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

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( DOME ) from that full Christian leadership needed for the leavening of today ' s world. It is this that Pope Pius XII asks of the Catholic universities of America; it is this that the University of Notre Dame nurtures in her students. Poise and proper bearing for social activities, which are the marks of the cultured man in public, were emphasized at dances, balls, proms, and formal affairs sponsored by the various classes and organizations on the campus. Aside from being mere diversions from the rigors of academic pursuit, such functions expanded in the student the ability to conduct himself as a gentleman at all times, and conditioned an innate desire in him to live well with his fellowman. Inasmuch as the social tendencies of the student are so paramount in his ultimate growth, they were wisely guided on and off the campus. Page 16

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( DOME ) An alert mind is fostered by an alert and conditioned body. For this reason there is a constant effort on the part of the University to keep the student body in good physical condition. This is achieved by the availability of scores of facilities by which the student may obtain his chosen mode of exercise. Supplemented by two years in a physical education course, required of all students, these facilities are part of a well-devised pro- gram for the development of the human body which, like the human intellect, performs with greatest effici- ency when conditioned by exercise. An eighteen-hole golf course, handball courts, basket- ball courts, tennis courts, athletic fields, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and numerous other facilities are always at the disposal of the student for his pleasure, relaxation and physical growth. The culmination of this training is reachehd at commencement exercises in June, symbolized in the Page 18