The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-11

In the k0un0inB on Snto CSs1eii1nm~s
einauished in his country'a service, who,
NOT lang ainco visited tho Institution end
examined the various collections OF the
faculty Of sciepcee, which Was opened n0s
much more than eight months ago. ne
istepce for q great plumber OF years that
would be but too happy to possess sucn
complete ones. From this opinion, 30
freely expressed by so competens an
authority, an idea may be formed OF the
care with which this faculty has been or
eaniEed by NJ. Chautard, the learned di-
rector, and lis able colleagues. Courses,
repetitiops and practical experiments,
everything, in fact, 10 attended TO Witn
the utmost zeal in order that the students
may be fully prepared to obtain the oe-
eress of licentiste or doctor, and to direct
great industrial establishments. The many
Young men in tho north OF France who
choOae for Themselves
SPECIAL PROFESSIONS
will fiud in this free faculty OF the sciences
all the facilities desirable for student /
who wishes to follow the course OF higher |
edaestion.- Interrupted IN ite very begin |
ming by an order from NJ. dc Msrceres, /
who, when he was Minister of Public |
Instruction last winter, refused to allow
the hospital of Sainte Eugenie to be open
ed, the faculty of medicine and pharmacy
has, notwithstanding continued its conrees,
whose success has been shown by the
brilliant examinations at the end of last
term. It has even profited by the delay
caused in it's labors by this order, TO
establish itself on more solid and exten-
sive basis. Legally recognized in the
month of Jely last, twenty five doctors are
| now in charge OF the lnstruction In enis
faculty. The splendid hospital mentioned
above, in which one hundred and thirty
patients are taken care of, affords to the
| students special means of study, and the
same may be said of the dispensaries
established in various parts OF the city, as
The professors seem bent on being at the
head of their profession with theoretical
| instruction and practical teaching organized
on the most extensive scale. Besides the
Il regular courses, the students are occupied
1 during almost the whole day with stndies
in the laboratories and clerical department
The object of ell this is to make of them
phy sicians W 1hO will be learned in the pro-
fession and at the same time good practi-
tioners. Many requests for information and
enrolling of names have already been sent
! from the different parts of France, and
even from foreign countries. The courses
will be opened ON the 9th of November.
! The faculty of theology, which ls the
alpha and omega, the foundation and the
9 object of all higher education, will be
! organized for the opening OF tue coming
Q academic year. From among the profess,
+ ors, we may mention DR.. Didiot, who viii
: teach dogmatic theology, and DR.. Banquii
" Ion, who will have charge OF the moral
70 Both Of them arc knownas the authors o.
'I important works. DIR. Baurardg who pro
'r fessed sacred eloQuence iaet year with et
= much talent and success; DR.. Pillet ant
~ Father Delorn1e, who are alec we'll knoWl
st by their labors in this fOuTishirS younG
70 institution, ard Dr.. Fiorsnee priest from
= the diocese ef Strasburg, who will teaet
'o the Biblical sciences, will all assist the 6"'
n = ipTr 1nn rvf
edge of the sacred scieDces. And the fac
ulty will be completed by tho addition o
10 other professors equally distinguished Il
; their own special branch of knowledge
= Priests from many dioceses IN Fraace s"o
y, disposition to follow the courses OF tn
y faculty of theology here, along with tn
students of the diocese of Cambria an
n Arrss, for whom it was most eepeciali
~ designed. This faculty is all that Wa
W wanting to make the university compiet'
u and there is no reason to fear that its belr
eess es limited to these two dioceeee, will mar i
lu no euccess in any way. Students will hOc
10. TO it from other dioceses besides, as the
30 will flock from everywhere to the oth'
I faculties.
TO- We enter into this detailed account
nf the young but already hourishlng uniVe
sity of Lille, it being the hrst OF the ne
'as 'as French Catholic universities to be compl
S Sue ted, as much to show what great things
10 an incredibly short space of time ana
~ face of great difncultles, Cathohc zet
- Sue when properly directed, can accomplis
H. az to remind
the AMERICAN CATHOLICS
leir of the difficulties that beset such an unde
tu- taking in this country, and to suggest t
ats, means of overcoming them. They mt
ion not, however be discouraged by the
,ult difficulties, but, on the contrary, encor
sity aged by the success which has attended
ac- efforts of their French cO-religionists.
the union with all Catholics who have
ent welfare of their holy religion and count
With at heart, we desire the establishment OF 81
ally an institution in our midst; bat sooner
ave it not be at all, than be unable to comp'
lty- with similar non-Catholic, or rather
esq Catholic institutions of the Same bind Il
'een are everywhere to be met with. Many
ave oar Catholic fellow citizens understand
ury. Importance OF this, aad they should ms
the it their business to enlighten those who
low not. 1t is for the interest of the soule
ung our people, as well as for that of soci
itself, that we should, in every respe
stand on an equal footing with our nj