UNIVERSITY OF N01'RE D.fu\[E Department of Public Information

John V. Hinkel, Director

!~~ e: Monday, July 7 ,_..1_~4 7 47-193

Notre Dame, Ind., July· 7 -- The Soviet system is meeting its first major test

Jn alien soil in a gigantic laboratory bounded by the western frontiers of Soviet

·;x..wer, according to Dr. Robert Strausz-Hupet, author, educator and authority on

~uropean affairs~

.·"' ' Dr. Strausz..;..Hupe expresses this view in the swnrner issue of the 11 Review of

:Politi.cs", politi"cal science quarterly published this week at the University of of

Notre Dame. He is Profess,cir/Political Science at the University of Pennsylvaniao

11 The western frontiers of the Soviet Sphere of Influence, 11 declared Dr. Strausz­

Hup~, II coincide so closely Vii th those Czarist Russia planned to draw after the defeat

of the Central Powers that Czarist and Soviet policies appear to differ as regards

methods only. From inter-Allied agreements concluded during World War I and the

. published statements of leading public figures, notably Russian and Czech, emerges

the Czarist Governmerrt.' s Grand Design for eastern Europe. 11

The author said that under this design the frontier of Russian Poland was to

have been. pushed westward towards Stet tin, bringing within the Russian Empire the

Polish provinces of Germany and Austria; the north-eastern provinces of Hungary '

were to have been ceded to Russia and a Greater Serbia and Greater Rumania were to

receive additional territories- carved from Hungary, leaving the latter country a

mnall state wedged between Serbia, Rumania and a Kingdom of the Czechs ruled by a

S.ussian Prince; and Russia was to receiVe the European possessions of Turkey

~r.;!.lusive :ef th~ Straits. I -- · ... ' ._ .· I.· .. ·. "I'

Dr. Strausz7 Hupe pointed out that Hit is only at the Straits that the Soviet

.:cvernment: failed to attain the go?-ls set by its predecessor::;."

_ (mor~)

.·· .· . . I.

Review of Pc:5li tics ••. 2 ·,

"Certain well-defined characteristics," he said, 11are common to the states

lying within the Soviet sphere: tested loyalty of the ruling elite, ideological

conformity, and coordination of mili~ary organizations with that of the Soviet Union.

The blend of these features varies from state to state~ However, the over-all

pattern is one of great uniformity. The .small powers of eastern Europe now

constitute a conti~uous zone from 400 to 700 miles in depth.., The western boundaries

are the true limits of Soviet power.

11 The frontiers of the Soviet sphere of domination are the 'frontiers of peasant

Europe., They coincide roughly with the line of demarcation between the= predo.minantl;y­:industrial and the predominantly agricultural part of Europe, between areas of· r..Dticipated popul'ation dec1ine and anticipated population growtho. There exists to the

east of this imaginary line, except for Upper Silesia and Bohemia, no large and

mature. industrial communities. Neither did industrialization and urbanization

impinge on the great inass. of east-European populationJ small farmers and rural

artisans and laborers; and foster the growth of a strong middle class.u

Stressing that the peoples of eastern Europe have looked ~or generations to the

West for po_litical and technological inspiration, Dr. Strausz-Hup~ observed that

'!military and political controls alone cannot perpetuate indefinitely the hold of the

So~et Union on nearly 100 million peoples who, although prostrated by defeat and

foreign domination, are the h~irs of ancient end proud civilizations •• ~.The problem

calls for a more subtle, a more creative solution. The western frontiers of Soviet

power are the frontiers of a gigantic laboratory in which the worth of the Soviet

system meets its first major test on alien soil. The success or failure of the

experiment, not t~e .. ephemeral lines of strategic expediency, will supply the true

measure of Soviet power in Europe."

(more)·

J 'i

;;;Q~r,;~:~t :~i~?;{ftupa.s.:9i~r~m:~ :,~~i'i~ issue o·_~ .. !~fu'.¢,: ::t~R~~~.,~:$.) :RQ.~~?l~:§Jtt? ·4Jn~.$u&Je'- ~~~~~iY:~fp~es

b.~;-~:~~J!i~,f§\~¥!~~n;~~:i.:.~~:§:§.~r:~~P:~> .!$~%:~r~~:~:~~;~qif.l·$;&·¢i· i9.~Q.ir~i;li· ·;G'9u~~~~&~~~P.n1~ti9~~~··t~(e: ~o;#£ ent a~~

iQll.Wi~:i1.;~ .J?;t% r~~1;8~~-l ~~l~~~; ~~~~~~.§,~Q.:f./ :g~~ ;~p~~~¢~1 §:g;¥;§i£~~1 -~~· :~p;~p~~!ir ;~yffi~~:~~[\~¥11 ~~·~\f1 ' .

An&r:~w: ·@~9Jt~~~;;: ;~~.!l~i~~§§'f'J!i (g~~t,;EP,:~p~-~-g~ :~:fi~~f4¢:~ ~~11· "'¥11(~~~. ·Y~8T:Elft:~$~-~~i#J !~.r:#.: ~~~- ;;£{~,. :~~-mt~J

or the ,~"ft~~,g~r,r, lW5%~'¥$~$.ti~(·m~ :W:~~§~~n1~9:i,i~l .J);~··~- :J,;q.iJ!Jl!> ~§!~ .. · ,~f~~:~tr~,: ·;;_§~! ~:tJJ\i~ ii!~ire~sity

of' the $6u~,H~J g¥f~; iY!e.'-~,- -~ti~i ;~&ti'$:~@]1; X~~:~~-~:§~;F' ·.9:1' ::ij~~~§;r&f· :.~~\ i~:e..,;;_m~:v.~t~~~v or chicago :- · :. · · .·. . . -~

Book: revi_ews·· ~~ii}. ~i~$J.~~;S;~;'\t~·· i?.~~t ~Bp!gJ3,'.gm?$:g; :J?.:¥ :R;~;~, ;:WW.~~~-am. O;t., Shanahan, Dr •.

aa.r-:;n ·I,. ·B€d,]: arid- D# .•. m.; @,~ ifi.i±.t~~,§.@.lt§:ij~;f'-' ~~p§;f.~:~:~9:t§/@$.'! :~swry at the University of

Nct:.?e ·6,.ime; ·nr. · Wai~·.t'#~.~-~:H!~rt~~~®!i:·~: ~t~#~: -~;~t!l!.~~~}l~i$'¢iew of Politicsn and Professor .

ot )ir)lit.:i..:.i.:<.l. Science a%:(~~·b.$:$.; 'P:~\J.i,~)l'tJ.r' •. :~:.,. -~'!' 'iii:~~ens,, Professor of Political Science

at. Notre Dame; Dr. Anton· \fr. 0,i)~~~?~2~; '*~sooq}g~~ ~~t'Q:t~ssor of Law at Notre Dame j and

Dr. MelCJ'Ucr Palyi, author 'of i~h:~1 •-.ri·@hicagb ·ct;i:f~q~$: ~'~·~ket 11 •

end

Dist. T Mailed: July -~\·; 1947 /

~-.··-

... · .. •. 'f

UNIVERSITY OF NuTRE DJJ\m Department of Public Information

John Vv Hinkel, Director ·

Release: Tuesdax. July 8, 1947 47-194

Notre Dame, Ind., July 8-- A to:tal of 1, 743 students are enrolled in the 1947

swruner session at the University of Notre Dame, it was announced yesterday (July 7)

by the Revo Louis J. Thornton, c.s.c., Registrar at Notre Dame. /r, ' •

The total enrollment, according to Father Thornton, includes 1,.258 under-

~· -'- _.,_ ..

graduate students and 485 graduate students. The Graduate School enrollm.ent includes

184 Sisters representing various religious communities throughout the nation, 136 . .

lay students, 66 priests, 63 Brothers and 36 seminarianso

The 1947 summer session at Notre Dame, the first regular summer school held

at the University since the outbreak of World War II, will close on August 15th.

end

Dist l 7 Mailed: July 2, 1947

. i ~

[j' I!

il II !J

· .. )·: :', ,.

. l

Release: Im~ediate+x I .

UNIVER.SI'I'Y OF N0TRE DAME Department of Public Information

John V. Hinkel, Director

47-195

Notre Dame., Ind ... ,; Jury-· n--The University of Notre Dame wi)...l be host August 4-8,

to the Fifth Annual Catholic Action Study Week for Priests, wpich will feature

lectures by ~uch world-renowned Catholic Actionists as Canon Joseph Cardijn of

Brussels, Belgium, founder of the Young Christian Worker movement, and Patrick Keegan,

England 1 s national YCW president.

Canon Cardijn, who is in this country to attend several important Catholic Ac~ion

and YCW conferences, vdll speak at the Au~ust 7 morning session,. Mr. Keegan will

lea<i a discussion Wednesday evening, August 6, on 11 The Personal Apostolate11 ,

The first full day's program will include talks by Msgr. Reynold Hillenbrand, of

Chicago, on 11Social Problems of Today!'; Rev. John Fitzsimons, of Liverpool, England,

and a faculty member at Notre Dqme, on "Papal Teaching .Concerning Catholic Action";

and the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., Catholic action Moderator at Notre Dame,

on 11 The Theology of Catholic Action. 11

Spec~aJ.ized foriT1s of Catholic Action ~11 be spotlighted Wednesday morning,

· ·· August. 6, when discussion will center· around the Young Christian Workers, the Young .. ·

Christian Students·, and the Young Christian Farmers. The latt-er's role will be

·· 'reviewe~ by Msgr• Luigi L~gutti, Directo~ of the National Rt.iral Life Conference.

R~v~ William Quinn:, Cat~olic Action Chaplain from Chicago, and.Rev. Louis P~tz, ·C~s.c.,· . ·.·· . "" . ; ' .' . . . . . .

. .·. . . ' ,·

. Director of the Young Christian Students at· Notre Dame, will compl.et'e the morning's

.. program~. . ·,· .

{more) . ..~ . . . •.'.·· ...

. ~. . .. ·· .. · .. ,.

;. ·.··.

Study Week." .2

In addition to Canon Cardijn1 s talk Thursday morning, the priests will hear·Rev.

·iVilliam Ferree, S.M., of Dayton, 0., discuss 11 The Institutional Apostolate", and

Rev. Raban .Hathorn, O.S.B., of St, Meinrad's Abbey, St. Meinrad's, Ind., tell of

. "The Liturgy and Catholic Action. 11

The closing session Friday morning will be addressed by Rev. Edward Mattimoe,

of Toledo, 0. His subject will be 11 The Priest and Catholic Action~ 11

Arrangements for the study week are in charge of Father Putz, who may be

contacted by priests wishing to attend by writing him in care of Box 117, Notre Dame,

Indiana.

Dist. 3

...

. ·'··· ;. ·:·~

'• ·,

end

Mailed: July 10, 1947

.· .. 1:.·. .. · ... ; ' ..

.JiiiiL

Release: Immediately

UNIVERSITY OF NGTRE DiME Department-of Public Information

John V. Hinkel, Director

47-196

Notre Dame, Ind., July-- Nearly 100 representatives from scores of advertising

firms throughout ~he United States are attending a special Outdoor Advertising School

now in session at the University of Notre Dame. The school, which started this

week, will continue through July 19.

Latest advertising techniques are being taught at the school, wbich is being

directed by Dean James E. McCarthy of the College of Commerce at Notre Dame.

Sponsors of ·the school,. first of its kind since 1937, are the'Outdoor Advertising

·Foundation, in conjunction with the Outdoor Advertising Association of iimerica and

Outdoor Advertising Incorporated~

The Outdoor Advertising Foundation was established at the University of- Notre

Dame in 1941 by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. Principal

objectives of the Foundation are 1. to do research, using Notre Dame 1 s. facilities,

in advertising; 2, to sponsor a course in outdoor advertising in the College of

Commerce at Notre Dame, the first accredited course of its kind in the country; and

3. to provide .a depository for outdoor ~nd other advertising ~ecords • . ~ .. '

end

Dist. 2 ··Mailed: July ·10, 1947

,:

UNIVERSITY uF NuTRE DAME Department of Public Information

John V. Hinkel, Director

Release: Frid~w,. Jul;y: 18, 1947 47-197

_ Notre Dame, Ind., July 18--Discussions of latest advertising technique~

featured a speciaf Outdoor Advertising School, attended by nearly 100 representatives

from scores of advertising firms throughout' the United States, which will close

tomorrow (July 19) at the University of Notre Dame.

The school was directed by Dean James E. McCarthy of the College of Commerce

at Notre Dame. Sponsors of t,he school, the first of its kind held since 1937, were

the Outdoor Advertising Foundation, in conjunction with the Outdoor .Advertising

Associati9n of America. Principal objectives of the Foundation are: (1) to do

research, using Notre Dame's facilities, in advt:Jrti~ing; (2) to sponsor a course

in outdoor advert;ising -in the College of Commerce at Notre Dame, the first

accredited course of its ki~d in the country; and {3) to provide a depository for

outdoor and other advertising records.

end

.Dist, 3_ Mailed: July 10, 1947

UNIVERSITY OF. NO THE DAME Department of Public Information

John v. Hinkel, Director

Release: Mohday, July 14, 1947 47-198

Notre Dame 1 Ind., July --Two chemistry professors from the University of Notre

Dame, Dr. William H• Hamill and Dn Russell R. Williams, Jr., have been appointed

special consultants to the United States Navy in atomic research studies to be made

this summer at Bikini atoll, site of the 1946 atomic bomb tests.

They are included j_n a small group of scientists who will conduct a survey of

conditions at Bikini for the Office ~f Naval Research, Washington, D.C. The .scien-

tific survey wil1·last six weeks, and is intended to determine conditions on the atoll \

one year after the bomb experiments.

Both Dr. Hamill and Dr. WilliamB will be concerned in their investigations with

the radio-chemical effects on the atmosphere~ particularly radioactivity.

Dr. Hamill is a native of Oswego, N.Y., and rece;i.ved his Bachelor of Science

degree from Notre. Darw in 1930, and his. M.A. in 1931. He received his doctor's degree

from Columbia University in 1936_. He formerly taur~ht at Fordham University in New

York City, and has been a member of the facult~l at Notre Dame since 1938.

Born in Orchard Park, lJ. Y., D:r.. Williams was awarded his Bachelor of .Arts degree

by the University of Buffalo~ Buffalo, N.Y., in 1941, and his Doctorate by Stanford

University, Palos Altos, Calif., in 1944. He 'Iivas associated with the atomic bomb

project at Qak Ridge, Tenn .. , for two years, then joined the faculty at Notre Dame in

Two other Notre Dame scientists, Dr .. Bernard Waldman, Professor of Physics, and

. 1'· l .,

' . : ~ ·:: j: . ~ ~

:l{jl

.lJ!l'

iiiii: :>,·:1

Wl. •Hd 1(:i

•I Iii :!;::. :q :I• t[!JI: 'it]li :.,t:ii o'>Ji·

Dr. Milton Burton, Professor .of Chemistry, have acted as special United States observer · Jlti~ . . d1!i:

in previ_o.us atomic bomb tests in the Pacific area.. Dr. Waldman was one of .four ··;).Iii]

scientists who witnessed the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, while Dr.· Burton participa- · "-"~![.jJJ . 1H ~1!

'l'l!i jlfii! ·ted in the Bikini experiments tast year.

end Dist. 1 Maile(!; July 10, 1947

l

r [:

r

f

I I I

••

UNIVERSITY OF NO'I'RE Df:.ME Department of Public Information

John V. Hinkel, Director

6¥ ,, I ,,,, ' Ojl

Release: ImmediatelY; 47 ... 199

mz m_u.

Notre Dame, Ind~; July _ _. A Vocation Institute treating problems and methods

of promoting vocatims to the Sisterhoods ·will be held Sunday, July _20, at the

University of Notre Dame. Priests and religious are invited to attend.

Some of the specific problems and topics to be discussed during the day

include the spirituality and psychology of modern girls j the part of priests,

superiors, and members of con1munities in fostering vocations; discovery and guidance

of vocations, and parental objections. A 11 Question Box 11 Vjill be provided for other

suggested subjects. Plans for a similar Institute next year also will be con-

s,idered at this meeting.

Among speakers on the program v1ill be Rev. John H. Murphy, C. S.C., Vice-

President of Notre Drune; Rev. Christopher J. O'Toole, C.S.C., Rssistant P~ovincial

.of the Priests' Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross; Rev. John P. Lynch,

C.s.c., of Holy Cross Semi1mry, Notre Dame, and Rev. John P. Kennelly, of St •

. Angela's Parish, Chicago.

Discussion participants -will be Sister M. Agatha, S.S.N.D., of Baltimore, Md.;

Sister M. Casimira, S.N.D., of Covington, Ky.; Sister M. Gerald, O.P., of Racine,

~Vis.; SisterM. Rose Eileen, C.S.C., of Washington, D.C.; SisterM. Chrysostom,

S.S-.J ., of Nazareth, JlJ;ich.; Sister M. Eileen, C.S;.A., of Cleveland, 0., and Sister

M. Raph~ela, C.s.c·., of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Ind.

Following the Missa Cantata at 7 a.m., the opening session will meet at 10 I

ib' clock iri~the auditorium of the La·w building at Notre Dame. The second conference

will be held at 2 p.m. Open discussion periods ·will follo-w each conference.

Accommodations for some guests may be arranged over Saturday or Sunday night . -

by communicating with Rev. John P. Lynch, C.S.G., Holy Cross Seminary, Notre Dame, Ind.

end · .Dist. 7 --- Mailed: July 12, 1947

Reiease:·Friday, July 18, 1947. 47-200

Notre Dame, Ind ... , July ::--A unique engineering flight demonstration program,

designed· to supplement theoretical principl·es of aerodynamics and airplane dynamics

taught in the classroom. with actual flying experi.ence, has been established in the . '

Department of Aeronautical· Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, it was

announced yesterday (July 17) by l're-f'essor F.N.M. Brown, head of. the department.: ...

P:r:-ofessor Brown explained that the program has· been established at Notre Dame in

order to produce well·iriformed: and professionally competent aircraft designers who

will be taught the practical side of their profe~sion under real flight conditions.

During the war years it was· impossible to supplement theoretical teaching with ,

practical experience abo.R.rd airplanes in flight. at purely civilian schools.

Lt. Col .. Francis x •. Bradley, A;.C~·Beserve, instructor of mathematics at·.Notre

Dame. who was a senior pilot" in the .irrmy Air Forces during'World Warii, is providing.

instruction in flight dem~mstration in the air. Meanwhile, R. s .. Eickenberry,_

associate professor of aeronautical engineering at Notre Dame, 1s conducting a

·concurrent series. of lectures·.to pro-vide the theoretical basis for the flight _program.

The program, believed to be the only one of ~ts kind in colleges ~d universities ··. .. : . : .. · . .

in the United Stat~s,. is designed to provide each of the· advanced aeronautical . '

engineering students enrolled in the course with eight hours of flight demon~tration~

Selected because oi the~r. advanced design and ge~eral s·uit~bility, .Cessna Model

120 ~rti:l M_?de.l :f.40 aircfart; owned and operated by Indiana itir Service Inc~, St.

Joseph Co~nty Airp~rt in South .. Bend, are being used in tl:;\e new program.

end -··

.· .. Dist. 1 Mailed~ July 14, 1947 ... ,.

Release: Immediately

UNIVERSITY OF NuTRE DrtiviE Department of Public Information

John V. Hinkel, Director

47-201

Notre Dame, Ind., July 14--Specific nature, purposes, and means of specialized

Catholic Action were spotlighted July 12 and 13 during a special week-end program of

Catholic Action study at the University of Notre Dame, which was attended by more '.·4

than 100 students representing a dozen Catholic colleges and universities.

Speakers included: Rev. Bernard Mullahy, G.s.c., and Rev. Raymond Cour, c.s.c.,

Catholic> Action chaplains at St. iv1ary' s College for Women, Holy Cross, Ind.; Rev.

Theodore Hesburgh, c.s.c., Rev. Charles Sheedy, c.s.c., Catholic Action chaplains at

Notre Dame; Miss Catherine 0 1 Connor of South Bend, and James Cunningham,· of Notre

Dame, representing the Young Christian Workers; and Miss Patricia Ollivier, of Mary

Manse College, Toledo; :Miss Mary Kain, of St. Mary's College; Robert Reynolds, of

Notre Dame, and George McDonnell, of Loyola High School, Chicago, all speaking for

the Young Christian Students.

end

Dist. 7 ·· Mailed: July 14, 1947 ·.

.· ~-

UN!VERSITY OF NuTRE DAME Department of PubLi..c Information

John v. Hinkel, Director

Release: Thursda;y-,- July 17, 1947 47-203

Notre Dame, Ind., July--Joseph Mowry Coleman, of ESmond Pike, Farnum, R.I.,

'has been awarde~ the second Reilly-LaSalle scholarship to the:Universit~ of Notre

Dame', it was announced yesterday (July 16) by the Rev. Howard Kenna, C.S.C.,

Director of Studies at Notre Dame.

The· schoiarship is a gift 'Of Peter .c. Reilly, Indianapolis, Indiana,

industrialist and member of the Board of Lay Trust'~~ and the Advisory Council . . ' . .

for Scien.ce arid Eng:i._rie~ring at ·Notre Dame·. It is awarded to an outstanding· scholar

chosen by the head of the LaSalle Academy, Providence;, R.I., and•provides fcir all

expenses until the completion of the four year period required for. a bachelor's .. - .-::-. . .

. - . .. . . . .

degree . at Notre Dame. , Mr. Reilly, a grad~ate of the LaSalle Academy, • established

. the first Reilly-LaSalle scholarship. at Notre Dame. in 1946.

M~. ·Coleman was gr~duated from LaSalle Academy in June ·of this year ·and will - - -. -·.

ent.er Notre Dame in September. An honor st.udent at LaSalle Academy, he was also

active in. eXtracurricu:J_ar act"ivities during his four years there. Brother Cornelil.l~, I • . ..

F.s·.c.,.is Headmaster: of LaSalle' Academy' which is oonducted by the Christian

Brothers. · ...

-:.:

end

• ..

Dist. 7 • • I ' • ":"- . Mailedf July 14, 1947

- .:. ..

. :. . ~ ....... ,

', . : ":~ • ..

.. .

Release: Immediat.ely

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Department of Public Information

John V. Hinkel, Director

47-204

Notre Dame, Ind., July-- One of the blue ribbon events of American tennis--

the v~·estern Junior and Boys 1 Tennis Championships--will be held at the University of

Notre Dame starting July 21 and continuing through July 26.

More than 100 of the nation's foremost young tennis players will complete in

the annual meet, out of which have come some of the leading amateurs and professionals

in the sport today. The week-long tourney is sponsored by the United States Lawn

Tennis Association, and singles play will begin at 9 a.m. (CDST) Monday, July 21, and

doubles competition at 2 p.m. (CDST) Tuesday, July 22.

In order to be eligible for the boys' class under the UeS.L.T.A. rules, a

youngster must not have been over fifteen years of age on January 1, of this year.

Entries in the Junior class must not have passed their eighteenth birthday on the

.same day.

The players will be the guests of the University of Notre Dame during the

week, and will be quartered iri one of the 13 residence halls at Notre Dame. Dr.

John A. Scannell, head of the Department of Physical Education at Notre Dame, is

Tournament Manager.

end

··Dist. 7 Mailed: July 14, 1947

Release: Immedia teJ.:X,

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Department of Public Information

· John V. Hinkel, Director

47-202

Notre Dame, Indiana, July 14--Blans for a foundation to unify and expand the en-

dowment and development of the University of Notre Dame will be discussed by the ex-

ecutive committee of the board of governors of the Notre Dame Alumni Association,

meeting on the campus July 25-26.

Harry G. Hogan, Fort Wayne, Ind •. industrialist, national president of the Alumni

Association, and chairman of the board of governo1•s, will preside. The .Rev ... John J-.

Cavanaugh, C.S .c., president of Notre Dame and head of the new program, will outline

Notre Dane 1s pressing need for such a foundation.

Among the su.bject~s to be discussed in connection with the proposed foundation will of

be the University's recently announced building needs/approximately $12 .. ooo ,000.

Existing endowmen.t am annual fund raising have progressed, but are far short of the

amounts necessary for ltot;re .Oarr.e 1 s solution of its immediate problems of expansion

and the realization of opportunities and clmllenges Vfhich have grown out of World

War II., according to Mr •. Hogano

The Revo Robert H.Sweeney, CS .c., executive assistant to the president, James E.

Armstrong, director of the annualalumni fund, and J. Arthur Haley, directorof

public relations, wil,l participate in the meeting, as will E.M. Morris and B.J •· Voll, ·

South Belli members of the University's associate board of lay trustees ..

mor®

Board of Governors Meeting ••• 2 7/14/47

The members of the executive committee, who are the alumni governors of t;he States

they represent, are:

E. A. Berkery, ~27, Hew York City, NIDY YORK; Bank vice-president

John E. Cassidy, 117, Peoria, ILLINOIS; Lawyer, former Attorney General

Lester Foley, 1 24, Jacksonville, FLORIDA; Lumber dealer

Raymond A. Geiger, 132, Newt:u-k, 1\'fEliV JERSEY; Manufacturer

Robert L. Hamilton, '34, Racine 1 WISCOJ.iB IN; Manufacturer

Galvin Hudson, '15 1 Memphis, TENlESSEE; Manufacturer

Thomas F. Jones, Jr., '29, Boise, IDAIIO;. Lawyer

Joseph B. McGlynn, 112, East St. Louis (Ill.) MISSOURI; La·wyer

John F. McMahon, '28, Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANI.f,.; Public Relations

}lilliam J. Mooney, 115, Indianapolis 1 INDIANA; Wholesale drugs

John E. Moore, 111, Detroit, il:iiCHIGAH; Retired Manufacturer

Hugh M. O'Neill, 117, Cl eve1and, OHIO; Pres ldent truck corporE~ tion

John F· Saunders, 1 31, Boston, WlASSACHUSETTS; Food Importing

William C. Schmitt 1 110 1 Portland, OREGON; President Steel Plant

James P. Swift~ 1 24, Dallas, TEXAS; Lawyer '.

Dist: 1 Mailed: July 15, 1947

end

c

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Department of Public Inforination

John V. Hinkel, Director

~Release: After 8:00 p.m .. (C.D.T~) July 16, 1947 47-206

Chicago, Ill., July 17--Soviet leaders have bluntly rejected the Marshall Plan

for six reasons, according to a foremost authority on Russia' Dr. Waldemar Gurian,

Professor of Political Science at the Uni ver.sity of Notre Dame. and editor of "The

Review of Politics 11 •

Speaking last night (July 16) before the Calvert Club at the University of

. Chicago, Dr. Gurian said Marshal Josef Stalin and his advisors feareo,>above all, that

the success of the Marshall Plan would defeat "Soviet projects to establish a closed

zone under their domination in Central and Eastern Europen.

Dr .. Gurian's other reasons were as follows:

First, continued Soviet mistrust that the capitalist countries will attack the

P .s.s.R. 11 in order to detract attention from the capitalistic- inability to reorganize

yvorld economy11 •

1Second, Soviet belief that revolutionary situations will develop in the postwar

world because of "inevitable"~ according to the Soviet viewpoint, "crises and depressionE i .. • .

tn capitalistic countries11 • Soviet leaders are eager to exploit these situations,

¥~ith·the help of communist parties in ea.ch nation of the capitalistic V\Orld.

Third, the Soviets believe it is absolutely necessary to build up special zones,

particularly in Europe, to ·be completely dominated by Soviet for~ign and trade

policies. Otherwise, the Soviet economy will suffera

Fourth, until now, Soviet lea9.ers haye attempted to avoid an open break that

might lead~o a "shooting war", Thecause tl1ey realize Russia is in no position at this.

time to risk another war .. ' Meanwhile, these Soviet leaders sontinue to 11 keep up the

fiction that solutions to disputed questions can be determined in conferences, despite

the intransigency of Soviet policies". For that reason Russia continues her membership. ·in the United Nations, using international meetings as a sounding board for Soviet propaganda. The yeto power·of the U~s.s.R. can make all decisions of the United Nations obsolete. .

more

Dr. Gurian ••• 2 7/15/47

Fi~th, Soviet leaders believe that time is on their side. They assume that their

power position will 11 improve11 in the long run, especially when Russia learns how to

make the atomic bomb. In the meantime, the democratic nations will tire, and will be

unable to reach agreements among themselves. Therefore, they will not be able to

organize a real recovery from the consequences of World War IL

"These factors;' Dr. Gurian continued, 11 exple,in the blunt rejection of the Marsha

Plan by the Soviet Union. The leaders of Soviet foreign policy assume that the success

ful realization of this plan would defeat, by establishing European cooperation,

Soviet projects to establish a closed zone un~er their domination in Central and

Eastern Europe. They believe that Soviet opposition will cause the downfall of the

Marshall Plan, whereas the Soviet Union will be able to keep its ·zone togetrer !I They

hope that England and the United States will disagree with France about policies in

Germany. They assume that continuous crises in the various parts of the world will,

to · in the long run, -cause the withdrawal of the United States iry' a kind of nee-isolation-

ism. ' .

"Everything depends today on the proof that· American lea.dership can really work,.

Firmness and vigilance, prudence and calmnes~ are required more than ever before. It

would be fatal to be ruled by Soviet provocations, and to be disturbed by any incident

created with the help of Soviet agents.

"The situation is very precarious, but there is some hope that the success of the

Mar;shall Plan will bring about_ a reduction of Soviet influence without war. After a

period· of crises and incidents, the Soviets may be compelled to realize that their

stubbornness is damaging-to· themselves and that they have to accept international

cooperation on terms not dictated by themselves."

end

Dist: 7 Mailed: July 15, 1947

t· r r ~· f ~:

UNIVii.RSITY OF l\DTRE D1~E Department of Public Information

John V~ Hinkel, Director

Release: Monday, July- 21, l9L~ 7 '47-207 -

Notre Dame, Indo, July 21::-- Through the Outdoor Advertising Foundation at

the University of Notre Dame, important steps are being taken ·to 11 harmonize 11 outdoor

advertising with newspaper, mo.gazine and radio advertising., according to Dean James

E, .McCarthy of the Notre Dame College of Commerce,·

Dean McCarthy made this statement· yesterday (June· 20) at the close of a . .

special uutdoor Advertising School at Notre Dame which had as its faculty many top­

. rariking advertising experts. The school wa.s attended by nearly 100 plant operators

and employees of many outdoor advertising firms in the United States.

This June, for the first time because of previous wartime conditions, Dean

HcCarthy revealed:, twenty Notre Darae graduates were absorbed into individual outdoor

advertising companies or into the uutdoor Advertising Association, which is seeking

to improve professional, technical and other standards in the industryo The. No:tre

Dame Outdoor Advertising Foundation made it possible for these graduates to specialize '

in outdoor advertising and to receive an excellent background for this business, the

Dean added.

Dean McCarthy also said that, at the request of the ?utdoor advertising

industry itself, working through,the Notre Dame O~tdoor Advertising Foundation, the

College of· Science and the College of Engineering at the Universi:ty of Notre Dame are

i:Onducting importru t research for that industry. Notre Dame has conducted or will

conduct, he said, research in paint and its appllcations, materials, eqt;tipment, main­

tenance. methods, adhesives, illumination,· structural des~gn and fabrication,

foundations, anchorage, posting methods, base and landscape treatment and other

technical subjects for the indust-ry ..

I:. [.;_; .. ·

(more)

outdoor ~;.dvertising~ Foundation ••• 2

The Notre Dame Outdoor ndvertising Foundation was e$tablished in 1941 to

train outdoor advertising executive personnel, to do scientific research and to set

upa cEmtral library of books, pamphlets, exhibits and other material an outdoor

advertising. nll activities of the foundation are planned, as Dean McCarthy said,

uto carry out the desfre of the outdoor advertising industry to be a good servant to

the public, and to maintain the hi..gh level of its contribution to business and

industry o.s a whole11 •

. Dean McCarthy directed the 1947 Outdoor .hdvertising SchooL at Notre Dame, .. _

which was heJ.d under the auspices of the Notre Dame Outdoor Advertising Foundation.

The Fourtdat:Lon itself is administered by a committee consisting of Burr L., Robbins,

Lxeoutive Vice President, General Outdoor •'-dvertising Company, Chicago - Chairman;

George V, Brandt, Vfalker and Company, Grand Rapids, ll!Iichigan; Harry Crawford,

Crawford iidvertising J~gency, .Mobile, .t>.labame.; K ... H, Fulton, President, Outdoor

Advertising, Incorporated, New York; cmd David M ... Souder, Secretary, Outdoor .Adve:r-

tising Founda.tion Committee, Chi ca. go.

end

Dist. 7 Mailed: July lS, 1947

Release: Immediately ,__. ' .

UNIVEW:JITY ld NOTRE DAME Department of ~ublic Information

John·V. Hinkel,_Director

'

47-210

Notre Dame, Ind,., July 21: : ........ The great need for more Sisters to carry out

charitable., missionary, educational~ medica.l, and other apostolates of the Church

was stressed by the Rev. John P• L;y-nch, c.s.c., of Holy Cross Seminary, Notre Dame,

Indiana, speaking at the Sisters 1 Vocation _Institute which ciosed here' today.

The Institute was attended by more than .300 priests, brothers and sisters

representing 60 religious conununities in the Mid-West.

Commenting on the shortage of Sisters' vocations, Father Lynch said that Christ

was not to blame, nor the modern girl nor Sisters themselves~ Rather the blame is

to be placed, he added, on the world ·with its false philosophy, allure and

11 salesmanship11 •

To counteract this, we must use primarily prayer, and also modern ~-'promotional".

and 11advertising11 means which are suitable to the dignified presentation o·f the. high

' ideal of the religious ,life, Father Lynch continued, · First of a11, he stressed, the

/

life of the Sisters themselves should reflect their happiness. and contentment -in

their service to God and their fellowmeno

Several specific means of fostering vocations were discussed informally by

SisterM. Agatha, S.S,N.D., of Baltimore, Md; Sister M. Casilnira, S_.N,D., of

Covingt()l1~ Ky.; Sister M,. Gerald, O.P~, of Racine, Wis.; Sister M. Rose Eileen, ,._··.;,. ' -

. c.s,q,, of ·washington, D,C ~; Sister M, Chrysostom, S.S.J., of Nazareth, Mich.; . -J: ; . ~ ' .

Sis1e;rM. Eileen, C.s·~A·., of Cleveland, Oof and Sister :M, Raphaela, C,S.C., of Holy

Cross,· Notre Dame, Ind

(more)

- --~--------·-------.--:..._.._· __ _

Lynch· •• 2

A diocesan priest, the Rev. John Kennelly, of St. Angela's Church, Chicago 1

described; methods he has used successfully in fostering more than 200 vocations

to 3.£~ different Sisterhoods. He stressed the point that the modern girl should

be prepared by prayer, sacrifice and spiritual reading, in addition to direction

and guidance by a competent spiritual advisor, for the transition to convent life.

This method 1 he 0bserved, assures proper testing and gives promise of greater

stability after entering the convent.

The Institute also addressed a letter to Mr. J. Arthur Rank,. British Motion

picture producer, pointing out that one of his newest pictures, PBlack Narcissus 11 ,

dealing with an abnormal corrununity of Anglican nuns, attacks the fundamental

decencies of Sisters of any faith. The letter also requested Mr, Rank to make

ncrysta.l clear11 that this picture port!'ays a unique case, absolutely contrary to

the "open book11 record of convents throughout the world~ . . .

Other participants in the Institute included the Rev- Christopher J. 0 1 Toole,

c.s.C~, Assistant Provincial of the Holy Cross Fathers; the Rev. John H. Murphy,

c.s.c., Vice-President of the University of Notre Dame, and the Rev. William H.

Robinson, c.s.c., Assistant Superior at Notre Dame.

end

Dist, 3 ·Mailed: J\tlY 21, 1947

·; .

•:

UNIIIERSI1'Y uF NOTRE DAME Department of Public Information

John V. Ilinkel, Director

Release: Friday 2 July 25, 1747 ·- 47-209

Notre Dame, Ind., July 25::--J. Arthur Rank, British motion picture producer,

has been asked by 'a grouJ::; of Catholic priests, Brothers and Sisters to make rrcrystal

clearu that his new movie, 11Black Narcissus~ 11 dealing with an abnormal community of

Anglican (Church of England) nuns, concerns 11 a definitely unique case 11 which does

not represent nuns .of any .creed.

The request is made in an open letter to Mr. Rc.nk signed by members of a

special committee appointed by the sfsters 1 Vocation Institute held this week at

the University of Notre Dame to disct'.ss means of fostering vocations to the .various

Si.sterhoods. The text of the letter was made' public yesterday (Thursday, July24, 194~ . .

bytheMost Rev~ Laurence L. Graner, C.S.C., Bishop of Dacca, India, acting for,t}'J.e

committee. More than 300 priests, BL'Others and sisters representing some 60 religious

communities attend$d the Institute.

11 Black NarcissusH is scheduled fo;r early release in this country. According to

,the, letter to Mr. Rank, the picture is re r .. uted to show these Anglican nuns 11 in an

.. eXtremely 'U.rifavorable light as v~o:rldly, neurotic and frustrated 11 • '; ~ ' . .

;,Knowing the rp.agnificent work for God and for their fellow men that Sist.ers have

done and realizing that the ordinary audience will, in all lik~lihood, _accept this

story as typic<!>.l of all nuns,u_ the letter sa~d, -11we come to you not to censor but

to seek clarification and rf~assurance.

(m,ore)

Sisters' • • ... 2 -nvve hope your explanation will not be. that these are Anglican nuns and that

therefore Roman Catholics should not be offended. Such a reply would be in bad

taste, ungallant, and derogatory to the religion of many of your countrymen; it

would moreover, be wholly inadequate because, as you well 1-mow, the average ·movie-

goer will make no such distinction. Catholics, holding their Sisterhoods in special

esteem, reverence, and love, will be aroused by the implication that this movie

. pictures a typical group of nuns.

uwe trust, therefore, that it is m&de crystal clear in the movie itself, in

advertising, etc., that this picture means to portray a special :ins_tance, definitely

contrary to the 'open-book' record of the vast majority of nuns .. ·

"'l'o imply that this isolated series of incidents is a typical instance of what

goes on in convents and of what happens when Sisters are sent by their vow of

obedience, freely made, to the foreign missions, would be diametrically opposed, for

example, to the first-hand observation and experience of innumerable G~l. 1 s, many

of whom were rescued by natives Christianized by foreign mission nuns and priest_s,

and nursed, helped, cheered, comforted and edified by the nuns themselves whom these

G.L 1s met on foreign shores. Our fighting men·, and Olty other persons who know the.

trl·tth, h<iV8 alwayG found these devoted Women the sanest, happiest, most Contented,

most "unfrustrated". and "unworldly'' people,·

"To fail to make it evident that this is an utterly abnormal case would be to

· .... -do an ext-!ie~e disserVice to'dod. andto the generous 'spirit of sacrifice innate in-·

women.' Holl;ywood ha.s attac~:ed the home and has made familylife, fidelity, virtue,

appear suspect, ridiculou~ and naive --we trust that you, Mr. :Rank-' will not now

start on th<:i convent. Whether they be Catholic nuns or P..nglicans or Lutheran

. Deacone~ses, such women are defenseless,· schooled in Christ 1 s admonition to 'turn

the other cheek' • They will not fight back but will pray for you that God may

conscious or unconscious attack on themselves, this ridiculing of all

(more)

Sisters 1 • ~ • .3 -"Read again Robert l.ouis Stevenson's famous "Letter to Mr. Hyde" defending a

defenseless missionary pri.:;st. That apology must then have appealed, as it still

appeals,.to the chivalry of every Englishman, just as the cowardly attack which /

prompted it must have arou~ed their protests •. Surely, Mr. Rank, you do not wish to

be named now with the infamous Mr. Hyde as an attacker of the defenseless when you

can so easily a void it. We feel that every decent man, whether Catholic, Protestant,.

or Jew, v1ill be justifir.:tbly outraged and will resent the implication that this movie

may be accepted as portraying normal convont life. The terrible danger is that it

will be so . accepted unless the contrary is made abundantly clear.

11 A failure to, label this movie's plot as apnormal cmd singular would deal a

serious blow to the cause of Sisters' vocations in this day when so many more heroic

young women ar~ needed to practice the justice, truth, and charity of Christ and to

carry these things to a shattered,· spiritually starved vvorld. You, Mr .• !.Lank, would

poorly serve the cause of Peace:1 by perm:i.tting such injustice to thos.e .who are fore-

most in the ranks ~f the Pe<.i,cemakers.

11 Any fe.lse gen<;lralizing about convent life and the work of Sisters will dis-

suade innumerable generous young women from entering convents to become Sister ...

teachers in parochial schools (at a great saving to the tax-pay:lng public, inci­

dentally), desperately-needed Sister.:..nurses ·to care for the sick in hoBpitals at

home and abroad, Sisters to conduct orphanages, homes for the underpriviledged and

delinquEmt; institutions for the ne~dy of c.ll kinds·• X X X 11 ·.

The letter also extended a11 invitation to Mr. Rank, if possible, to visit

the University of Notre Dame where he v~ould find "reasonable men, sympathetic

toward your avovlied intention to produce outstanding mot~o.n pictures and happy to

discuss vvith you this important maft.er of the proper ha.t;J,O-ling of .religious themes•~-~ ·

(more) ,.

HWhy not try to come in time to meet the Sisters assembled for· the Notre Dame

· surruner School?", the letter continued. 11 Hert~ you will find a typical group of

American Catholic women -- perfectly normal, talented, not frustrated nor neurotic,

·:eager to meet and confer with you. You would discover here among the nuns real

material for your script writers, material tl:u=.!.t would challenge them to turn out a

story worthy of the teolu.rlcal ex.Gellence, the superior production and direction?

;found in the movies you have hitherto released in this country,

nThe portrayal of vice offers no sucjl challenge~· It will be no triumph for

you and your writers to "out-Hollywood'' Hollywood on this point. The representation . .

.of virtue and moral courage, on the other hand, is more in keeping with the talents .,:

jou and your co ... :workers have so fa.r displayed.

nrr you decide to do one of your technically superb pictures on ":.he life-story

of an actual nun, you will find drama and real human interest; you will discover

sacrifice, unselfishness, simpJ,.icity, cheerfulness, courage, all from the highest

fuotive, love of God o.nd of me>!'.\. You would have available, for example, incident$

?uch as the one recently emblazoned in the newE;paper headlines of the world telling '•

qf the heroism of two nups' -- foreign missionaries, im.identally -.,.. in your own

~ountry, England. Trapped ~n a blazing airplane followill g a· crash, they pushed their

y1ould-be rescuers to safety but died in the holocaust themselves.

"In conclusion, Mr. Ra!'.lk, may we re-tell a true story oftentold? A visitor at

l leper colony, •Natching the missionary Sisters cleanse and bind up the sores of the

lepers, shuddered and said: "I wouldn't dv that for a million dollars 11 • One of the

~tms:~ witho~t even looking up from her task, quietly replied: "Neither -would 111 •

We sincerely trust, Mr. Rank, that not for a million do~l&rs, nor for many

nillions, nor fo;r any other reason, will you permit any movie of your$ to reflect·

lpon or to injure the gr~:.at body of nuns of whom this heroic Sister and her splendid

~eply are. wholly typic al.11 .

··r.- ..

' ...

, I

~~ sters' Vocation Institute.,. 5 ~ .

Copies of tho letter to lvir. Rank also hc;.ve been forwe.rded to Mr. Nathan

Blumberg, president of Uni.versal-International, which will distribute the picture

in the United States, and to Mr. Eric A • . Johnston, President of Motion Picture

Association, New York, N. Y •.

Besides Bishop Graner, others who. signed the letter were: the Rt~ Rev, Msgr~

John Sabo, Dean of the Clergy of Soutp Bend, Indiana; the Rev, Thomas Maher, of Sto

Patricl{ 1 s CatheQ.ral Rect~ry, New York City; the Rev. John Ho Wilson, C.S.C., Holy

Corss Seminary, Notre Darne, Indiana; the Rev. Wendell P~ Corcoran, C~S.C., pastor

of St. Patrick's Church, South Bend, Inqiana; and the Rev. Arnold Wibbert, pasto'r

of St. Mattnew 1 $ Church, South Bend, Indiana

end

Distribution: 1 Mc;tiled: July 2:L, 1947

.....

/

U!JIVER.S I'rY OF NOTRE DA!~:E

Department of Public Info rna tion John v. Hinkel, Director

Release: Friday, ~y 2f.i, 19_'!~ -

July 20, 1947 li\r• J, Arthur Rank c/o Universal ... Interna tional Rocke:f'ell·er Center 1250 Av-e. of the Americas New York, New York

Dear lir. Rank:

In connection with the Sisters' Vocation Institute, meeting today a.t the Univer-

sity of Notre Da.me, there has come to the attention of the 300 assembled priests,·

Brothers, Sisters, and lay people, and of the undersigned, a new movie, Black Narcissus

produ,ced by your ttThe Archers" Company of England and released through Universal

International in this country. According to the review., this movie presents a group

of nuns in an extren:.ely urifa vorab1.o light as wor1.dly, ncm:rotic, CJ.nd frustrated._ We

understand the theme of the movie ipcludes the gradual loss of faith, and the mental . .

and moral disintegration of .a reli6ious community resultin$ in an attempted seduction

and murder and final failure of the ·mission in India to which the nuns have been

assigned.

Knowing the magnif:i,cont work for God and for their fellow mon .that Sisters have

done and realizing that the ordinary audience w:i.ll, in all likelihood, accept this

story as typical of all nun3, vve come to you not to censor but to seek clarification

and reas s urun c ~.

We hope your expl8. nation ~Yi 11 not be that these are Anglican nuns and that

therefore Roman Catholics should- not be offor..deq. Such a reply would be in bad taste,

ungallant, and derogato.ry to tho religion of nuny of' your 9vm countrymen; it would . . -

moreover, be vYhtJlly inadequate because" as you well know, the average movie-goer will

ll\3.ke. no such di.s tinction.

re'Jerenc~, and love,; will typical group of nuns'

Cs. tholics, holding their Sisterhoods in special esteem,

bo ~roused by the implication that this movie pictures a

more

.' J, Arthur Rank •. • 2 ..

We trust 1 therefore, that it is made crystal clear in the movie itself, in adver­

:tising, etc,, that this picture means to portray a special instance 1 e. definitely

:unique case, contrary to the \!open book 11 record of tho vast majority of nuns. To

· irnply that this isolated series of incidE;Jnts is a ty}.3ical instance of what g.oes on in

convents and of wh'3. t happens when Sisters, are sent by their vow of obedience, freely

·de to the foreign missions. would be diametrically opposed. for example. to the · ma , • , •

first-hand observation and experience of innumorL\ble G. Is's, many of whom were rescued

by natives Christianized by· foreign mission nuns and priests 1 and nursed~ helped,

cheered, comforted and edified by the nuns themselves whom tho.s.e Gol •. 's met on foreign

shores. Our fighting men, and any other persons who know the truth., he. ve always feund

those dovotod women the sanest, happiost, most contentod 1 most 11unfrustratcdrr and.

1tunworl¢!.ly11 people o

To fail to mako it evident that this is an utterly abnonnal c~u~e would be to d:o

an extreme disservice to God and to the generous spirit of sacrif.lco innate in women.

Hollywood has attacked tho homo and has mJ.de family lifo, fidelity 1 virtue, appear

suspect, ridiculous a:n,d naivo -- vve trust that you, Mro R;;l.nk, will not now start on

the convent.· Whether they be Ca.bholic nuns o:r Anglicans or Lutheran Deaconesses, such

women are defonseloss 1 schooled in Christ:•s admo~1ition to uturn the other ch~ek 11 ~ ·

They will not fight back ·h\:{t will pray for you that God may· forgive this conscious or

unconscious attack on themselves., this ridicupng of all religion.

Read again Robert Louis Stevenson, s famous "Letter to Mr. Byds 11 defending a defense

less missionary priest. That apology must ·then have appealed, a.s it still appeals, to

the chivalry of every Englishm!:l.n, just as the cowardly a tta.ok which prompted it must

have aroused their protests, Surely 1 Mr ... .funk, you do not wish to be named now with

the infamous Mr. Hyde :1s an a tJ~acker of th~ defenseless V·rhen you canso easily avoid

it, We feel that ovc;ry'decent rran, whether Catholic', Protestant, or.Jow·, will be. t \ justifiably outrs.ge<i and will rosent the implication that this movie may be accepted \

~ij Portraying no'!"mal convent l.ife., The terrible d:3.nger is that it will .be so accepted

Unless the con,:trary is made abundantly clear.

more

J' Arthur Rank. • • 3 ..

A failure to label this movie's plot as abnormal and singular would d~al a serious

blOW to tho caus G of Sfs tors 1 vocations in this day v.,rhen so many mor.e heroic young

womEm are needed to practice the justice, truth, and charity of Christ and to carry

these things to a shat'Gorod, spiritually starved world. Yout Mr. Rank, would poorly

serve the cause of Peace by permitting such injustice to those who are foremost in the

ranks of the Poacemake rs.

Any false generalizing D.bout convent 1 if'e and the vmrk of Sisters will dissuade

innumerable generous young women froi!l ontoring convents to become Sister ... teachers in

parochial schools (at a gro3.t saving to the tax-paying public, incidentally), desper ...

utely~needcd Sist·er-n.urses to co.re for the sick in hospitals at homo and abroad 1

Sisters to conduct orphanages~ homes for the underprivileged and delinquent, institu-

tions for tho needy of.all kindso All of thaseJ ·wero theynot cruelly dissuaded by

the plausible falsehoods of such a _mov~e as this, would take Christ quite literally in

His admonition to feed, clothe, house, ·teach, and minister to all mon for His sake,

und would find the utmost happiness and sn. tisfacti on in so \loi!lg 1 the uctua 1 experience

of Christ 1s promise of a hundredfold reward in this lj . .fe.

If~t all possible, Mr. R;\.r1k, why not visit us here at Notre Dame?. You would

·find us roo.sonablo men, S.)'mpathetic toward your e.vowcd :i,ntontion to productt outstand-

·· ing motion pictures and h\Xppy to discuss with you this important :matt~r of the proper

handling of religious themes •

Why not try, to com-e in time to meet the Sisters assembLed for the Notre D~me Sum-""

m:er School? Here you will find a typical group of American c~tholi~ women --perfectly

norrr.al, talented, not f:rustrajbed nor neu:rbt ic, e~g;er to meet .and confer with you. You ·. . I

would discover here among the nuns real nn terial for your script writers, rtlatorial

that would challenge them to turn out a story worthy of the technical excellence, the

superio:r p:roduction :;.nd direction, ;found in tho moviErs you have hitherto released in

this.· oount:ry.

more

. i !

,, ·J, Arthur Ro.nk ••• 4

The portraya.l of vice oi'fGrs no such che.llungo. It will be no triumph for you

.and your writers to 11 9ut-Hollyvwod" Hollyv,r.ood on this point. The representation of ·: ,.1 '

virtue and moral courage, on tho other h~md, is more in ker.Jping with the talents you

and your co-work<ns h::tvo so fa.r displayed.

If you decide to do ono of your technically superb pictures on the life-story of

an actual nun, you will find drama and real human interest; you will discover sacri-

·fico, unselfishness, simplicity, cheerfulness, courage, all from the highest m?tive,

love of God and of men. You would haw available; for example~ incidents such as the

one recently emblazoned in thQ newspaper ha.:l.dlines of· the world telling of the heroism·

of two nuns -- foreign miss ionarios, incidentally -- in your o1;m country, England •.

Trapped in a .blazing airplane follmving a crash, they pushed their would-bo rescuers

to sa.fety but died in the holocaust thom:::;el ves.

In conclusion, :Mr. Rank, nny Vlfc. :be-tell a true story ofton told~ A ·visitor at a

leper colony 1 watching the missionary SiSters .cleanse and bind up the sores- of the

lepers, shudde1~cd and saidt ''I viouldn 1 t do that for ~t million dollars". One·of the ..

nuns, without oven looking up from hor task~ quietly replied; nNeither would I".

Wo sincerely trust, L·r. Ra.nk,. th:J.t not for a· million dollurs, rior.for many . . .. - . .•

millions, nor for any other reus on, will you poJ:'mi t any movie of yoilrS to r$fle ot upon

or to injure the great body of nuns. of vrhom this h0roic Sister and her splendid reply,

aro wholly typical.

SIGilED: - Tl1e Mos'·~ Rev. I .. a~vre.nce 1. Graner, c.s .-C ·~ Bishop of Dacca,; The Rt. Rev.· k...,........ ___ --"!' ____ ..

~sgr. Join; Sabo, Dean of the:ClElrgy of South Bond, Indo; The Rev. Thomis Maner, of . . -~-----···-----··~·-·~·-, ....... ' _ _..,.~---.~--·-.·-~ ... -------.----~.-..---St. Patrick's Cath~dral Rectory, New York City; The Rev~ John H. Wilson, c.s .c., Holy·

. -~~---.... -···---·· .. -··--·-·-.·---':~·-.,_·-------··'--::---'-"' - ..

'~ss Seminai·y, Notre Danll .• Ind"·; The Rev. Wer:dell Po Co:rcors.n~ C.S .c. po.stor of .Sto . ·-.....-----.-.-...----- ~-- . ..,......... . . . . . ~ . .

~brick's Church South Bend, Ind.j The Rev. -Arnold Wibbert, pastor of st~ Matthew's. · .. ' ·. '_-::-..!.-~~~- .. ---'4 ..... __ ._,__,...._ ---~ ~ ·. -----· ·. ~ch,South Benda Ind •.

... _' . ' '. . _.,.... __ . ..

· P.s. B~cause of tho. pUblio.·na.ture of this oc.casion 1 i.e., the Voc:itiorial

';: :~'Htute ~ttended by dlelogatos f'rom 'l!l9.ny statos 1 arid because of the· great public , ..

~'-: · ,in~~l,-~st_. in this ltlt;ltt~r 1 we aro rol e9.s ing this letter to the press today.

end .~ ... ·

~··· ~· '

r

UNIVERSITY UF NOTRE DAME Department of Public Information

John Vo Hinkel, Director

Release: Monday, July 21, 1947 47-205 -

Notre Dame, Indiana, July 14--Plans for a foundation to unify and expand the

endowment and development of the University of Notre Dame will be discussed by the

executive committee of the board of governors of the Notre Dame Alumni Association,

meeting at Notre Dame on July 25-26.

Harry G~ Hogan, Fort Wayne, Indiana industrialist, national president of the

Alumrii Association, and chairman of the board of governors, will preside, The Rev.

John J. Ca:vanaugh, C. S.C., president of Notre Dame and head of the new pro g;ram, will

outline Notre Dame's pressing need for such a foundation.

Among the subjects to be discussed in connection with the proposed foundation

will be the University's r€lcently announced building needs of approximately

$12,000,000. Existing endowment and annual fund raising have progressed, but are

far short of the amounts necessary for Notre Dame's solution of its immediate

problems of expansion'and the realization of opportunities and challenges which have

grown out of World War II., according to Mr. Hogan.

The Rev. Robert H. Sweeney, c.s .. c. .•. , executive assistant to the president,

James E. :Armstrong, director of the annual alumni fund, and J. Arthur Haley, director

of public relations, will participate in the meeting, as will E, M. Morris and B. J.

Voll, South Bend members of the Uni versity1 s associate board of lay tru~tees.

--(more)

·.·.·.

r .

L .. ··.i, .......... :., .·: --.....:_ •' >'-,,',.

Notre Dame Foundation. • o2

The Foundati:on, Mr. Hogan said, will be established on a permanent basis and

will work on a long-range program of assistance to the University., activities of

this Foundation will be publicized and coordinated through local Notre Dame Public

Relations Committees to be appointed in many localities from among alumni and friends

of the University. Close liaison will be established between these committees and

the nearly 100 Notre Dame alumni clubs throughout the United States.,

Headquarters of the Notre Dame Foundation will be located at the University.

Other alumni governors elected to the Ex:ecutive Committee of the Foundation are:

E. Ao Berkery, '27, New York City, N&v YORK:· B~11k vice-president

Johri E. Cassidy, '17, Peoria, ILLINOIS: Lawyer; former Attorney General

Lester Foley, 124, Jacksonville, FLORIDA: Lumber dealer

Raymond A. Geiger, '32, Newark, NEVi JERSEY: Manufacturer

J. Arthur Haley, '27, South Bend, llllD!hNA: Public Relations

Robert L. lfamilto!'l,. '34, Racine, 'VVISCONSIN: Manufacturer

Galvin Hudson, '15, Memphis, TENNESSEE: Manufacturer

Thomas F. Jones, Jr&, '29, .Boise, IDAHO: Lawyer

Joseph B. McGlynn, '12, East Sto Louis (Ill.) MISSOURI, Lawyer

John F. McMahon,·' 28, Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVJJiJIA: Public Relations

John E. Moore, '11, Detroit, MICHIGAN: Retired Manufacturer

Hugh M. 0' Neill, 1 17, Cleveland, OHIO: President truck corporation

John F, Saunders, '.31, Boston, M11.SSii.CHUSETTS; Importer

William C. Schmitt,· '10, Portland, OREGON: President Steel Plant

James Po Swift, 1 24, Dallas, TEXJ.1$: . Lawyer

Dist, ·l ·• .~

. end

. Mailed: July 26, 1947

Release: _lm!nediatel:f _.

UNIVERSITYDF'I~TRE DAME bepai'tm~ht of P'ijplic Information

John V •. , Hinkel, Director

47-211

Notre Dame, Ind., July :..,_ Educational fad.i.ities and methods a:t the Univers~w

of Notre Dame were studied 'l'hursday (July 2l~) by a ·l~ading Moslem ruler, Prince

Saif Al_.Islam Abdullah of Yemen, ancient Arabian kingdom on the Red Sea;, during a

risit to Notre Dame.

Prince Abdullah was received by the Rev •. John J~ Cav~h.r:iugh, c,s.c,, President ·: ., .

. gfN.o'tr~ D~ei · _ Univ·er-~ity officials subsequehtl\Y' escorted the Prince on a tour of

t~e ~Ve~sity c3:urihg ·~iuch he showed parti~ular interest in Notre Dame's research . ' . . .

• .\ ·, i

in atqmic energy, chetn.lstry, metallurgy, micrurgy,; germ-free techniques, and other ·.

subjects •

. , . The Prince was accompanied by· Dr, Adman Tarcici,_ directer of education for

Yemen; Sayid Hassan Ibn-Ibraham.J oson of the general of ~he army; 'Quadi ~!ohaln.med Al .· •· . .

.· Amri,· son--o£ the- prime ininister; and Mohanimed Khatab Bay, t-echnical advisor to.the

Prince.

··The Prince a.nd his retinue arrived iri. the United States on busin·ess on July

13~ He has been received by President Tr.unian and high united States Government . . . . . .

'·

officials'· and other promimmt Americ1;3,nS. Notre Dame was the f;i.rst. American... .-.

university he and his p.rt.y have .visited~

- ·-.-.·

end : ___ :,.·

Qist. 3 . --- Mailed: ·.July 26, 1947

. ---:- :._ ---··

Release: Immedi§}:.~ly -

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Department of Public Information

John V. Hinkel, Director

47-212

Notre Dame, Ind., July 26 -- Twenty-two volunteer youth workers, representing

ten sta.tes and a province in Ca.nada, have l;Jeen awarded certificates from th~ annual

week~J.ong Summer School of Boy Leadership~ sponsored jointly at the University of

Notre Dame by Notre Dame and the Boys Life Bureau of the Supreme Council, Knights of

Columbus, New Haven, Conno

The boy leadership course, which bega.n July 21 and closed yesterday, offered

the volunteer workers attending the sessions methods of tre.ining and of guiding

teen-age boys, All the delegates are in some way associated with youth, and

represented such organizations as the Catholic Youth Organization, Columbian Squires,

Boy Scouts of America, and other organizations and ;institutions for boys.

The course was conducted by John J. Contway, Executive Director of the Boys

Life Bureau and a veterart of 23 years in the .field of boys work, and his associates,

Frank Carr, William 1, Piedmont, and Leo Carty, of the K. of C; Supreme Council at

New Haven~

Those who received certificates include Paul J. Lynch of Columbus, 0.,

president-:-elect of the class; Rev •. Alois J. Stevens of Jefferson City, Mo.,

honorary vice-president; Rev. Thomas More Schneider, 0 .F,M., of Los Angeles, Calif .• , . /

first vice-president; Police Chief Joseph J. :Milas of Round Lake, Ill., second. vice-

.· president; James A. Traynor of Camp Baden, Ontario', Canada, secretary--treasurer, .

Zimmerman of Fort Wayne, Ind., valedictorian.

(more)

. K. of' C • • • • • • 2

Uther members of the class who received certificates for completing the

course are: Rev. Arthur· V. Peet of St. Louis, Mo.; Paul Garlanger of Benton Harbor,

Mich.; Jrunes Dolan of Clarksburg, W. Va.; John Borgman of Evansville, Ind.; Louis

G. Filla of Webster Graves, Mo.; Robert Ford of Manda.n1 N.D .. ; Fred Luth and

Joseph P. viaddock, both of Webster Groves, Mo.; John S, Mills of Chicago, Ill.;

Francis T. Martin of Cambridge, Pa..; Albert Pauli of Kirkwood, .Mo.; Francis J.

McMahon, Richard K. Gregory, and James P. Ryan, all of Chicago; Richard Bergho~f of

Fort vlayne, and Aldo R. Faletti of Huntington, W. Va,

end

Dist. 3 Mailed: July 26, 1947

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE. DAME Department of Public Information

John V. Hinkel, Directo,r

Release: Mond.;t;y:, .Ml 28, 1947 - '47-213

Notre Dame, Ind., July 28 --Twenty-two youth workers from the United States

and Canada were graduated from the 1947 Summer Scnool of Boy Leadership at the '

University of Notre Dame, it was announced today (Monday, July 28) by Professor

John J •. Contway, Elcecutive Director of the Boy Life Bureau, Supreme Council, IVU.ghts

of Columbus, who supervised the school •.

Sponsored jointly by Notre Dame and the Knights of Columbus, the school was

officially concluded yesterday. Instruction was given in latest techniques in the

leisur~-time guidance of youth by Professor Contway and his staff.

Graduates were: Paul J. Lynch of Columbus, o., (class president); Rev.

Alois J. Stevens of Jefferson City, Mo., (honorary vice-president); Rev, Thomas More

Schneider, 0 .F .M.,·, .. of Los Angeles, Calif •, (first vice ... president); Police CJ:ief

Joseph J. Milas of Round Lake, Ill.., (second vice-president); James A. Traynor of

C~p B~den, Ontario, Canada, (secretary treasurer); and Rev. Eugene Z~erman of

Fort Wayne, Ind. (valedicto;rian); Rev~ Arthur V. Peet of St. Louis, Mo.; Paul

Garlanger of Benton Harbor, Mich.; James Dolan of Clarksburg, W. Va.; John Borgman of . i

Evansville, Ind.; Lom:s G. Fillo, Fred Lu.th, and Joseph P. Waddock, all of Webster

Groves, M6 .• ; Robert Ford of Mandan, N, D,; Johns. Mills, Francis J, McMahon,

Richard K, ·Gregory, and James P, Ryan, all of Chicago, Ill.; Francis T. Martin of

Cambridge, Pa~; Albert Pauli of Kirk~Vood, Mo,; Richard Berghoff of Fort Wayne, and

Aldo R. Palel:.ti. of Huntington, W. Va.

end

Mailed: July 26, 1947

I I

i i

UliiiVEES ITY OF lJOTRE DAtJlE Department of Ptililic Information

John V. liinkel ~ Directcr

Release: Thursde,y, July 31 3 J:.?47 ,;_--· . ·,

47-194

Notre Da~, Ind., July 31--An Army Air Forces Reserve Officers Training Corps unit

is in process of being established at the UniversHy of Not;:re Dame 3 it was announced

yesterday (July 30) by the Rev. John J. Ca~ranaugh, C.S.C. 3 President of' Notre Dan:e.

Father Cavanaugh revealed that Notre Damo officials ha vo accepted ?tn offer by

AAF Headquarters to set up o.n Air ROTC unit at the Uni-versity to train Air Corps

administrative reserve officers. Notre Dame has had a Naval ROTC since 1941.

Two crack Army fliers, Lieut 6 Col. Leonard Vi. Palmer of Gwinn, Mich., and i1Iaj or AAF

Arthur Small· of Durant, Okla. and an/administrative officer, Captain Thoms.s J. Hardy

of Logansport, Ind .. , have been assigned to Notre JJame and aro currently organizing the

ROTC unit so that· it vdll be ready to enroll qualified students when the University

opens in Septombor. The three offic.ors will be assisted by four non-commissioned

officers who have been transferred to Notre Damo from other Air ROTC units.

The student quota for the Notre Dame Air IDTC has not yet been established, but

indications are that it vvill start with around 100 students in the Basic ·course. In

addition, World War li veterans with at least tvm years left in the University will be

eligible to enroll in the Advanced Course. Graduates of the Advance Course '~Hill be

commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve, and may apply for extend­

ed active duty.

No pilot training will be gi von. The entire ROTC course ·will consist of an

average of four hours per week during the scholastic year for four years. Standard

ROTC instruction will be giv~n in the Basic Course, which will last two years. Tile

fi:rst year of tho Advanced Course will consist of general instruction in communica.,..

tions, navigation, aircraft maintenance, administration, personnel management, arma"'

mont o.nd other subjects. During tho second year specialized instruction 'ltvill be

given in one of the above.

More than one-third of the 10,000 Notre Dame alumni and stude!lts who served in·

the United States Ai·med Forces in World 1Var II were in the Air Corps • Pioneer

aeronautical oxporimerits > including construction of tl}.e world's first wind tunnel,

ha.'l'e l:een conducted at Notre D~me through the yeazos, starting in the 1880's.

Dist. ·7 -.......!-.:...

end Mailedt July 28, 1947

This document is . supposed to have an addition page which has not been identified.

UNIVER3 ITY OF NOTRE DAJME Department of Public Inforrr.a.tion

John V. Hinkel, Director

RELEASE·:··v~~d:n~sda;z,._ July_ ~0, 1947 ---- - .

47-215

Notre Dame_, Ind. J July 31--J o Arthur Haley, Director of Public Relations at the

University of lgotre Dame since 1940_, has been named 1\.lumni Governor for the State of

Indiana of the Notre Dame 1ll umni Association, it was announced yesterday. (July zg)

by Harry G. Hogan, Fort Wayne_, Indiana, banker and industrialist, who is national

president of' the Notre Dame alumni.

Mr. Haley succeeds William J, Mooney_, of Indianapolis_, Indiana_, who was forced

to resign as Alumni Governor for Indiana because of the pressure of his wholesale

drug business. Mr. Mooney will continue hmvever _, as chairman of the special Notre

Dame Public Relations Committee now being organized for the City of Indianapolis from

among Notre Dame alumni and friends of the university.

A native of Chillicothe_, o. _, Mr. Haley was graduated from Notre Dame in 1926.

He was Business 1/Ian~g;er of Athletics at Notre Dame for fourteen years until appointed

Director of Public Relations. As Alumni State Governor for Indiana he will coordinate

with the assistance of the Notre Dame Alumni Office, activities of' every Notre Darre

alumni club in this state.·

end

Dist: 7 · . Mailed: July 28_, 1947

,,

I il l' . :! ; ~ ,,