"You and I today have something in common. We have been educated by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - you for at least four years, and I for twelve."
Father Hesburgh delivered same speech at Saint Mary's College Commencement in 1960, but exact date is unclear.
The Divine Idea of Womanhood
Same as "The Place of Woman in the Modern World Today" (CPHS 141/05.03) except introductory remarks on 1st page. Also same as "The Place of Catholic Alumnae in the World Today" (CPHS 141/10.02).
"One of the most popular endeavors today is the quest for goals, personal, national, international, and, even to some extent, interplanetary."
With the address a printed program: "The Seventy-Fourth Commencement, University of Rhode Island, on the Quadrangle." 4 pages
"There have been many claims in our day that philosophy and theology are no longer really relevant."
cc in (CPHS 141/17)
Same as "Change and the Changeless" (CPHS 141/16.08) except first and last paragraphs.
"When anyone writes about the idea of a Catholic university today, or any other day in the last century, there is always the temptation to repeat in substance what Cardinal Newman said in his incomparable classic on the subject."
Father Hesburgh discusses in detail Cardinal Newman's idea of a Catholic university where philosophy and theology are of ultimate importance, but adds that the problems and challenges that face modern Catholic universities today are different than a century ago.
cc in (CPHS 141/17)
Unclear if Father Hesburgh gave a speech with the title "Newman Revisited".
"Newman Revisited" is the same as a published paper: "Looking Back at Newman." Published in America, on March 3, 1962. 3 pages. A printed version of paper attached.
"My remarks today concern about one-half of the institutions of higher learning in America."
The Concerns of Private Colleges
"There is a theme to what I have to say today ... I am attempting to discuss the objectives of Catholic Higher Education in Twentieth Century America."
Catholic Higher Education in Twentieth Century America
1 ribbon copy and 2 mimeographs
cc in (CPHS 141/17)
Enclosed with the address is a copy of printed paper: "The Work of Mediation", by Theodore M. Hesburgh, published in 'The Commonweal', dated October 6, 1961, 3 pages.
Father Hesburgh discusses the important task of Catholic universities being mediators between the true theological wisdom and the incomplete, natural truths often revealed at secular or state universities.
Same as (CPHS 143/01.04) and (UDIS H1/39.01).
Same as (UDIS H1/38.02) except the first 2 introductory pages
"Every university, worthy of note, has its own proper spirit, tradition, potentialities, and accomplishments."
Note includes remarks on Father Hesburgh's original text. Unclear if Father Hesburgh delivered a speech based this text, but filed with speeches.
"May I begin this evening by thanking The Massachusetts Committee Catholics, Protestants, and Jews for your generosity in making this award ... One is constantly hearing these days about brotherhood."
"The alumni are the butt of an inordinate number of academic jokes, and fare no better in the rather sparse literature that depicts life in the groves of academe."
The Modern Alumnus
Same as (UDIS H1/38.03).
2 mimeograph copies
"I come to you today as an erstwhile philosopher and an erstwhile theologian."
"Change and the Changeless"
cc in (CPHS 141/17)
Same as "Change and the Changeless" (CPHS 141/16.01) except the first and last paragraphs.
Same as (UDIS H1/38.04)
"If there is any single topic that has captured the attention of our times, it is education."
The Divine Romance of Catholic Education
cc in (CPHS 141/19)
Same as "The Divine Romance of Catholic Education", (CPHS 141/12.06).
"The greatest temptation facing a commencement speaker at M.I.T. is to tell you what you want to hear and probably believe: that in a world deeply committed to science and technology you have completed an education that assures you of great success."
Science and Technology in Modern Perspective
cc in (CPHS 141/19)
Same as (UDIS H1/39.02) except the first 2 pages.
"I wish to address you this evening on the subject of science and man. It is a fair assumption that the majority of this audience knows much more about science and technology than I do."
cc in (CPHS 141/19)
Science and Man
With the address a printed program: "Dinner in honor of the National Science Board tendered by the Board of Trustees and the Associates of the California Institute of Technology," 2 pages
"If there is any single topic that has captured the attention of our times, it is education."
Same as (UDIS H1/40.01) except the first page.
The Theology of Catholic Education
4 copies. Pages 2-12 are missing from the original copy.
With the address a printed program "Commencement, Rosary College." 2 pages.
"President Miller asked me to make some brief remarks in a light vein."
4 copies: 1st ribbon copy, 3 carbon copies.
"Our ceremony began this morning with the blessing of a new plaque attached to the old statue of Father William Corby, one of Notre Dame's distinguished Presidents, standing on a rock raising his hand in eternal absolution on a battlefield now empty of the troops who once stood before him on that fateful July 2nd morning, one hundred years ago, except for those who rest forever beneath this hallowed soil."
Same as (UDIS H1/40.02).
Gettysburg - Yesterday and Today
Address delivered at the Battle of Gettysburg Centennial Observance
With the address a printed program: "Gettysburg Centennial" by Rev. Thomas J. O'Donnell, C.S.C., General Chairman, 1 page. Also enclosed a pamphlet "Notre Dame at Gettysburg, 1863-1963, Centennial Field Mass" printed by Ave Maria Press.
Event sponsored by The Alumni Association of the University of Notre Dame and in the program referred to as "Notre Dame Remembers Gettysburg."
2nd copy corrected and annotated by Father Hesburgh
"Lord God, Creator of all that is, and has been and will be, we thank Thee this day for the blessings that have prospered the first hundred years of the National Academy of Sciences."
"We are celebrating today the tenth anniversary of the famous Brown decision of the Supreme Court - a decision that reversed for all time the immoral and fallacious compromise of "separate but equal" opportunity for education.
"The greatest shock of this past academic year was the assassination of President Kennedy."
Our Stake in America
Same as (UDIS H1/41.01).
"For the past six and a half years, the United States Commission on Civil Rights has made extensive studies on the matter of equal opportunity all across the United States, North and South, East and West."
Same as (UDIS H1/41.02).
cc in (CPHS 141/21)
"Lord God, Father of all our people, grant us, we pray, the special virtues we need in this hour of decision."
Speech "What do you want from life?", given probably after this invocation, in the (UDIS H1/45.01) file.