UNIVERSITY OF l\tqtre-dtllllle Department of Public Information John V. Hin.l.Cel, Director Mailed: Feb. 1, 1947

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1 Reease! Friday, Feb. 7, 1947 UNVERSTY OF \TQTRE-DE Deparmen of Pubic nformaion John V. Hin..Ce, Direcor Maied: Feb. 1, 1947 Nore Dame, nd., Feb.?--Lorea Young, Joseph Coen and James Sewar, moion picure sars, wi paricipae in he firs producion of 11 The Famiy Theare", a new series of weeky radio dramaic presenaions o promoe he pracice of daiy famiy prayer, especiay he rosary, a 10 p.m. (E.S.T.) Thursday, February 13, over he Muua Broadcasing Sysem. ithe Famiy Thee.re" Program has been organized by he RE:v. Pe.rick Peyon, c.s.c., a pries of he Congregaion of Hoy Cross, he reigious order ha adminisers he Universiy of Nore Dame. He is receiving he cooper aion of perhaps he greaes- array of op-figh moion picure and radio aen ever assembed for a dramaic program. Convinced of he pressing need for famiy prayer, Faher Peyon beieves ha nhe/resoraion of famiy prayer woud no jus be a means o resore famiy ife and sociey, bu i is an absoue.- necessary meansn. He has enised he aid of he : moion picure and radio indusries o prove ha famiy prayer is modern and up-o~ dae in every respec, and above a, woud resu in "a changed counry and a. changed word11 The scrip for he February 13 program was wrien by True Boardman, whie music for his broadca.s wi be direced by M:eredih Wisori. Dee Engebach wi direc his broadcas, and aso hese of February 20 8nd 27. f, Theare11 are Don Ameche, Gregory Peck, Bing Crosby, Chares Boyer, rene Dunne, Pa Oher moion picure sars o paricipae in subsequen programs of 11 The Famiy : [ 0 'Brien, Ruh Hussey, Wiiam Garg~n, Joe E. Brown. Chares Bickford, Jeanne Crain,, Dennis Day, Fibber Mc(}ee and Moy, Barry Fizgerad and Frank McHugh. f ~edging heir assisance o hep 11o 0fr'er our American fami.ies he mos necessary r and fundajena proecion agains he dangers 'of oi.r age, and for he purpose of 1/ b:i.nging down Upon om;. counry he. specia bess:i.ng of AJnighy Godn,. f. D~s [\... ' Each pf he above sars. he.s signed a wrien conrac wih Faher Peyon.. ~..

2 ' UNVERSTY OF NOTRE DPJ\ff! Deparmen of Pubic nformaion John V Hinke, Direco~ [ Reease: Afer 9 p.m.~ (C!.~T.) MondayJ Feb Maied: Feb. 1, 1947 L \ i,, i? Owosso, Mich,, Feb. 3--J.merica mus red di.cai:e isef o he reigious principes of he Decaraion of ndepence- o eiminae Bresen economic, racia 1 and reigious ensions, he Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, c.s.c., Presiden of he Universiy of Nore Dame, said here onigh a a esimonia dinner in his honor in he ciy where he w;;:.s born. )imong he 600 who aed were many disinguished persons, incuding h.e Cahoic bishops of Lansing, Saginaw and Buffao, he Governor of 'Michigan, a former governor, severa coege and universiy presidens,and oher digniaries. The dinner was hed a he parish ha of s. Pau's Church where Faher Cavanaugh was [ bapized and confirmed, and where he said his firs mass afer his ordinaion in i i 1 11 American hinking 'mus fearessy ge back where i beongs -- o is roos," Faher Cavanaugh decared. rqur word eaders seem o be casing abou for he.[. r sources of order. They need no ook furher han o his immora American, ~~~~en Jha has been he source and inspiraion of a governmen unsurpassed in -he hisory r of man.u The Decaraion of ndepence in isef, is 11 a mere piece of paper", Faher \ Cavanaugh coninued, bu i mus be energized, (more).

3 :.. Page... 2 i ( 1iimusb be fuade o ive in a our deaings in boh privae and pubic ife, i ~-- in gdvernmen, in business, in he professions, in our pans for he fuure. We mus show in our deaings wih one anoher ha he Creaor of us a sees and cares ~ abou he faing of he sparrow as we as abou he giganic movemens of men. L J.s Benjamin Frankin said a a crucia momen in he Consiuiona Convenion, when! \ he urged he deegaes o pray for success, ', f a s_p_arrow canno fa wihou i. f i' f God's knowedge, how can a naion be raised wihou His aid? We mus no be oo proud o fa on our knees and o pray o his God, for he word faces a crisis in human reaions, he ike ;of which i has never known before~ "When abor and capia recognize fuy and pracicay his God and he righs and duies wih which He has owed a men, here wi be economic peace~ men of a coors and,a beiefs acknowedge humby ha hey sand equa before. r his Creaor, wii:,h equa righs and duies, here wi be racia and reigious [. (: peace.. Tr:.en o our brohers in Russia and Japan arid Germany we sha se America. J forh/:~e When new vi a force in he word oday, as i was in 776, he mode of order [ and peace, and we sha assume a v.ia eadership owards word harmony because we L sha be rue o our rich inheriance ha has made his counry he mos favored on r [--: ': he face of he earh." 1 n anoher par of his address Faher Cavamugh said ha i is obvious nab-- he!' " Founding Fahers who w ro. e he Decaraion of ndepence mean o emphasize "ha ~ [ [ every man is owed wih cerain righs and duies which a men and a governmens, ( [. however powerfu, are obiged o respec". L Faher Cavanaugh added ha possession '. ~ of hese righs and duies consiued "he basis of freedom and of human digniy" r _ ' This baancing of righs and duies made man "capabe of form:i..rig ino rea socieies, and no ino mere groups and herds, 11 he emphasized. \...,. [ ( (J:ore)

4 page..3 The Founding Fahers ~'aso obviousy insised, he said, rha governmens are no wasers of he governed bu are he insrumens by which he righs of he governed are o be secured11 Faher Cavanaugh coninued, in par: 111 hink i is a-imporan ha hese hree presupposiions of communiy order, of harmony, and of. governmen isef are irrevocaby bound ogeher~ f here is no ' i i God, and man emerged from some dark, pre~hisoric, chaoic pudde, as some of our evouioniss woud hr.ve us hink, hen a ak c::.bou mora righs and. duies is so ( much nons er1s e. r r Man becomes ony, in his mere.maeria being, a grain of sand, o be r1:111ped upon or muiaed or desroyed e,s some powerfu and efficien dicaor may direc. 111 hink we c.re a equay proud of he good hings ha are o be guarded here in America. There is indusry, he mos povrerfu and ingenious he word has ever knownj and a sysem of free enerprise ba.sed on he righ of privae propery, which has heped o make his counry prosperous. There are miiions of we-pained~,. modern, comforabe homes vvih spacious green awns a.nd gardens,bou hem which make up our farms and our owns. There are peny of paygroi~ds _and happy boys and girs in his counry who wan 'o be more skifu in aheics_ han a driing and firing i guns. There are churches and schoos and genuine freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, freedom from fear and wan in a c.rger sense han in any. oher.he word, " is your duy and mine o def his naion rich in spiriua background, one. i in which he condiion of a man s rise o. eminence is deermined no by his famiy's! r i [: j:_ ies bu amos excusivey by his own spiri and abiiies. "VCe mus never e anyone e us as Americans ha any oher naion in he word enjoys hese bessings as avishy as we enjoy heme jus happened o spring up here in America:. We mus never.e anyone sugges. h-j. hese benefis They didn' happep o spring up in f Canada, or in Le.in Junerica, or in China, or Russia, and a of hese m1ds are, ' f poeniay as rich or richer han our counry. (more) 1.!., r } 1 "

5 page 4. The American advanages have been producad chiefy because we a.re bessed wih 1 i he mos successfu form of goverrunen ha has ever been devi~ed." Michae Gorman, edior of he Fin (Michigan) Journa, presided as oasmaser. Among hose who exed greeings o ~aher Cavanaugh a he dinner were Bishop Joseph H. Abers of Lansing_, Mich.; Bishop Wiiam J. Murphy of Saginaw, Mich.; Bishop John F. O'Hara, c.s.c., of Buffao, N.y., and a former presiden of he. universiy of Nore Dame; Governor Kim Sieger of Michig_an, former Governor Harry i ' Key, of Michigan, a Nore Dame aumnus; and Congressman Fred L. Crawford, of he pachigan Congressiona Disric. Aso by Dr. Aexander G. Ruhven, Presiden of he Universiy of :vichigan; Dr. \-John A, Ha.nnq., Presiden of Michigan Sae Coege; he Rev. J. Hugh O'Donne, ;; c.s.c., who preceded Fa.1er Cavanaugh as Presiden of Nore D~'.me; Mayor J, Edwin.... Eis o.f Owosso, and he p.::;v. R. Russe Denison, Presiden of he Owosso Miniseria, J.ssociaion and pasor of he Firs Congregaion&! Church a Owosso..... The Congregnion of Hoy Cross, he reh.gious order h;:~. adminisers. he '. i Univ~rsiy of Nore Dame, was represened a he dinner by he. Rev. 'rhomas A. Seiner,.: _, c.s.c., Provincia of he. Unied Saes Province of he Congregaion. Besides Faher ~~~.: 0 1Dorine, No-;,re Dame aso we.s represened by he Rev. John H.~urphy, c~s.c.,. Vice-Presiden of he Universiy. ~::.- ;.

6 -- Reease: mmedi "!, ey UNVE11STY OF NOTRE DAME D~parmen of Pubic nformaion John V. Hinke, Direcor Maied: Feb. 3, 1947 : i Nore Dame, nd., Feb. 3--'-./\. unique projec in American schoarship, he Mediaeva nsiue, was formay inauguraed yeserday (Feb. 2) a he Universiy!' 1 ' of Nore Dame o sudy he principes and ideas underying he formaion of Wesern.. r..:- civiizaion in he Midde Ages, and o appy hem for he benefi of ar, science, : reigion, poiics and oher phases of mod(~rn iving. _i n an address o he facuy and sudens a Nore Dame as nigh, he Rev. Dr. Gerad B. Phean, Dir-3cor of he vied:ls.eva nsiue, sa.i.d ha conrary o r popuar beief' he Midde ;~ges---he so-caed Dark J,gesH---wore producive of he '![_: highes ype of Chrisian cuure, which he nsiue proposes o sudy. Faher ;. Phean aso was he ceebran of a Soemn High Mass his morning for facuy and sudens which marked he forma opening of he nsiue. fx - Ciing he fac h1.~ rrvas numbers of our feow ciizens no onger hink in Chrisir.n caggories nor envisage he probems of mora, socia or poiica ife, r indusry, educaion, finance, or aw from he radiiona poin of view of Chrisian 1 ehicsrr, Faher Phean warned ha Wesern civiizaion as we knovv i is hreaen~d [ wih exincion rruness we are prepared o make vas and mighy effors o preserve f i and o pass i on o our poseriy" [ r r: : f. ". ~... (more)

7 '' [ page 2 ithe Universiy of Nore Dame 11, he added, "is prepared o ake a eading par in hi.s grea and nobe. enerprise. The ime is ripe for a horough-going sudy of wha ha radiion. of Chrisi9.n cuure hisoricay impies---wha are is guiding principes in hough, in acua iving, in ar, in reigion, in poiics-- in a word, in a he. various eemens of human ife which go o make a ci viizaion.h Faher Phean expained ha he: work of he nsiue wi be primariy research \ ino he hisory of mediaeva cuure in e. is aspec-. An apparen r conspiracy of hisoryh,.he added, has augh us o ook upon he Midde Ages as a 11ong dark nigh ~ of a housand years". Uni receny, his h.: s bc;;en he opinion of even earned ~ peope, he decared~ nyen, he added, '!hose were he ages in which he via forces of. Chrisian cuure, eavened he mass of ignorance and supersiion among he barbarians who swep over Europe; hose were he cenu.-ries which saw he ransformaion of fierce and warike peopes ino overs of ardor and peace; hey were he ages which fosered he deveopmen of sabe governnwn, wise aws a.nd p:r;ogressi ve insiuions, gained recogniion for he digniy of abor and regnrdod exper cre.fsmanship; hey gave, accumuaed he vas capi ;:! of cuure and civiizaion: upon which he Wesern... word has been iving ever since. "We are he heirs o a hc.. weah of human vaues. The Mediaeva nsiue : proposes o, invesiga.e he resources of ha ;inheriance and o earn o use i for...he benefi of conemporary sociey u (more)

8 ,.. page 3 n'q!!: probems concern he inegraion of modern indusriaism, modern democracy _, modern finance and commerce, modern science and invenicm ino he radiiona cuure which our remoe ancesors bui up and our i~mediae forefahers bequeahed o us. The peopes of Europe &-n.ong whom ha cuure originaed and deveoped were hemseves confroned wih simiar probems a hrough he course of heir hisory. They acked hem a.nd soved hem. Their souions were no aways he bes ha coud have been found, bu hey were more han saisfacory and perhaps, he bes ha coud be done in he condiiops and circumsances of he imes. 'We mus acke our conemporary probe,rns wih "he same.spiri, A he grea conquess of modern science and earning 1m,1s once again be inegraed ino ha radiiona cuure from which hey shoud never have been severed. Bu in order o achieve ha aim, we mus earn a over again exacy wha ha cuure sands for and how i can be susained,. This is he work which he Mediaeva nsiue proposes o underake." Faher John J" C2.vanaugh, c.s.c., Presiden of he Universiy of Nore Dame, inroduced Faher Phean o he facuy c:.nd sudens.. /. i; ~-.'... ~ [.. ~. ':r:,,. "

9 Reease: mmediae;r Universiy of Nore _Dame Deparmen of Pubic nformaion Joh! V. H:1.n$e, Direcor Maied: Feb. B, i947.nore Dame, nd., Feb. - Afer being susped for he as hree years '.~' because of he war, he Summer Schoo a he Universiy of Nore Dame wi reopen his June wih boh gra.duae and undergraduae courses for members of various.reigious communiies, i was announced here yeserday-by he Rev. Howard Kenna, CoS.C., Direcor. of Sudies a Nore Dame, Regi~raion for he 1947 Nore Dame Summer Schoo wi be hed on June 17 and 18, wih casses o sar on June 19, The eigh weeks' sessions concude on Augus 1.3. n addiion o he reguar ~curses in a five undergraduae coeges and in he Graduae Schoo a Nore Dame, specia courses vji be offered his Summer in_ibrary science, eacher raining in.mahemaics, and reigion. Arrangemens.. aso have been made for undergraduaes o major in reigion. Credi in he Summer Schoo Wi be he same as ha for he reguar schoo ye~r, The maximum number of hours possibe o earn in he Graduae Schoo is six,.... and in he Undergraduae, nine. Casses are augh a fu hour of sixy minues. so ha he: usua hre.e hour credi course is hed five periods per week. ~ ' A Nor.e Da.he Summer Schoo Buein wi be ready for disribuion in a shor ime. A requess for informaion shoud be add!'essed o he Regisrar, Univer.siy- of Nore.pame, Nore Dame, ndiana...:.. Dis~.7...":r.,

10 ..,! :!\ UNVERSTY of NOTRE D.AME Deparmen of Pubic nformaion John v. Hi~e, Direcor.Reease: A Wi Maied:'Feb. :1:-1, 1947!. '.. Nore Dame, nd., Feb. ::--High ribue is paid o he work of he Lay B~ohers of Hoy Cross ina new painphe, 11Behind he Scenes a Nore Dame 11, issued yeserday by he Rev, John H. Wison, c.s.c, Direcor of Vocaions a Hoy Cross Seminary on he camp~s of he Universiy of Nore Dame. The pamphe poins ou ha 11in a 'ciy' as arge and compex as he Universiy of Nore Dame many skis and.s.ens are needed" Some of he Brohers ' co!.e wih. a i;.rade. aready deveoped hrough heir work in he word. ohers earn one afer enry." f. 11 The Brohers' assignmens," according o he pa.'11phe, 11 range from ha of gues-maser ~ engineer ih Nore Dame's.hug e seam pan, from prefec in one of he suden has o cook in he seminary,.from accoup.an and bookkeeper o eecrician an~,mainenaric~ man... 'A Broher nurses he sick and aged in he_ communiy infirmary. ABroher expery. handes he in~y deais in he 'sacrisy of he campus Church.whe_re here. are 31 aars and 45 Masses a day, f a fire shoud break ou, you woud:.have o hop ou of h? way fo:r he Fire Deparmen wih is'modern equipmen and efficien cre'v'! composed of Lay Brohers of Hoy Cross, 11 - ~.... The pamph.g, iusre:ed wih picures of he Brohers a work, is.. avaiabe by wri~ing o Faher Wison a Hoy Cross Seminary, Nore:Dame, ndiana. Dis

11 :_ UNVE.i.STY OF NOTRE DAME Deparmen of Pubic nformaion John V. Hinke, Direcor Fier M~eria No. X Maied: Feb. 11, Reease: i Wi Noe o ediors: The foowing is fier maeria sen o you for any use you may care o make of i; A oa of 31 aars are ocaed in SacrGd Hear Church, he suden church of he Universiy of Nore Dame. Fory-five Masses are ceebraed in he church each day:. The 11 Ave Maria", a eading CahoicweeK:y pubicaion,-we.s.founded a he Universiy of Nore Dame in 1865 by he Rev~ Edward F. Sorin, c.s.c., founder of Nore Dame and firs presiden of; he Universiy. Faher Sorin died in 1893 \1 "'~'" \1,, "\f" ";\"';\ 1\1\i\ii""i\i\i\ The John F. Cushing Ha of Engineering on he C$.!11pus of he Univ:ersiy of Nore Dame, considered one. of he fines engineering buidings in he counry, was -designed by Francis Kerviqk, Head of he Deparmen of Archiecure a Nore Dame. Mos Rev~ John F. O'Hara, C~SoC., former presiden of he Universiy of Nore Dame and now Bi_shop of Buffao, was he firs dean of he Coege of Commerce a Nore Dame, which was esabished in 1920~ Bishop 01 Hara, whos~ faher was in he Unied saes foreign service, spen many years in Souh America as a youh., Up uni 1929, when he Nore Dame "minims" were in operaion for younger sudens_. i was possibe for a suden o ener grammar schoo a Nore Dame and coninue hrough 0igh schoo a Nore.Dame uni he graduaed from he Universiy" Dis. '1 - ; ~.:-:. ~ ~,

12 UNVERSTY OF NOTRE DAME Deparmen of Pubic nformaion John V. Hinke, Direcor Reease: Wednesday~ Februag_):~~-L-1947 Maied: February 14, 1947 ~1 appoinmen o he U ~ s. Nava Ace"demy o sudy for he Cahoic prieshood, has been. appoined Procuraor of he Hoy Cross Home Missions of he Hoy Cross. FCJ.hers, i was announced yeserday (Feb. 18) by Rev. Thomas A~ Seiner, CoS.C., Unied Saes of,he Provincia of he Priess/ Congregaion of Hoy Cross. The Hoy Cross Fahers aso. adminiser he Universi~y of Nore Dame and oher educaiona insiuions in he Unied Saes. Faher Mez, who since 1936 has been direcor of he Hoy Cross Mexican Missions, wi adminiser a Negro, Mexican and 1Nhie missions conduced by he Hoy Cross Fahers in he Unied Saes. n he as en years he and his associaes have bui en new mission churches, rebui one church and ereced a we-baby cinic in he Gaveson diocese and he San Anonio archdiocese in Texas, The new Procuraor, a nc..i ve of Chicago, received par of his educaion in Barceona, Spain, whie his faher was in he Unied Saes Foreign Service. Upon_.. receiving an appoinmen o he U. S. Nava Academy whie in Spain, he sared an ocean voyage back o he Unied Saes in 1924 o ener he ACademy. During he rip, however, he me Rev. Eugene McGuiness (now Co-adjuor Bishop.McGuiness of Okahoma Ciy) on he ship. and so grea was he infuence of he hen Faher McGuiness on he youh he abandoned his pans for a na<va career and enered Nore De-me o begin sudies for he prieshood. Afer being graduaed from Nore Dame in 1931 he was ordained four years aer. He served for he nex year on he facuies a Nore Dame and S. Edward's Universiy in Ausin, Tex. Missions. Lae in 1936 Faher Mez was. assigned o he Mexican n addiion o raising fundsfor h~ new churches and Ginic bui during his enure in he Mexican :Mission~, Faher Mez aso served as archiec, conracor and supervisor of. h'e MexiCc.1 abor. He recas ha he buidings were ereced from sones, rairoad ies and eephone poes and.:ere so unique hf. an archiecura magazine receny devoed hree pages o a repor on hem. Faher Mez, in his new pos, wi adminiser he fund raising for a of he Hoy Cross Missions in he Unied Saes.. Curreny here are eeven Priess and one Broher of he Congregaion of Hoy Cross in :he home mission rfied, which consiss. of 26 churches,; schoo's and hospias in four. dioceses incude he ony Cahoic Negro hospia ~n -bhe Souho.. ~ ' ' -::. : :. ~..,, ' '.:,.. },

13 Deparmen of Pubic nformaion John V. Hinke., Direcor Maied: February 2~ 1947 Nore Dame, nd., Feb. ::--A rare coecion of 100 painings by Tiian, Rembrand, Correggio,. Boicini and oher od masers m med by he disinguished ar..... r' - Dr~- Hanr:s -R ~-- Te ch-eri"' 6 "'df:lc agd:;~>fia::r''b-eeirp:a:coo :::::::~:::hi::: ::::~::e'':n::::~:e::i::eo:a::::.dmne, dn?-uisp-ay- i-n: he::-c ~ ~- ~-~ce :~~---::-.. FifY Russian icons, The ar coecion, rhich wi be exhibied a Nore Dame uni June 15h, is described 'b Dr. Maurice H. Godba, Direcor of he V-Tighman Gaery, as one of he :fines.coecion of reigious painings in he Unied Saes. wi be open. o he genera pubic daiy from 2 o 5 p~m~ Among he more fe...mous works in he coecion are: 11 Ecce Homo 11 by Tiian; uporrai of His Broher11 by Rembrand; "Madonna11 by Correggio; Francesco Boicini' s. r~.. ;. ' "Madonna and Chid; 11Piea11 by Gerard David; nsa.ome wih he Head of S. John 11 by Simon Voue; Luca Giordano r s "Descen from he Cross"; 11 Sain Caherine" by Bernardine Luini; ithe Annunciaion" by Bernardo Daddi; 11Piean by Sir Anhony Van Dyck; and nchris on he 8ross11 by Simone Marini. Dr~ Godba poins ou ha an imporr::.n discovery in he coecion receny has been made. A paining of he HHoy Famiy", for many years credied o Andrea de Saro, has been idenified as a maserpiece by Parmigiano.' Dr. Teichdrs coecion of Russian icons is cassified by Dr. Godba as one of he fines in America.'. The coecion covers a perio.d from he foureenh o he wenieh cenury and ma10.y of he icons we're formery in he coecions of Czar.Nichoas and Prince Oroff, The-Wighman Memoria.i.r Gaery a he Universiy of Nore DP.ne, esabished in928 by he generosiy of Chares Wighman o EVanson, ~, aso houses a. ' permanen 'coecion of 365 canvasses by many famous ariss incucirig Ve.ri.Dyck,.. '. Marai, Sargean, R.i.ber~~ ~urio, George Peer Aexe.nder HeeJ.y," Reynods, Consabe,.. '... GuidoReini,. Veroneae, Tino reo, dc.crodi, Eizab.eh r;)'ourso, JosephAuber and... ',.. JJ.:~r ~Jaker. Nore Dame's. permanen ar coecion is considered one of he fines /. u.nv,;;rsi y coecions in he. word~

14 7. :!, - -.-;.-.-;~~.-- --~-..;.: ,. UNVERSTY OF NOTRE DAME Deparmen of Pubic nformaion. John V. Hinke, Direcor Reease: mmediaey Maied: February 21, 1947 ~ Nore Dame, nd., Feb Scieniss from he Universiy of Nore Dame wi paricipae in he Argonne Naiona Laboraory for aomic research and deveopmen!o be esabished in Du Page Couny, inois, 26 mies souhwes of Chicago, according o Dr. F11rringon Danies, Chairman of he Board of Governors of he Laboraory. The Argonne Naiona Laboraory is he successor o he war~ime Meaur- ~ '. i; '.,,gica Laboraory of he famous Manhaan Erigineer Disric, which heped perfec he aom bomb. Dr. Wiiam Ha.ni,; Professor of Chemisry a Nore Deane, conduced research for he Laboraory from Sepember, 1946, o February 1, 1947, and Dr..Lawren-ce Powers, Professor of Bioogy, sared a one year's eave of absence from he ' ' i i' i: ' ', : Universiy as Sepember o paricipae in he program. The Rev:. Henry Boger, C ~S,_c,, head of he Deparmen of Physics a. Nore : i Dame, is direc~ng he work of a group of briian young scieniss a Nore Dame i Wh~ have been acivey engaged in aomic research for a number of years! Among hem are Dr. Bernard Wadman, Professor of Physics a 'fore Dame, who was associaed-wih ' ~ ~.., he Los Aamos (NEw MeXico) aomic energy projec, and Dr. Caro Wick, disinguished aian physicis, Dr. Wa~an aso was one of four officia governmen observers of '.1 he a6mic bombing of Hiro shima, Si anoher Nor0 Dame educaor, Dr~ Mion Buron, Professor of Chemisry; assised in imporan research for he Manhaan Engineer Disric during he war. He was aso an officia observe!:' a he Bikini aomic ess as summer for.he Unied Sa.;;s Governmen,..... Nore Dame was acive in he aomic energy program hroughou Word Vi.ar.,.fi eeci-osaic generaor, or aom-smasher". one of he few in exisence,. was.?ompeec. by Nore Dame. scien:i,ss. in '194.+, and coninues o be he cener of nucear research a Nore Dame..

15 ... ~.. UNVERSTY OF NOTRE DAME Deparmen of Pubic nformaion John V. Hinke, Direcor Reease: P.M. Tuesday, February 25, 1947 Maied: February 21, 1947 ' Levjisburg, Pas., Feb. 25--Faih in a persona God consiues he ony uring foundaion.for a sane phiosophy of ife, a we-rounded educaion and rjhoesome i i.. f Chrisian iving, he Rev. Dr. John A. O'Brien, Professor of Reigion a he Universiy of Nore Dame,' decar ed here his morning (Tuesday, Feb. 25) in an address before he facuy and sudens a Buckne Universiy... of Speaking a he inviaion of Bishop George L. Leech} Harrisburg, Pa., as he Cahoic represe~aive a a "Reigion in Li;feu conference on he B:ckne campus, i '! i. i'. 1 ' i! F;hcr O'Brien sressed ha educaion achieves is basic purpose ony vjhen, in acdiion o raining he ineec, i discipines he v Ji and eaves he characer r1i h mora vaues and spiriua ideas, "Peope sand oday," observed F.her O'Brien, 11in desparae need of definie and unshakeabe convicions concerning an objecive mora order 1ahich in indepen of egisaors r enacmens. and kings r decrees.. To ha niora order man owes.supreme aegiarce. He can no more vioae vii h impuniy he aws of he mora order h<m he canvi()ae. he aw of graviy. He can' rea.y break he a.,n, bu breaks himsef upon is indesrucibe anvi. Afer he hus injures himsef, he aw si sands inac. "A educaion a'nd human cuure, u concuded Faher 0 1 Brien, "need o be pervaded and eavened Y.Jih he mora eachings.. hich ;;Jere boh enunciaed and exempified by Chris. The chasening of he hear and he. raining of he wi are no ess necessary h~.n he dispipining of he ineec if educaionis Q be hepfu in he deveopmen of he.characer of he individua and beneficia o sociey "

16 . UN!.V:SRSTY OF NOTRE DAME Depar.fen of Pub:Li.c nfo!'maion J6pn V. Hinke, Direcor' Reease: Wednesd~J.eb. 26_J9h 7 Maied: ):'eb. 21, 1947 NoreDame,nd,, Feb.,--Fernando Serpa, a naive of Lima, Peru, v1ho compeed his work for a maser's degree in edu,caion a he Universiy of No!'e Darr.e in January, ef yeserday (Feb. 25.,) on a Sae Deparmen-sponsored our of eading echnica, rade, and vocaiona schoos in he Unied Saes. Mr. Serpa came o Nore Dame in November, 19h5, afer having been graduaed wih high schoasic honors from he nsi uo Pedagogico N.aci ona of Lima, He was abe o come o h~ Unied Saes for graduae inork as he resu of VJinning he Francisco Pizarro Prize_ for schoarship a he Lima universiy~ His fied sudy rip, sponsored by he u~s! Sae Deparmen a he reques of he nsiue of nernaiona Educa~ion, wi a.ke him o poins in he far wes, souh, and eas. Highi:~;hs of his our wi be visis o Chice~.go 1 s Lane Technica High Schoo, Pacer Junior Uni.on Coege in Onario, Caifornia, Tuskeegee Universiy in Aabama, Sana :F'e ( N._ Mex ~-) ndiana Schoo, Harvard. Un:j_ ve!'siy and Massachuses nsiue of Technoogy in Boson, and various echnica and rade schoos in Nevi York Ciy. The young Peruvian wi receive his maser's degree a Nore Dame's sununer commencemen, and hen wi reurn o Lima o accep a pos in he Peruvian Minisry of Educaion. 1

17 -.( Reease: mmediae~,, 'UNVERS]TY OF ~OTRE Dj J..ffi Deparmeh of \i1:5:d nformaion John V;, Ri~ei, Di"ecor Maied: February 21, Nore Dame, nd., Feb~ --A veeran Hoy Cross mis~ionary, he Rev. Lawrence L. Graner, C.~~c., has been officiay noified by he Vaican of his appoinmen as Bishop of he Dio.cese of Dacca, ndia_, according o he Rev. Thomas A, Seiner,. Q.S.,C., Provincia of he Ho_y Cross Fahers in he Unied Saes,... wih headquarers.. a he Universiy of Nore De.me. Bishop-eec Graner has been Vicar Genera of he Diocese of Dacca since As Bishop he wi suco eed Bishop Timohy Crowey, C,s.c: ~, who died in Dacca on Ocober 2, A naive o.frankin, P.a., Bishop-eec Graner enered Hoy Cross Seminary a... :. Nore D~e in 1915 ~ Afer.recei v:i.ng a Bacheor o.f Ars degree from Nore Dame in ) , he, enered he Hoy Cro13.s Foreign Mission Seminary in Vfash1ngon, D- C,, He..... r was ordbi.ned i~ Sacred Hear Church;, he suden church a Nore Dame;,. on June 24, 1928, by he ae Bishop George Finnegan, c!s.c,., former Bishop of Heena, Monana~.He saied for ndia on NOV.!1ber 1, 1928; o serve in he Hoy Cross Missions in Dacca. Afer a~ wo year eave frqm 1935 o 1937 when he was iri h~ Unied Saes.,:r; ecuper~ing from an iness, he again wen o. ndia o become Vicar Genera o,f he Diocese of Dace~, Afer serving as a chapa.i!:j, in he Army Air Corps in ndia.during 1944, he bishop-eec ~as re~aed o he Unied~aes in 1945 o be a deegae o he. G~1~ra Chaper of he Gongr~gaion of. Hoy Cross i.~ Washingon,? c~ Sinc e ha ime he. has been on h~ Provincia Counci a he Universiy of Nore Dame. Bishop-eJ.ec ~raner-vvi be consecraed wihin he nex wo monhs in.sacred. Hear Church.a. Nore. na.rie. He wi be he second iving bishop in he Congregaion ;o_f H9Y. Cross.~.N?re ~arne,. :~~s,,f '. -~.--: ' c,s,c.,. T,he Mos ReV.. John F. 0 ' Hara/ former presiden of he Universiy of :Ls no!' Bis',Jpp.of B~ffao;,. '

18 Reease: mmediaey UNVERSTY 0~ DTRE Df.ME Deparmen/ of ~.. Pubic nformaion.. John v Hinke~ Direcor ~ - Maied: February 22,.1947 i. ~- Nore Dame,. nd., Feb There can be no rue oyay o counry wihou oyay o God"; he. Rev. John-J ~ Nore Dame, said here oday (Feb ~ Cavana,.ughj c.s.c., Presiden of he. Universiy of 22). in radiiona George Washingon's Birhday exercises in which-he sepior cass presened an American fag o be Universiy. n acceping he f~ag, which wi-be raised on he Nore D~e campus fagpoe a. commencemen nex June, Faher Cavanaugh said ha in me of crisis peope urn o men nwhose inegriy of characer inspires faihn, Such a man wcs George Washingon, he od.he 611 Nore 'Dame seniors. Assering ha here is si "a deermined_ effor being made o pu God ou of His own Universe, si a desper~e srugge beween paga~sm and Chrisianiy", Faher Cavanaugh said ha his i;5sue wi no be seed, and peace _wi no prevai, 'imi he American peope reaize, as did Washingon and he oher Founding Fahers, ha rue oyay o one's counry is based on ove of God and respec for he mora aw...-_ man. 11Being a Nore E>ame/ carries wih i pecuiar re;sponsibiiiesn, he r~nded. he seniors. -- irwherever you may go, whaever you may do, as ong as you ive, he indeib'e prir, of Nore Dame wi b,e upon you..besause of your educaion you have a sane, baan?ed ouiook owa-rd your feow man and 'he word in which you ive. You have a sense of vaues bas-ed upon he objecive principes of he naura aw. pu i mos :simpy, you know righ from wrong, This is such a simpe disincion ha i is srapge indeed ha so many of our conemporari-~s---boh individuas and.... :-. naions---s-eem o have forgoen i, or convenieny cose heir eyes 'i!> i Because ofwha you have earned a Nore Dame, you can, if you wi make he word a be~r pace because of your h~v:ing ived 'in i. John B. Ma~rangeo of Vandergrif~ Pa., Presiden of he Senior Cass, presened he 'fag o Faher Cavanaugh for he cass. The Cass Oraion was given by Chares.. J. _.Paerson of Grena, Neb.,, whi1e3 he_ Senior Chairman of he exercises- was John P. ickey of Spi.h B, ndiana. To. r.:.: - Dis~ 7_ : '... ~...

19 UNVERSTY OF NOTRE DAME Deparmen of Pubic nformaion John V. Hinke, Direcor -... Reease: mmediaey Maied: February 25, 1947!' ' i'i.i Nore Dame, nd., Feb. --An imporan series of ecures on "The Sudy and Teaching of he Papa Socia Encyicas" is being given by Dr. Francis Joseph Brown, ' 11! ' i< i [; :.i ',,, professor of Economics a he Universiy of Nore Dame, on Saurday af-ernoons a he Bishop Shei Schoo of Socia Sudies, 31 Eas Congress Sree, Chicago. n addiion o expaining he socia docrine. of he encyciqas Rerum ' Novarum (On he Condiion'of Labor) promugaed in 1891 by Pope Leo X and ----.~- Quadragesimo Anno (On Reconsrucin~ ~ Socia Order) promugaed in 1931 by Pope ;. i : Pius X, Dr. Brown is presening pracica ~ehods of eaching he encycicas o high schoo and coege sudens. The course, which wi on March 15, is being aed by Sisers engaged in eaching and schoo adminisraion in he Chicago ',,..!;. ~~ Archdiocese. A more inensive eigh-week course in Cahoic socia-economic eachings, incuding he ~ncycica Di vini Redemporis (On Aheisic Communism), wi be augh ' by_dr. Brown-in-he summer--erm a -Nore Dame, which wi be in session from June 19 'o Augus 13. Dr. Brown,- who hods a Ph.D. in Socioogy and Economics from he? Cahoic Universiy of America, Washingon, D.c., joined he facuy of he Universiy of Nore Dame in Sepember, 1946, foowing his reease from miiary service. Dis. 7

20 i i. UH VErS TY OF 'i0tre D1u':~E D0pD.rmen of Pubic nforrnuion John V. Hinke, Direcor DAM~ Re0ase: rnu :10diaey_ fic:.iud:.fabruc.ry 2, :.:! :. Nore Dame, nd~,. Feb. ::~A new visua educ.:\ion progrc>.m uiizing moion picures has beeh in<),ugurc-.od in he C"oege of Commerce a he Universiy of Nore Dane, under he direcion of Commerce De.:m Jc:.nes E. fl.ccc:,rhy~ oriiginc pcms for he progrc.m, providing for ho suppemening of ecure work wih movies, were formu.,.ec six monhs ago <:.i'er wo Nore De.me Gurnni--Viiam Heigen md Raymond Durs, presj_ den and vico-presidem respaci vey of he He.icre.fers Compc~ny in Ch:i.ce.go-..,provi'ed he: CoegE: of Commerce 1:vih necessary equipmen o esabish a visuc. educ.:!.ion program~ De~n McCc:.rhy said he new progre.m si is in he experimena. sage bu pan. ce. for widesprer:.d uso of visua <:'.ides hroughou he Coege of Commerce :: j.(; ' ' -1i' '.. /(' ~,.: ;.. : 0 Dis. 1 :.\ ).. f. ~}i, ' ' \.;'"

21 .,)'. Reease: Friday, March 7, 1947 UNVERSTY. OF NOTRE DAME Deparmen of Pubic nformeion John V. Hinke, Direcor.. Maied: February 27, 1947 Nore Dame, nd., March 7: --More h.:.n: 24;,000 aumni and.former. sudens of_ he Universiy of Nore Dame wi observe he weny-fourh annua Universa Nore Dame Nigh in meeings of hiney-four Nore Dame aumni cubs hroughou he word. on Monday, Apri 14h,. i was announced yeserday (March 6, 1947) by James E. Armsrong, E;cecui ve Secreary of he NorG Dame Aumni Associaion. The 1947 observance of Universa Nore Dame Nigh wi be cenered in Denver, Coorado, where he Revo John J.. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Presiden of Nore Dame, wi s~1eak before he Nore Dame cub of Denver and civic, reigious <';.nd educaiona,'i 'i'. eaders in he Roc;cy Mounain area. Faher Cavanaugh wi be accompanied by oher Universiy officia:a for he occasion, Universa Nore Dame Nigh is ob$erved annua.j,y by aumni and former sudens of Nore Dame hroughou he word as a ribue o he spiri uf, parioic, academic, '?.:~.U. ~~uura and scieni:fic achievemens of he Uni vers{y of' Noire Dame.. Besides ~r.eeings in scores of ciies and communiies in he Unied Saes, oher meeings on ij:\.11 be hed/ha dae by Nore Dame ~umni cubs in Hawaii, he Phiippines; Mexico GUy, he Cana Zone and BengnJ., ndii.!. i; ~~.! i.i Pans are underway for a naiona radio ne'v'iork o broadcas he observance from Denver o oher key c;i.ies hroughou. he Unied Saes 4 Rober A, Dick,. Denver aorney' has been appoined Genera Chairman of he Denver: Cub's ceremonies. Dis.-

22 UNVERSTY OF NOTRE D~E Deparmen of Pubic nformaion John v. Hinke, Direcor Reease: Wednesday, March 5, 1941 Maied: Feb. 27,1947 Nore Dame, nd., March 5: His Eminence Cardina Conrad von Preysing, Archbishop of Berin, Germany, who won word~wide renown for his fearess aacks on Nazism during he Hier regime, wi address he suden body of he Universiy of Nore Dame on Saurday, March 22, i was announced yeserday (Tues.:, March 4) by he Rev. John J~ Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Presiden of Nore Dame. The Cardina arrived in he Unied Saes by pane on February 13h o hank Americans for heir generous conribuions of food, cohing, medicines and oher necessiies o his war-sricken peope~ He is being accompanied by he Rev. Bernhard Schwerdfeger, his privae secreary, and by he Rev. Pau F. Tanner, Assisan Genera Secreary of he Naiona Cahoic Wefare Conference a Washingon, D.C. '!',, Faher Cavanaugh has ap~ oined a specia commiee headed by he Rev. Joseph A. Kehoe, C.S.C., Direcor of Suden Aciviies a Nore Dame, o make arrangemens for he Cardina's visi o he Universiy. 'Uis. 1

23 UNVERSTY OF NOTRE D1-ME.?E:parm\3n of Pubic nformaion John V. Hinke.J Direcor -- Reease: Thursday, Mar,!1. 6 ~,1947 Maied: February 28, 1947 ',,. i Nore.Dame, nd., March ::--Appicaions for four-one year graduae feowships in J\rnerfcan h.sory, known as he Hears Foundaion Feowships- in ' American hisory, are now being acceped by he Graduae Schoo a he Universiy of Nore Dame, i was announced yeser>day (March 5, 1947) by he Rev. Phiip s. Moore, C~S.Ca, Dean of he Graduae SchooT The Hears Foundaion Feowships ~n American Hisory were esabished as year from he income of a $100,000 gif presened o Nore Dame by he Hears Foundaion, Recipiens of he four feowships wi receive a sip of $500 pus uiion and fees which oa $1,000 for he schooyear~ The feowships each are for a. period of one schooyear and may be renewed providing he work of he recipiens s saisfacory, Appicaion Tor he.feowshipsis opf:m o coege g:raduees ""dh proper recommaions and mu.s be fiec1. wih he Dean of he Graduae Schoo a he Universiy of Nore Dame before cjune 1s. Dis~ '1.. 1.