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

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student leaders There are to be found on these pages the men who were outstanding leaders on the campus . . . the men who received the coveted Dome Awards . . . members of the Blue Circle and the Student Senate . . . the class officers . . . those who won recognition in the national collegiate Who ' s Who. PAGE 29

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notre dame foundation The University of Notre Dame has not escaped the problems which growth, improvement and inflationary economy impose upon private education. The University had, like many other American colleges and uni- versities, provided education for its students at a figure substantially below actual cost. Some 30 percent of the per capita student cost of operating the University is made up from sources other than the fees paid by students and their parents. The University will ever be deeply grateful to the late Ernest M. Morris, alumnus of the Class of 1906, to the late Mrs. Fred Fisher, whose deceased husband was a Lay Trustee of the University, and to Mr. I. A. O ' Shaughnessy, whose large gifts increased Notre Dame ' s ability to serve generations of students and their parents, through the new Morris Inn, the Fisher residence hall and the Fisher Student Loan Fund, and the I. A. O ' Shaughnessy Liberal and Fine Arts Building. The Nieuwland Science Building, gift of alumni and friends, particularly of the business and industrial leaders of the St. Joseph Valley area, is also an expression of vital interest in Notre Dame ' s needs. The Foundation is endeavoring to bring to the attention of the public the true Notre Dame story. It is attempting to show the value of private higher education for its stabilizing contribution to the sciences and humanities, to basic research, and to the pool of trained leadership from which all the departments of our complex society must draw. Also, Notre Dame as a religious institution is being more and more recognized for its singular contribution to the moral leadership upon which all else depends. litt Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Director of Notre Dame Foundation

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t h e s t u d e n t Jim Richards, Jim Hutchison, Floyd Blair, and Tom Reedy, the officers of the Senate, preside at the weekly Monday night meeting. This year saw the inauguration of the Student Senate, a new student governing body embracing aims set forth in a Master Plan for the progressive development of Notre Dame student government. The ideology in this body and in the Master Plan formulated by last year ' s Student Council has put an increasing number of students into re- sponsible positions and thereby offering them a practical education in representative and democratic self-government. The Senate functions as the coordinator of all campus organizations and activities; it approves and underwrites these functions in an attempt to assist the or- ganizations. After thorough study by a Senate committee the funds of the Campus Charity Chest are appropriated and distributed. Also under its direction are the Student Trip and Mardi Gras. It has also taken over the admin- istration of the Student Loan Fund which has been set up on an efficient and effective basis. The biggest project handled by the Senate this year was initiating the remodeling of the old Science Building into the Student Center. Working in close liaison with the Administra- tion, the Senate has made the conversion open to student participation by the Mardi Gras and various other functions. This year ' s successful Senate body has pio- neered the way for student government with its efficient and business-like functioning. S e n a t e first Row: F. Meaney, Blue Cirde Representative; E. Buckley, Blue Circle Chairman; A. Marks, Science Senator; J. O ' Neill, Off Campus Senator; J. Hutchison, Senate Treasurer; T. Reedy, Senate President; F. Blair, Senate Vice- President; A. Lambert, Vetville; J. Noonan, Spiritual Commissioner; and L. Mullins, Senator-at-Large. Second Row: K. Fulton, Senior President; E. Bartell, Commerce Senator; H. Van Huffel, Freshman President; W. Walsh, Sophomore President; T. Field, Arts and Letters Senator; G. Vosmik, YCS Representative; J. Baran, Engineer- ing Senator; G. Higgins, Executive Cabinet; and L. LeRose, Executive Cabinet. PAGE 30