vol. II, no. XL
THE OBSERVER*
Candidates Assail
Halls, Each O ther
N e w s In Brief:
Exit, Stage Left
A crow d o f fifty people gath­
ered at the steps o f the A dm in­
istration Building M onday to cel­
ebrate the graduation o f Lenny
Joyce, the first at N otre Dame to
take the step to the left. Joyce
failed to attend, how ever; he
slept through the cerem ony.
Joyce had planned to sign
up for one m ore course when
he heard that he was no longer
a student b u t a alum nus. His
graduation, he says, was “ up­
setting to the girls in Corbaci’s
office. They had a pool on w hen
I’d be kicked o u t.”
C urrently, Joyce is putting
his N otre Dame education to
w ork as a m echanic for H onda
o f Michiana.
YCS Sponsors
B oo-H oo
The Y.C.S. will sponsor an
appearance by Charlie Brow n,
Boo Hoo o f the Berkely Bag o f
the Neo-American C hurch, T hu­
rsday, at 8:0 0 pm in th e Mem­
orial Library A uditorium . Brown
is currently challenging LSD laws
in the courts.
Politicos Ready
General Chairm an Tom Chema
announced today th a t delegation
lists for the Republican Mock
Convention will be posted next
T hursday, F ebruary 22, in the
dining halls and the H uddle.
Final sign-ups will take place in
the residence halls next Mon.
and Tues.
The first delegation caucuses
are to be held February 26 and
27, w ith election o f perm anent
chairm en to take place on March
3rd. Chema said th a t 35 states
still need delegates, and th at, to
date, m ost delegates have recei­
ved assignment in their first choice
delegation, except those apply­
ing for populous states such as
Indiana, O hio, Illinois, and New
York.
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February 1 5 ,1 9 6 8
University of N otre Dame
sals. We feel th a t N otre Dame can only be im­
proved by a progressive change rather than
All four student body presidential candi­
on an unyielding position on stu d en t rights.
dates have been on the hustings since the
We are optim istic ab o u t the results o f the el­
cam paign opened M onday -p assin g o u t leaf­ ectio n .”
lets, assuring freshm en th e y ’re n o t really that
R ichard Rossie’s campaign received a
radical and shaking hands with anyone th at
boost last night w ith the publication o f a
will stand still long enough.
pam phlet outlining b o th his theoretical ori­
Pat D owd has concentrated m uch o f his
en tatio n and his practical plans. Rossie jus­
early campaigning to the freshm an quad. He
tifies stu d en t pow er by saying th a t it is nec­
says th a t his men have taken polls which indi­
essary for a stu d en t to take p art in the deci­
cate a substantial lead for him in these halls.
sion m aking o f the university. “ O therw ise,”
D ow d has denied rum ors th a t he is perhaps
he says, “ They remain b u t transients at an
n o t as radical in his stands before the fresh­
in stitu tio n n o t really their ow n.”
man voters as he was when he solicited the
Rossie says th a t his platform is built on
A S P. endorsem ent. “ I have p retty m uch a
student (rower with “ perhaps 50% emphasis
prepared presen tatio n ,” says D ow d, “ I know
on stu d en t pow er and 50% on academic re­
w hat I’m going to say before I go in and it
form .” The role o f student governm ent is “ not
doesn’t vary m uch from hall to hall.”
only the ability to influence decisions b u t al­
D ow d’s campaign strategy is to present
so the ability to m ake decisions.” Rossie cri­
him self as the practical politician who under­
ticizes Pat D ow d because he “ju s t doesn’t re­
stands the A dm inistration’s p oint o f view and
spect the Senate, which is an essential contact
w ho can get things done. “ We’re n ot attem p­
point betw een the stu d en ts and the Admini­
ting to deal in vague generalizations or cli­
stratio n .”
ches,” says Dowd, “ But in realistic propoRossie denies charges by his opponents
th a t he has prom ised political appointm ents
to his supporters. “ I haven’t prom ised any­
thing to my so-called m achine,” Rossie says.
“ I f we win, I’ll h old interviews for each op­
ening and select th e best m an.”
Meanwhile, conservative David Graham is
going over.” He also feels th a t it “ dem onstra­ prom ising, “ I f elected, we will dissolve the
ted a purely em otional appeal for support Senate.” G raham reports th a t he has received
endorsem ent by the N otre Dame Irish Union
and actio n .”
In reference to lack o f unity in the Senate Marching and Chow der Society (N.D.I.U.M.the le tte r said th a t “ difference o f opinion is A.C.S.) and the cam pus Y oung Ham iltonians.
a healthy thing, b u t in the Senate I have
Graham expects to receive su p p o rt from those
seen it cast m em ber against m em ber over fac­
who are tired o f stu d en t political agitation
tions o f id en tity . Segregation from the whole
and wish a return to good taste and dignified
is n o t over ju st individual issues, b u t rather
behavior.
over an entire way o f thinking.”
L atecom er C huck Perrin is campaigning
Greene said th a t some m em bers o f the Se­ on the grounds th a t the S tu d en t Body P resi­
nate are doing good w ork, b u t in individual
dent is essentially non-political. “ I f D owd or
areas rather than as a group. He em phasized
Rossie go to the A dm inistration w ith a pro­
th a t he was n o t leaving in disgust w ith any
posal, the A dm inistration know s th a t it ju st
one else, and felt th at he had done a good
represents a political faction,” Perrin says.
jo b . With his resignation, O tt becam e the
“ The S tudent Body President should go into
th ird senator to resign this year. Stay Sena­ each and every hall and find o u t w hat the
to r Rick H unt and H ow ard Hall Senator
students w ant. I t’s n ot his business to present
Tony MacDonald b oth resigned for w hat they
program s. He should represent the students
said were “ personal reasons.”
and serve as a m edium to bring the stu d en t’s
A special election held yesterday in How desires to the atten tio n o f the A dm inistra­
tion. I th in k I u nderstand ho w they think. I
ard Hall filled the seat vacated by McDon­
think I can do it.”
ald. Ju n io r Craig F rench defeated Jo h n
By DENN IS G A L L A G H E R
Mark Lane, author o f Rush to Judg­
m en t, p o in te d o u t the inconsistencies
in th e Warren R e p o rt Mon. night. The
assassination was contrived a n d carried
o u t by the CIA, he said. F o r th e rea­
sons, see p. 3.
Senate Thins Out
Ott, Greene Quit
Stay Senator Richard O tt resigned from
the Senate yesterday in a le tte r to SBP Chris
M urphy. Mike G reene, Dillon H all’s other
senator, said th a t “ he was thinking o f resign­
ing.” The reasons given by b oth were a com ­
bination o f personal considerations and dis­
satisfaction w ith the Senate.
O tt said, “ If the Senate was doing some­
thing w orthw hile, I’d stay, b u t as it is, cer­
tain personal considerations are m ore im por­
ta n t.”
Tw o reasons for his dissatisfaction were
the S enate’s “ lack o f id en tity and u n ity .” He
feels that the Senate lacks identity in part be­
cause o f last w eek’s General Assembly. He
said “ now the Senate is only one o f the legis­
lative bodies o f the student governm ent. The
Assembly was n o t ju st a rally for support. It
had m otions, debates, and speakers in the
same way the Senate does.”
The Assembly was o f dubious value, he
added, because “ the 20% o f the student
body present could n ot have possibly been
aware o f the facts which we spent a semester
Davis by a vote o f 104-88.
Jordan” Incident Toppled Sr. Grace And SMC
This is th e second in a three part series reviewing the
happenings and the happenstance o f the St. M a ry’s
coup.
By PAT COLLIN S
Last sum m er 16 o f the 24 teaching nuns at St.
M ary’s College petitioned the General C hapter o f the
Holy Cross order there, asking th a t Sister Mary Grace
resign as president. This first overt anti-Sr. Mary
Grace action allegedly was quieted by Sr. C atherine
,Marie, then M other General o f the order.
In later C hapter action, Sr. M. Olivette became
M other O livette, local religious superior to Sr. Mary
Grace and head o f the interim Board slated to es­
tablish the College’s proposed Lay-Religious Board.
D iscontent rem ained beneath the surface until
the “ Jordan incident” o f last O ctober - an event
w hich may be seen as finally triggering the release o f
Sr. Mary Grace.
In August o f 1967, Sr. Mary Grace p etitioned Dr.
Thom as Jordan, a professor at Tulane University, to
serve as D irector o f Institutional D evelopm ent at
Saint M ary’s College, a position roughly com parable
to th a t o f N otre D am e’s Dr. George Shuster. Dr.
Jo rd an ’s salary o f $24,000 per an urn clearly m ade him
more th an ju st an o th er faculty m em ber.
Sr. Mary Grace then proceeded to ask M other
O livette and the Board if they would m ake Dr. Jordan
executive-vice president o f St. M ary’s. The Board
refused and offered as an alternative Sister Miriam
Patrick, head o f the m athem atics d ep artm en t and a
form er vice-president o f the College.
Sr. Mary Grace becam e angered. Dr. Jo rd an be­
came angered. He becam e so angered th a t he resigned
his original position ju st tw o weeks after he had
arrived on cam pus to assume it.
Sr. Mary Grace then p osted a letter th a t quoted
Dr. Jo rd an as saying “ I found m yself ineffectual be­
cause o f the [interim ] Board.” This action did little
to endear Sr. Mary Grace to the Board members.
Sources at St. M ary’s believe th a t M other O livette,
the Board, and the faculty th o u g h t Sr. Mary Grace
deficient as president n o t only because she h ad sup­
posedly bungled the dram a departm ent and Shuster
dealings, b u t because, as one faculty m em ber stated,
“ They needed some one to p ut St. M ary’s on the
map. The place is dead. . . There is n o thing going on.
I t’s a sham e, because Sr. Mary Grace is a nice person.
But she’s totally incom petent. Some people have the
charisma o f leadership, some d o n ’t.
It is also believed th a t M other O livette and her in­
terim Board th ought th a t th ey should remove Sr.
Mary Grace before they appointed the Lay-Religious
Board. They supposedly feared th a t Sr. Mary Grace
w ould be able to m anipulate a new ly-appointed Board
in such a fashion as to prolong her reign as president
o f Saint M ary’s College.
On O ctober 9 Sr. Mary G race’s religious superiors
first suggested th a t she step dow n from her duties as
president to take a leave o f absence. Sr. Mary Grace
rejected the suggestion. On Novem ber 22 M other
Olivette asked Sr. Mary Grace to resign. Sr. Mary
Grace refused to resign; M other O livette served her
w ith notice o f her replacem ent and sum m arily an­
nounced the m em bers o f a new Lay-Religious Board.
Fr. Jo h n J. M cG rath, 4 6 , was nam ed acting president
o f the College.
The story broke to the local press through Sr.
Mary Grace. M other Olivette and the rest o f the nuns
publicly rem ained silent and privately m um beled
ab o u t leadership problem s, the good o f the order,
the good o f the individual, and u n fo rtu n ate circum ­
stances.
THE OBSERVER
page 2
To the E d ito r
I have never m et Ja y Schw artz
and therefore w hat I have to say
does n o t proceed from any per­
sonal friction betw een us. I have
m ore or less “ follow ed” Mr.
S chw artz’s colum n in the O bser­
ver and have thus w inced period­
ically over(w hat seem s to me to
be) his an tipathy to ju st about
everything im aginable.
Mr. Schw artz seems a very
b itter m an. This is in itself, how ­
ever, no cause for outrage: Bob
Dylan to o has been described as
an “ angry young m an,” yet I am
n o t at all em barrassed by D ylan’s
bitterness.T he difference be tween
Bob D ylan and Jay Schw artz
(aside from the fact th a t Dylan
is a poet and Schw artz very
plainly is n o t) is th a t D ylan’s an­
ger has a po in t to it, a vision if
y ou will.
On the o th e r han d , w hen I
read Mr. S chw artz’s recent (F eb.
5) to n g u e - i n - c h e e k (h o o f-in m o u th ) diatribe against everyone
from T om Figel (w hom also I do
n o t know b u t whose articles
have repeatedly h it hom e som e­
thing beyond m ere invective) to
A dam S m ith , and everything from
the b athroom s in the Senior Bar
All Ju n io rs w ho have n o t made
an ap p o in tm e n t fo r their Senior
P ortraits m ust do so now . This
is th e LAST w eek. Call 284-6161
or g> to R oom 2B in th e S tu ­
d en t C enter betw een 9 :3 0 and
4 :3 0 M onday through Friday.
February 1 5 ,1 9 6 8
The Mail
to the Senior Bar (ap p aren tly the
focus o f his scorn), I could see
nothing b u t a d irty w ind. Per­
haps Jay was m aking a funny.
O K. No ob jectio n , except that
it was not fu n n y , and it wasted
space.
But w hat is the substance be­
hind his bitterness tow ard the
campus dem onstration against Dow
Chemical? He says (F eb . 12) we
“ the diehard co n tingent sang, sat
and loved” (as if we were all hip­
pies) in smug defiance o f the
“ m aintainers o f the holy war
o rth o d o x y ,” and d etects in this
a “ distinct smell o f intellectual
paralysis.”
He accuses the dem onstrators
(all 100 o f us!) o f confusing the
political basis o f th e Vietnam
war for an econom ic one, im ply­
ing in this th a t the m oral insen­
sibility o f m ost co rp o ratio n s, o f
w hich Dow is the cu rren t sym bol,
in no way co n trib u tes to the
perpetuation o f this w ar. Because
napalm “ju st . . . happens to kill
innocent people ju s t as other
w eapons destroy innocent peo ­
ple.” Mr. Schw artz says our de­
nunciation o f Dow is n o t “ legiti­
m a te,” the grand im plication be­
ing th a t we are “ asking for a re­
tu rn to a gentlem en’s w ar,” th at
is, th a t our m oral indignation is
n o t re a d ju st self-righteous.
Finally i n one sweeping gen­
eralization, he brands us a “ rag­
tag band o f T rotskyites (Peter
M ichelson?) and religious pro­
fligates” (F r. David B urrell?), and
dismisses our sincerity by sug­
gesting th at we m ight be more
effective through the Mock C on­
v ention, as if none o f us was in­
tending to participate in it.
I fail to see the m eth o d in Mr.
S chw artz’s b itter m adness. And
I fail to see why he should be
allowed to waste an entire col­
um n o f the Observer ju st to vent
his em pty vituperations.
attendence.
Really, now how can the Ad­
m inistration tell us th a t this huge
tu rn o u t was n ot m ore representa­
tive o f stu d en t opinion than a
senate com posed o f m en elected
by the students to serve the very
purpose which the assembly stum ­
bled over? This student concern
was very notable on Thursday
night when the freshm en halls
th at passed universal stay hall
(over the objection o f stay halls
such as A lum ni and Zahm ), came
o ut in d ro v e s-fo r the frosh bas­
ketball game.
George R. Clark
326 Pangborn
Mardi
All those w ho have n o t picked up th eir bid packets or who
have bid nam e changes can get them in th e Social Commission
Office any w eekday betw een 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Sincerely,
Louis Pelosi
308 H oly Cross Hall
— D o n 't Forget —
* Marvin Gaye
Dear Sirs:
My com plim ents to T. J. Con­
don on his fine article concern­
ing the general stu d en t assembly
in y o u r February 12 ed itio n . The
com plete assininity o f the whole
concept o f the Assembly was ex­
cellently captured by quoting the
rem arks o f SBP M urphy. To be
sure, we dispelled the idea th at
there is a lack o f concern on the
p art o f the average stu d en t by
turning o u t 20% (1 2 0 0 o u t o f
6000) o f the undergraduate stu­
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THE OBSERVER
Senate Recommends Apartments
B y C H R IS W O L FE
The student Senate last night
passed resolutions dealing with
perm ission for off-cam pus apart­
m ents, investigation o f tuition
increases, and a change in the
academ ic calendar. It also tabled
the question o f arm ed cam pus
security guards, and defeated an
am endm ent providing for a clo­
ture rule.
Don H ynes’ m otion was pre­
sented by Richard S toratz and
was a basic policy statem ent cal­
ling for permission for all nonfreshm en to live off-cam pus if
they wished. The bill passed by
consensus.
SBP Chris M urphy inform ed
the Senate that the problem o f
the A dm inistration is liability.
The University i ; liable for any
damage to ap artm en ts done by
students under the age o f 21, un­
less parents have given w ritten
acceptance o f the liability.
sooner. Pat Weber presented the
bill, saying th at he was prom pted
by m em bers o f his hall who had
observed the use o f this calendar
at oth er schools. He said that
the advantages were b etter op­
portunities for sum m er jobs, and
the com pletion o f the first sem­
The proposal for changing the
academ ic year involved the elim­
ination o f the “ lam e-duck” Jan ­
uary period o f school, and the
ending o f school ab o u t a m onth
ester before the Christm as holi­
days, w hich w ould be approxi­
m ately a m onth. The plan w ould
also involve starting school about
Sept. 6 and a shortened Easter
holiday.
Jim Scherer spoke against the
m otion, contending th a t the stu­
dents should be consulted dir-
ectly before passing the bill.
Mike Kelly offered a friendly
am endm ent asking th a t the Chri­
stm as holiday begin no later than
Dec. 22 for reasons o f travel.
The am endm ent was accepted.
M urphy noted th at there had
been a student referendum two
years ago, in w hich the proposal
had been supported.
St. Mary’s Girls Bare Fangs
before registration for n ex t year’s
fall semester.
To keep the evaluation as ob­
jective as possible the evaluation
booklet will include three state­
m ents. First the teacher will eva­
luate his own course. The stu­
d ents’ evaluation o f each course
derived from the editing o f the
By B ETTY D O E R R
Q u e s t i o n n a i r e s were passed
o ut to Saint M ary’s students
last night asking them to evaluate
their fall sem ester teachers and
courses. The results will be syn­
thesized by students on the Aca­
dem ic Commission and published
questionnaires will follow. If the
teacher wishes to reply to the stu­
d e n t s c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n o f h is
course he m ay do so in a third
statem ent. (In contrast, N otre
D am e’s Teacher and Course Eva­
luation will include only a stu­
d e n t e v a lu a tio n c o m p ile d b y
co m p i'ter.)
Sally Davis, chairm an o f the
Evaluation C om m ittee, believes
th a t the evaluation will delete
“ so m uch traffic during th e adddrop period. S tu d en ts will be
m ore satisfied because they will
be m ore aware o f the course
m aterial and requirem ents ex
p ected .”
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I f the charges w hich Mark
Lane, au th o r o f R u sh to Judg­
m ent, levels at tw o Federal agen­
cies are m erely h a lf true the
governm ent o f the U nited States
is in danger o f being controlled
by the Central Intelligence Agen­
cy. M onday evening before a
standing room only audience at
W ashington Hall, Lane accused
th a t “ President K ennedy rode
in to a trap th a t the FBI knew
o f ’ and th a t the assassination
was a “ plan conceived o f by
the C IA .”
Lane said th a t Lee Harvey
Oswald, the presum ed assassin
o f K ennedy, was a paid inform er
o f the FBI and th a t Oswald cab­
led a warning o f the assassination
attem p t to Bureau headquarters
five days prior to the m urder.
Lane said also th a t K ennedy was
never inform ed o f Oswald’s re­
p o rt by the FBI.
Lane ridiculed the Warren Re­
p o rt to the delight o f the packed
house while presenting evidence
proving th a t shots were fired
at K ennedy from more than
one direction, thus proving a
conspiracy.
Lane said th a t doctors at
Parkland M emorial Hospital in
Dallas reported th a t K ennedy
was shot in the right tem ple and
th ro at as well as the back. Ac­
cording to the fam ous Z apruder
film G overnor Connally was h it
1.8 seconds after K ennedy. The
R ep o rt claims th a t K ennedy and
Connally were shot by the same
bullet. Lane said this could have
happened only if the bullet w ait­
ed 1.8 seconds after hitting K en­
nedy and m ade tw o sharp turns
while h ittin g Connally.
N a m e ___________________________________________________________
C o lleg e,
A ddress,
C ity____
_S t a t e ,
-Z ip.
Asked why the CIA conspired
to m urder K ennedy, Lane said
th a t he could only speculate b u t
th a t he believed th a t they were
dissatisfied w ith the Vietnam
policy. K ennedy h ad removed
2,000 o f the 17,500 troops sta­
tioned.
Lane also said he has “wit­
nessed movement from capital­
ism. . . slowly, perhaps imper­
ceptibly, but nevertheless toward
totalitarianism.” A standing ova­
tion followed his talk.
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THE OBSERVER
THE
A S tu d e n t N e w s p a p e r
February 15, 1968
OBSER
EDITOR - IN - CHIEF
PATRICK COLLINS
FOUNDED NOVEMBER 3, 1966
NOTRE DAME, IN D IA N A
Maine,Pueblo/
R e m e m b e r the Alam o. R e m e m b e r the
Maine. T h ose simple w ords served to unite
p a trio tic se n tim e n t and give this nation
cause for war. But w ho will re m e m b e r the
U-2, re m e m b e r the Liberty, o r re m e m b er
the Pueblo? All o f these were a ttac k ed
by e n e m y forces, b u t they did n o t becom e
rallying cries, n o r did the m ilitary or the
press a t t e m p t to use th em to whip up
jingoistic sen tim ent. R a th e r th e P entagon
was em barassed because the plain fact was
th a t all o f these were spies, p ro b in g elec­
tro n ic defenses and m o n ito rin g secret
co m m u n icatio n s. In war tim e spies are
shot.
T h e U nited S tates has sho w n, th rou gh
its in terfe ren c e in G uatam ala, th e D o m ­
inican R epublic, Iran, and Bolivia, th a t it
will d efend the far provinces o f its em pire
against all a tte m p ts at independence. The
C u b an invasion, o u r aggression in V ietnam
an d o u r general buildup in S o u th e a s t Asia
indicates to th e world th a t we seek to
ex p a n d o u r em pire w herever possible. T he
long list o f CIA inspired cou p s and palace
revolutions proves th a t n o one, n o t even
an ally, is safe from o u r colonial policy.
This fear and nevrousness is c o n tin ­
ually being aggravated by the spy ships
and spy planes th a t are always probing,
m o nito rin g, teasing, testing defensive reac­
tions. It is all a game, b u t played in
d eadly earnest, and we should n o t be
On
surprised when a n a tio n ’s defenses react
successfully according to plan and o u r spy
is caught in its ow n trap. T he chances o f
such a reactio n are greatly increased when
a n atio n fears fo r its safety and sees
these spies as a direct th re a t to its security.
The Pueblo was c a p tu red fo u r miles
outside the 12 mile limit o f N o rth Korea,
bu t according to official sources, the exact
locations o f the ship c a n n o t be ascertained
positively fo r the eleven days th a t it m ain­
tained radio silence. It could have easily
strayed back and fo rth across the line or
com e close en oug h to really alarm the
N o rth Koreans. A t the time o f the cap­
ture, th ere were five U. S. warplanes
in S o u th Korea. F o u r were o n sta n d b y and
arm ed w ith tactical nuclear weapons, the
o th e r was undergoing repairs. N o rth Korea
does n o t have the b o m b and is unders tandibly nervous a b o u t any w eakening o f
its defenses.
T he list o f re m em b ers will co n tin u e in
th e fu tu re if the defense establishm ent
does n o t pull back its spies. T he massive
role o f th e U.S. in V ietnam dates from
the G u lf o f T o nk in, an incident o f a
similar nature. With intern a tio n al tensions
so heightened by the con tinuing escala­
tion o f the war, the adm inistratio n m ust
decide w h e th e r the small a m o u n t o f infor­
m atio n gained by these missions is w o rth
the world war th a t a n o th e r such incident
m ay well to u c h off.
The
It is s o m ew h a t o d d th a t in th e m idst o f
a S tu d e n t B ody President cam paign wrap­
ping itself aro u n d the issue o f s tu d e n t p o ­
wer and responsibility, th a t n o n e o f the
candid a tes have addressed themselves to
the issue o f a stron g stud ent-fin anced
press. C en tral to the expression and defense
o f s tu d e n t o p in io n and rights on any cam ­
pus shou ld be a vigorous and in d e p e n d e n t
s tu d e n t new spaper.
With the birth o f the O bserver last year,
N o tre Dam e got its first taste o f a re fo rm ­
ing s tu d e n t new spaper. P u blicatio n increa­
sed from a stead y tw o per week last seme­
ster to three per week at the p resen t time.
L ay o u t has been c o n tin u o u sly im proved,
b o th features and colum nists expand ed,
and a c a rto o n ist was added. T h e recent
George K ennan Patriot o f th e Y ear story
is only o ne exa m p le o f the p a p e r ’s ability
to get b o th news and to defen d the stu d e n t
b o d y ’s right to know ledge a b o u t th eir Uni­
versity.
But m ore im p o rta n tly , we feel th a t the
Observer has been on the leading edge o f
w h a t ’s h ap pe ning at N otre Dame. E d ito r­
ially, we have strived to vigorously defend
the rights o f o u r s tu d e n t b o d y in all areas
o f stu d en t life. In one sense, the O b s e r v e r ,
Razo
has been th e o ne consistent unifying force
in th e s tu d e n t body.
But th e Observer is still weak co m pared
to o t h e r University newspapers, and the
m ain reason for this is lack o f m o n ey for
publication. With a reasonable b o o s t in fi­
nancial su p p o rt, the Observer could becom e
a daily, increase its present cam pus news
and features, and add on national and in­
tern ational news and colum nists thro ugh
wire service subscription. With the m o n ey ,
this could be d one next week.
T h u s we regret th a t n o ne o f the candi­
dates have recognized the p o ten tial p ow er
and influence o f a stronger O bserver in
su p p o rtin g their all-encompassing plat­
form s o nce in office. In any case, the stu­
d ents o f N o tre Dame have a right to a bet­
ter stu d en t new spaper than we can publish
at this time. We find it frustrating th at in
the m idst o f n u m ero u s S tu d e n t G overn­
m e n t ex p e n d itu re extravaganzas, th at the
in d ep en d e n t s tu d e n t n e w s p a p e r - th e fo­
cusing agent o f cam pus lif e - s h o u ld be
ham p ered in its size, quality and service to
th e stu d en t body by in app rop riate finan­
cial restrictions.
SE
"AT L E A ST MINE
HAT
AWNING
Dennis
Ga
Patriotic G o re
“P atriotism ,” Dr. Johnson said, “ Is the last refuge o f the scoun­
drel.” W ithout going in to the m atter o f how this applies to our cur­
rent leaders, the statem en t certainly does catch at the diffuse uses
o f the p atrio t game. N ot only does it serve Sen. D odd to wave the
flag as a tactic o f diverting atten tio n from his substantial misdeeds,
but also patriotism serves as a final hiding place for the befuddled.
W hatever your position on the w ar, so long as you keep th in k ­
ing ab o u t it and seriously discussing it, you can never be quite
free from self-doubt. There is so m uch inform ation from so many
questionable sources to be digested. And the w hole thing rests
so nicely on individual evaluations th a t any m inor religious experi­
ence or bit o f striking inform ation always threatens to turn you
right around and make you decide the viewpoint y o u ’ve been
arguing for two years is absolutely false.
But patriotism frees y o u from all this. Despite the fact that
som ething like a m ajority o f American y o u th w ants rather desper­
ately to avoid the m ilitary, the d raft, for the p atrio t, becomes
“a fact o f life.” The war in V ietnam , opposed by nearly a third
o f our citizens, becom es a “ necessary part o f national policy.”
A nd I am n o t speaking precisely o f those w ho are politically
conservative or m ilitantly anti-com m unist. R ather, it seems some­
how at the core o f m any otherw ise rationally and pragm atically
m otivated individuals th at America som ehow cannot be basically
wrong ab o u t anything.
Patriotism is a kind o f religious faith w hich involves a righteous
indignation at o pponents. The dogm a is simple. We’ve never lost a
war (officially), so w e’ll win this one as long as we keep the faith.
Som ehow , we cannot afford to lose, now or ever, or the m yth
will be broken. People who w ouldn’t think o f letting religion affect
their m oral life still implicitly believe th a t our Christian culture will
receive some kind o f divine aid in the war against the godless.
These people who believe in the m anifest destiny o f the United
States are n o t the Birchers from Kansas. They are y ou, all o f you
will pretend a sort o f disagreem ent and then fall into line. You
think in term s o f kill ratios, strategic points and national interests.
You forget the cracking bones, the festering flesh, the piles o f
dead and dying. The rhetoric o f patriotism makes it easy to forget
the terrible weapons th at sn u ff the spark o f life o u t o f a man be­
fore he can even u tte r a cry o f pain.
Do you believe that m iddle class life is civilized and rational?
I have loved this green land and the prom ise o f the m orning.
Do you believe we have a d u ty to stop the spread o f com m unism ,
w hatever the cost? I have seen this land as a sleeping giant that
could do m uch in goodness o f soul and greatness o f strength.
Do you feel President Johnson is a fine man who has done his
best in a difficult tim e? I do n ot love this war, nor the arithm etic
th at makes twenty V ietnam ese peasants (perhaps V iet Cong sym ­
pathizers) w orth less than one American soldier.
In oth er less evil days I might have gone to war singing “ God
Bless A m erica” , m yself a flag waver. Now, I m ust bestow my am or
patriae on an idea o f a nation that isn’t quite and perhaps never will
be realized. Am I then a traito r to this living land, in this tim e? The
servant to Cornwall: “ I have served you ever since I was a child; but
b etter service have I never done you than now to bid you hold ”
(King L earlll. vii. 72-75)
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February 15, 1968
THE OBSERVER
— Chris Jarabek—
Pat Collins
W h ite Rabbit
Sam G reen Lives
I m et Peter underneath a Council o f
Wholesale D istributors “C ooperation Equals Progress” seal at a W ashington, D C.
hotel. Invited by the executive directors
o f the U nited States Student Press Assoc­
iation (USSPA) editors conference, Peter,
his wife Polly E ster, and a handful o f
other D rop C ity, C olorado, denizens were
doing their thing in the
h o te l’s darkened Assembly
R oom . A light show flash­
ing on to black and w hite
fleur-de-lis-splashed walls,
burning incense, and Ju l­
ian Bream ’s lute music,
“ from the royal courts o f
E u ro p e” provided the pro­
per m ind-expanding atm os­
phere.
down on the floor to w atch the walls and
contem plate. O f course, some people
walked in, to o k a quick look around and
left more quickly than th e y ’d com e, m u t­
tering about those “ dirty com m ies.” Lots
o f kitchen wholesale people did th at.
(It was under their seal th a t the D rop City
people had set up s h o p ...) .
I’d been hearing about the D rop Cityites all m orning, so late in the afternoon I
decided th a t the U.S.S.P.A. conference
w ouldn't be com plete w ith o u t meeting
them . So I sat dow n on the Assembly
R oom floor to observe the scene. The
group nearest me was involved in an ani­
m ated discussion o f freedom ; tw o bearded
young men w ith shoulder length hair
caught by forehead bands and wearing
hodge-podge clothing led the conversat­
ion. Peter Rabbit, one o f the discussion
leaders, finally detached him self from the
group and knelt dow n beside me.
“ Are you alright,” he asked. A fter
telling him th a t I was, I inquired if he
was. Having positively assured me, Peter
launched into a discussion o f happiness
(it doesn’t depend upon m aterial things. . .
the D rop City people are happy w ith the
discarded products from near by Trinidad,
Colo, stores. . . happiness depends upon
relationships w ith other people).
Suddenly Peter looked at me intently
and inquired w hether I ever spent m uch
tim e contem plating m y naked self. I asked
for a definition o f term s and he came
through w ith the idea o f self stripped o f
all the protective shells th a t people throw
up before other people, the shells that
are the product o f fear. If people can only
calmly discard their shells and be aware o f
their naked selves - and the naked selves
o f others — there will be hope for the
w orld.
At this p o in t, D anu, another DropC ity-ite, joined us and offered me some
incense. So we sat and talked some more
about Drop City where anyone can do his
thing or not do it. Some o f its denizens
make m oney w ith their poetry or art or
music. But according to D anu, w hat they
really need is some equipm ent to produce
light shows. He says th a t they need a gig.
I told him about the D elphic Oracle and
suggested that he try them . Danu saunter­
ed off.
But then there was P eter. P eter seemed
sincere. The idea o f stripping the self so
th a t people can com m unicate, so that ev­
eryone can see each other as they really
are, is his answer to the call for world
peace.
A form er advertising copy w riter, he
thinks that he can best do this at Drop
C ity, w hich he sees as an em anation point
for the calm awareness that will bring
about universal peace.
Maybe h e’s right, m aybe n o t. But I sort
o f hope that Danu can get a gig that will
help Peter get enough lettuce to survive
w ith his dream .
—Tom McKenna —
So The Baby
Could W alk
Then we have conserv oops liber-ahh
Pat Dowd w ho is running on a conserable
F or th e past three and one h alf years
or a liberconserv. Well, you see it is hard to the S tu d en t G overnm ent o f the Univer­
describe w hat Pat is really doing these sity o f N otre Dame has been an exercise
days cause w hen his political record looks in trivia. The m ain objective was securing
like a checker board. But we’re being an adm inistrative capitulation (cars, cur­
kind here so w e’ll ju st say th a t he has a fews, private love-making) and providing
local political id en tity crisis com plicated the students w ith bigger and b etter junior
by a conservative by-faced approach to
class parties.
student problem s. If you can understand
Campaigns were even b etter. Some o f
th a t you can understand Pat.
the greatest prom ises o f this decade ussued
Now we turn to C huck Perrin, who we
forth from the aspiring politicos. The
like, b u t w ho we think lacks the exper­ Rolling Stones were debated by Jim Fish
ience in dealings w ith the adm inistration—
and Rick D unn. Jo h n Phil­
the experience w hich we think is necessary
lips and the Blue Circle
for im p o rtan t political policies. He is
d idn’t w ant M inch Lew is<
idealistic, b u t idealism seldom is operable
to establish too m any com ­
in the area o f N otre Dame S tudent
m ittees. And Minch w anted I
G overnm ent.
nearly everyone to have)
Rich Rossie, the final candidate, is
a position in “ our student
the m ost attractive in the sense th a t he
governm ent.
know s w hat should be im plem ented here
The cam paign o f 1967||
at N otre Dame and th a t he has a desire
proved to be som ething
to get good things done. Like Perrin,
new. The em phasis shifted
Rossie too is idealistic, b u t his idealism
from social panaceas to stu d en ts’ rights.
is tem pered by the knowledge o f past
A political p arty played an influential
and present attitu d es o f the adm inis­
role in the election b u t a political ma­
tratio n . This is trem endously im p o rtan t
chine w on. The A.S.P. lost, b u t her ideas
in getting things done.
trium phed. Along w ith boats in the lake,
But before we nose dive into the
barbecues, m ysterious islands, and thea­
cam paign, we w ould like to express our
tres in th e round, the new SBP promised
thanks to lame duck-to-be Chris M urphy
to push stu d en t pow er to th e forefront.
and hope th a t the SUMMA trips have
Chris M urphy was a slick politician. The
helped him overcome his acrophobia.
question was w hether or n o t he was a
courageous one.
M urphy prom ised a lot. His pam phlet
gave the students fifty-four reasons to
vote for Chris. He looked good, spoke
well and acted like a w inner. He was. But
after the tab u latio n , skeptics abounded.
He w on’t produce. H e’ll sell us o u t to the
adm inistration. He is only o u t for his own
benefit. H e’ll concern him self w ith peri­
While plodding through w inter won­ at places lived in near-penthouses in pheral issues. F or a sem ester it looked as
derland tow ard Keenan Hall in order to
absolute freedom . He d idn’t tell them if the skeptics were right.
catch b o th Rossie’s and D ow d’s acts on the
O ur president was flying ab o u t the
th a t every previous N otre Dame m an th at
first night o f the cam paign, I suddenly
gave tw enty or th irty hours a week to co u n try . The stu d en ts’ leader was stum p­
had the queer realization th a t it wasn’t
serving his fellows was a prideful, power- ing for Sum m a - N otre D am e’s greatest
really my election at all. All we shrewd
challenge. His accom plishm ents were nonhungry bastard.
seniors w ould be getting our asses o u t o f
He didn’t really tell people, particular­ essentials - continental breakfast (w ith an.
the m idwest in a few m onths. A nd N otre
ly freshm en, w hat they w ant to h e a r - added fee), off campus apartm ents (twentyDame w ould be rem em bered as Frank
and usually do—from a S tu d en t Body one year olds could now govern their
President candidate. R ichard Rossie told lives), coat and tie rule (th e senate
O ’Malley, and n o t as stu­
them his vision o f w here N otre Dame was helped b u t Riehle was the prim e mover),
d en t governm ent or the
Observer or all the other
going, and w hat we as students could do organizational cars (retu rn ed to the num ­
diversion. A nd th a t’s the
together to m ake N otre Dame a great ber o f the previous year) and courseUniversity. He to ld them how students teacher evaluation (an im personal com pu­
way it should be.
could utilize their pow er to make this a terized evaluation o f a, b, c, d, or none o f
But still you know th at
b etter place to live and learn.
it’s y o u r University and al­
the above.) G ranted it was a first step,
I think th at Richard Rossie feels th at b u t it m ay keep the baby from ever
ways will be, and th a t it’s
N otre Dame students are m ore intelligent walking again.
changed radically in recent
than th ey have been treated , and that
years and is on the verge
There were some encouraging rum b­
o f achieving a great uniqueness. But m ost they have a capacity to co n trib u te to the
lings — M cCauley’s stay hall. A nderson’s
transform ation o f this University. With judicial council, W ycliffs m inority en­
o f the alum ni don’t seem to understand it.
Glance at the recent A lum nus - tirades agonizingly slow w ords he struggled to
rollm ent - b u t (he o u tlook was as grey
ab o u t “ overeducation” , “ com m unism ” , tell N otre Dame m en th a t th ey have been
and overcast as any South Bend winter.
etc. destroying the “ real N otre D am e” . cheating themselves and their University.
Up until W ednesday, Feb. 7, Chris
U nfortunately, the student body doesn’t A nd all o f a sudden you began to realize
M urphy was a S tu d en t Body President
seem to understand it either. At least it
th at the fat kid w ith the S outhern accent o f the old hum drum school. He had done
has been lacking in spirit and unification,
was giving us an overview o f ourselves well w ith the trivia and had played the
constrained to action on the fringe o f the
and our University th a t we sorely needed.
childish “ I - w ant - w hat - you - have”
University’s developm ent. The p otential
game w ith the adm inistration. But w ith
A nd you could sense in his words and
o f its pow er has been w asted and N otre
the declaration, “ The stu d en t assembly
Dame has been the less for it. Student his face and his m otions th a t n o t only did
is now in session,” M urphy separated
leaders, m yself included, have always Richard Rossie know w hat he was talking
him self from the officers o f the past. He
begged dow n their campaigns and actions ab o u t, b ut th a t he possessed th a t rare
and his fellow students to o k a giant step
com
passion
for
his
fellows
desperately
over concern w ith disconnected peripheral1
tow ard making themselves an active part
reform s which everyone has always w ant­ needed in refining the intelligence o f a
o f the university com m unity.
leader
to
solving
the
m
yriad
o
f
problem
s
ed: b e tte r social life, reform the corrupt
The n ex t six weeks will be the m ost
student governm ent, more em phasis on the he will face. I w ould like to see that kind
crucial o f M urphy’s adm inistration. He
hall com m unity, and similar political o f man as representative o f the student
has a program and a m andate. The stu­
truism s th at get votes w hen given w ith a body at my University, even though my
dents are behind their president. Together
own years here are gone.
sm ooth factual delivery.
they m ust carry their bills o f assembly
Rossie am bled dow n the hall w ith that
A bout an hour later, I passed through
into actions o f com m unity. Everything
gaudy blue and gold scarf (w hat a N otre
the same area and caught the words o f
is on the line.
Pat Dowd: “ Do you know th a t fifty-five
Dame m an!), covered with snow and
The assembly is ju st the starting point.
near-frozen. A large group o f freshmen
percent o f St. M ary’s girls d o n ’t go o ut on
Some call it the kickoff. It is now up to
w eekends?” The eyes o f the voters eagerly
form ed in the lobby, and he began to
Chris M urphy and our stu d en t body to
follow ed him around the room and he
speak. He d idn’t crack jokes. He didn’t tell
carry it in for the score. T hat, not
met them w ith b o th s smile and an
them th at they should be m eeting more
Sum m a, is N otre D am e’s greatest chalgirls. He didn’t tell them th a t students
answer.
leng.
I t’s som ew hat disturbing to see all o f
these campaign posters stapled to bulletin
boards so early. Why it seems like ju st
yesterday th a t Chris M urphy was putting
row boats on our lakes, barbecuing behind
the dorm s and em ploying an om budsm an
for our troubles.
Yes, it m ay n ot be easy to forget good
ole president Chris M urphy, b u t it m ay be
m ade easier in light o f the present cam ­
paign.
Actually there are few things th a t can
be said th a t have n o t already been said
about the four candidates for the S tudent
Body th ro n e. But w e’re
going to try to say them
as politely as we can.
Because this is an elec­
tion year and things sh­
ould be said. . . Abe
Lincoln said th at.
Dave G raham the y o ­
ung candidate from Lyons
Hall as his posters so
forcefully proclaim , is a cam pus con­
servative in the trad itio n o f one o f our
old favorites Ken Beirne. But G raham is
not as shrewd or as crafty as his ego. In
fact he might easily be categorized as
stupid when trying to m esh the stu d en t
governm ent in to stu d en t union. Imagine
the S tu d en t Body president MCing a
Sm okey R obinson and the Miracles Show
at the Stephan C enter.
Tom
B
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THE IRISH EYE
Surely You Chess
EY TOM CONDON
My experience w ith the products o f
C atholic w om en’s colleges has been at
tim es scintillating and fruitful and at oth er
tim es lam entable and futile. But never was
1 m ore certain o f incipient to ta l victory
th an the night 1 suggested, despite ‘The
W asteland,’ a game o f chess.
Now, w ith a build-up like th a t, it m ust
be obvious to the discerning reader that
the evening ended in total disaster. It did.
But before I describe the gore, 1 ought to
* digress for a m om ent about chess.
Chess is, in the im m ortal w ords o f
som ebody, ‘The G am e.’ It is the only
game (as opposed to sport) in which one
need n o t caress the capriciousness o f
Luck’s personified fem ininity. One begins
w ith the same num ber o f pieces having
the same p o tential and covering the same
area as one’s oppo n en t. Success or failure
depends entirely on the em ploym ent o f
ingenuity and w it, at least to a higher de­
gree than the opposition.
T he origin o f the game has fallen from
h isto ry ’s tum bril. Its invention has been
, variously ascribed to the Greeks, Rom ans,
Babylonians, Medes, Jews and Persians.
But, since one m an’s Mede is another
m an’s Persian, we can only assume, be­
cause the w ord chess com es from the Per­
sian ‘shah’ for king, that the game began
som ew here in the Middle East.
Chess w orked its way w estw ard, and is
in co rporated in to m any o f the legends o f
the early C hristian period. It is said, for
exam ple, th a t the son o f Prince O kar was
killed by a blow on the tem ple struck by
the son o f Pippin after a chess game. Also,
legend has it, the E m peror Charlem agne
was presented a m agnificent chess set by
the Em press Irene, and then proceeded to
lose his kingdom over the board to the
always .crafty G uerin de M ontglave. T hat
m ay be a bit apocryphal, but it does point
to th e need for checks and balances. At
any rate, chess arrived in England, the Per­
sian phrase ‘shah m a t,’ m eaning the king
is dead, was anglicised to ‘checkm ate,’ and
chess becam e a universal.
Chess is an o p p o rtu n ity for action
w ithin well-defined lim its, perhaps a squar­
ing o f the E lizabethan ‘circle.’ In th at con­
te x t, perhaps it is not totally relevant to
tod ay ’s w orld; a game to be tak en serious­
ly by idealistic young men and dream ing
old ones. It is how ever, only a game, and
one th a t is at once enjoyable and thoughtprovoking. A nd there exists the elem ent
o f hope provided by th e order in chess.
Enough, and back to my own contest.
I had every right to expect victory; I once
lost to Bobby Fischer in 17 moves (I
might p o in t o u t th at he was playing 49
other people at the same tim e and I was
using an all-out defense).
We com m enced the m atch, I w ith the
sinister black pieces and she w ith the pris­
tine w hites. 1 opened w ith a clever king’s
pawn gam bit. She failed to co u n ter it. In
fact, her basic ploy was to distract me
w ith subtleties like “ Can the king only
move one space at a tim e?” and “ whose
turn is it?” To shorten the story, I won
brilliantly, w ith o u t losing a piece. It was
still early, so I discreetly suggested a walk
near a local pond. But no, she thought
she’d b etter go to bed, because she
had to get up early, to th in k about
buying a sum m er dress. W ould she care to
go o u t the next night? No, she had to
spend the evening thinking ab o u t last
y ear’s physics project.
I, how ever, still recom m end chess.
Chess sets can be h ad alm ost anyw here; I
recently added to the m arket by selling
m ine to a local ‘paw n’ shop.
ND
Hoc
Along w ith their lift to varsity status
n ext year, N otre Dame h ockey players
will get a new head coach, Charles (L efty)
Sm ith. S m ith is presently coach at South
St. Paul High School in St. Paul, Minn. He
will also serve as m anager o f the ice
skating facilities in the new C onvocation
C enter.
Sm ith, a 1951 graduate o f St. Thom as
(M inn.) College, has served as hockey
coach at South for ten years, where his
team s are 197-68-11.
REVENGE
BY MIKE PAVLIN
St. Jo h n ’s guard Jo h n Warren dealt clock until Warren missed a ju m p snoi
N otre D am e’s post-season tournam ent at :o8. Murphy slipped going for the
hopes a severe blow when he sank a rebound, Warren picked up the loose ball
12-foot ju m p shot w ith three seconds and swished it through w ith three seconds
left to give the Redm en an 83-81 victory left.
Warren led all scorers w ith 26 points,
Tuesday night. It was the first Fieldhouse
loss o f th e year for the Irish, after nine while N otre Dame was paced by Bob
A rnzen, W hitmore and M urphy who scor­
trium phs.
N otre D am e’s record stands 14-8, while ed 23, 21, and 20 p oints respectively.
S t. Jo h n ’s is 14-6. In the first game o f the
With a capacity crow d already on
doubleheader, the Irish frosh posted a hand at 6 :0 0 , the freshm en avenged their
season-opening loss to M arquette. More
98-83 victory over M arquette.
With Jay Ziznewski in the starting accurately, they beat Dean Meminger and
lineup for the first time this year, the various o th er subordinates. Meminger is a
Irish moved o u t to a 5-2 lead. But three 6 ‘, 170-pound guard w ho led the visitors
points proved to be the biggest lead by w ith 42 points. Dean com bines the jerky
either team until Bob W hitmore put Notre moves o f a puppet on a string w ith fine
Dame on to p 40-36 w ith 3 :1 8 left in the speed and great leaping ability. He seldom
shot from more than ten feet o u t, pre­
first half. Warren kept St. Jo h n ’s close by
scoring 15 points in the h alf and the ferring to back in, ju m p , hang in the air
Irish could manage no m ore than a 46-44 awhile to survey the situation, take a deep
breath and bang the ball o ff the glass and
lead at the buzzer.
The Redm en came o u t o f the locker in.
room and threw a half-court press at
Besides Meminger, M arquette had little
N otre Dam e, regaining the lead at 14:04. else. The Irish ran and passed well, zoom ­
They increased their margin to five at ing to a 50-35 halftim e lead, paced by
11:25 while the Irish were missing six Austin Carr and Collis Jones. Tom Sinstraight free throw s. Jim Derrig finally n o tt and Jim Hinga to o k tu rn s keeping
got N otre Dame even at 68-68 when he Meminger relatively in check until the
sank the second o f tw o foul shots at final five m inutes. Then Dean w ent to
8 :2 9 . Thirty-nine seconds later, W hitmore w ork and pulled M arquette from 21 to 11
com pleted a three-point play to push the points dow n. But a bucket by Jones
Irish in front 71-68.
pushed N otre Dame o u t o f reach.
Carm en C alzonetti brought St. Jo h n ’s
Carr had the same field goal percentage
back by hitting three straight ju m p shots, as Meminger (13-28, 46%) and converted
regaining th e lead at 78-77 at 3 :3 8 . seven o f nine foul shots for 33 points.
An outside shot by Joe DePre k ep t the While Carr was overshadowed offensively,
Redm en u p, b u t Dwight M urphy canned his team m ates played solid back-up ball,
tw o free throw s to tie the game 81-81 three finishing in double figures. John
at :38. Then St. Jo h n ’s stalled o u t the Pleick seconded Carr w ith 20 markers.
Notre Dame
Arnzen
Murphy
Whitmore
Ziznewski
Restovich
O’Connell
Derrig
FG
9
7
7
3
1
2
0
29
FGA FT
20
5
10
6
14
7
1
8
1
3
7
2
1
2
64
23
FT A
6
6
12
4
2
4
2
36
RB
8
6
10
7
4
5
0
47
TP
23
20
21
7
3
6
1
81
JA C K IE M EEHA N
Former Notre Dame basketball star Jay Miller is the sublect o f a feature story in next Mon* day’s Observer. Don’t miss it.
St. John’s
Warren
Abraham
Bogad
Calzonetti
Depre
Cornelius
Rowland
FG
10
2
0
7
7
5
1
34
FGA FT
16
6
0
3
4
6
13
3
12
0
6
2
0
3
64
15
FT A
7
1
5
3
0
4
0
21
A U S T IN C A R R
R
3
4
5
3
2
5
1
37
TP
26
4
4
17
14
12
2
83