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June. 1937 The Notre Dame Alumnus 251
Professor Myers Dies Catholic Lawyers' Guild Progresses
The brilliant and heroic Fred
Myers, 45 years old, professor of
English, died in St. Joseph's Hospital,
South Bend, on June 3 after a
long illness.
Funeral services were in Holy
Cross church. South Bend, with Rev.
Philip Beaghan, C.S.C, the pastor,
as celebrant of the Mass, assisted by
Rev. J. Leonard Carrico, C.S.C, director
of studies, and Rev. Leo L.
Ward, C.S.C, head of the English
Department. Rev. Francis J. Wenninger,
C.S.C, was master of ceremonies,
and Rev. Eugene P. Burke,
C.S.C. preached the funeral sermon.
The University Choir of Moreau
Seminary provided the music.
Pallbeai-ers were Dean Thomas F.
Konop, of the Law School, and Professors
Pedro deLandero, Andrew
Smithberger, David Campbell, Raymond
V. Pence and Thomas J. Barry.
Bui-ial was in Highland Cemetery,
South Bend.
Professor Myers had been a member
of the regular Notre Dame faculty
since 1932 and a member of the
Summer School faculty since 192G.
A graduate of the University of Indiana,
Professor Myers had taken
graduate work at Indiana, Harvard,
and niinois. He came to Notre Dame
from a teaching post in the United
States Naval Academy. He s6r%'ed
in the World War and participated
in many of the most important
battles.
Surviving Professor Myers are
Mrs. Myers, six children, his mother,
five brothers and five sistei-s.
LAXMEN'S RETREAT
The nineteenth annual Laymen's
Retreat will be held at Notre Dame
from Thursday evening, August 5, to
Sunday morning, August 8, according
to the announcements of Rev.
Patrick Dolan, C.S.C, '15, the director.
Alumni are inWted and urged,
as always, to participate.
To cover the expense of eight
meals in the Dining Hall, room, service
and other features of the Retreat,
the modest stipend of only ten
dollara is asked. Transportation costs
can, and generally are, much reduced
by the organization of auto parties
from the same communities.
Those who look forward to the
combining of three peaceful days in
the old campus sui-roundings with a
glorious religious experience are requested
to ^vrite at once to Father
Dolan, Notre Dame, Indiana, for
room reservations. Increasingly popular,
the Retreat promises to keep
its place as the leader of men's retreats
in the country.
The Catholic Lawyers' Guild,
founded a year ago under the direction
of Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph A.
Morrison, Rev. Joseph V. Dailey and
Leo J. Hassenauer, '20, former first
assistant United State district attorney,
has received numerous congratulatory
messages from members of the
Kings Bench, in London, as well as
from judges of our Federal and State
courts encouraging the movement
and urging a more active part in the
spiritual, fraternal and national life
of Catholic members of the bench and
bar.
The purpose of the Guild, as stated
by Mr. Hassenauer, is to provide a
closer spiritual and fraternal relationship
among the Catholic members
of the bench and bar and that with
the enunciation of the principles for
which the Guild stands such members
will become better lawyers by becoming
better Catholics.
Requests have been received by
Mr. Hassenauer, the founder of the
Guild in Chicago, from numerous
members of the bar in other cities inquiring
about the formation of similar
Guilds." The only way to satisfy
these requests" said Mr. Hassenauer,
"is to make this a national movement."
Numerous requests to that
e.xtent have been received, he stated.
The Guild recognizes that the law
is indeed in a great measure a Catholic
heritage. The fundamental prin­
Leo J. Hassenauer, '20, Oiicago,
One of the Founders
ciples are the eternal principles of
Catholic morality as taught by Saint
Thomas Aquinas. Its traditions are
the concepts of Justice and Charity
that to each man shall be rendered
justice according to his due and the
protection of every individual in his
natural rights of Ufe, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness; the protection
of one's property rights as announced
in the Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII
and Pope Pius XI and to guard these
sacred rights against unjust aggression.
The Guild is a definite step
ahead in preserving and administering
justice in providing each member
with that true knowledge which he
should bring to bear upon all the
problems in his professional life.
FRED SNITE RETURNS
Notre Dame men joined in a particular
way in rejoicing over the
safe return to Chicago of Fred Suite,
'33, after his perilous journey from
China in an "iron lung." The class
of '32, of which Fred was really a
member, sent him to China from its
five-year reunion a special message
of prayers and cheer.
The details of Fred's daring trip
have been too well made known by
newspapers and other journals to
need repeating here. The lesson of
inspired courage can always bear
repetition, however, and Notre Dame
men can get that lesson from Fred.
HONORARy DEGREES—1937
Honoraiy degi*ees of doctor of law
were awarded at the 1937 Commencement
to Most Rev. Karl J.
Alter, D.D., bishop of Toledo, who
delivered the Baccalaureate Sermon;
to William S. Calcott, Wilmington,
Delaware, director of the Jackson
Research Laboratories of the E. I.
du Pont deNemours Co.; to Joseph
P. Gi-ace, chairman of the board of
the W. R. Grace Steamship Company.
Mr. Grace was absent from
the Commencement because of the
serious illness of his "wife.
The citations for the honorary degrees
were as follows:
On a gifted prelate, educator, and
Christian sociologist, whose years
have been devoted very effectively to
the welfare of his native diocese, a
churchman know^n not only for his
zealous ministry but also for his
achievement as first director of Catholic
Charities in the Diocese of Toledo,
organizer of the Toledo Catholic
Charities Corporation, director of
the National School of Social Service
at the Catholic University, and chair-
n:an of the Speakers' Commission for
the Catholic Hour—the Most Reverend
Karl J. Alter, Bishop of Toledo.
On a modest man of science, who
has been for years the successful director
of one of the most important
laboratories of scientific research in
the chemical industries of the United
States, permanently endeared to
Notre Dame as friend and associate
of our lamented Father Nieuwiand
in the researches of which the invention
of synthetic rubber was one of
the most important results—William
Stansfield Calcott, of Wilmington,
Delaware.
IN ABSENTIA, on a gentleman in
international commerce, who has
been a patriotic pioneer in the establisfanxent
and development of the
present communications and trade
relations between the United States
and the countries of South America,
and who by valuable counsel has
been for years a gracious benefactor
of the Department of Foreign Commerce
here—Joseph Peter Grace, of
New York City.