The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus NOTBE DAME gWiiiMim JAN. - FEB.. 1970 REFLECTIONS On a IVear Miss •\ Ml^^ >.' ^ • K.' ..•t • \ \ \ \ %P^ oN^ NP^ OBV:iS We get letters • Vol. 48 No. 1 In the last issue, I said "I know you're there." In this issue many of you jran.-Feb., 1970 have confirmed my belief. There seems to be ample evidence that not only James D. Cooiicy '59 are you out there, but as I suspected, that quite a few of you have a genuine E-xEcunvE SECRETARY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION concern for and interest in this University and its problems. Jolin P. Thurin '59 EDITOR Tom SulIK'an '66 By evidence I simply mean letters, which begin on page 42 and many of MANACING EDITOR Sandra Lonsfootc which are provocative and interesting, regardless of their particular viewpoint. ASSISTANT EDITOR John McDcnnott '70 I judge "Alumni Ask" to be an invaluable tool in exposing the members of the Bill ifitchcll '71 Meg Van Der Gracht '69 alumni body to the varying reactions and ideas of their peers concerning their EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS M. Bnicc Harlan '49 alma mater, a belief which led us to feature eight pages of response in this issue. CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER We have never before devoted that much space to alumni rsponse but we ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS have never before received such response, in terms of spirit or quantity. I Leonard H. Skoglund '38 HONORARY PRESIDENT invite you to study the response and if you are so moved, to respond yourself. Donald F. O'Brien '42 PRESIDENT Waller M, Langford '30 In speaking of response, I might add that it will be diflicult for you to ViCE-PtaESIDENT W. Jerome Kane *38 miss our special gold insert featuring a message from Donald F. O'Brien, the VICE-PRESIDENT Francis J. Wilson '28 new president of the Alumni Assn. In the insert Don elucidates some of his VICE-PRESIDENT James D. Cooney '59 ideas concerning the role of the association and how it can be most effiectively ExECUTtt-E SECRETARY Michael E. Jordan '68 play that role. He, too, asks for some response on your part. He requests ASSISTANT SECRETARY that you take five minutes to remove the card from the last page of the DIRECTORS TO 1971 insert and that you indicate what topics or quesions you feel the Alumni W. Jerome Kane *38 (CLUB ACTIVITIES) P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Wash. 98124 Board and Senate should concentrate on. This is a genuine chance to be Walter M. Langford '30 (CLASS AcnvTTiEs) 1315 Otsego St., South Bend, Ind. 46617 heard by your elected representatives. Donald F. O'Brien '42 (EXECUTI\'E AND NOMINATIONS) 1113 Rocky River Rd., Houston, Tex. 77027 In this issue we have also featured the recent trip to the Cotton Bowl, Leonaitl H. Skoglund '38 (SENATE .ACTIVITIES) 426 Dover Ave., LaGrangc Park, 111. an exciting adventure that is described at length by that colorful wizard of 60525 Fruncis J. Wilson '28 (PUBUC RELATIONS the quill, Dick Conklin, and yours truly. In addition, there are the highlights AND DElEtOP.MENT) 6105 Howe St., PiltS- buigh. Pa. 15206 of campus news and our usual sizeable helping of alumni news and events. DIRECTORS TO 1972 Enjoy it all! Robert A. Erkins '37 (PLACEMENT) P.O Box 546, Buhl, Idaho 83316 John T. Massman '52 (pACULTi- RELATIONS) 3917 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. 64111 • Frank L- McGinn *52 (ACU>£.MIC AFFAIRS) 900 Bldg., Pompano Beach, Fla. 33062 Robert L. McGoIdrick '56 (CONTINUING EDUCATION) 15 Drury Lane, West Hartford, Conn. 06117 Leonard H. Tosc '37 (ATHLETIC) 64 W. 4th Tom Sullivan St., Bridgeport, Pa. 19405 Managing Editor DIRECTORS TO 1973 Daniel D, Canalc '42, 1325 Coiumercc Title Bldg., Memphis, Tenn. 38103 Dr. John C. Lungrcn '38. 4180 Chestnut Ave., Long Beach, Calif. 90807 James C. AfacDevitt '35, 43 Hampshire Rd., IN THIS ISSUE Great Neck, N.Y. 11023 Joseph T. O'Neill '53, 60 W. 4th St., St. Paul, Minn. 55102 University p. 1 Graduate Schook p. 36 John R. Panclli '49, 17549 Kirkshirr, Bir­ mingham, Mich. 48009 Book Review p. 11 Club News . p. 38 1970 Notre Dame ALIJMNUS, University of Class News p. 14 On Record p. 41 Notre Dame, all rights rescr\*ed. Reproduc­ tion in whole or in part tWthout »Titten Alumni Ask p. 42 permission is prohibited. The Notre Dame ALUMNUS is published monthly, except January, March, May. August and Novcraocr, by the Univeisily of Notre Dame. Second-class postage paid at Notre Dame, Ind. 46556. This was the environment into UNrvEitsiTr which stepped some 600 ND Cotton Bowl football fans last Dec. 30th. "Who you-all for?" was the universal greeting in Fairmont elevators. (It was, of course, unnecessary to reverse the question.) At the black tie Presidents' Dinner Dec. 30th, sponsored by the Cotton Bowl Athletic Assn. (CBAA) and held on the 36th floor of the Southland Center in downtown Dallas, the atmosphere was gracious and the football references as deferential as those made by rival coaches not wanting to provide locker room bulletin board material. From Joe Dealey, publisher of the Morning News and president of the CBAA, to the academic representa­ tives of the Southwest Conference, the feeling at the dinner was one of delight at luring ND back into bowl competition. The visiting sportswriter contingent had overflowed the press box—an indication of how the Cotton Bowl had stolen the post-season lime­ light—and no one wished to spoil the mood by blatant partisanship. Fr. Hesburgh was not expected to arrive in Dallas from Mexico until the game, but came earlier, in time to be paired with Fr. Joyce in the post- dinner repartee between the guest school and the host conference, "The first ND football game I ever saw was the 7-6 Texas defeat of ND in 1934," ND's president recalled. Fr. Joyce followed with his own harrowing recollection of that famous upset and added some respectful comments about the 1969 Texas team. Respond­ ing in kind, U. of Texas President Norman Hackerman and Chancellor Harry H. Ransom noted the use of "selective statistics." After all, they pointed out, ND held a 4-1 edge in the gridiron rivalry. The Cotton Bowl parade jeatured numerous "attractions." It was a pleasant evening which mingled the CBAA people, the ND administrative party and the repre­ sentatives of the eight schools in the Southwest Athletic Conference. The view—^which overlooked the neon- Big «'D" lighted skyline of Dallas—^was by Richard W, Conklin intriguing, and the steak repast faultless. The Dallas Fairmont Hotel is the There is a carriage-type front The Fairmont tension grew on New city's newest and finest. Its red-black- entrance, an electric shoe polisher and Year's Eve. If a person was not gold decor and plush interior design alarm clock in every guest room, and worried about his wife prowling the look back to the days of sumptuous the sand in the lobby ashtrays is too-accessible precincts of the main public hostelries, which had spacious, embossed periodically throughout the lobby annex of Neiman-Marcus, he carpeted lobbies where people sat and day with an Old English "F." You can was worried about ND's weakened moved in comfort unknown to those sip $1.50 champagne in a front lobby offensive line. When it came to who inhabit the clickety-clack bar or drink a $1.25 glass of V8 juice Neiman-Marcus, the CBAA had truncated approaches to the main in hooded black wicker chairs in the arranged a style-show buffet at the desks of today's "modern" hotels. fancy "Brasserie" coffee shop. main downtown store for athletic- close to 2,000 ND rooters had gathered in a large and happy displaced persons camp. It was a gatecut (as they say in Texas) ND crowd—the Southerners and the Northerners, the young and the old, those with memories and those with anticipations, the clean-shaven and the hirsute, the liberal and the conserva­ tive. It was also the end of the '60s and the beginning of the '70s, and while green-hatted alumni shouted the New Year in, the bus pulled away from the auditorium and the Uni­ versity's traveling party greeted 1970 in a CMC motor coach. Back at the Fairmont's Regency Ballroom, the champagne was flowing. New Year's Day dawned clear, sunny and 25 degrees. About 100 Fighting Irish Joes came from far and near. persons crowded into a small room on the banquet level of the Fairmont for a concelebrated Mass, complete with administrative party wives, who the palate, and in the middle was a some of the most unusual liturgical munched a turkey-plus-omelet creation small dance floor which provided a music yet—^muted Muzak. As the while envying $1,500 coats and $500 free>i)assage zone between football group filed out of the room, one man cocktail dresses. Charge accounts were rivals. An ample bar also was an aid looked at the Texas state seal above available for the asking, and judging to conviviality. It was a night for long the door and observed in a loud, by the number of N-M bags on the gowns and cummerbunds, and the Boston-brogue voice, "Texas, you return trip, several asked. inevitable happened. My wife dis­ ca-ahn't win now!" He received a The central gathering spot for ND covered that Ara Parseghian's wife good-natured ripple of laughter from people was the Alumni Hospitality had on her dress (or vice versa).