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CiMrity, Not H-Bomb Must Rule World
World peac3 depends, not on Allied
possession of the hydrogen bomb, but
on the simple fulfillment of Christ's
command to love one another as brothers,
according- to the Rev. Dr. John A.
O'Brien, author and lecturer at the
University.
In an address before the faculty and
student body of Wabash College March
6, Father O'Brien declared that failure
to obey this commandment is a basic
cause of the suspicion, ill-will and
hatred that poisons relations among individuals
and nations.
"The tragedy of modem civilization
is that we have used the findings of
modem science to implement our
hatreds instead of our kindliness and
love," he said.
Our churches, schools, and homes
must work to destroy the dangerous,
seeds of hate. Father O'Brien declared.
Violation of the Christian principles of
good-will also leads to internal disorder,
he said.
"The frictions between grroups of different
races, colors and creeds — as well
as between nations — can be removed
through conferences to which both parties
bring understanding and good-will,"
he concluded. "Without these qualities,
no problem can ever be solved."
Notre Dame NROTC National Rifle Champs
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame
— famed for "bullet passes" during the
football season — seem to be just as
effective when they switch to real ammunition
in the annual nationwide
EOTC rifle contests.
For the second year in a row, the
Naval Resei-ve Officers Ti-aining Corps
unit at the University has placed first
in the William Randolph Hearst Naval
ROTO Rifle Competition. And for the
second time in as many years, Notre
Dame junior Donald J. Murphy, of
Hawthorne, N. J., has topped the field
in individual marksmanship.
Firing a splintering 924 out of 1000,
the Irish quintet nosed out the University
of Washington by three points to
retain the national title. Besides Murphy,
the squad of Notre Dame riflemen
included James W. Hartman, of Vanderlip,
W. Va.; Francis G. Brickspn,
of San Antonio, Texas; William K.
Hayden III, of Highland Park, Mich.,
and Wayne A. Six, of Quincy, 111.
The 1949 and 1950 national champs
were coached by Capt. John M. Daly,
U.S.M.C. Commanding officer of the
Notre Dame ROTC group is Capt. T. F.
Conley, Jr., U.S.N.
Top. (1 to r): Hartman, Captain Dcdy, Muiphy, Hayden and
Sgt Sova; bottom, (1 to r): Six, Brickson.
The Notre Dame Alumnus
Youth Counselling
Bureau Established
Cooperation is the keynote in the
unique parochial school counseling bureau
established this week at the University.
Staffed by graduate students in the
Correctional Administration curriculum,
the Bureau of Youth Counseling is intended
to serve as liaison between the
Catholic school and home in cases where
social case work and counseling are
necessai-y. It will be operated as a joint
enterprise of the University and the
South Bend (Ind.) clergy.
Director of the new program will be
Professor Hugh P. O'Brien, of the Department
of Sociology. He will be assisted
by John H. O'Neill, Assistant Professor
of Education, who will supervise
intelligence, aptitude, personality and interest
testing for the bureau.
According to Professor O'Brien, the
bureau workers will study the cases of
individual "problem children" and g^i'de
them in adjustment to normal school and
community life. Cases will be accepted
from the authorities at member schools,
from the Juvenile Division of the Probate
Court, from the Bureau of Pupil
Personnel of the School City, or from
any other similar city social agency.
"Last year the National Council of
Bishops expressed growing concern at
the widening split between the Catholic
School and the Catholic home," Professor
O'Brien explains. "Our new program
is simply one concrete effort to follow
their recommendations in healing this
gap. The agency here will operate as a
pilot program in testing and evaluating
different methods of treatment in pupil
behavior problems."
The specific objectives of the Youth
Counseling Bureau were listed by Monsignor
John S. Sabo, dean of the South
Bend clergy,- as follows:
1) to serve as the case work agency
for participating parochial schools.
2) to make available to all parochial
school pupils those specialized community
services established for all children
of the community.
3) to accept cases referred to it by
other social agencies; and
4) through study and research to further
Catholic education and bridge the
gap between Catholic home and school.
The program is the result of conferences
begun last August. It will also
serve as a training ground for Notre
Dame graduate students who intend to
follow a career in youth correction or
protective agencies associated with
school systems.