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

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Mosifyuom Ow Ma . . We shall always want Notre Dame men to play to win so long as there is a Notre Dame ... to win cleanly according to the rules . . . because Notre Dame men are reared here on this campus in this spirit and because they exemplify this spirit all over the world, they are the envy of the nation. This is the unequivocal theme of the administration of the fifteenth President of Notre Dame, Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., who came here from a little town in Michigan with the quaint name of Owosso some twenty-nine years ago. He came as a student and since that time his destiny and that of Notre Dame have blended into one. On July 20, 1946 he was appointed President succeeding the Rev. J. Hugh O ' Donnell. He took the reins of the University at a crucial time. The solutions to the many problems of reconver- sion from the frenzy of war to the slower, more deliberate ways of peacetime education coupled with the largest enrollment Notre Dame has ever seen were just a few of the momentous tasks confronting Fr. Cavanaugh as he took office. Enhanced by a strong spirit of resolution and the faculty to penetrate into problems, this comparatively young man who exercises wisdom beyond his years, guided Notre Dame down a prudent road during difficult times. As his first year of administration draws to a close, the success already achieved gives rise to greater promise in the future for the fifteenth of a scholarly line; this young man from Owosso. Page 24

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Notre Dame ' s men of learning gather in cap and gown at the formal opening of the school year in September. Within this section are recorded the men who mold the Notre Dame man, a few of whom you see looking very academic in the wavering column above. For a close look, turn the page. Page 23

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