•tp' ame '•-^^..wrf.'*'C*. DISCEQUASISEAU>ER-VICTVWS-VIVE- QUASI- CRAS-MORITVRVS Vol. LVI. November 11, 1922 No. 7 THE FATTED CALF—WITH DRESSING. iting alumni succeeded in rounding out a program that knew no dull moment and in ROUND the time when Knute K. handling the details of the vast pilgrimage Rockne, Bachelor of Science, looked to the complete satisfaction of a possibly in­ into the genuineness of his brand- telligent army intelligence officer. new diploma, a youth—about whom On Friday evening a round moon appeared there lurked at the time a faint suspicion of suddenly in the heavens and gazed in aston­ "Excelsior"—registered at this University ishment at the goings-on in front of the and arranged with destiny to become Father Oliver Hotel. The monster parade and sym­ Hugh O'Donnell, C. C. C. The strange sig­ phony of yells conducted under the 'auspices nificance of this coincidence was not detected of Johnny Gleason threw South Bend into by the world until last Saturday, when, due tremendous excitement. Football took pos­ primarily to the efforts of these two men, session of the atmosphere, and it is rumored Notre Dame witnessed the greatest home­ that one traffic policeman forgot to change coming celebration in its history. Rockne's his "stop" sign and called out sig-nals instead. long experience with Wildroot has taught What happened to other policemen on the him how well the wind is tempered to the same evening is not within our province to shorn lamb; there is for him nothing unusual mention. The program at Washington Hall in the circumstance that we were favored drew an overflowing audience which listened this year with the best team, the loveliest with delight to the Big Five, to Messrs. Gal- weather, the happiest of crowds and the legher and Shean, to John Urban Riley and finest school spirit in America. Father P. J. McEvoy. Seldom has this much abused O'Donnell's ceaseless energy on behalf of vis­ old hall seemed so well deserving of the right MUSIC MASTERS. 200 Tsfie Noure 5ame Scholascicr A BIT OF ACTION. to live. Later on the campus was wreathed eld West stands were crowded with dignity in savourj- smoke that came from a barbe- and South Bend; the new East stands were -cue, where on charred embers lay the fatted ablaze with the glory of the student body . calf in person, accompanied by portions of and thronging alumni and ladies accompany­ some among his acquaintances. The actual ing both. Indiana, Studebaker and Notre execution was not carried out, however, until Dame bands marched upon the scene, all in the next niorning, when under cover of p;ala uniform and beating the loud bassoon. myriad Notre Dame buns, the faithful calf The Indiana aggregation distinguished itself, passed to his reward. being by all odds the best college band ever All that morning the campus smiled its seen on our field. A little later the teams ap­ best to ever increasing throngs of visitors. proached, and were greeted with a sustained In they came, with whiskers and without, chorus of enthusiasm that would have made with short skirts and long skirts, wide­ the renowned gladiator forget the approach awake and drowsy, but rejoicing every one cf his funeral. Then, the game—we haven't in the beauty of Notre Dame, a beauty en­ much to say of it here, because the matter hanced by a multitude of decorations. Even is thoroughly aired in another portion of this Cadillac managed to beguile visitors who priceless periodical. Let it be enough to re­ consoled themselves for having been induced mark that in spite of the wide margin by to solve the labyrinth of buildings by taking which the game was won, the contest was a drink at the Minims' renowned pump. brilliant and spectacular. Paul Castner's Sorin, becomingly labeled "The Ole Nest," drop-kicking, Don Miller's perfect imitation echoed with much cackling, and even the of a seventy-five, and Harry Stuhldreher's library drew a select crowd that looked over majestic and formidable appearance, were the art galleries in company with Father matters never to be forgotten. Few games Gregory. The popular amusement was, of could be more consistently enjoyable, and course, shaking hands; and a conservative Indiana fans, though disappointed in the estimate has it that 3,000,000,000 sets of this score perhaps, had every reason to delight game were played. Even the landscape gar­ in the determined fighting of their team. As dener, a comparatively new man in our sec­ for ourselves, we saw with joy. the grouping tion, is reported to have participated. of youth and age as both have grown under At two o'clock the Cartier Field stands Notre Dame's influence around the shining were crammed with eager spectators.' The strength of a squad which is worthy of the '^e Noure &ame Schdascie 201 laurels that have come to any team in the ^ WHAT OF THE NIGHT? past, and worthy, too, of its own laurels. We shall remember, also, .the ladies, who smiled {For Armistice Day-) their sweetest and looked their best. JAME3 P. COYLE. A lady was once more in evidence at the It v/as not long ago that each Monday- Monogram Banquet served in the Junior Re- morning brought a cluster of news items i i'ectovy, when Miss Jane Fogarty, of Indian­ funerals of boys whose bodies had been ship­ apolis, sang with exquisite grace down the ped home iTOTR France for reburial. There: critical road to the hearts of all. In addi­ was a service at the amiory, or at the town. tion this banquet had numerous excellent hall, or at the church, or at a white house up characteristics which we wish might be ex­ ci side street shaded by maples; and a rifle tensively advertised so that in years to come volley fired over the yellow eaiih of a new- it may take on the prominent part in the delved grave. Sometimes a street or square program which it very richly deserves. Af­ was named for the dead boy. terward came three dances at which the Olympians congregated and flitted away the In a few aching hearts these boys are not night. No adequate description of these af­ forgotten. But what of the nation ,for fairs could be supplied by any less notable which, presumably, they died? . an authority than Beau Brummel or John They were cut off in their blossom time. Cavanaugh. The first being off the earth Their best was yet to be. There were young and the second out of town, we shall pass by, minds eagerly unfolding to grasp the won­ advising the gentle reader to consult the der and majesty of earth; young lives quick­ Brittanica, article: Nymphs. ening to useful careers; merry and generous- hearts that might have heat in tune with , At the eight-fifteen Mass on Sunday morn­ friends and lovers;—a burial service and a ing. Rev. Dr. John Cavanaugh, C. S. C, de­ rifle volley, like "bye-and-bye," is easily said> livered an appropriate sermon. With this But these boys were denied the April of mat- the 1922 homecoming festivities came to a ing-time, the July of parenthood, and tiie close. But of course they never really do mellow October of an old age surrounded by^ close. Memories of a thousand friendly grand-children in life's Indian Sunomer. For faces that seem never to have lost the look all they have forfeited there is nothings—^na of an older time, when youth was jovial and barren honor of funeral rite—^that the living life a plaything, cheer the days of work and can pay which will recompense them. But wrap the evenings in a dream of Notre there is an honor which might be paid and Dare. To those who were here we need is not: and that is to see that the pledges be say no more: to those who were not, here are fulfilled which were given them when they a host of wishes and a fond welcome, vvere asked to give their lives. The only a host of wishes and a fond welcome. Let honor in the least worthy of these dead boys. everyone resolve to come back next year for is that the life they left behind should go on. certain, bringing with him the honest inten­ now, publicly and privately, at a higher level tion of renewing youth and completing edu­ in memoiy of their sacrifice. cation in the best company imaginable. Can it be possible that it is only four years As a postcript we draw attention to the since the armistice ? We seem three decades. admirable and efficient work done in behalf distant from it already in spirit. of the celebration by the Student Activities Committee and the Boosters' Club. These The gay will laugh when thou art gone. organizations, with attendant groups, sacri­ The solemn brood of care plod on, and each. ficed much leisure and sleep to conceiving one as before and working out splendid ideas. Without Will chase his favorite phantom them the whole affair would have been a So it goes in private life. What has be-- muddle, and to them, each and all, the thanks come of all the bosom's gold minted in tiiose- of the university is due and is enthusias­ last eighteen months of the war? Was it tically rendered. May they live long and counterfeit? Was it paper money, fallen prosper! below par like the Liberty Bonds ? Each dne.' •j^-'.-y ,-*- >-> -T^^^^sy 202 '^e Norre 5anne Seholascic as before seems to be chasing his favorite nientally false about the war itself and all phantom: business, pleasure, personal ends; its issues which has spread this moral In public life the discrepancy is more glar­ paralysis through the limbs and heart of the ing stm.