The Notre Dame Scholastic 643 [^iiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiii| NOTES ON UVING ofve This morning, rather early, we were out walking. The sky was a clear, flawless gem; and as we walked along I No^reDame Scholastic I it seemed to us' that we were travel­ I !)Isce - Q,ua5i • S emper -Vicl;urus«Vlve-Quasi-C.i>QS-Moriluru$ ing in the middle of an enormous shed I Founded in 1872 of sun. It 2vas an experience; not I MURRAY HICKEY LEY Editor-in-Chief j alone the experience of walking in the 5 HARLEV L. JMCDBVITT Graduate Manager • morning beneath the sun, but some­ I EDITORIAL STAFF \ thing more, much more, in that we : T. VINCENT MCINTIRE Managing Editor I saw it all as a symbol—and then we I EiiiL L. TELFEL Assistant Managing Editor • z JOSEPH B. REEnY Assistant Managing Editor • attempted to go behind the symbol to i J. ARCHER HURLEY The Week [ the reality, by one visioning, one pic­ i WALTER LANGFORD .The College Parade : ture of that reality. I JOEL ECERER Miisic and Drama : : RAMON G. SMITH Campus Clubs ' \ I PAUL J. HALLINAN Features Editor • —In India the cobra, a quite dead­ E EDWARD E. BRENNAN Script Editor ; ly snake, usually meets its match I NEWS STAFF \ when it encounters a mongoose, a I JOHN BERG.VN, Neics Editor : small, peculiarly shaped animal— i JAMES CX>LLINS NEIL HURLEY EDWARD CONNORS I I HOWARD WEBSTER LAWRENCE DUNDA WILLIAJI KARL I i AUSTIN BOYLE GEORGE ALLAN JAMES GARMODY : And as we walked along, it seemed : JOHN MOTZ RICHARD J. O'DONNELL I£SLIE RADDATZ : I JAJIES KEARNEY ; to us that a thousand white mon­ gooses, sprung from the sun, were j SPORTS STAFF \ leaping through the air and closing \ WILLIAM J. MAGARRAL JOHN A. KIENER, Sports Editor F. GRANGER WEIL I TOth the cobras of the grass—each i HARRY A. SYL\'ESTER. JR. HENRY B. ASMAN JAMES E. MCFEELY, JR. | and every blade of grass a hooded I BUSINESS STAFF | snake coiling and turning as its : HARRINGTON J. KOON Local Circulation Manager • £ enemy fell upon it. The trees were i CHESTER M. ASHMAN Foreign Circulation Manager | ; FREDERICK N. DAVIS Local Advertising Manager s tossing the wildly-carven bells of their z JAMES L. RIZER Foreign Advertising Manager : branches as the shaken flags of the 5 9 "wind waved through the air and over r JAMES H. RORKE WiujAjr SHERJIAN JOHN BLANDA S the earth. § FREDERICK J. BAUER " FRANK J. CONBOY ANDREW MCGUAN | I MERLE V. BALDWIN JOE KING NORMAN E. DUKE | A thousand birds filled jars of space with the wine of their cries, Vol. LXIII MAECH 7, 1930 No. 21 wine to be drunk by the victors. But the green hooded reptiles were soon overborne by the terrific charge of the TABLE OF CONTENTS white fighters. And very soon, it was all over—and we realized that we had Bro^vnson Hall Frontispiece another day in front of us, work to The Week—J. Archer' Hurley 64-5 be done, and tasks to be performed. Coming Events 646 A Man About the Campus—Richard J. O'Donnell '. 648 But we were able to go through Music and Drama—William H. Ktiapp 651 the day with the memory of a quick­ Music and Drama ._ 651 ening experience, a heightening of Timely Suggestions—William Karl 652 existence, always in the center, in the Campus Clubs—Ramon G. Smith 653 foreground- of our mind. And the College Parade—Walter Langford 654 day was like an object to be exam­ Editor's Page 655 ined, which, before scrutiny, is covered Corby-by-the-Lake—BwuY L. Telfel 656 with a rich, heavy perfume. The Wink 658 Notre Dame Trackmen Meet First Setback—Heniy B. Asman 659 We have, in the past, used the Butler Bulldogs Leashed in 29-16 Win ' 659 phrase, "extending the borders of Notre Dame Host to Sixteen C. I. C. Teams 665 reality"—and we have been asked its Splinters From the Press Box—Harry A. Sylvester 669 meaning. Well, we are inclined to On Down the Line 672 think that the little experience we have set down above, is a hint in the THE SCHOLASTIC is published weekly at the University of Notre Dame. Manu­ direction of extension. scripts may be addressed to THE SCHOLASTIC, Publications Office, Main Buildins- It is something to see heaven in a Entered as second-class matter at Notre Dame, Indiana. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage. Section 1103, October 3, 1917, authorized June 25, 1918. wild flower; but it is also something to see the creatures of heaven in THE AD\'ERTISERS IN NOTRE DAME PUBLICATIONS DESERVE THE PATRONAGE OF things that are both more and less ALL NOTRE DAME MEN. than a wild flower! —M. H. L. Q., 644 The Notre Dame Scholastic WWkSViYimMWiWi'iSHWf'MW^^ .J The Notre Dame Scholastic 645 -^- ^_J UR shay-driving ancestors had any number of adages tucked under their tall beaver hats. And none of these I HE Alumnus magazine, brought to press through the sayings were any truer than the one which made it un­ sweat of Jim Armstrong's capable pen, has come into ethical to look a gift horse in the mouth. Gift horses and Sorin to claim us as being about ready to enlist among" nightmares are so frequently pastured together that their those in the great beyond. Reading through the notes of identities are rather shadowy to those modems who are its correspondent secretaiies gives one an uncanny feeling too unhealthy to believe in horse play. Providence gave that his own name may be among the man-ied, the suc­ all of us a number of gift horses in the way of talents cessful, or the adventuresome' in those same columns, ere and capabilities. During the past twenty-odd years we long. If Jim really wants to assure himself of our loyalty have been content to treat them as very dark horses, but and annual check by way of manifestation, he could insert the trading will begin shortly after Commencement. Won­ a help wanted supplement in his next issue. der whose grey mare is going to back into the shafts of an ash wagon? D-YING with one's boots on has been extolled time and again by romantic Westerners whose horizons were usually •'( dimmed by whiskey and wliiskers. They made the blustery mistake of supposing that falling to the ground was more exciting than having the sky fall on them. Adam spent most of Paradise lying on his back, I think, and those in­ numerable German philosophers who consider death a bounty are sensible, at least in that they recognize the joys of the supine. For the past week I have been gazing into the distances of a Sorin ceiling, cursing automobiles •with aerial aspirations, and trying to squeeze amusement out of the mess of water pipes which clutter up my ceiling. Consequently I have had time to realize that Lent is here, and that it isn't such a depressing period after all. The ><•- Church's sorrow is really a melancholy joy—^though one sometimes needs to be flat on his back before he realizes it. 646 The Notre Dame Scholastic COLLEGES NAME ORATORY MEEHAN MEDAL TO BE Coming Events ENTRIES - AWARDED Although March 25 is the closing -«• Every year a gold medal, the gift date for the entries in the Sixth of Mrs. Eleanor Meehan of Coving­ National Intercollegiate Oratorical FRIDAY, March 7—SCHOLASTIC edi­ ton, Kentucky, is awarded to the contest on the Constitution, 81 col­ torial staff meeting. Publications senior who writes the best essay in leges and universities from 29 states offices, Main building, 7:00 p. m.— English. An essay offered in compe­ have already written to P. Casper Debate, IMichigan State vs. Notre tition may be on any subject approved Harvey, national director. North­ Dame at Lansing.—First Friday by the head of the Department of western university, Evanston, 111., exercises, Sacred Heart Church, English. national winner in 1925, was the first 7:30 p. m. If none of the essays entered in the school to enter the 1930 contest. competition be of sufficient merit in The competition for the greatest the opinion of the judges of the con­ SATURDAY, March 8—Finals in the forensic honor open to college stu­ test, the medal is not awarded. Central Intercollegiate Conference dents in America foreshadows bring­ The date for the judging of the meet. University gymnasium, 1:30 ing together this year the largest essays has not as yet been set, but p. m.—Basketball, Notre Dame vs. group of colleges and universities in further particulars .may be obtained Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.— any project of the kind in the history from the head of the English Depart­ Movies, "The Mysterious Island," of American higher education, accord­ ment. Washington Hall, 6:40 and 8:15 ing to the announcement made this p. m. week at the national headquarters. A total of $5000 in prizes will be ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS awarded, and the winner, who will be­ RECEIVE BEAUX ARTS SUNDAY, March 9—Masses, Sacred come the national intercollegiate MENTION Heart Church, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 and champion orator for 1930, wiU be 9:00 a. m.—Meeting of the-Presi­ awarded a prize of $1500. Second Paul Flanagan, Frank Kelly and E. dents' club. Law building, 10:00 a. place will give a prize of $1000, scal­ J. Weiczorek, students in the School m.—Qualification examination for ing down to $400 for the seventh of Architecture, have received men­ the English majors, 8:30-12:00 a.