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On the Campus—Notre Dame QnCanfos MocSholman {Author of "I Was a Teen-age Dwarf," "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis." etc.) "HOME SWEET HOMECOMING" / •'• A great number of people have been ask­ days—not this nambj'-pamby girls' game Editor: ing me lately, "WHiat is Homecoming?" that ])asses for football todaj'! Take a We wnsh to express our Avholehearted but I have been so busj- trying to find out look at that bench—50 substitutes sitting disg-ust with your lead editorial in the why my new sports car leaks that I there. ^^1^3•, in my day, there were 11 October 21 issue of the SCHOLASTIC. Certainly the Beat Michigan State haven't had time to answer. I am now men on a team and that was it. When Week was chaotic and unorganized. pleased to rejwrt that I finally discovered you broke a leg, they slapped a piece of However, this in no way excuses your why my sports car leaks—I have been tape on it and j-ou went right back in. criticism of the type of spirit it spawned driving it upside down—and so I am Why, I remember the big game against at last Aveek's game. Perhaps it did up­ ( ready today to turn mj-^ attention to State. Harry Sigafoos, our star quarter­ set the campus, and perhaps it was con­ Homecoming. back, was killed in the third quarter. I fused — but no time Notre Dame man mean, he was pronounced dead. But did would admit or WT.*ite that it was sense­ Let's begin with definitions. Home­ less. coming is a weekend when old grads re­ that stop old Harr3'? Not on your tin- tj'pe! Back in he went and kicked the We do not condone the practice of turn to their alma maters to watch a foot­ drowning out the calls of the opposing ball game, visit old classrooms and dormi­ winning drop kick in the last four seconds quarterback, but Ave deem worthy of ap­ tories and inspect each other's bald spots. of play, dead as he was. Back in my day, proval, not castigation, the half-time dis­ The weekend is marked by the singing thej' played football, bj'^ George!" play of spirit. Do you really believe of old songs, tlie slapping of old backs Everj'thing, say the old grads, was that the Notre Dame band was slig-hted by the display of faith showed the team and the frequent exchange of such greet­ better back in their daj'—everything ex­ by the students w^ho "surprised" them cept one. Even the most unreconstructed ings as "Harr\', you old polecat!" or so uniquely? "Harry, you old porcupine!" or "Harry, of the old grads has to admit that back Unfortunately, the tone of your edi­ you old rooster!" or "Hany, you old in his da3'' thej"^ never had a smoke like torial reflects the very snobbishness wombat!" As you can see, all old grads jMarlboro—never a cigarette with such a which seems pax-ticularly evident during are named Harry. disappointing football seasons. AVe It is not just old grads shallowly criticize football spirit strong­ est when we're having an off-year. The who behave with such live­ much cliched "spirit of Notre Dame" liness during Homecoming; seems to be vanishing in a cloud of the faculty also comports pseudo-intellectual cynicism. It is much itself with unaccustomed to your shame that this foul w^eather animation. Teachers laugh philosophy has found its Avay into the and smile and pound backs SCHOLASTIC'S editorials. and keep shouting "Harry, This university declines, not with the you old Airedale!" This un- advent of mediocre football, but with the establishment of your cynical comments scholarlj^ Ijehavior is carried on true spirit. When the student body on in the hope that old grads, \ stops playing the game with the team, in a transport of bonhomie the type of spirited play cited in your will endow a new geologj' H^^^X^t^ cMMrmef own "Time Out" column will vanish building. from Notre Dame. The old grads, however, are seldom lot to like—never a filter so easj' drawing, John Pastore seduced. Bj^ game time on Saturdaj'- their a flavor so mild yet heartj"^, so abundant, Edward Davis Editor: so bountiful—never a choice of flip-top backs are so sore, their eyeballs so eroded, I must disagree with your unneces­ their extremities so frayed, that it is im­ box or soft pack. sary criticism of the Blue Circle and possible to get a kind word out of them, So old grads, young grads, and under- Sorin Hall. I am just starting my sec­ much less a new geolog}"^ building. grads, \i\xy don't j-^ou settle back and ond year at Notre Dame, but last week Even the football game does not im­ have a full-flavored smoke? Trj"^ Marl­ end was only the second time I saw any prove their temijers. "Hmmph!" they boro, the filtered cigarette with the un- real spirit at Notre Dame. The previ- snort as the home team completes a 101- filtered taste, and Homecoming will be a (Continued on page 32) yard march to a touchdown. "Do you happy occasion and the sun will shine The SCHOLASTIC is entered as second class call that football? Wlij-^, back in mj' day, and the air will be filled with the murmur mail at Notre Dame, Indiana, at a special postage rate authorized June 23, 1918. The thej''d have been over on the first down! of wings and no man's hand wnll be raised magazine is a member of the Catholic School By George, football was football in those against you. © iseo Mat sbuimsn Press Association and the Associated Collegiate Press. It is represented for National Advertisins; by National Advertising Service and by Don Spencer, College Magazines Corp.. 420 Madison Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Published weekly during the school year, except during vacation and examination periods, the SCHOLASTIC is At Homecoming time—or any time—try Marlboro's unal­ printed at the Ave Maria Press. The subscrip­ tion rate is S3.00 a year. Please address all tered companion cigarette—mild, flavorful Philip Morris... inanuscripts_ to the Editors, Box 185, Notre Regular size or king size Commander—a brand new and happy Dame, Indiana. All unsolicited material be­ experience in smoking! Have a Commander—welcome aboard! comes the property of the SCHOLASTIC. i The Scholastic The Notre Dame 1 GomHtmHita/Uf \< "5 . • "^ DOUBLE TROUBLE: Vague plans are now in the wind about having two Mardi Gras dances so that SBP John Keegan can fulfill his campaign promise assuring Vol.102 No. 5 a ball ticket to everyone who wanted to go. We hope that this goes no fui-ther than OCTOBER 28, 1960 the planning stage. Last year 200 students sold at least ten chance books and thereby guaranteed themselves a ticket to the dance. The $10,000 thus earned also accounted I for more than a fourth of the Mardi Gras income. With two dances, the major in­ centive of a guaranteed ticket will disappear and so might a substantial portion of the $10,000. We also wonder if a second dance could even draw the 400-or-so stu­ Fminded 1867 dents that would be needed to make it worthwhile. In the recent ticket sales for the upcoming campus-wide dance, the committee went through almost the entire list of 1,700 applicants to dispose of -5.50 bids. Yet tsvo Mardi Gras Balls would require over 1,200 sales to prevent economic ruin. In the best interest of the Mardi Gras fund we feel that Student Government wall just have to bear the moans and groans of the frustrated few. •.; c^'^^vg DO NOTHING: In this week's "Escape" we featui-e an elaboration upon the plat­ edrtoMn-iiihlefV form of the "Do Nothings" that swept Walsh Hall in the election of two weeks ago XHARLES RIKK (SCHOLASTIC, Oct. 14). Although there are some humorous additions to their original manifesto, the core of the "Escape" is a serious declai-ation of student government policy. But there are several local factors that make even the original manifesto printable as a humorous piece. The first is the historical fact that few of the ad­ assbdaie ecBtor herents of such a creed have been as outspoken or had the courage to express such a ROY RUBEll sensible position. A second incongruity is added when we consider that few campus ~i: >;- elections have been characterized by a dispute over real issues. By issue is suggested a wide divergence of principles which results in a conflict of concrete proposals and \mms cdifor' >'-;:"~'-' recommended activities. With the "Do Nothings," the principle was limited govern­ THOMAS WEIsi ment; no activities were to be planned unless there was a serious need.