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June. 1937 The Notre Dame Alumnus 249
ceding the home football games.
These smokers have become the
"homecomings" for out - of - tovm
alumni.
Chicago and Detroit Clubs deserve
special mention for the lecture series
by Notre Dame faculty members
which they sponsored during the winter
months.
Similarly New York and Los Angeles
are to be commended for their
splendid use of the radio in 13-week
lecture series in the campaign against
Communism.
The "Highlights of 1936" football
films sent out by the Association,
proved to be more interesting than
profitable. The films have been
booked as solidly as the express can
handle them, but the small fee for
their rental has been less diligently
handled. Continuation of the pleasant
practice is therefore unlikely.
JIany alumni aided in the splendid
work done by Profs. John M. Cooney
and Fi-ancis V/. Kei-vick which culminated
in the erection of a memorial
to the Rev. John Bannister Tabb,
priest-poet, at the site of his home in
Virginia.
The President and Secretarj' of the
Association of course set a new high
in travel, visiting the Alumni Clubs
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It
was the strongest step taken in organization
work since the Association
launched the Alumni Office, and
should be productive of great good
and much closer relationships. More
than 40 of the Clubs were visited by
President Hughes, in addition to
many non-Club meetings in conjunction
with our campaign against Communism.
The Pontiac-sponsored radio program
from the campus on March 5,
enlisted the co - operation of the
Alumni Office and the Clubs, and in
turn gave alum.ni throughout the
country an opportunity to hear a
half-hour progj-am of entertainment
direct from the campus.
The scope and at the same time the
intensity of the activities of the Association
continues to increase, at a
pace which has the personnel jumping
through the hoops and which is
enlisting more and more the active
participation of Club and District as
well as national officers.
There were many things during the
year. The above are the quickly remembered
highlights.
(937 "DOMES"
The Publications Oflice has available
for alumni a limited supply of
1937 Domes. Books will be mailed
promptly, as long as the supply lasts,
upon receipt of orders with remittances
($5.00 as usual). Requests
should be directed to the Board of
Publications, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Eighth Annual Club Council Successful
Visits to more than 40 Clubs by
the President and Secretary of the
Association, and unprecedented activity
by all the Clubs, provided the
basis for a most interesting discussion
at the Eighth Annual Council
of Local Alumni Clubs, held in the
court i-oom of the Law building on
the campus at 11 o'clock Saturday
morning, June 5.
A recommendation of President
Hughes strongly urged the Clubs to
preserve in some, form the valuable
asset of the influence and contacts of
older alumni. The bulk of Club
membership is young. Duties of officers,
particularly president and secretary,
rest more lightly upon the
younger members. -\nd it has been,
in many instances, at the request of
the older members that the offices
were filled with young men. But in a
serious project, such as the arrangement
of meetings which were held
in conjunction with the Communism
progi-am of the Association, President
Hughes found that the contacts
and the influence of the older men
in securing the cooperation of other
community organizations and leaders
were essential, in most cases, and
saved hours and days of efi'ort for
the less established, younger officer,
in others. Therefore, President
Hughes and the Secretarj' recommend
that, through the honorarjpresidency,
through vice-presidencies,
through boards of governors, or
through active advisory ari-angements
of any other sort, the retaining in active
participation in Club affairs of
some of the older alumni.
SO LONG, MARy
-41umni who have had occasion to
visit the .A.lumni Office in recent
years learned to appreciate the pleasant
efficiency of Mary Cass, who last
year deviated from her career to become
Mrs. Robert Cahill ('34). Now,
after a year of grace in her former
role, the young lady is severing what
has been, from the Alumni Office
standpoint, a most happy relationship,
to devote her full time to her home.
Ability, attractiveness and a uniformly
fine disposition are separately at a
premium. Collectively, they represent
a picture which will make even
the alumnus who is a total stranger
to the Office, join the rest of the Office
force in a sincerely regretful So
Long, Mary. And with it all, the
best wishes for continued happiness.
Suggestions After Clubs' Greatest
Year Reflect Experience & Progress.
A follow-up program of literature
from the University to be used by
the Clubs and by individual members
and alumni generally in capitalizing
the progress of the campaign
against Communism was reported as
planned for the present year. The
material will be suitable for dissemination
among affiliated organizations
in the same interests.
A continued program of student
contacts with preparatory schools was
suggested by tlie Alumni Office to be
based on the objective of retaining
at Notre Dame that geographical distribution
of students which has become
a distinctive tradition of the
University, and preserving in this enrolment
the qualities of representative
scholarship and leadership which
will bring to Notre Dame the best
boys from each community.
Better financial outlook for the
Clubs was the concensus of opinion,
v.-ith the continuing of the attention
to budget and the more modest scale
of operation which are marks of the
depression.
Many ideas for Club activities
were presented, which will be incorporated
in a special bulletin to the
Club officers. The Clubs undoubtedly
had their most active, and most successful,
year. It is now possible to
present a balanced program to the
membership of even the smaller
units, and to advance the interests of
the Club and the University in every
Club community.
STAMP COLLEQION DISPLAYED
"A parade of stamps from 1835 to
1937" has been assembled at Notre
Dame, a collection of stamps mth an
estimated value of ?15,000. Assembled
by Rev. Aloysius Dayberry,
C.S.C., it was on public display in
the University art galleries from
May 15 to June 7, and will be on display
again from July 1 to August 5.
Father Dayberry began his collection
as a boy and has turned over his
stamps, covers and rare envelopes to
the University.
In addition to the major American
exhibit, there is a display of Vatican
City stamps, including all issues from
the founding of the Vatican City
postoffice in 1928.