South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-12
Negro JanitO1-
Would Take Up
Art of Flying

Student residents of Sorin Hall
subway at NOtre Dame have a new
porter. He says his name is SambO
and he has ambitions. The students
call him sunshine since he rises
with the birds and feign would be
an aviator.
Sambo is dusky and but sixteen.
Still he did Thursday morning what
projects white and sixty have striven
TO do for years.-he got every man
on the campus up for breakfast on
"a "rec" day.
But. before Sambo reused all the
BOYS he did lot OF notable things.
Wednesday night he accOsted two
football stars on their way back 20
school.
say. boys. dy'au know an Gir't
had nothin 10 eat since an let
Hastings St. Detroit The football
men believed and invested. SambO
decided right then he wanted an
education. He accompanied them
out TO the university and into SOrin
Subway Notre Dame athletes re-
side i'm the subway. Sambo informed
them he himself was an athlete He
donned football toys and a pair or
boxing gloves A photographer
came in and Sambo posed for @
flashlight.
The hour grew late. Before re
firing however. he was measured
up for a uniform. One Of the ath-
letes happened in with a leather
coat
"Aw." Sambo admired, "Ah reck-
on you all am an aviator! And Ike
tn he an aviator
"AU right" his friends assured
/ him. we'll make YOU one tomorrow.
Then they sent SambO up TO one
of the projects room for a BED.
I SambO knocked. Fr H--answer-
/ ed
Leo. oh. Leo, have vail got
| 'neXtara bed2'
The sleepy project shooed him
downstairs.
SamDo at length found an empty
berth. At o'clock one entertainer
/ Walter NJ. O'Keefe. well known III
south Bend CHANGED I'm from late
engarement He prepared quietly
I for slumber. hastily uttered ms
now I lay me down TO sleep ana
.T-nnnh." grunted the human
form beneath Walter
INV gawd"" shouted Walter.
He switched on the light ana
made a dark discovery
"Has. has. Jimmy turned TO
ehony?" O'Keefe suffered dramat-
ica1lv. CTimmy is O,Keefeh room
mattel. The ally was reused ana
Sambo was forced 20 seek shelleI
on an improvised bunk in Fr. M art
office. There ne remained I'LL the
rector awoke.
At dawn the news OF SamDo AT
rival had spread Ger the campus.
Sambo. up and eager Tor MS MS
training in aviation donned an olo
blua uniform at sunbreak A wax
penciHed subway porter on ms
nea kless cap. and Samoo started
our for calisthenics Two. three
four hundred students fell III oe-
hind the aspiring aviator.
Tn lock step they all marched ne
hind the proud Sambc as he was
.5irsr-od from hall 90 hall. Samoo
v-itb an old Springfield rifle, ahq
cs~bed i'm cadet uniform, saluIeo
each hall rector proud as any OK ms
8uslzy brethren Of the 2oth lhIaltiS
ever SaIuted in France. he lea IHe
march ON the cafeteria ana the"
90 ST. Nary's.
Irish flag, gave an lFlsn $50
-. sD,iles from more st. Mary
his chen the average Notre Dame
student sees I'm his four years az
~ university and then returned 10
Sorin subway with colors flying.
IRIS first stage OF aviation tram
THURSDAY noon the second stage
b.gnn Sanbo is being equipped
with an umbrella for his parachute
jumping. 10
"Ah. like dis heah aviation. ne
saws pretty soon an reckons a.
how ahu get up i'm the air.
ELECT SHOE DEALER.
paul : Kuehn. local shoe dealer
res ,eeu elected secretary treasurer
- thn Irdiana RetaIl Shoe Dealers