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Speeches, Interviews, Writings by Father Hesburgh

Encloses References for Father Hesburgh for his speech in March 1968 on Prejudice.

CPHS 142/01.05 Letter : Samuel H. Elfert, Director, TV-Film-Radio Department, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, to Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of University of Notre Dame 1968/0315
1 page

After delivering his speech at Berkeley, Father Hesburgh will be featured on a half-hour television program with Dore Schary in San Francisco, on 24 March 1968.

CPHS 142/01.06 Cover Letter : Charles Y. Glock, Chairman, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, to Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of University of Notre Dame 1968/0318
1 page

Encloses a rough draft of Glock's paper: "Religion and Prejudice." 31 pages

CPHS 142/01.07 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of University of Notre Dame, at the Conference on Patterns of American Prejudice, University of California, Berkeley, March 25, 1968 1968/0325
15 pages

"My task today is one of prescription rather than analysis, although within a single personal point of view and presentation it is difficult to prescribe a remedy without some indication of one's own analytical judgement of the malady."

With the address two printed programs: "Patterns of American Prejudice, a Centennial Symposium." March 24, 25, 26, 1968, University of California, Berkeley. 6 pages

The Churches and the Struggle against Prejudice.

CPHS 142/01.08 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of University of Notre Dame, at the Commencement Exercises, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, June 6, 1968 1968/0606
14 pages

"On the way across town to the University of Southern California this morning, I stopped at the Good Samaritan Hospital, where Senator Kennedy died a few hours ago, to sympathize for a moment with his brother, Senator Ted Kennedy, and the widows of John and Bob."

In Defense of the Younger Generation

Same as "In Defense of the Younger Generation" in (CPHS 142/01.13) except different introduction, 1 page.

Same as (UDIS H2/01.03) except 3 different introductions to the 3 copies filed in UDIS.

CPHS 142/01.09 Item : [Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of University of Notre Dame, at the Eighth General Conference Opening, International Federation of Catholic Universities, Catholic University of Lovanium in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa] 1968/0910
15 pages

"I was faced with some real difficulty in preparing this presidential address for our Eighth General Conference opening today at this amazingly splendid Catholic University of Lovanium in Kinshasa, Congo, our first Federation Conference on this Continent of Africa."

Same as (UDIS H1/44.01) except the last 2 pages. These at the end of address, in (UDIS H1/44.01), summarize the work of the International Federation of Catholic Universities.

CPHS 142/01.10 Item : Invocation delivered by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of University of Notre Dame, at the Installation Luncheon for Dr. Frederick Seitz, President, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, October 8, 1968 1968/1008
2 pages

"Lord God, Father of us all, we thank you for this new day and we ask your blessing upon this University and upon all of us who are gathered here to greet a new President and to pay tribute to his predecessor."

CPHS 142/01.11 Item : Address given by the Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of University of Notre Dame, at the Fall Forum of the Chief Executives Forum, Phoenix, Arizona, November 11, 1968 1968/1111
13 pages

"Several weeks ago at Notre Dame, an alumnus asked me: What will the world be like in the year 2000?"

CPHS 142/01.12 Item : [Remarks delivered by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of University of Notre Dame, at the Newcomen Society Dinner honoring Associates Investment Company, Center for Continuing Education, Notre Dame, October 18, 1968] 1968/1018
5 pages

"... I need not remind all of our local citizens, although some of the others who come from afar may not know it, that for some eight years the Chairman of our Board of Trustees was the founder of Associates Investment Company, Mr. Ernest Morris."

CPHS 142/01.12 Cover Letter : Frank X. Drury, Director, Associates Corporate Service Company, South Bend, Indiana, to James Murphy, Director of Public Information , University of Notre Dame, Indiana 1968/1120
1 page

Dated 20 November 1968, but encloses speech from 18 October 1968.

CPHS 142/01.13 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Fall Term Commencement, Michigan State University, East Lansing, December 7, 1968 #477 1968/1207
14 pages

"I am grateful to President John Hannah, the faculty, students, administration, and Trustees of Michigan State University for the wonderful opportunity of being with you today and of becoming an alumnus of this great institution."

In Defense of the Younger Generation

Same as "In Defense of the Younger Generation" in (CPHS 142/01.08) except the first page. Also same as in (UDIS H2/01.03) except the 3 various introductions attached to the 3 different copies of the USC talk.

CPHS 142/02 Folder : Speeches 1969

CPHS 142/02.01 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the final banquet celebrating the Centennial of the Notre Dame Law School, February 8, 1969 1969/0208
12 pages

"It is with great gratitude, and some relief, that one comes to the end of one hundred years of legal education at Notre Dame, and to the end of a sprightly weekend celebrating this happy occasion."

Father Hesburgh describes in detail the life of St. Thomas More.

With the address a handwritten note with instructions: "Please clip on to Thomas More talk." 3 pages

CPHS 142/02.02 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the 66th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 8, 1969 1969/0408
23 pages

"Change has often been described as a condition of life - what does not change, dies."

The Changing Face of Catholic Higher Education

Same as (UDIS H2/02.04) except a 1 page introduction, written by Father Hesburgh, is filed with the UDIS copy.

CPHS 142/02.03 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Conference on The Task of Universities in a Changing World, Notre Dame, Indiana, April 17, 1969 1969/0417
16 pages

"The university is among the most traditional of all the institutions of our society and, at the same time, it is the institution most responsible for the changes that make our society the most changing in the history man."

The Nature of the Challenge: Traditional Organization and Attitudes of Universities towards Contemporary Realities

CPHS 142/02.04 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Commencement Exercises, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, May 31, 1969 1969/0531
11 pages

"Today's Commencement brings to a close the brilliant year-long Sesquicentennial observances of this University."

"Your young men see visions and your old men shall dream dreams. (Joel, 3,1)"

Same as (UDIS H2/02.03) except the first paragraph.

CPHS 142/02.05 Item : Commencement Address Rhode Island Junior College, June 1, 1969 1969/0601
6 pages

"... First, I want to congratulate you, the graduates, for your achievements and for the contributions you have made to the excellence of this young institution which in a short five years has acquired both stature and status."

Father Hesburgh explores three typical responses to social change: denial, anarchism / nihilism, and simplism. He explaines is detail why all these responses are inadequate and unrealistic solutions to the phenomenon of change.

CPHS 142/02.06 Item : Benediction given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at Brandeis University Dinner, Hotel Pierre, New York City, October 23, 1969 1969/1023
1 page

"In the beginning, the Lord God created the heavens and the earth. We have these opening words of the Bible across a great span of time, and recently we heard them again across a great span of space from astronauts circling our moon."

CPHS 142/02.07 Item : Address given by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the 125th Anniversary Celebration of Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, December 7, 1969 #480 1969/1207
15 pages

"When Saint Mary's College reached its centenary year in 1944, the United States - in fact all the world - was at war."

Same as (UDIS H2/02.05).

CPHS 142/03 Folder : Speeches 1970

CPHS 142/03.01 Item : Sermon delivered at the funeral of Mr. Frank M. Folsom, St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, January 16, 1970, by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame 1970/0116
8 pages

"I appreciate more than I can say the generosity and sensitivity of Terence Cardinal Cooke, the Archbishop of New York, in inviting me to say these few words at the Funeral Mass we are celebrating for our dear friend, Francis Marion Folsom."

CPHS 142/03.02 Item : Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at Loyola University, Chicago, Centennial Symposium, "Higher Education: Unity or Diversity", Tuesday, April 7, 1970 1970/0407
14 pages

"So much has been written lately about students that, by now, everyone must be tired of the subject, especially the students."

The Student Today

With the address a printed program: "The Fifth Centennial Symposium - Higher Education: Unity or Diversity." 5 pages. Also a Memorandum from the Special Assistant to the President, University of Notre Dame, to Father Hesburgh, dated 6 April 1970, 1 page

Same as in (UDIS H2/03.01).

CPHS 142/03.03 Item : Remarks made by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, in response to the presentation of the Alexander Meiklejohn Award for Academic Freedom by the American Association of University Professors, Los Angeles, California, April 25, 1970 1970/0425
9 pages

"I find it difficult to express adequately how very pleased, honored, and grateful I am to receive the Alexander Meiklejohn Award."

Same as (UDIS H2/03.02) except the first page introduction files with the UDIS copy.

CPHS 142/03.04 Item : Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Commencement Exercises, Anderson College, Anderson, Indiana, Monday, June 15, 1970 #484 1970/0615
12 pages

"In 1917, the year I was born four days before John Kennedy, Joseph T. Wilson, a Church of God minister, became President of the Gospel Trumpet Company, founded by Daniel Sidney Warner, here in Anderson."

Same as (UDIS H2/03.04).

With the address a printed program: "Anderson College Fifty-Second Annual Commencement." 5 pages

CPHS 142/03.05 Item : [Remarks made by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, in The Anchorage News interview] July 23, 1970 1970/0723
3 pages

"... If I were answering [student unrest] a year ago I'd have said it was a great minority, maybe one-tenth of one percent, going up to one percent on occasion or two percent on occasion, depending on the individual cause; I think this past year, under the influence of the Cambodian invasion and Kent State and Jackson State, the number just leaped tremendously to what might be - at least on an individual campus - 70 or 80 percent of the students."

Father Hesburgh Talks About Youth

Enclosed is a photocopy of the interview, given in Alaska, dated 23 July 1970. Not a speech.

Same as (UDIS H2/03.05).

CPHS 142/03.06 Item : Remarks made by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Inauguration of Harris L. Wofford, Jr., as President of Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 17, 1970 1970/1017
5 pages

"At the risk of being confused with Ernest Hemingway, may I begin by saying that there is a well-known resort in Acapulco called Las Tres Vidas. That is as good a title as any for my brief remarks: the three lives of Harris Wofford as I have known him and followed his career over the past dozen years."

CPHS 142/03.07 Item : Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Stevens Institute of Technology Centennial Convocation, Hoboken, New Jersey, November 14, 1970 1970/1114
6 pages

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I think the problem that faces every participant in these symposiums is that the further down the list you are put you find that many, many, of your points have been taken by those who preceded you; and that the only secret is somehow to wangle yourself on to the first place on the program - it's a little late for that."

Symposium called "Man and the Twenty-First Century".

CPHS 142/03.07 Cover Letter : James H. Duchine, Convocation Director, Stevens Institute of Technology, to Father Hesburgh 1968/0314
1 page

Dated 14 March 1968, encloses speech from 14 November 1970.

CPHS 142/03.08 Item : Eulogy delivered by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the funeral of Mr. Charles S. Jones, Los Angeles, California, Saturday, December 12, 1970 1970/1202
7 pages

"We are gathered here this morning to pay a final and well-deserved tribute to Charles Stone Jones ... It might seem strange to you that this tribute is being delivered for a Texas Baptist by a Catholic priest from Notre Dame." Or "My dear friends, before beginning the service this morning, I would like to read for you a telegram, which just arrived from the President of the United States ... Those of you who know President Nixon can read between the lines of this telegram and see that it was certainly done by his hand."

Eulogy delivered at the Memorial Service for Charles S. Jones at the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, December 12, 1970. Enclosed are 2 different revisions of the same speech: unclear which one was actually delivered at the memorial service.

CPHS 142/04 Folder : Speeches 1971

CPHS 142/04.01 Item : Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Conference on Continuing Education and the University, Center for Continuing Education, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, Friday, January 8, 1971 #491 1971/0108
16 pages

"Social responsibility is a concept as old as Plato and as new as the latest student protest regarding local or national priorities."

Social Responsibility and Continuing Education

With the address a printed program: "Continuing Education and the University." 15 pages

Same as (UDIS H2/04.01).

CPHS 142/04.02 Item : Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the Annual Convention of the National Federation of Priests' Councils, Baltimore, Maryland, March 15, 1971 #488 1971/0315
20 pages

"I come to you today with a minimum of official credentials."

Same as (UDIS H2/04.02).

With the address a published article: "Celibacy Vote Seen As Serious Mistake" published in A.D. Correspondence, Vol.2, Number 7, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, April 3, 1971. Editorial comment on the NFPC vote, 3 pages.

CPHS 142/04.03 Item : Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the 68th Annual Convention of the National Catholic Educational Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Monday, April 12, 1971 1971/0412
16 pages

"Catholic education on all levels enters the seventies in better and in worse shape than ever in any previous age."

Father Hesburgh presents a detailed picture of student political involvement, the meaning, direction, and lessons we can learn from it in the context of human dignity.

CPHS 142/04.04 Item : [Transcript of an unedited discussion taking place between the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, and newsman Frank Reynolds from Directions, American Broadcasting Company, May 19, 1971] 1971/0519
33 pages

"Yes, I'm really maybe more optimistic than I should be, but I'm generally very optimistic [about young men who are leaving Notre Dame now.]"

Not an actual speech. Unedited interview on 4 rolls.

Same as (UDIS H2/04.03) except UDIS file contains a shorter, edited version of interview.

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