South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-16
NOTRE DAME NEWS

The universal sympathy expert
enced over the country by the
death Of George Gipp Is we'll ex-
pressed by the great number OF
kilograms received at the university
in the last TWO days. Among the
later ones are one from Cupid
Black. Yale captain Of 1915. and an
other from the Pacific Fleet foot
ball team. whose game with Notre
Dame was cancelled because Of the
serious illness of Gipp.
The last hours of George Clip
were beautifully described by the
Rev. John O'Hara at the services
| in Sacred Heart church Wednesday
morning. In the following words
! he sketched the brighter side of the
! football tragedy:
The occasion that brings US to-
/ gether this morning has its tragic
] side and its glorious side. To the
/ eyes OF the world II is deep tragedy
( as we contemplate the abrupt and
I painful close Of the life of a young
man, energetic, skillful, alert, keen
minded and resourceful-a life full
4 OF prOmise-snapped off in the mo-
ment Of highest glory"
But TO the eyes of faith this
death is a miracle the passing from
life Of transient JOY and abiding
/ sorrow TO a life Of happiness eter-
! nal. What wrought the miracle Of
/ this beautiful death IL was the re-
! ward Of Notre Dame, the Blessed
/ Mother. for a humble service
wrought in her honor In a humble
way. George Gipp loved this school
/ which is dedicated TO her honor; he
strove in his own way 10 add lustre
to its tradition; and although we
/ did not think Of George as a deeply
religious man. his inmost thoughts
/ came 10 the surface when he faced
death"
You offered a novena Of commun-
1 ions for him and when informed OF
| IL he said: Tell them to keep II up
/ On he day the novena ended he
/ asked to become a member of your
| church and the following day was
| baptized He fingered on, sustained
| only by prayer and offered his suf-
/ ferings TO God. On the afternoon
| before HIS death he became more
! his real self than ne has been FOR
! two weeks; and he spoke, not Of the
/ honOrs he had received but OF his
/ death in the arms Of God. He
/ spent his time repeating the pray
| ers the sisters OF the hospital had
| taught him and was happy 10 die.
| view death in the same tranquil
way. I commend him to your
| prayers"
The National Library Of Chile has
/ presented 20 Notre Dame university
! $50 volumes Of valuable works de-
voted TO the history Of Chile The
/ collection includes eight volumes of
/ Gays History of Chile. printed IA
Paris in 1854. a rare group OF books
| which would bring a high price on
the market
The works are all in the Spanish
! language and will be found IN the
! South American History collection
! of the school library. They have
! been presented to the university
] through Or. Silva Cruz, director Of
the Library Of Chile, who became
| interested in NOtre Dame by his
! friendship for the Rev. Father Fam.
! G. S. C.. former provincial Of tho
! Congregation Of the Holy Cross and
( vice president Of the university.
Father Fam accompanied the late
! Theodore Roosevelt on his first ex-
/ plorauon OF South America when he
T! discovered the famous River Of
/ Doubt I'm 1914. He is now at Holy
] Cross college in Washington. d. G.
| and is recognized as one OF the best
| authorities in the United States on
| questions regarding the South Amer
! lean continent His most famous
I books on the southern continent are
/ the following four volumes: Up the
! OrinOcO and Down the Magdalena-'
! Along the Andes and Down the
! Amazon. Through south America"
and The Quest OF Fl Dorado"
/ The first two pTeliminaries OF the
| contests which viii decide the mem
bers Of the debating team which
viii represent Notre Dame In the
intercollegiate debating league were
! held "Wednesday with the following
| results: First section. Raymond
/ Gallagher, first. Vincent Nagle, sec
! ond; John Duffy. third and Charles
/ MOlZ, fourth. Second section. Leo
! Ward first: Joseph Rhomberg. sec
1 ond: Raymond Brady, third. and
| Edward Lennon and Paul Breen
! tied for fourth place.
Additional preliminaries viii be
! held on the afternoon and evening
| OF Thursday and Friday in the
north room OF the library. The
qualifying contestants Of all sections
| VIII meet Rev William Bolger, di-
rector of debating, In the same
room Saturday evening for instruc-
I tons regarding the semi FINALS,
! which will be held imm ediately at
J er the holidays. The judge in the
contests OF Wednesday were Rev
William Bolger, Rev. Paul Frank,
| Rev. James Stack and Prof Joseph
/ Rafter.