South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-03
Student Soldiers of Notre
Dame Hear Great Patriotic
Address by Fr. Cavanaugh

Not since the days OF 81 had the
students Of Notre Dame university
assembled al the school to hear
wartime sermon % "A priest impOr-
tuning them 20 offer their strength
and soul upon the altar Of freedom
and justice. until 1000 OF the mem
bers Of the students army training
corps heard Very Rev. DR.. John
G. s. G., deliver his ad-
dress 10 them Tuesday when they
were indicted into the army ser
vice
Rev Or. Cavanaugh recited the
tales Of heroism which have added
20 the glory Of the university in the
past. He spoke TO the young sol
diers as follows:
Soldiers of the Republic:
This is an historical moment. II
marks a memorable development in
the record Of the university. AS
men reading of the golden age wish
they had lived in it. and as students
reading Of the deeds of mighty
men in the past regret they were
not OF the same period. so genera
tions OF Notre Dame men in the
future will look back upon this
hour with jealous yearninE and re-
greet that il was not their destiny TO
be associated with the glorious
memories of it. Admiration has
been expressed for the spirit Of the
university in welcoming Capt. Muir
ray and the lieutenants and for the
I, saff
every side. Why would il not be
so? Fortunately. have some
knowledge of Capt. Murray and
great admiration for him, but if
had never heard his name before, if
knew nothing Of his character, his
temperament. or his training. the
captain would. nevertheless, be per
fectly at home at Notre Dame. He
represents the authority of our
country, he stands for heroic effort
in the greatest high crisis of OU-
national history.
Love OF God and Country.
This university stands, and from
the beginning always has stood for
love Of God and love of country. To
these twin passions of religion and
patriOtism-the sublimest that the
human soul Knows-the university
has always been dedicated. NOtre
Dame belongs to God and America
And as her perfect conservation to
religion demands that she place
her resources generously and un-
reservedly at the service of religion,
so does her sense of patriotism make
her feel that every energy. every
power and every force within her
control must be magnanimously
placed at the service of America. If
the country demanded the last drop
Of blood Of every Notre Dame man.
and all the material. moral and in
tellcctual resources Of the univers-
itv there could be only one answer
20 the request.
Continue Old Traditions.
You young men who Cedicate
yourselves to this new and hazard
Gus enterprise are only continuing
the patriotic traditions Of NOtre
Dame. More than so years ago our
beloved country faced a similar
crisis when Capt. Lynch organized
a company among the students and
marched them off in a body TO the
front The priests deserted their
lecture rooms to follow the boys
into the privations and perils Of
war. Seven OF the choicest spirits
among the faculty went away as
chaplains. One OF the most treas
ured relics within the university is
the old. green flag Of the Irish bril-
gade. That flag is sacred, not only
because it flew beside Old Glory. at
the head of that marvellous group
of valiant men, but also because the
chaplain Of the Irish brigade was
an old Notre Dame professor, an old