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

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injio f a new era Last January a man walked up the front steps of the Main Building and asked to be directed to the office of Father Joyce. The man walked down the corridor to the door marked Executive Vice President (more commonly written, Vice President in Charge of Athletic Control ). The man knocked and entered: Behind that door the future of The Fighting Irish Football Team was decided. The man was Mr. Joseph Kuharich, recently appointed Head Football Coach at the University of Notre Dame. From that day forth, Mr. Kuharich, usual- ly called Joe K. by the students, professionally went to work at his new job. He had before him the task of rebuilding a squad of little ex- perience to a team of coordinated athletes who would win ball games against the toughest competition in the country. Spring practice went well; very few injuries were reported and Joe K. was on his way. Climaxing spring prac- tice, the varsity won the Old Timers Game mainly on the fundamentals that Joe K. taught them, and it appeared that the former Wash- ington Redskin mentor, eighth person to coach a Notre Dame football team, had his team physically and mentally ready for the impend- ing season. YES, IT WAS a glorious day for Joe and the Irish as 3,000 students jammed the field house for the first rally of the year. BEING INTERVIEWED after his appointment as head coach, Joe K. gives the press some football flashes. WLDRIOUS DAY I 29

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The dawning MR. JOSEPH KUHARICH, Head Football Coach of the Fighting Irish, silently waited to speak: students at the rally gave him a welcome long to be remembered as an eight minute ovation followed his presentation to the student body. rH 28

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Highlights of October Founder ' s Day Nearly a hundred-twenty years ago, Rev. Sorin, C.S.C., with six religious brothers came to this area and founded the University of Notre Dame. October 12 is the date set aside by the University to celebrate this occasion. This year Founders Day fell on a Monday, and to allow the s tudents to take more of an active part in the celebration of this day, a Solemn High Mass was sung by Rev. Glenn Boarman, C.S.C., Prefect of Religion. The Mass was sung on Sunday since that day was the Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and also because a Mass on Monday would have interfered with classes. The Rev. Thomas Engleton, C.S.C., pres- ent Rector of Morissey Hall, delivered a ser- mon dealing with the Blessed Virgin Mary. After the mass, some members of Sorin Hall placed a wreath at the base of Fr. Sorin ' s statue, which greets everyone coming into the main quad. 30