Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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THE FIFTH QUARTER LOU SOMOGYI "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing." 2 Timothy 4:7, St. Paul's letter O n March 4, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., was placed in his eternal resting spot on Notre Dame's earth after having finished his race. He had always belonged to the world, but he was Notre Dame's trea- sure, well beyond just the 35 years he served as the school's president from 1952-87. The scene outside Sacred Heart Basilica the day and night prior, and throughout this morning, was a power- ful testimonial of his influence. In the middle of spring's mid-term exams, and amidst bone-chilling temperatures, students and the public lined up by the thousands, first outside and then inside, waiting hours in reverential si- lence to get a final and brief viewing of Father Ted in his "God, Country, Notre Dame" coffin. At 3 a.m. on the day of his burial, hundreds upon hundreds of visitors were gradually streaming through the church after waiting about an hour out- side. Father Hesburgh had told Blue & Gold Illustrated near his 90th birthday in 2007 that the life he tried to emulate was St. On Running The Good Race Father Theodore Hesburgh wrote an essay on being No. 1 that goes beyond the field of play. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS