Four years of a Notre Dame education should lead one to new heights. Figuratively.
540. A small single-panel cartoon appeared in this edition of The Observer. It was called Smerd by someone called Ted Ozark. I did not know until recently that this person was in fact Simon author, Jeb Cashin ’83. Smerd is a naked, hairless, large-nosed, diminutive creature of unknown species. In this cartoon he encounters Father Robert Griffin and Darby.
541. The personal ads included this: “Want to go to the Morrison Schwartzer Concert. Will do anything to go . . . including sleep with you. Call Mitzie Burke-Sweater 9344.” This was one of a series of fake notices to create anticipation of the last major non-event Molarity would stage.
542. Film director Kazimierz Braun finally received permission to leave his native Poland to come to the United States and direct a Shakespearean play at Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s. Professor Fred Syburg’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck opened with Eileen Durkin ’82, Joe Dolan ’84 and John Davenport.
543. A number of Notre Dame students were caught shoplifting items worth less than $10 at Martin’s Supermarket on State Road 23. The manager turned them in to campus security to let the University handle it.
544. This cartoon featured a caricature of Dean James Roemer ’51, ’55JD, who was actually busy dealing with the shoplifters and the hashish issue that had arisen earlier in the semester.
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