Notre Dame Alumnus, Vol. 30, No. 02 -- March-April 1952 - Archives ...

ive feel that once more some geographical
limitations should be
adopted.
At this time, Michigan State, Pennsylvania
and Texas indicate this step.
The limitation simply means that
only alumni in an area surrounding
the game, and selected by alumni
population, will receive the application
blanks for these games. The areas
indicated are wide, relatively — 18
States for the Penn game and 16 for
the Texas game. Michigan State will
be limited as it was last year, to the
State of Michigan and only an immediate
fringe outside, because the original
ticket allotment is very small,
and will become critical if the student
trip is included.
It is experience that most alumni
far removed from a game do not plan
to attend such games. Most of the
ticket demand is for non-alumni
friends or business acquaintances or
for "trading" to increase nearby
game ticket supply. While this is not
condemned as either sin or crime, it
obviously works an injustice against
the actual neighboring alumni in a
game area. Individual instances in
which distant alumni will attend a
game personally can be adjusted, as
they always have been on advance
explanation.
General Use Blanks
Applications for all games involving
public sale will be sent to ALL
alumni, about July 15th. These forms
may be used for ordering tickets or,
in the case of alumni contributors,
additional tickets. They are filled
after the alumni advance sale closes
July 14, if tickets remain.
Preference to Contributors
May we repeat, ticket preference
does not exist to secure contributions.
Some yardstick is necessary in allocating
a limited number of tickets.
Contributions are the only yardstick
the campus has. A contribution in
any amount is all that is needed to
qualify. All of us—^Alumni and Athletic
and University staffs—will welcome
suggestions, and several are up
for consideration this year. But in a
long experience, the present system
has produced, so far, fewer complaints
and inequities than any previous
system, and under probably
greater pressures of demand.
Mtnch-April. 1952
SPOTLIGHT ALUMNUS
REV. MAURICE E. POWERS, C.S.C' '33
Rev. Maurice E. Powers, C.S.C,
'33, has left Japan to become assistant
commandant at the Army Chaplain's
School, Fort Slocum, N. Y.
Father Morry, known to his troops
as "The Fightin' Padre," holds the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and
served in World War II with the
12th Armored and 36th Infantry Divisions
in Europe. In the Korean
conflict he served as Division Chaj>lain
with the 7th Infantry and with
the 24di.
Prior to his Korean service he spent
two years in Berlin with U. S. occupation
forces.
His decorations include four for
valor—the Silver Star, the Brotize
Star with three clusters. Fr. Morry
also wears five battle stars and a
unit citation.
"Red" Smith Honored
Philadelphia's LaSalle College announced
on Feb. 7 that its annual
"Collegian" Award is going to W. W.
"Red" Smith, '27, whose syndicated
sports column emanates from the New
York Herald-Tribune.
Smith accepted the honor at a testimonial
dinner in the Pen and Pencil
Club. "Red" is a native of Green
Bay, Wis., and has worked on the
Milwaukee Sentinel, the Philadelphia
Record, St. Louis Star before joining
the Herald-Tribune in 1945.
Th* ftesary ia CI«v«kiBd
Ray T. Miller, '14, is the origiiiator
of a 15-minute. radio program in
Cleveland that won "Favorite Program"
and "Favorite Cleveland Program"
awards in an annual popularity
contest run by a Cleveland paper.
The program, originated by Ray
and his wife, Ruth, in October, 1950,
consists of the simple recitation of
the Rosary, for world peace. It is
broadcast from the chapel of St.
John's Cathedral, seven ni^ts a week.
It placed ahead of all comedy, variety,
mystery and news programs in
the heaviest balloting in the 22 years
of the newspa|)er poll.
Dennis J. O'Neill, '25, Cleveland
advertising executive sent a first-hand
report, which in itself is a citation
for the "Rosary Hour":
"The program was started a year
ago last October, as a special feature
for that month of the Rosary. At
the end of the month it was to be
dropped—in fact, was dropped for a
couple of evenings, but demand for it
prompted rescheduling. It has been
a sustaining feature every evening
since, including Saturday and Sunday.
"Ruth and Ray Miller (probably
not in the order named) conceived
the idea and have consistently refused
to commercialize it by admitting
a sponsor. The mail count is
high. Many of the letters tell of
fallen-away Catholics going back to
the Church, better family relatioru in
mixed marriages, increased interest in
the Chiuch on the part of non-
Catholics.
"From the standpoint of the
Miller's Catholic Action, the significant
fact is- not that the program,
surprisingly, won the two top prizes,
but that it would still be going, just
the same, had it won none. But it
must be gratifying to Ruth and Ray
to have their tribute to Our Lady
so well applauded."
Ronon Addresses Greep
Jim Ronan, '26, president of the
Ronan Packii^ Co., Chic