South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-03

Notre Dame president, the illustri- |
Gus Father Corby, who in the blood 1
lest moment OF that bloody day at |.
Gettysburg gathered his soldier boys 1
about him in a momentary luI in I
the battle and making over them /
the sign Of pardon. which was rati- /
fed in heaven, flung them full OF 7,
faith and hope and courage against |
the shivalry of the south and added /
another glorious chapter 10 the
story of human glory.
Heroic Tradition Continued.
"On the battlefelds OF Europe
that heroic tradition is continued to-
day. At the first sound of the trUm-
pei Of war Notre Dame men fiocked
in multitudes TO the army; nor did
they go unattended by their priests.
At this moment the vice president
OF the university, the charming and
cultured the sympathetic and be-
loved Father Walsh is found in the
forefront of battle on the other
side; glorious Father O'Donnel. the
young poet, faces the same perils
in Italy. The two Fathers Finne-
gan, the noble Father McGinn and
the manly and gifted Father Davis
Ia Dor with the boys in the very
heart of danger. If il should be
your glorious destiny TO move 10 the
front in this holy crusade for hui
man liberty, I hope that YOU may
have the experience that other No
/ ire Dame men have felt when their
delighted eyes beheld the Notre
no Trf Il faE
cies and consultations of our holy
faith on the battlefield and in the
camp"
! NOtre Dame Men i'm Army.
/ Father Cavanaugh here cited sew
/ eral touching incidents illustrating
the happy. unexpected meeting of
/ faculty and students on the fields of
! France Continuing he said:
! When the day comes TO end this
/ mighty conflict and TO pull down the
/ flag of the kaiser and 10 lift the
Stars and Stripes over a happy and
emancipated world il will be the
spiritual quality of the soldier that
will determine the issue OF victory.
As the greatest warrior the world
/ has ever known, the brilliant and
]
once said, that there was mar
shaTs bateau locked up in the KNAPP
sack of every French soldier. so let
every NOtre Dame student strive to
! be super eminent for courage and
daring and judgment and every
other soldierly quality.
Our Answer To Germany.
when the war broke out Ger
many said. Americans have been
softened by generations of peace and
comfort and they are afraid TO
| fight The answer is 100000
young Americans, the flower Of our
chivalry, drawn up in battle array
turned towards Berlin. When this
war broke out Germany said that
| the Americans won't fight because
J they love money too much TO spend
| it in a war for mighty principles
The answer is the fourth Liberty
] loan and the other Liberty loans
and the amazing generosity and pa
I triotism on all sides of the Ameri-
can people Our boys on the other
side are doing one glorious thing,
they are proving 10 the world that
America never once put mp a bluff.
That's what the boys are doing over
there. Join them here in the same
spirit that they show over there;
! help TO prove to the world that,
while America has the highest and
purest of motives i'm wasing this
great conflict. while she desires no
Iother peoples territory and no 9th
er peoples wealth, she is ready 10
shed the last drop Of her blood for
1.-THE defense and conservation Of
the principles on which our political
| forefathers founded here"