The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus c z FEATURES 6 The Notre Dame Seating Game 8 To be or Not To be 10 Happiness is: a Scholarship, a Part-Time Job, a Loan? NOTRE DAME ALUMNUS 13 The Class of '71: It Didn't Come Easy VOL. 49, NO. 3 JUNE, 1971 DEPARTMENTS James D. Cooncy '59 3 ND News £xECUTi\'£ DIRECTOR ALOMNI ASSOCIATION' EDITOR 21 Sports Timothy J. Hughes '61 MANAGING EDITOR 21 Class News Geoigc A. Schcucr '28 CHIEF COPV EDITGR 47 Club News Bill Mitchell *71 EDITORIAI. ASSISTANT 54 Graduate Schools M. Bruce Harlan *49 CHIEF PHOTOCRAPHES 56 On Record ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS Donald F. O'Brien '42 58 Alumni Ask HONORARY PRESIDENT Robert A. Erkins '45 59 Alumni Speak ftlESIDENT John T. Alassman '56 VICE-PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATI\-E AFFAIRS Frank L. McGinn '52 VICE-PRESIDENT, ALOSINI AFFAIRS Robert L. McGoldrick '56 VICE-PRESIDENT, STUDENT AFFAIRS COEDUCATION AT NOTRE DAME Leonard H. Tosc '37 VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS James D. Cooncy '59 Snoopy sits atop his house of fantasy. a university. Happily this fact of life ExECUTi\x DIRECTOR Today he is the famous writer, paws is being accepted at Notre Dame. For Michael E. Jordan '68 poised above his typewriter keyboard. if it perpetuated the anachronistic at­ ASSISTANT DIRECTOR He thinks: "Sometimes when you are titude that women are to be seen DIRECTORS TO 1972 a great writer, the words come so and not heard, then it would not be Robert A. Ertins '45, P.O. Box 546, Buhl, Idaho 83316 fast you can hardly put them down living up to its mission of becoming John T. Massman '56, 3917 Broadiray, Kansas on paper . ." He pauses, waiting for a great Catholic university. City, Mo. 64111 the rush of words. It does not come. I would have to agree with Fr. Frank L. McGinn '52, 900 Bldg., Pompano Beach, Fla. 33062 Forlornly: "Sometimes." Charles E. Sheedy CSC, who chaired Robert L. McGoldrick '56, 15 Drury Lane, This great writer perched beneath, the ND-SMC coordinating commit­ West Hartford, Conn. 05117 Leonard H. Tose '37, 6+ W. 4th St., Bridge­ rather than atop, the Golden Dome tee on coeducation, when he told the port, Pa. 19405 is having the same problem as he alumni senators that ND and SMC tries to say something about the most have j'oined together because "it had DIRECTORS TO 1973 significant historical event at ND to happen" in the course of history. Daniel D. Canalc '42, 1325 Commerce Title since Fr. Sorin found his way to It is no longer possible or accept­ Bldg., Memphis, Tcnn. 38103 Dr. John C. Lungren '38, 4180 Chestnut South Bend 129 years ago. That is, able to separate education by reason Ave.,-Long Beach, Calif. 90807 the coeducation of Notre Dame. of sex. Why Notre Dame persisted so James C. MacDevitt '35, 43 Hampsliire Rd., Great Neck, N.Y. 11023 I must admit right away that I'm long in this philosophy of education Joseph T. O'Neill '53, 60 W. 4th St., St. for coeducation at Notre Dame. This is anybody's guess. As one ND ad­ Paul, Minn. 55102 is the only all-male school that I ever ministrator speculated, no one prob­ John R. Panclli '49, 17549 Kirkshire, Bir­ mingham, Mich. 48009 attended and the memories of that ably ever addressed himself seriously aspect are not all pleasant. to the question of why not have co­ DIRECTORS TO 1974 While memories tend to be selec­ education. Joseph G. Bertrand '54, 8114 S. Luclla Ave., tively edited, I can recall no one As soon as the names of girls Chicago, III. 60617 during my student years at ND who were mixed in with boys on the Notre Paul J. Doyle '36, 5061 Cedar Creek Dr., said he chose the place because it Dame class lists five years ago, co­ Houston, Tex. 77027 Peter F. Flahertj- '51, 5033 Castlcman St., was an all-male institution. But I can education became a fact of life here. Pittsburgh, Pa. 15232 remember plenty who griped about And there is no turning back. What -William K. McGow-an Jr. '57, 108 Pcnns>l- the fact that there were few girls to emerges now will be a new and dif­ \'ania Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. 46204 be seen around the campus. Especial­ ferent university, there can be no Charles F. Osbom '38, 7315-51st N.E., SeatUc, Wash. 98115 ly on weekends. Even so, the lack of doubt about that. Hopefully, it will 1971 Notre Dame ALUMNUS, University of femininity at Notre Dame was con­ be a university as unique in character Notre Dame, all rights reserved. Reproduc­ tion in whole or in part ^vithout wtitten sidered more of a social than an as the one it replaces. permission is prohibited. intellectual problem. The Notre Dame ALIIMNUS is published monthly, except January, Alarch, Alay, More importantly, there is a reali­ August and November, by the University of zation today that women can contrib­ Notre Dame. Second-chus postage paid at Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. ute to the intellectual atmosphere of -T:^^ Dniews Fellows and the Board of Trustees, to Sisters of the Holy Cross at Saint following unification. Mary's to serve in the University of OK UiiliGathi Pin —^Preservation of the identity of Notre Dame at all levels, with re­ Trustees of the University of Notre Saint Mary's by matriculation of all muneration to be negotiated vrith the Dame and neighboring Saint Mary's women undergraduates at Notre Dame religious order in a manner similar College formally approved plans to through Saint Mary's College and to the agreement Notre Dame now unify the two institutions on May by means of their Notre Dame de­ has with its Holy Cross priests. 14. grees, which will bear the name of Establishment of interinstitutional In separate sessions, the two Boards "Saint Mary's College of the Uni­ teams to move unification forward in of Trustees approved unification versity of Notre Dame" as the col­ areas such as academic affairs, stu­ plans drawn up by their executive lege of record. The statement also dent affairs, business affairs, public committees at a joint meeting in noted that Notre Dame "might well relations and development. March (see April-May ALUMNUS become involved in an innovative or The statement emphasized the im­ p. 3). Signing the unification agree­ experimental educational endeavor portance of the financial viability of ment at a press conference were which could then also become a ve­ any plan to bring the two institutions Mother M. Olivette Whalen CSC, hicle for perpetuating the identity of together and asked Notre Dame's ex­ chairman of Saint Mary's Board; Sis­ Saint Mary's College." ecutive vice president and treasurer. ter M. Alma Peter CSC, acting presi­ —Unification of all academic de­ Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, CSC, and the dent of Saint Mary's; Edmund A. partments by the 1971-72 school year. secretary of Saint Mary's Board, Sis­ Stephan, a Chicago attorney who "Those faculty members with tenure ter M. Gerald Hartney, CSC, to re­ heads Notre Dame's Board, and Rev. at Saint Mary's will be given tenure port next fall on the financial im­ Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, Presi­ at Notre Dame," the statement said. plications of unification. dent of Notre Dame. "Non-tenured Saint Mary's College It also committed the University to "The ultimate goal of this unifica­ faculty members will be evaluated for providing "full and equal participation tion," the sttaement said, "is a single tenure at Notre Dame according to by women in the intellectual and institution with one student body of the same standards applied to Notre social life of the University in roles men and women, one faculty, one Dame's own non-tenured faculty mem­ other than thta of students—as trus­ president and administration, and one bers, with due regard for their prox­ tees, as administrators, as faculty Board of Trustees." imity to tenure at Saint Mary's and members and as staff professionals." Specifies of the agreement include with provision for a reasonable evalu­ the following: ation period as a Notre Dame faculty —^Immediate appointment of Sister member." Alma as a vice president of Notre —^Integration of administrations, Inms Gratei Dame, charged with responsibilities in with reasonable effort being taken to Some 1,800 undergraduate and grad­ the area of unification. place persons in positions for which uate degrees were awarded May 23 in —^Addition of Saint Mary's nun- they qualify and for which there is a need in the unified structure. the 126th annual commencement ex­ trustees and lay trustees to Notre ercises at Notre Dame. —^Extension of a formal welcome Dame's two governing bodies, The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh CSC, President, conferred the degrees. Re­ ceiving bachelor's degrees were 1,400 seniors in Notre Dame's four under­ graduate colleges. Arts and Letters, Science, Business Administration and Engineering. In addition, there were 290 graduate degrees as well" as 36 M.B.A.'s and 78 law degrees. Dr. Kenneth Keniston, professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medi­ cine, was the commencement speaker. Known for his studies of psycholog­ ical development and sociopolitical dissent in adolescence, youth and early adulthood, Keniston has written three books since 1968 dealing with this area. In addition to Keniston, who re­ ceived an honorary doctor of laws ITS OFFICIAL—Making history with his pen is Edmund A. Stephan, a Chicago attorney degree, 10 others received honorary who chairs the Notre Dame Board of Trustees, as he signs an agreement to unify ND degrees: and neighboring Saint Mary's College ratified by trustees of both institutions May 14.