South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-05
NOTRE DAME
HOMECOMING

Continued from page 49,
and hte old frame printing Office IN
which the Ave Maria" and the
Scholastic" were published. the city
displayed a great sympathy in the
| colleges affliction and performed ad-
/ mirabIe service in rendering aid.
/ Years have passed since that ill
/ fated day and both the university
and the city have prospered and the
mutual help and good will between
the two have flourished always.
SO tbs hpast week has found the
| city as we'll as the university CARRIED
| in gala dress for the occasion which
will remain a red-letter day in the
history of both. The 10000 people
who have heartily participated in
the event as well as the tOwnsfolk
who with pride have looked on. must
find in their hearts only praise for
this seat Of learning which has
grown from a most humble begin
ming 10 take it's place as the most
progressive Catholic educational in
stitution in America. It's growth
within the last decade has been
marvellous and unfortunately hun
dreds of students have been turned
from its doors because Of inadequate
provision. Not only in the respect
10 the number of students upon its
rolls is this true but in the means
IL has adopted to meet the require
ments arising from this increase.
The worth of Notre Dame has been
established because of the worth of
the men IL has sent out into the
world. Its rank has been maintained
on the high standard of studies in
each department. The tendency
leans TO the introduction of the new
est features OF the best educational
/ systems and thoroughness in each
course. approved methods of teach
ing and a brilliant galaxy of educa-
tors is the firm foundation on which
the fame Of the school rests.
NOtre Dame is singularly a pic
turesque place and il has beauties
peculiarly its own. 1t is a place
where poets may dream; where
philosophers can hold high DIS
course. Within its walls young
souls have been nurtured. The high
est work Of man. to make man
physically. intellectually and moral
IN perfect. has been its mission.
What numbers of men have resolved
TO WELD their powers for good, have
gone forth from this school? How
I far reaching Will prove their influ-
/ ences for its teachers have under
stood the tendencies. good and bad
| OF the age. also its truth and error.
\ Notre Dame is not of a past decade:
I - n
young America emerging from the
! crudeness of her birth TO the present
time when the progressive spirit is
/ all-embracing The moral move
ments of the day find ready echo
at Notre Dame. Well balanced is its
energies; it abs the great quality of
vitality. plastic and dynamic. 1t
provides an Environment which fos-
tiers but not forces the pushing and
budding spirit of youth.
Some one has said that no written
/ record Of great accomplishment is
ever satisfactory becaust after all
a string OF words Is limited 70 one
dimension. and accomplishment eX-
/ periences many more Nevertheless
l have tried 10 visualize some OF the
magnificanCe Of Notre Danes re-
Spouse 10 young life eager 10 become
I fitted 10 do the worlds work. and TO
/ implant into the Homecomers' hearts
the pride which South Bend feels
In being allied with an institution
whose gracious record lies unblem-
| ished in the annals OF educational
7 history.
To each boy as he comes TO take
his place in the company OF under
I graduates, Notre Dame gives the
chance TO gain his own viewpoint Of
the great enterprises OF life and the
part he is 20 play therein. To the
men who have passed through its
royal portals as graduates, Notre
Dame forever holds forth the noblest
/ ideals toward God and to country