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

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The Notre Dame campus spans three conti- nents: (above, left) a Northern Rhodesian family visited by Joe Simoni, Student Gov- ernment International Commissioner, on his tour of Africa sponsored by the State De- partment through Operation Crossroads; (Left) Bill McDonald, current President of CILA (Council for International Lay Apos- tolate, an organization unique to Notre Dame), at work digging a foundation for a new house in Tacambaro, Mexico; other groups of Notre Dame students worked all summer in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and in the slums of Lima, Peru.

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THE STUDENTS: A MEASURE OF THE UNIVERSITY Otudent organizations, their quality and diversi- fication, are often observed closely by those en- deavoring to measure the quality of a university. It has been said, for instance, that a university is no better than its student newspaper. An ex- aggeration, perhaps, but it is true that when cor- porations and foundations come visiting the cam- pus, they make it a point to talk with campus lead- ers. Thus, the Ford Foundation and the Ryerson Corporation had long taTks with student leaders this winter of about four hours apiece, both to get student ideas on how Notre Dame was faring, and to gauge the quality of the student body. Most observers of Notre Dame life agree that, by and large, student organizations were vast im- provements over other years. Several organiza- tions stood out. There were the Student-Faculty Film Society and WSND-FM, who provided cul- tural stimulus for both Notre Dame and South Bend. There was the theatre, whose productions of Hamlet, Billy Budd, Long Day ' s Journey, and The Fantasticks brought acclaim both for their selection and for their execution. There were the student publications the Scholastic, which met, alas, a nasty end ; the Juggler, which combined a brilliant layout and, better, vibrant copy; the Technical Review, which cut away the placid edi- torial policy of former years; and the Science Quarterly, which made a good start. There was CILA, whose idealism, and practical application of such, was widely publicized. There was, finally, Student Government, which, under the perceptive leadership of Kevin Hart, made a horizontal move to define its role. There is at Notre Dame, an underlying current, a life force, a vital attitude which will not be dammed. Student organizations, in their willing- ness to think big, to move forward, have, this year, successfully captured that spirit.

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May Day devotions at the Grotto 10