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

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AND IN SEARCH FOR A BETTER TOMORROW FATHER SORIN NEVER VISUALIZED A 59,000 SEAT STADIUM; HE WAS PRE- OCCUPIED IN FOUNDING THE UNIVERSITY. BUT WE CAN BE SURE HE WANTED IT TO BE THE FINEST POSSIBLE. THE EDITORS INVITE YOU TO PUT YOURSELF IN THAT SCHOOL, AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME. student (without safety glasses for pictorial purposes) in Organic Chemistry in Nieuwland Science Hall.

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IN THE FOOTLIGHTS . PEOPLE IN THE COLORED LIGHTS OF THE MARDI GRAS WEEKEND. THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE UNIVER- SITY FINDS ITSELF ALL TOO SUSCEPTIBLE TO UN- DERGRADUATE CRITICISM, AND YET IT REMAINS THE BEST EXCUSE FOR A MISSED ASSIGNMENT.

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RECORDING SESSION: Naughton, Stalter, Scheckler. Babbitt, Murphy, Father Hesburgh, C.S.C. ADMINISTRATION What is this ' excellence ' ? The President discusses a problematical present, an optimistic future The following text was removed verbatum and edited for conciseness from an original tape recording made for the DOME on February 20, 1960. Questioning Father Hesburgh, President of the University, were: Bruce Babbitt, Student Body President; James Naughton, Student Body V ice-President; Neil Stalter, Station Manager at WSND; William Scheckler, three year member of the Student Senate; and Kenneth Murphy, Managing Editor of the DOME. 14 Bab. Father, we certainly appreciate the time out of your very busy schedule to be with us for a few mo- ments today. Beginning our question session our ques- tions will be general. In your years as President here, what in your opinion have been the most significant advancements in the Notre Dame community? Fr. Hesburgh: Well Bruce, I think these advancements have been along about four lines. In the first place I think the whole quality of our student body has come up appreciably, it seems to me, both in academic ex- cellence and as far as the kinds of leadership building and responsibility that has been shown by this student body I think has been on a steady rise all through these years. I think our faculty has come up a great deal. For example, during the past ten years we ' ve had 1 12 increase in faculty and 1 16 net increase in Ph.D ' s on the faculty. I think our facilities have gotten better in a very dramatic way, and perhaps more important than that, our programs have all been re-examined, and I believe that our academic progress, especially in the graduate level, is slightly less than superb. Naught. Father, you mentioned that quite a bit of gain has been in this one area of the entering students, they ' ve gotten quite a bit better over these years. What would you say the University is trying to turn out as a graduate -- what sort of a man? Fr. Hesburgh: Well, I would hope we would turn out the kind of man who respects his mind and knows how to use it, who has a burning curiosity to fill the answers to the burdened problems of our age, and who knows how to use his mind as a fine instrument to get some