The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-06

DRIVE OF twenty minutes IIOlH
I "A | South Pend. Ind. brings the Wis
49, itOr to a broad and beautiful
tafEsfi avenue of naples. which, more
S--"S'~~ than a mile IN length, is the en-
trance 10 Notre Dame. While being carried
between the neatiy-trirnned hedges he sees
far up that shady arcade the glittcring come
of the university and the lofty spire of the
Church of tho Sacred Heart. AS he draws
nearer he passes on either hand the quaint
old postofIice and the keepers lodge. These
are the points OF the large crescent which
traces the plan OF the buildings of the uni
versity. Directly before him, quarter OF
a mile away. is the main building. on either
side OF which Is the church and the cOnserv-
atoTy of Observation-Disclosures hall. Beyond
the church is the large resident hall, CoTby.
and beside Washington hall is the new
gymnasium. To the visitors right as he
enters the grounds is the institute OF tech
nology, and 10 his left IS the site of Walsh
hail. the library building soon TO be erected.
Midway between the institute of technology
and the conservatory of music is science
hall, and opposite 20 it is the senior dwelling
hall. Sorin. To the rear of Walsh hall is
St. Joseph dwelling hall. and near the insti-
tute o. technology is the astronomical OBJ
! servatory.
\ hundred other buildings surround this
group which occupies he main campus.
Half a mile TO the west on the shore of ST.
Marys lake, stands the seminary of the
Holy Cross, where all students aspiring to
clerical orders live apart. Nearly a mile
to the north. across st. Joseph lake. is the
novitiate of the order Midway between
them is the community house. where the
! brothers and priests of the Congregation
of the Holy Cross live
This is Notre Dame to-day. Situated on
an emnence in the midst of the charming
fluctuations of the valley of the st. Joseph,
a lovely landscape stretches away before
ii as far as the eye can see. To the west
are the picturesque windings OF the hardy
stream. and beyond the broken horizon.
NOrthward lie the green hills and lake-dot-
ted fields of Michigan. To the east are the
rich farm lands and untouched woods of
Indiana. Two miles TO the south, in the
valley stretching in a beautiful panorama.
| lies the flourishing city-South Bend.
| What the poet has we'll called 1.-The sense
Of beauty inspired by fair surroundings" has
had much 20 do with the success of NOtre
Dame as an educational institution. She
lakes that are still embraced by their
| native groves. The site of Notre Dame is
such as the poet would wish for. Long
rows of naples line the walks. Evergreens
| and ornamental trees are planted In pro-
| fusion through the parks and grounds of
| the university. The soft slopes and inviting
| lanes by the placid waters of the crystal
| lakes, the quadrangle with its sparkling
| fountain and flowers of radiant hues, the
! beautiful avenue of approach-all these
were planned with an eye 10 beauty, aud
| who have visited NOtre Dame can realize
| the symmetry and the grandeur of it's archi-
| tectural structures or the charm and beauty
| OF its envlronS.
| with the light and truth to the Indians.
| Long ago this place was hallowed by the
voice of prayer and the deeds of sanity
men. Through here, more than two cen
turtles ago. crossed Marquette on his last
voyage, just before his DEATH Near by La
Sale wandered an about lost in the woods
| man mentions. Here likewise, came the
noted missionaries Frs. Allouez. De Seiile
lake the proto-priest Of the United States.
| Father Badin. built his log chapel on the
| land he had purchased from the govern
| ment. But they had all come in succession
and passed away, though still the faithful
| red man repeated the prayers that the
| 'black robes had taught his grandfathers.
Such was the condition of the Indian
mission of st. Marys of the Lakes when
FIR. Sorin laid the foundation of NOtre Dame
| in 1912. With him came six brothers of the
| Holy Cross from France. They were young
| and they spoke a strange tongue; they were
| poor but the inspiration for their work
| filled their whole being. They had devoted
their lives TO religion and the cause of
| Christian education. They sought the bless
| ing of God, and to-day in all this broad land
| is greater monument reared as a tribute
| TO the divine head Of the church than the
| institution of Notre Dame.
| THE FIRST STUDENT
tho ole r-l,o
student was the boy who. two years before
had led FIR. Sorin through the woods to
the shore of the lakes. He became the
| famous wagon-maker of South Bend-Alexis
Coquillard. The first graduate of the in
stitution was Neil Gillespie, afterwards the
well-known FIR. Gillespie. first cousin of
the Hon. James G. Blaine.
Three college buildings have occupied the
present site. The original was soon found
to be too small and was replaced by larger
one. In 1879 the entire community de-
| stroyed by fire. the church alone remain
ing. Yet through the years Notre Dame
| has prospered, and now, one looks back
over her history, he wonders at the strange
| ness completeness and rapidity of the
change from the log chapel in the wilder
ness with its single priest and a half
| dozen brothers, to the massive pile of archi-
| lecture which is known the leading
| Catholic college of the West
| In 1874 the General Assembly of Indiana
| had chartered the name of the University
of Notre Dame du Lac. Upon the founders
| and their perpetual succession was con-
| ferred the full power and authority to grant
| such degrees and diplomas in liberal arts
| and sciences In law and medicine as are
| usually conferred by the other universities
| of America. Accordingly, to-day. the thou
sand students of Notre Dame, under the
direction of seventy-fve instructors and pro-
| fessors, are pursuing courses in the school
of arts and letters. the school of science.
| the school OF engineering, the school OF
| law and the school of pharmacy. In the
| school of arts and letters there are three
| favorite books. and his photograph, taken