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

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VICE-PRESIDENT, STUDENT-AFFAIRS: Rev. Jerome J. Wilson, C.S.C. VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: Rev. Chester A. Soleta, C.S.C. 21

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STUDENT CHAPLAIN: Rev. Glenn R. Boarman, C.S.C. VICE-PRESIDENT, STUDENT AFFAIRS: Rev. George Bernard, C.S.C. personal fund of grace. Is it enough? I have mon- strous phantoms ... as all men do. But I try to exorcise them with all the fury of the Middle Ages. And inside and outside the wind blows. But when the time comes, like now, then the storm around me does not matter. The winds within me do not matter. Nothing human or earthly can touch me. A wilder storm of peace gathers in my heart. What seems unpossessable, I can possess. What seems unfathomable, I can fathom. What is unutterable, I can utter. Because I can pray. Be- cause I can communicate. How do people endure anything on earth if they cannot have God. Maybe this gives us the clue as to why Notre Dame is a very special place. Many universities have grown too large and too famous to keep a place for God on their campus, in their classrooms, in their residence halls, in their inner lire. He may still figure in their motto or on their Coat of Arms, but no one is shocked at this because it is expressed in Latin, Greek, or Hebrew which few understand. Be this as it may, we make no apology for the large and central place for God at Notre Dame and in the lives of Notre Dame men. Nor for His Mother either, since Her name graces this place and all of its sons. Somehow this more than earthly presence gives this place a special peace, a vital spirit, a rendezvous with a destiny of a high order. When all of this is said, there is still much unsaid and even unsayable. One might brag a little and say that here there are more full-time students and faculty in residence than at any Catholic university on earth; that here more national and international awards are won; that the plant and endowment are larger than any other Catholic university in history; that our alumni contribute more and in higher proportion to keep us growing; that we have the oldest Law School, the only Mediaeval Institute, one of the very few schools of Engineering and Architecture, the most outstanding Catholic College of Science. But even after such a display of immodesty, there is still much unsaid. I haven ' t even mentioned that our football record is the best in the land over the years that the game has been played. Why say it? Everybody knows it. But some will say that this is glory of years gone by since the fencing and swimming teams are the true champ- ions today. Well, I still have hopes, and I suspect that Notre Dame still has some good football games left in her system, yet to be played. The last crowd has not yet been thrilled. The spirit still is phenomenal here. Blood still races in the Fall of the year, but let us see evrything here in proper proportion -- missing no reality, slighting no contributions. Football has contributed to Notre Dame, and may yet well con- tribute more. But we are more than football. We are a university, committed to the pursuit of excellence CONTINUED 20

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DIRECTOR, NOTRE DAME FOUNDATION: Rev. John E. Walsh, C.S.C. DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS: Rev. James E. Moran, C.S.C.