University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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A Football Weekend at N.D. Pre-game tour of the campus hall decora- tions; the first stop, Sorin ' s hallowed front porch. John and Sue at the Friday night pep rally; a thrilling start for a big evening. Half-time session below the stands; it seems John is watching more than just the football game. Leaving Sacred Heart Church after mass; the perfect climax to a perfect weekend. . HERE ARE MANY football weekends at Notre Dame. All are big;. There are also many dances at Notre Dame, but no weekend combines so well the features of both as does that of the Sophomore Cotillion. At least, that was the feeling of several hundred happy members of the Class of ' 53 this year. And, in particular, of John Hastings, from Marietta, Ohio, and Sue Shea, from Spri ngfield, Ohio. Their weekend started Friday as Sue stepped off the train and went on through the pep rally in the jammed fieldhouse with the crowd cheering, and on to the formal Cotillion that night. Saturday the high point was the game with Pitt. Sitting in the special section, the couple rooted the team on to its 19-7 win. There was a Victory Dance that night and on Sunday all dance- goers attended Mass together. The rest of the day was spent rehashing the weekend until it was time for Sue to leave. She said it had all been wonderful and she had never been happier. John said the same thing - then silently added: and Fve never been broker. (Let ' s leave this one to them.) I TO TRAINS

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I love VD, but oh, that French quarter . . . Most of the trippers slept late on Saturday morning, but the hand was up early, going through their routines for the afternoon. The game itself, played on the dry, hard turf of the Sugar Bowl, was bitterly fought all the way, with the Irish finally winning by a 13-9 count. Saturday night the transplanted Yankees sought enter- tainment in various fashions. Probably the most spec- tacular event was the lawn party given by Notre Dame boosters, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph David. Early Sunday morning, after special Masses had been said, the student trippers left New Orleans to return to Notre Dame. The trip back was a good deal more quiet than the one of three days before, but everyone had fond memories of a truly great weekend and a fine Irish squad. Hurry? I ' ve got 30 seconds, besides I ' d just as soon be left behmd! The aftermath: 1950-51 ' s most-racked-out-man-on-campus. ' Just a friendly little fame . . . I was broke before I got there!

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Law Ball . Dean and Mrs. Mannion (left) chat with pleased fellow guests. C NE FRIDAY EVEMXG in early November countless young Clarence Darrows, their accompanying Portias, process servers, junior partners, dyspeptic bailiffs, and other denizens of the legal world streamed to the Progress Club, for this was the night of the gala fall Law Ball. For 175 pairs of the prospective barristers it was carnival time with fledgling advocates creating a little atmosphere of the tanbark in true Barnum fashion. Herbie Germann and the Aristicrats were giving out with the rhythms down the midway and the never-to-be-outdone lawyers had the Jerry Costello quartet filling in melodies during the evening while the Aristocrats were off riding the ferris wheel. Law Ball co-chairmen, Dave Matthews and Bill Ethridge, and their dance-queens enjoy the results of their labor. Dance co-chairmen pose with barrister Court of Honor. Honored guests, Prof, and Mrs. Sullivan, getting into the act.