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

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CITIZENS ' PRIME CONCERN IS HIGHER LEARNING Notre Dame exists for one prime purpose. That purpose is the campus-town ' s main industry: educa- tion. Each year more than three thousand young men leave their homes scattered over the globe, converge on this 1700-acre island of higher learning on the plains of northern Indiana. Here they live in an at- mosphere of education with as little or as much to do with outside life as each citizen may desire, but within limits set by the University. Study is the main thing in their lives for the four, five, six years they spend in N.D. Most young men who become N.D. citizens realize this. Some students of the University are not citizens of N.D., live with their families in South Bend, or board in homes authorized by the University because they cannot be accommodated on campus. Education at N.D. is for them the same as for citizens, the pressing business of their years of study. Education is more than books at N.D. Life in the campus-town is designed so that everything contrib- utes to education, cultivation of students. Citizens come from all parts of U.S., from many foreign coun- tries, notably America ' s southern neighbors. Citizens live with their fellows, know them more intimately than most U.S. college men know their fellow-students. Thus citizens become cosmopolitan in views and man- ners, are freed of local prejudices and provincialisms. Citizens also come to know professors well, lose exces- sive formality that usually exists between faculty and students. The barrier that separates teachers from classes in large state schools does not exist at N.D. Religion is part of N.D. citizen ' s education, is meant to teach him his spiritual obligations, moral principles, to convey to him that he is a Catholic at all times, not just at Sunday Mass. Here religion is the center, guiding principle of all life and education, 30

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Citizens kneel in adoration before Blessed Sacrament in Lady Chapel of Sacred Heart Church. Blessed Sacrament is exposed daily in October, Lent, and May, on all First Fridays. Gold altar was carved by Bernini, artist who helped dec- orate St. Peter ' s, is nearly 300 years old, was purchased in Rome by Father Sorin, University founder, is only Bernini work in America University which provide for this N.D. democracy are the test. Approximately 200 do not meet requirements each year, either scholastically or otherwise, quickly disappear from the campus. Head of N.D. ' s government is prefect of discipline who has authority over students in all affairs except scholastic. Prefect has two assistant priests, one lay assistant. In extreme breaches of discipline, cases are submitted to faculty board of discipline who hear the case in court session. Under pre- fect of discipline, immediately over students, are hall rectors who manage inner-hall affairs, midnight and weekend per- missions. Citizens elect class officers, but extent of their power is managing the class dance, even here are supervised by offi- cials. From each hall a representative is sent to Student Activities Council. SAC intercedes with prefect of discipline for those unjustly accused, promotes pep rallies, petitions r-capped hall watchmen signs citizen in at night. Hall doors are locked at 10:00 ; to stay out later than ten, citizens must sign out with rector of hall get a dnight in student vernacular then sign name, room number in watchman ' s book They come in before twelve. Seven watchmen take care of two halls each director of studies for free days, is uniformly ineffectual. As a student governing body, it is noted among citizens for lack of power. Precedence or distinction at N.D. comes only through su- periority of class or of scholastic average. Residence halls are assigned to different classes, are set apart for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen. In first year students are assigned rooms according to time of application and choice. There- after scholastic average determines each citizen ' s precedence in application for room for the following year. Citizens must wait in line a great deal (see cuts) . It is an essential note of N.D. ' s democracy. Since citizens gener- ally do things, go places at the same time, facilities cannot accommodate all immediately. At the beginning of semesters, students wait in line to register for classes, get laundry and dining hall cards, athletic and dry cleaning books. Through the year they wait in line to get laundry, football game tickets, at soda fountains, for morning check. A day at N.D. usually begins early. Masses in hall chapels and in Sacred Heart Church are at 6:00 and 6:20. Citizens must appear at chapel a stipulated number of times a week to make morning check. In freshmen halls usual require- ment is five checks, sophomores and juniors four, seniors three. Students needn ' t attend Mass, must check in time for morning prayer after second Mass. Religion is a great part of life at N.D. Daily Mass and Communion, visits to Grotto of Blessed Virgin, a replica of Lourdes, are encouraged. In three hall chapels where prefects of religion have offices, later Masses are at 7:20; confessions are heard, Communion distributed until 9:15 in two, till noon in the third. This is a convenience for those who sleep in. Prefect of religion pub- lishes each day Notre Dame Religious Bulletin, one page mimeographed paper dealing with religious topics. Bulletin is delivered to all citizens, is sent to subscribers all over U.S. Breakfast is at 7:00, dinner at noon, and supper at 6:00. Night prayer is at 7:00 in hall chapels and study rooms of dormitory halls. After night prayer halls are to be j in quiet, often are boisterously noisy, especially flj halls. At ten, hall doors are locked. To stay must get midnight permission from rector, rooms at ten to report those not in. Light by master switch at ten, in freshma halls. Two vacations interrupt the schoo Easter. Other times during year ci permission, with parental approval, t end with classmate, go to Chicago fo life. Soda fountain in Caf labors under 9:00 p.m. push. Two soda-jerkers, one dish washer perform row of gleaming taps. Coke is fastest selling drink. The Huddle, serving halls on north part of campus, has other N.D. soda fountain, is smaller, has poorer appoint- ments than Caf fountain, but still does whopping business, sells everything from donuts to radios

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(Far Left i Citizen engineer at work in pattern shop. Machine is lathe on which student makes wood patterns, also works with files, chisels on bench. Paper propped on machine is blue print design with which pat- tern must correspond. Engineers have most class hours of all courses, due to machine and patternshop work, and laboratory work Student lawyer makes summation of case before panel of twelve fellow citizens in courtroom of Law Building. Regular court sessions are held weekly, try fictitious cases, but contain all problems of real cases. Student lawyers are witnesses, counsel, jury, plaintiff, defendant, judge is professor. Law school has 102 students, is approved by American Bar Association, member of Ass ' n. of American Law Schools View down inside of atom smashers. Running length of interior is con- tinuous rotating band which builds up high charge, sends electrons hurt- ling down white porcelain tubes. Scientific name is electrostatic generator, was financed by University, designed by two Ph.D. ' s in physics. University has atom smasher of different type construction in Engineering building. In Science Hall, this is most powerful of its kind in world Fine Arts students do pencil sketch with fellow citizen as model, will follow predecessors in fields varying from portrait painting to industrial design. Department has 3 professors, 21 majors; 29 others take elective courses; Luigi Gregory, court painter to Pius IX, is former department head. Department was founded in 1853. Casts are some of 247 sculpture reproductions used as sketching models (Far Left) Head of music department directs University symphony in re- hearsal. Majors in music belong to either orchestra or glee club. Most of 17 music majors will become teachers, as have their predecessors. De- partment has five professors, is now seeking admission to National Asso- ciation of Music Schools of America, most eminent organization in its field Research associate in laboratories of bacteriology inspects germ-free animal cages. Inside sterile, heated cages, germ-free guinea pigs are born by Caesarian section. Projecting hands are rubber gloves into which researchist puts hands to work inside sealed cages. Bacteriology occu- pies entire ground floor of Biology Building, contains 18 labs. Depart- ment has 22 germ-free cages, keeps stock of 500 guinea pigs for experimentation Rev. Leo R. Ward, C.S.C., head of graduate department of philosophy, lectures to class. Aim of department is to acquaint student with essen- tial unity of all knowledge, clarify insight into nature of world and man, give student a better In quantum sumus, since man exists, he id should be for all his days. Formal religious instruc- tion is a required course for all undergraduates in first two years, takes two class hours a week. Many N.D. citizens are non-Catholics, are not required to attend services or study religion, may substitute other courses for it. N.D. ' s faculty numbers 302, actively and directly engaged in teaching. Of these, only 71 are priests, four are brothers. The rest of the faculty is composed of laymen , 175 professors and instructors, 52 grad- uate assistants, graduate students working for advanced degrees who teach one or two classes. Faculty also includes many administrative officials not engaged in teaching. Most lay members of faculty live in South Bend with their families. The University attempts to keep N.D. educational facilities abreast of the times, does a marvelous job with limited finances (see cuts) . University has only a small general endowment fund of $1,010,000 plus foundations of little more than two hundred thousand dollars. On campus are seven classroom and labora- tory buildings. The Administration Building, main library and Rockne Memorial also house classrooms. Fourteen laboratories for different studies are pro- vided. Classroom buildings also house departmental libraries. The University is composed of five colleges which contain thirty-three departments in which students .trol over thinking. Quotation on blackboard, sumus, is from St. Augustine, means that od in himself. rows of figures on calculators in machine tic work of business math, accounting. Com- jfimefi , Jewish engineers by other citizens, iMijjoVsity ' s five colleges, have attempted to . fcL(V Forum, N.D. ' s Tammany Hall , lMi jpVsity ' s fi iugh UmHlerc may take major sdBtets. Colleges sjfi Ajr and Let- ters, Science, Law, faHgine,erine,, q yCflmrnerce. Each is headed by a d pPP@SSKrs!fy ' s graduate school are seventeen departments in which University can confer master or doctors degrees. Largest of five col- leges is Commerce; Arts and Letters is only slightly smaller. Each has over one thousand students. Science and Engineering have only about three hundred and five hundred respectively. The University offers a six- year law course, with pre-law studies in either Arts and Letters or Commerce. For the most part N.D. citizens are convinced of value of the courses they take. Relative value of the colleges and their courses is popular topic of conversa- tion in bull sessions. Greatest feud is between Arts and Letters and Commerce. Commerce men say A.B. (Arts and Letters is known by the degree it confers) is not practical. A.B. men base argument on cul- tural value, say education cannot be practical and still be education, believe Commerce is mere business training, should not be a University course. Engineers and pre-meds (Science school students) have little respect for A.B., Commerce, consider these courses too easy. Discussions undoubtedly involve a personal element, but still have basis in sincerity, show that average N.D. citizen has some purpose and interest in his college work.