The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-31
Catholic Seminary Near North East.

Catholic Seminary Near North East.
The Cecil Star of Aug. IL has
the following cOncerAing the
Catholic institution to he founded
on Hog Hill, near North East:
The fine site on the summit of
Hog Hill, east of North East, is soon
to be crowned with a large building
devoted to religious instruction and
the training of Roman Catholic
missionaries for foreign lands.
The grounds covering about 200
acres, were given for this. purpose
by Mr.. George W. Cosden,. of North
East, and Mr.. James Mullen, for
mer manager of the Mccullough
Iron Works. These gentlemen
came into possession of the land by
purchase several years ago from
the iron company.
The seminary, to be built on the
highest point, will be under the
control and direction Of the Order
of Saint Frances de Sales, which
has house in Wilmington engaged
in the same work. The Superior of
the Hog Hill establishment, who is
back of the present movement, will
be the Rev. Charles Fr0emontin,
also connected with the Whining
ton house. Plans for the building,
designed by one of the Wilmington
students who is a graduate of the
Paris School of Arts, are now in the
hands of builders for proposals, and
the contract for its erection will be
given out at an early date.
The building is to be of brick, or
concrete, three stories, and1swill in
clude chapel, living rooms, dining
room, dormitories and other neces-
sary quarters, large enough to &C.
commodate about forty students and
instructors. The course of in.
struction will require twelve years
for completion, and will embrace
the classics, modern languages,
philosophy and theology. The OBJ
ject is, the training for the priest
hood for foreign missionary work.
The instructor in the classics will
come from the house of the Order
in London, and the instructor in
philosophy and theology will come
from Rome. Students will be
drawn from all parts of the cOun-
try. Already there are twenty five
to be enrolled when the institution
is ready to he opened.
The carrying out of the plans
will make this commanding ssite a
veritable garden spot. All the
ground is to be cleared and put
under cultivation by lay members
of the Order from the mountainous
sections of Austria, who are .accus-
toned to tilling lands similar to
this tract. Heretofore the land has
served no purpose but to raise tim
Der for charcoal, an industry aban-
doned on the hill after the closing
of the rolling mills at North. East.
What was left of the timber has
been cut off for cord wood and
fencing.
Hog Hill is about two miles east
of North East, where is the nearest
accessible railroad station, is in
plain sight of the town and gradu-
ally rises to an elevation of over
three hundred feet. From its sum-
NIT a magnificent panorama is
spread out before the ,beholder,
whose vision takes in many square
miles of cultivated land and thOus.
ands of acres of timber land. To
wards the east, four miles away,
can be seen Elkton and North East
is in plain view at the foot of the
hill.
The project is the outcome Of the
efforts of the Rev. Father p. p.
Arnd, pastor of Church of the I'm
maculate Conception, at Elkton,
who for years has had his eye ON
this spot as an ideal location for
Just such an institution as is soon
to be established there, and who
has labored long and earnestly for
this end.