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

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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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STUDENT ffoio su ' eet toos the victory. The Flying Irish. (I apologize: EoJ Lowering the boom at band initiation. IHE CRY WENT UP a minute after the final gun of the fateful Purdue game . . . Go, Irish, beat Tulane! And beat Tulane they did, to the roaring approval of 300 students and bandsmen representing the Irish at New Orleans. The four day weekend was packed with activity for the trippers. Leaving South Bend late Thursday after- noon on an Illinois Central Streamliner, the vacationers rode through the night and most of the next day. The usual card games and impromptu songfests helped pass the hours, and during the daytime ride Northerners got their first look at cotton in the rough. Friday night the Roosevelt Hotel was the scene of a giant Notre Dame rally. Beside several Irish notables, many of the country ' s leading sports writers and New Orleans Mayor DeLesseps Morrison put in an appear- ance. Students saw the sights of the Crescent City after the rally, and later returned to the quarters provided them. Mustard down . . .

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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