editor fashion. leaders of former days. A "football trust", "Murphy, get out of that booth; Flannerj^, in the Mid-west and East is more of an ac­ kee]3 away from those presses, and Montene­ tuality than most of us suspect. The "big" gro, get away from the Society desk," were colleges, who have in former years awarded some of the assignments given by him. A the football laurels and profits exclusively banquet will be held by the Press club soon amongst themselves, are alarmed. They are after the exams. The managing editor of for the abolition of the forward pass and one of the large Chicago Dailies will proba­ open football, which give sldll.'and speed bly be secured to speak at that time. in "small''' colleges a fighting chance against —There will never be a soviet at Notre the enormous squads and super-coaching of Dame w^hile Mr. David Weir is with us. His the "big" colleges. Exclusive collegiate talk on socialism before the Knights of Col­ football circles still exist and Notre Dame's umbus Tuesday night has put the quietus on fight for thirty years has been-to break them. any radical agitation that may be fomenting The 1921 schedule not only opens relations even in the dark recesses of Corby subway. on the gTidiron with at least two new uni­ Thoroughly acquainted with the doctrines of versities, but it has intensified the friendly Xaii Marx, George Bernard Shaw, and all ^ rivahy with five institutions which have 246 Isfie Houve &ame ^eholascic aided in Notre Dame's rapid rise as a leader football reputation needs no advertisement. in western football. Iowa and Rutgers, the Schulte's men will not neglect the chance to newcomers on the schedule, produce teams increase the glory "of Missouri Valley Con­ of a sort that well-wishers of the Gold and ference football. We open ^vith Kalamazoo Blue will be justified in worrying about. College, always stubborn; Depauw follows, Both games are to be played under difficult and the Greencastle eleven have been In­ circumstances. The Iowa game is the third diana's secondaiy college champions consis­ on the schedule and is to be played away tently for several years. Depauw has met from home. The "Hawkeyes" will have a and lost to Notre Dame in five previous veteran squad led by such Conference stars games by close scores. The Haskell Indians as Devine, Belding and Slater. Coach Jones return after a five year interval. They are has always had one of the most dangerous tutored by Coach Bell, a Center star who elevens in the West, and, his clash mtli the has had phenomenal success ^sdth them. "Rockmen" will be a spectacle that Io\va Thier game, following the Army. and Rut­ football fans are already talking about. Rut­ gers efforts, may be rather strenuous. The gers is one of the smaller colleges in the regular season closes at home mth the East which has taken sensational advantage Michigan Aggies invading mth what is of open football, and for several years has already declared to be their best team in a defeated the "big" universities. Coach San- decade. ford has been turning out men of AU-Ameri- Indiana and Purdue both hold the stage in can standard yearly and his teams are fa- two .do"\vnstate games. Next year thej'" will vorities with the New York fans. " Notre both come to Cartier Field. Stiehm's men Dame meets Rutgers tliree days after the nearly repressed th,e irrepressible "Irish" crucial battle of the season with the Army. last year and reports from the Crimson The annual classic at West Point promises Camp indicate that the program for the ac­ to be the greatest of all intersectional strug­ complishment of the feat is ready. That bat­ gles again, for Head Coach Daly has been tle-to-be follomng the "Cornhuskers" inva­ lucky enough to see nearly a dozen football sion mil be no easj'' matter: Notre Dame stars of "first-water" accept- appointments. will have to send every man to Indianapolis These men will be eligible for the battle on to help bring iTome the bacon for the third November 5th, for no "one-year resident rule successive time. Purdue's gridiron fortunes or three-year competition rule worries him. do not look bright at. present but the acquis- In New York, on the Tuesday after the tion of the right man as coach will mean Army'game, Rockne's men are expected to worry for "Rock". Pudue has the material. prove that the gracious and enthusiastic The schedule, as passed' by the faculty sport writers of 1920 were right in their board on athletics, is as follows: "wonder man, wonder team" declarations. Sept. 24th.:—Kalamazoo at Notre Darae. Regardless of probable injuries, strain of Oct. Ist.—Depauw at Notre Dame. ' travel and before an awe inspiring crowd of Oct. 8.—Iowa at Iowa City thirty or thirty-five thousand, they are Oct. 15th.—^Purdue at Lafayette. ' bound to uphold the football reputations of Oct. 22nd.-^—Nebraska at Notre Dame. Oct. 29th.—Indiana at Indianapolis. the West and "Fighting Irish." The 1921 Nov. .5th.—^Army at West Point. schedule even surpasses the great 1914 card Nov. 8th.—^Rutgers at New York when Yale, Army, Syracuse and Carlisle Nov. 12th.—Haskell Indians at Notre Dame. were the features, but at convenient in­ Nov. 19th.7—Marquette at Milwaukee. tervals. Nov. 24th.—Michigan Aggies at. Notre Dame. At home Notre Dame has already slated five games,, every one of which will be a A BASKET SOCIAL. real battle. The Nebraska game, Oct. 22nd, Notre Dame defeated the.Armour Tech heads the chedule and has been selected for quintet in the first game of the regular col­ the second annual home-coming celebration. legiate basketball season at Chicago on Jan­ Thousands are already planning to see Car- uary 12, by a score of 46 to 28. Armour tier Field perform the seemingly impossible started with a roar, ringing three baskets trick of accomodating 20,000. Nebraska's, from long.Juhges before the Varsity could '^e Noure 6ame Scholascic 247 locate the hoop. Armour's period of glory- The Halas cagers romped over the St. was quickly ended with Armour trailing Mary's College quintet last Friday night, eight points behind. Mehre's playing was registering a 44 to 19 win. ,The locals dem­ remarkable, the crafty court chief being suc­ onstrated wide superiority over their oppo­ cessful in finding the wire twelve times. nents particularly during the last half of the Frank McDermott, a member of the 1916—7 contest, yet a ragged departure from former Varsity, played his first game with the Gold court-play was frequently apparent. McDer­ and Blue in three .years, having but recently mott and Mehre each found the ring for returned to school, and demonstrated that he five baskets during the, first frame and is the. same star on the rectangle as of old. threatened on several more occasions. Mc­ Kiley, Anderson and Grant were especially Dermott opened up with a long lunge from a strong on defence. ' difficult angle and Captain' Mehre quickly *** followed suit with several«,neat'ringers. Confident that the long range game would Coming up from behind on the wings of a work, the Gold and Blue tossers began shoot­ sensational rally, the Varsity defeated Val- ing them the full' length of the court; as a pariaso in the second game of the regular consequence matters slowed up a bit. Tac­ schedule on January 13, by a 21 to 17 count. tics were suddenly changed and as a result The first half ended with the Valps leading,'- twenty-three points were amassed at the 12 to 9, and the Varsity continued to trail half-way whistle. Halas injected his second their opponents well into the second period. string men into the argument early in the With six minutes of play left, the locals second half, and their work was equally ef­ braced. The offensive, up to this point, had fective against the Ohio crowd. Kennedy, shown only a few flashes of real form and Logan and Cpughlin performed like seasoned the defense had wabbled disastrously several veterans, tolling ring after ring through the times'. Then came the lightning rally that hoop. For the visitors Emerick, Supenski netted the Varsity nine points in four and Farley did especially well. minutes, and with' it went the Valparaiso hopes. Mehre and McDermott carried the brunt of Notre Dame's ring play. Ander­ son, Kiley, Grant and Garvey were consis­ Notre Dame downed the Michigan Aggies tently good on ^the defense. in a fast, aggressive game last Saturday night, 36 to 23. There Was hardly a straw *** of difference between the two teams during Notre Dame opened up its home season by the scrappy first half, which ended with the registering a slashing victory over the Kala­ Gold and Blue only 4 points better than the mazoo College five last*Tuesday, 49 to 22. Wolverines. Extreme caution was the watch­ Although the opposition of the Celery City word in the early minutes of play, each team/ basketeers was not exceptionally stamich, angling for a scoring advantage. The Ag­ everything seemed to indicate that the Gold gies drew first blood when Gilkey found the and Blue Court scrappers are developing by hoop for the first score and followed it up leaps and bounds and will be more than able with a neat free throw. The Wolverines to cope, successfully with the coming big- were five to the good before Mehre and time aggregations; McDermott dropped his coiu't chargers got into scoring action, eight shots through the net and hung up four but then a zig-zag battle followed for the free throws. Captain Mehre found the loop remainder of the half, gaining speed and for seven from difficult angles. Kiley and i accuracy every minute. Everything was Anderson kept the Kalamazoo lungers rods Notre Dame's during the second stage. from the goal on every offensive formation. Mehre, Kiley and McDermott solved every Halas gave every man on the'squad a chance Wolverine defensive formation and found the after the game was well sewed up, and every hoop an easy target. Mehre, with eight bas­ one conducted himself in remarkable early kets was the individual star of the fray. Gil- season form. Hinga played brilliantly for key was the bright light of the visiting Kalamazoo, rivaling Mehre and McDermott quintet. - ^ in point coralling. —SLAGGERT-STARRETT. 248 'Sfie Noure bame Scholastic

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