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Alby’s (tavern, South Bend, Ind.), 127-28, 199

alma mater. See Notre Dame, Our Mother

Angsten, Phil, 176

Archives, University of Notre Dame, 22, 76, 107, 149, 221, 258, 275, 283

Ave Maria (magazine), 111, 117

bachelor dons, XIV-XV, 263. See also Professors’ Alley and individual names

Badin Hall, 110, 217

Baer, Robert, 176

Barnett, Reggie, 223

Bartell, Ernest, CSC, 14

Bell, Jimmy, 143-44

Belloc, Hilaire, 125

Bernhardt, Sarah, 73

Blairsville, Pa., 27, 45-47, 156, 227, 228, 238, 239, 258, 266

Blantz, Thomas E., CSC, 76, 141, 149, 200, 230, 256, 261, 268, 274

Boehm, Paul, 34, 49, 121, 227, 238, 241, 242

Bolger, William, CSC, 83

Bread Loaf School of English (Ripton, Vt.), 180, 250

Brennan, ‘Red,’ CSC, 175-76

Brothers of Holy Cross, 72, 102, 285. See also Maurilius

Brownson Hall, 97-98, 206

Bryan, William Jennings, 229

Buckley, John, 143-46

Burke, Eugene, CSC, 10, 71, 72, 110-11, 199, 212, 215, 264, 279

Burke, Joseph, CSC, 83

Burke, Thomas, CSC, 110-11, 283

Burns, James, CSC, 84-85

Burrell, David, CSC, 14, 155

Burtchaell, James T., CSC, 14, 40, 65, 107, 119-20, 155

Busby, Myron, 34, 135, 171, 187, 230

Byrne, Paul R. (PRB), 62, 119, 132-33, 154, 181, 189, 210, 220, 227, 283

‘Cadillac Hall,’ 49, 140

Cambridge University, XIV, 263, 271-73

Campbell, T. Bowyer, 32, 66, 119, 132, 202, 210-11, 219, 220, 283

Caparo, Jose Angel, 112

‘Captain’s Corner.’ See Sorin Hall, rooms in

Carey, Joseph, CSC, 72

Carr, Daniel, 143

Carrico, J. Leonard, CSC, 163, 175

Carroll, Patrick, CSC, 165

Casasanta, Joseph, 113, 140, 144-46

Casey, Danny, 29, 197, 239, 280

Casey, Elizabeth ‘Betty,’ 29, 32, 191, 205, 232, 237, 260-61, 274-75, 277, 280

Casey, Thomas, 29, 79, 191, 230, 260-61, 280

Casper, Dave, 223

Cather, Willa, 250, 251

Cavanaugh, John J., CSC, (Notre Dame president, 1946-52), 34-35, 66, 114, 118, 140, 143, 146, 209, 214-16

Cavanaugh, John W., CSC (Notre Dame president, 1905-19), 48-50, 66, 71, 72, 74, 84, 143, 165, 214

cemetery, community (Congregation of Holy Cross), 140, 203, 249, 274, 284-85

Chesterton, G. K., 104, 116, 123, 125-29, 185, 253

Chevigny, Jack, 114

Clements, Tom, 223

Commonweal, 90

Confrey, Augustine, 112-13

Confrey, Burton, 112-13

Conley, Dick, 95, 96

Conley, Harry, 76, 95

Conyers, Richard, CSC, 104

Corby Hall, 4, 10, 25, 49, 110, 118, 134-35

Corona, Jose, 139, 143, 145

Crowley, Jim, 10, 212

Crowley, ‘Putty,’ 188

Crumley, Thomas, CSC, 51, 73, 80, 145

Czarboski, Zygmont ‘Ziggy,’ 97

Dailey, Agnes, 184-85

Danehy, James, 188

Dante Collection, 49, 189

Davis, Charles, 147-48

Devine, Dan, 220

Dickens, Charles, 34

Dillon Hall, 14, 41, 81, 107, 134

Dirksen, Everett, 249

Disney, F. X., 87, 186, 197, 202, 283

Dolan, Patrick, CSC, 24

Doremus, Charles ‘Frenchie,’ CSC, 106

Dunn, Thomas, 76, 189, 192, 230

Easter Rebellion, 53

Egan, (Monsignor) John J., 29

Egan, Maurice Francis, 71-72

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 90-91, 142

Faccenda, Philip, Sr., 206, 256

Fagan, Vincent, 113

Farley Hall, 125, 131, 248

Farley, John F. ‘Pop,’ CSC, 24, 40, 74, 85-86, 117, 123-25, 128

Fenlon, Paul, passim

   as assistant dean, College of Arts and Letters, 213, 217

   as best man or godfather, 89, 95, 216

   burial of, 238, 274, 285

   canes belonging to, 34-35, 134, 164, 275

   childhood of, 45-48, 243, 259, 278

   death and funeral of, 158, 272-74

   European trip of, 181-82

   friendships of, XII, 27, 66, 229, 239, 241, 253, 259, 274, 280, 283-84

   illnesses of, 120-21, 169-72, 187-88, 191-92, 200, 204-5, 230-31, 235, 236, 273-74

   letter-writing of, 31-32, 75-77, 195-96

   memory of for campus events, 21, 141, 148, 221-23, 273

   niece of (see Elizabeth Casey)

   parents of, 34, 45-48, 66, 83, 84, 86, 207-8, 234, 235, 246, 259, 266, 274

   personality of, XIII, 18, 208, 228, 233, 251-52

   physical appearance of, XIII, 34, 76, 159

   racehorse named after, 26-27

   relationships of

            with alumni, 241, 256, 274, 279

            with Father Hesburgh. See Theodore M. Hesburgh

            with Sorin students, 55-59, 80, 107, 116, 121, 199, 226, 233-34, 280-81

            with Holy Cross priests, 263-65, 274. See also individual priests

            with nuns, 109-10, 247. See also Jean Lenz

   religious devotions of, 32-33, 36, 38-40, 66, 190, 206

   routines of, 31-36, 267

   sisters of (Sarah and Mercedes Fenlon), 46, 48, 84, 207-8, 246, 280

   as storyteller, 18, 45, 186, 189, 223-24, 253

   as student at Notre Dame, XV, 48-53, 69-74

   summers spent by, 109-10, 180-82, 246-47, 264

   teaching career of, XIV, 27-28, 67, 83-86, 180, 225, 251-52

   tributes to, XIV, 203, 253, 257, 267, 274, 283

   watches belonging to, XIII, 35, 57, 76, 77, 158, 266

Fieldhouse, 5, 95

Fischer, Edward, 27, 116, 133, 253

Fisher Hall, 114, 247

Fitzsimons, Matthew, 170, 171, 252-53, 263

Flatley, Lee, 151, 230

Foik, Paul ‘Pal,’ CSC, 119

Four Horsemen, 10, 116, 212

   See also Jim Crowley, Elmer Layden, Don Miller, Harry Stuhldreher

Frederick, John Towner, 66, 245-46

Gerber, John, CSC, 132-33, 153, 154, 191, 248

ghost of Washington Hall, 139-49, 231

Gipp, George, 12-13, 104-5, 187, 209

Glee Club, 157, 184

‘Gold Coast’ (Walsh, Lyons, Morrissey, Howard halls), 51, 109

Grant, Chet, 101-5, 116, 136, 139, 207, 209, 220, 278

Green, Gregory A., CSC, 3, 24-26, 30, 118, 134-35, 185, 187, 280-81

Griffin, Robert, CSC, 192

Hagerty, Cornelius ‘Con,’ CSC, 53, 177-78, 203

Haggar Hall, 94, 222

Haggerty, Patrick, CSC, 24, 88, 94, 105

Haig, Alexander, 179-80

Haley, J. Arthur, 157, 209

Harkcom, Dale, 227

Harvard University, 180, 230

Hayes, Helen, 230

Hayes, Jimmy, 143

Healy, Kerndt, CSC, 66, 117, 202, 283

Hebert, Peter, CSC, 85

Hesburgh, Theodore M., CSC, 2, 14, 23, 35, 41, 77, 96, 120, 156, 216-17, 247, 271;

   and Paul Fenlon, 99, 135, 181, 206, 233, 235-36, 238, 241, 248, 255-56, 267

Heston, Edward, CSC, 248

Hicks, Andy (author’s brother), 78, 96

Hicks, Mack (author’s father), 1, 15, 19, 20, 24, 27-28, 94, 141, 272

Holy Cross Hall, 112

Holy Cross House, 118, 264

Hope, Arthur J., CSC, 111

Hornung, Paul, 1, 5

Hosinski, Helen, 96, 206

Howard Hall, 246

Howells, William Dean, 246

Hoynes, William J. ‘Colonel,’ 69-71, 111-12, 148, 219, 222, 242

Hudson, Daniel, CSC, 117

Hunter, Al, 77

infirmary (Student Health Center), 205-7, 233, 238

Irving, Thomas, CSC, 95, 279

John Paul I (Albino Luciani), 199

John Paul II (Karol Wojtyła), 206, 275

Johnson, Samuel, 21, 160

Joyce, Edmund P., CSC, 42, 114, 176, 191, 256, 274

Kathleen, Sister. See Kathleen Rossman

Kennedy, Walter, 119

Kirsch, Alexander, CSC, 222

Kittredge, George Lyman, 180

Knute Rockne, All-American (film), 157, 209-10

Kostanty, Eddie, 31, 76, 103, 196

Krause, Edward ‘Moose,’ 2, 66-67, 125, 133, 160

Kunz, George, 223

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Lawrence), 129

Laetare Medal, 89, 230

Lahey, Thomas ‘Dopey Dan,’ CSC, 111

Lange, Bernard, CSC, 85-86, 142, 207, 257

LaSalle Hotel (South Bend, Ind.), 2, 87

Lavin, Walter, CSC, 207, 279

Layden, Elmer, 94, 101, 210

Leader, Robert, 41, 283

Leahy, Frank, 216

Lenz, Jean, OSF, 131, 171, 248, 274

‘Lilacs,’ 71, 219

Lujack, Johnny, 30, 222

Lynch, Jim, 223

Lyons Hall, 88, 245, 249-50

Madden, Thomas, 132, 181-82, 210, 220

Main Building, 4, 20, 37, 41, 48, 51, 98, 110, 124, 144, 157, 281

Malloy, Edward A., CSC, 243, 257, 282

Mangan, Johnny, 140, 144, 145, 279, 285

Manion, Clarence ‘Pat,’ 11, 12, 31, 87-89, 126, 200, 216, 231, 233, 283

   career of, 142

   and ghost of Washington Hall, 139-49, 231

   as orator, 95, 141, 229

   quoted, 128, 132

Manion, Gina, 89, 140, 141, 144, 148, 178, 201, 231, 233, 234, 238

Maritain, Jacques, 113

Maurilius, Brother (Maurilius DeGan, CSC), 144, 146-47

McCarragher, Charles ‘Black Mac,’ CSC, 24

McCarthy, James ‘Mac,’ 113, 120

McDonagh, Thomas, CSC, 246-48, 255

McGinn, John, CSC, 51-52, 74

McMahon, Ed, 180

McNutt, Paul, 89

Miller, Creighton, 222

Miller, Don, 78, 200

Miltner, Charles, CSC, 66

Moore, Philip, CSC, 262

Moran, Dennis William, 21, 28, 159, 195, 274

Morris, Hiney, 112

Morris Inn, 34, 157, 197, 205, 249

Morrissey, Andrew, CSC, 84, 89

Morrissey Hall, 132, 210

Mulcaire, Michael, CSC, 177

Murphy, Miss, 34, 274

Murtaugh, Jimmy, 88

Murtha, Sam, 176

Navy, US, 33, 211-13, 249

Neeson, John, Jr., 176, 179-80, 283

Neeson, John, Sr., 179-80

Nelson, Lindsay, 1

Notre Dame Magazine, XIV, 27, 30

Notre Dame, Our Mother (Casasanta and O’Donnell), 144, 157-58, 274

Notre Dame, University of, passim

   Catholic character of, 155-56

   graduating classes of,

            1927: 77

            1928: 159, 200

            1931: 30, 176

            1935: 176

   historical development of, XV-XVI, 1-2

   and minims and preps (grade and high school students, respectively), 51, 124, 140

O’Connor, Earl ‘Stretch,’ 50-51, 154, 283

O’Connor, Edwin, 250

O’Donnell, Charles L., CSC (Notre Dame president, 1928-34), 11, 125-27, 146-47, 161-62, 176-77, 178, 209, 210, 211

O’Donnell, J. Hugh, CSC (Notre Dame president, 1940-46), 157, 166, 178, 209, 211-12, 216

O’Grady, Dan, 128

O’Hara, John F. Cardinal, CSC, 13-14, 26, 41, 105, 113-14, 177

   as resident of Sorin Hall, 13, 42, 113-14

Oliver Hotel (South Bend, Ind.), 48, 52, 74

O’Malley, Frank, XIII, 13, 214, 245, 249-53, 275, 285

O’Meara, O. Timothy, 235-36

O’Neil, Daniel, CSC, 33, 35, 37-39, 45, 66, 98, 118, 187, 201-2, 214, 216, 266

   illness of, 75, 77, 78, 121, 133, 151, 153-55, 197

   death of, 195, 197, 198, 200-203, 230

Orpheum Theatre (South Bend, Ind.), 53

Oxford University, XIV, 70, 113

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan, 164

parietals, 5, 25

Parseghian, Ara, 1, 10, 33

Pay Caf, 31, 96, 250

Payton, Gene, 113

Phelps, Richard ‘Digger,’ 96

Phillips, Charles, 34, 65, 66, 80, 127, 128, 161-67, 185, 275

Porterfield, David, CSC, 197-98, 201-2, 204, 224, 226, 238, 257, 273

presidential elections, US, 8, 275

‘Professors’ Alley.’  See Sorin Hall

Prohibition, 84, 127-28, 174, 199

Reese, Frank, 102

Reyniers, J. Arthur, 221

Riehle, James, CSC, 80

Robinson, Jack, 26

Rockne, Bonnie, 12

Rockne, Knute, 1-2, 9-11, 101-2, 114

   and academic eligibility of athletes, 87, 186, 216

   funeral of, 11-12

Roemer, James, 25, 26

Ronay, Steve, 128, 129

Romweber, Paul, 98, 283

Rossman, Kathleen, OSF, 185

Ruettiger, Daniel ‘Rudy,’ XVI

Ryan, Joseph, XIII, 98, 214, 250

Sacred Heart Church (Basilica of the Sacred Heart), 4, 32, 211,

   renovations of, 14, 40-42, 281

   Stations of the Cross belonging to, 40-41, 281

St. Edward’s Hall, 3, 4, 269, 273

St. Mary’s College, 5, 48, 74, 84, 184, 188, 277, 280

St. Petersburg, Fla., 27

Salmon, Louis. J. ‘Red,’ 207-8

Scherer, Joseph, CSC, 72

Schlafly, Phyllis, 229

Schlitzer, Albert, CSC, 24

Schumacher, Matthew, CSC, 50

Seton, Saint Elizabeth Ann, 34

Shaw, Lawrence Timothy ‘Buck,’ 85

Sheedy, Charles ‘Chic,’ CSC, 36

Shuster, Doris, 90, 115, 117, 133, 189, 234, 259-62, 273

Shuster, George, 38, 42, 76, 86, 88-91, 108, 115, 223, 256-57, 262, 279, 283

   career of, 28-29

   death of, 28-29, 156, 202

Sisters of the Holy Cross, 145, 280

Smith, Walter Wellesley ‘Red,’ 77

Sorin, Edward F., CSC, 1, 4, 105, 107-8, 284

   miniature statue of, 106-7, 282

Sorin Hall, XIII, 3, 4, 7, 20, passim

   attic of, 135-36

   basement of (‘rec room’ or ‘subway’), 9-10, 102-4, 174, 226. See also two-digit room numbers, below

   bathrooms in, 7, 8, 35-36, 42, 94-95, 121, 172-73, 212, 250, 282

   chapel of, 7, 26, 36, 39, 41-43, 111, 133, 228, 274, 283

   law classroom in, 70-71, 73, 174

   porch of, 69, 70, 115, 242-43, 282

   ‘Professors’ Alley’ in, XV, 62, 112-14

   rector’s office in, 3, 7, 39

   rooms in

15 (‘Captain’s Corner’): 223, 230

41: 57, 80, 222

47: 222

56: 136

102: 222

115: 89

117: 222

119: 174

123: 113, 174

 141: 7-9, 42, 65-66, 97, 174, 231-32, 246, 282

201, 203: 161

215: 62

241: 56, 112, 113

246, 248: 113

250, 251, 254: 113

255: 88

301: 78, 183, 200, 222

302: 87, 200, 228, 282

304: 87

306: 88

315: 25-27

327: 63, 72

329: 4

331: 3

333: 161, 179

341: 112, 128, 161-67, 174, 185

355: 11, 64, 83, 89, 109-10, 114, 162, 213, 246-47

356: 89, 247, 282

Sorin, Madame, 105-8

‘Sorin Seven,’ 25-27

South Bend Tribune, 30, 32, 101, 118, 147, 155, 261

Stadium, 126-27

Steiger, Brad, 140

Steiner, Thomas ‘Pop,’ CSC, 72, 107, 214, 255

Stoddard, Mrs., 274

Stevenson, Harry, 146

Stritch, Samuel Cardinal, 205, 214

Stritch, Thomas J., 34, 40, 114, 135-36, 152, 189, 206, 213-14, 232, 238, 240, 274

   quoted, 77, 204, 240-41, 258, 274

Student Health Center. See infirmary

Stuhldreher, Harry, 102, 103, 136

Suckow, Ruth, 246

Sullivan, Richard, 32, 159, 163-64, 197, 246, 256

Time, 32, 217, 253

Toohey, William, CSC, 222

University Club, 34, 240, 249

Vatican II, XVI, 39-40, 43, 246, 248

Victory March (Shea and Shea), 4, 13

Wallace, Francis, 63

Walsh, Adam, 221

Walsh Hall, 3, 12, 14, 31, 51, 73-74, 85, 109, 124, 142, 145, 177, 214

Walsh, Matthew, CSC, 66-67, 87, 89, 110

Ward, Leo R., CSC, 246

Washington Hall, 4, 70, 71, 113, 126, 153. See also ghost of Washington Hall

Waters, Daniel ‘Chappy,’ 113

Weir, David, 113

Wenninger, Francis, CSC, 222

Wilson, Jerome J., CSC, 41, 256

Wilson, Woodrow, 83

Withey, James, 214-15

Woodstock, Ill., 46, 95, 178

World War I, 46, 72-74, 163

World War II, 212-13, 249-50, 259

Wurzer, Hank, 176

Yale University, XV

Yeats, William Butler, 53

Young, Daniel, 146

Zahm, John, CSC, 189