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

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I ' m 50 years old. I was born in Niles. Michigan, attended the Niles public high school, graduated. During the depression days I went to work at the ConAir Company, rose to the position of as- sistant factory manager, and in 1 928 I accepted a position with the city of Niles police department as a patrolman. I was a patrol- man until 1939 when I went to the FBI national academy, re- turned and was promoted to chief of police of Niles. I served as chief of police of Niles for 15 years. During World War II. I was inducted into the U.S. armed forces and I served with the U.S. Military Intelligence Commission, department of the U.S. Army. I was stationed most of my time in the continential United States. I retired and left the city of Niles police department at the age of 52 to accept the position of Director of Security at the University of Notre Dame. It has been a real challenge and a real experience. Before coming to the University of Notre Dame there was no security department per se. The office was in the administration building; it was opened up at 7AM and closed at 3PM and was not opened again until about 1 1 PM and then closed again at around 7AM. So we had a whole new department to start with here at Notre Dame. We first bought motor vehicles, for prior to my coming, they had no motor vehicles assigned to security. We bought walkie-talkie radios and two-way radios both for the motor vehicles and for the grounds people. We established a student registration for vehicles and a charge for the said registration. We put in many new lots and improved the parking facilities both for the faculty and for staff as well as the students. I ' ve had the plea- sure of watching the lots grow, and students having vehicles, and along with that comes the headaches of theft, violation, etc. About two years ago the administration saw fit to give the securi- ty office better surroundings, and we took over a section of the fire station garages, where we ' re presently located. We ' ve offices down there for interviews, we have a squad room for the men to assemble, we have a complaint desk, and this is the head-quarters actually for the security department and the personnel of the se- curity department. We operate 24 hours a day. 7 days a week, very much like any municipal police department. We have motor patrols, foot patrols, and people on the grounds of the campus at all hours of the day or night . I don ' t think that the University of Notre Dame is any different than any other university, nor any different than the times in which we live. There seems to be a feeling, not only among stu- dents, but among the citizenry as well, that they don ' t want to become involved where there is an incident, that they do not want to make themselves known that they saw such an incident take place. What we need, and what the country as a whole needs, is more participation by our citizenry. This is after all an educational institution; an education comes in many forms. We feel if we can stop a young man from pilfering a motor vehicle, or pilfering another student ' s room and at the same time not give him a criminal record, that we ' ve accom- plished something. But then, we need help to do this. We can ' t do it alone: there ' s not enough of us. We need the help, we need the cooperation, we need the friendship of the students. We realize that you can ' t very well give a student a ticket and hope to have him turn around and be our friend, but we would like to have him look at it with an open mind that after all. he did commit an off- ence and this is why he got the ticket. An Interview with Arthur Pears. 22 Chief of Security: Arthur Pears

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I markably well. but. like many other key figures in the administra- tion, has often been ignored in the publicity surrounding Father Hesburgh. As chairman of the University Buildings Committee, and driving wheel in the Notre Dame ' s fund-raising drives. Chal- lenge I. Challenge II and Summa. which will total nearly 100 mil- lion dollars. Joyce has been one of the key figures in Notre Dame ' s expanding progress. The forgotten men in the publicity shuffle are Rev. Ferdinand Brown. C.S.C.. Rev Jerome Wilson, C.S.C.. Jame Frick. Brother Kieran Ryan and Father McCarragher. Father Brown became as- sociate provost when the office of academic affairs, where he was assistant vice-president, was incorporated into the provost ' s of- fice. Frick remains as vice-president for public relations and devel- opment. Brother Ryan was promoted to assistant vice-president for financial affairs under Wilson, with Father McCarragher replac- ing him as director of financial aid and scholarships. Wilson and Ryan have perhaps the most thankless job in the administration. They handle the finances of the University. Almost every problem in the university has at one time or another been blamed on financial considerations and thus placed squarely in the laps of these two men. There seems to be no real way out of the bind. Skyrocketing inflation and the effect of rising expectations have produced budget deficits recently and the likelihood is that they will continue. Rev Thoms E Blanti. CSC. Vice-President for Student Affir 21

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hMd gtoundskeepet Donald Swam 1 1 I Staff Donald Swain is two things: a man very serious about his work on campus and one of Notre Dame ' s greatest football fans. Coming to Notre Dame at the same time as Ara Parseghian. (and proud of that fact). Mr. Swain took over the position of head groundskeeper Responsible for all the sidewalks, roads, trees, shrubs, and the grass areas, he maintains and cultivates the entire grounds of the campus, with the exceptions of the golf course and athletic playing fields. Under him are 24 men, divided into two groups: operators (truck drivers with special licences to drive Uni- versity trucks off -campus), and his regular labor force. Occasionally, Mr. Swain has students working for him (such as during times of heavy snowfalls and during summer sessions), but usually he has his own labor force, since this type of work would interfere with the students ' own work. During his many years, quite a few small dramas have been seen by Mr. Swain. One such incident was during the annual leaf-raking time. In the course of collecting piles of leaves they had made ear- lier. Mr. Swain and his crew came upon twelve students playing in one of the piles. When he approached the students, he was prompt- ly bombarded by handfuls of leaves until he, too. was covered by them. Retaining his poise. Mr. Swain told the students. I expected that of you , and now that they had had their fun. he wished they would let him and his men finish their work. Seeing his composure, the students thought over his words, and then one spoke up. Give us some rakes: we ' ll clean this up. Declining this offer. Swain said it was enough just to stop spreading leaves around, a promise the students agreed to. Concerning football. Mr. Swain is highly impressed with Irish quarterback Joe Theismann. both on and off the field. Joe is one of the greatest and nicest kids I ' ve known. Whenever Joe sees Mr. Swain, he always waves and talks to him Swain called him ' Little Joe when Theismann first appeared on campus but has made it a point to change that to Big Joe , especially during the ball game. Contrary to what most students would think, the Head Ground- skeeper is most definitely in favor of pep rallys. toilet paper and all. If students can get rid of so much energy by throwing toilet paper. I think that ' s great We (Swain and his crew) just come out Satur- day morning and clean it up. It ' s better than if they damaged bushes and broke tree limbs off. Besides , he added. I think I enjoy them as much as the students.