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

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LOBUND The administrative staff of Lobund with a model of one of the rearing tanks. They are (1-r) James A. Reyniers (Director), Philip C. Trexler (Asst. Director) and Rob- ert F. Ervin (Business Mgr. ). Two workers feed animals in germ-free tanks with rubber gloves attached to tank. Equipment in foreground is uncompleted. Air is sterilized and fed into tank through piping. Lock at right of tank enables materials to be sterilized and then placed inside of tank without contaminating contents with outside air. Lobund is the common name for the Labo- ratories of Bacteriology, University of Notre Dame. In the laboratories animals are reared in sterile cages so that they are completely without germs. This germ-free life is used in medical and biological experiments. Currently, Lobund is testing effects of radiation on these animals for the Atomic Energy Commission. Professor James A. Reyniers is the founder and director of the laboratories. Lobund began with one sealed home-made tank in a room in the Biology Building. It now occupies three buildings on a large plot of ground and plans have been made for quadrupling the size of the project. Man in diving suit inspects germ-free animals in main rearing tank. He must pass into tank through a passage filled with germicidal solution. This insures that the animals will not come into contact with bacteria from the outside air or car- ried by the worker. Air entering tank is sterilized. 18

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Rev. Joseph N. Garvin, C.S.C., and Rev. Astrik L. Gabriel, O.Praem. in the library of the Medieval Institute. Notre Dame ' s Medieval institute is one of the foremost centers of studies of the life and thought of the Middle ages. Medieval Institute Within the Graduate School, the Medieval Institute offers separate facilities for research and study on the life and thought of the Mid- dle Ages. It offers degrees of Master and Doc- tor of Medieval Studies. Its program includes a general course of studies coupled with spe- cialization in the student ' s major interest. The library of the Medieval Institute is one of the most important adjuncts to research in Medieval history, philosophy and literature. It contains many priceless old manuscripts and standard reference works as well as thousands of frames of microfilm for use by students and researchers. Rev. Astrik Gabriel, O.Praem., Canon of Premontre, is the present Director of the Insti- tute. Rev. Joseph N. Garvin, C.S.C., is assistant director. Jacques Maritan, the world ' s foremost Thomistic philosopher. M. Maritan is a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University and lec- tures annually at Notre Dame. 17

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Mr. Frank O ' Malley, Mr. Walde- mar Gurian and Rev. Thomas T. McAvoy, C.S.C., Editors of the Review of Politics. heLabc- of Notre tartly, on these mission. i room in lies three ic size of THE REVIEW OF POLITICS frank O Malley: The Culture rf the CKurch Will Herberq: R.liqioui Communities in Present- Day America Adrienne Koch: Jam.i Madison and Hit Work- shop of Liberty Stanley J. Parry, C.S.C.: The Premises of Browntan ' s Political Theory Otto I. Raeqele: Adenauer ' s Electoral Victory 1HE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTU5 DAMB NOTRE DAME. INDIANA Review of Politics The Review of Politics has done more than perhaps any one thing to establish the prestige of the University of Notre Dame as an educa- tional institution. In the words of its editors, it is interested primarily in the philosophical and historical approach to political realities. It is not, however, limited to politics for it often contains articles pertaining to literature and to philosophy. Because the Review is so vital a part of the intellectual spirit of the University it is in- cluded here with the graduate school and its special activities even though it is in no way connected with it. The Review of Politics is one of the distinguished achievements of the University of Notre Dame. The Editors of the Review are: Waldemar Gurian, Editor-in-Chief, Professor of Politics and author of many outstanding books; Frank O ' Malley, Co-Managing Editor, Professor of The Philosophy of Literature; and Rev. Thom- as T. McAvoy, C.S.C., Professor of History and Head of the Department of History. These men publish a quarterly of international repu- tation which brings to the critical public the best in Christian thought. 19