The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME.

TWENTY-FIVE years ago a French
priest with a great vision came
~ 70 Notre Dame, Ind, with ss6 %
establish a university In the wlidernoSa
He found a log chapel and a ten aero
clearing. To-day the University OF N'tFe
Dame has twenty-five large ou'ld'nEs
CAMPUS Of 1000 acres and a farm o: the
sams .rea ALI valued at 5000, oOo Is
curriculum has grown from one course
20 .wenty-one Il has a chapel or ca'he-
dral PROPORTIONS It's halls are storehous's
81 treasures, while from a liberal arts
collage in S42 the university has er-
handed until Il now embraces In sd
d,,,on colleges OF science. engineering,
architecture, Journalism and Law.
N astonishing feature about this
erovth Is TIA the university has no
endowment. Tho explanation lies In the
faculty, which 10 composed OF priess'
brothers and laymen- The laymen, nun
bering forty-one, are all salarfcd' oi'
the priests and brothers, who numb
rorty-four, give their time. labor ad
energy without compensation. A ma
tortty of the faculty serve without pay
and the university Is supported by te
tuition fees of the students. 1ts sos
endowment has been ons OF fe-h and
blood. The career of mo university 10
little shor OF a marvel and rs history
Is an inspiring record OF sacrifice ara
devotion. The university was founded
November ~. 1S42, by the Rev. Edward
| Sorin Of the Congregation OF Holy CroS-,
AN order devoted 10 missions and to
education. The venerable founder o.
the university died in 1898, the year
after the fft,eth anniversary OF the es
tablishment OF Notre Dame. He IS
buried IN the community cemetery, 4
simple iron cross marking his grave
Al the entrance OF the college grounds
stands a statue OF the patriarch who de-
veloped a great university out o: an
Indian mission.
A notable Italian master, Irr oree-
orr, enriched the university by d"vOtrg
limos an entire life's work % tAe
decoration OF its halls Fa'h"- S'1r
had a fine taste for art and wac % great
believer in the value Of heaut'u, pant
ings and sculptures IN tho aey''.-~-~
OF tho soul and mind. Greg p was
sent from the Vatican 20 be1"''" ne
walls domes OF the chief buildings
He spent twenty years with his pal
cite and brushes and LEFT no NJ
versity a treasure house - art lie
Is best known for his '-csN'ea Nlutrat-
ing the career OF Columbus T""" 7r-
painted in the walls 90 I've cor" lore
OF the main building. The COurrs Of
the Sacred Heart, the student c0aFA.
IL famous for It's frcscoes. No Other
edifce IN America contains such a
wealth OF mural paintings, on cv"'y
square foot OF surface IN ceiling. d0'r
and walls Gregor! lcr, a touch OF rs a :
from she great groups illustrating D.
lical episodes % solitary argA's "a
saints and cheruhs. II IS a Warvr' =
interior and art critg's from a'-'ai
when visiting Notre Dame express
wonderment NJ The plethora % Ne8g"fu'
paintings, Among the chief art 'roa ,-
ures at the university Is an altar ny
Rernini II Is believed % be to only
origtnaI work OF Bernini on 'Ne A7er'-
can continent.
The great need Of the urivers''y 'us'
now Is n library building. TIE a. 900
volumes and thousands " narIs -
and pamphlets are kept IN severn ~
ings Mt present. The college las az
cumulatei what IA considered orc O. 80
finest ecclesiastical museums Dr. MO '
|, try, For lack Of room z has power .f'~
!, possible to determine what a wg,''' o.
historical data, both secular a'i 30.
siastical. Notre Dame posseS,'s M.
college department OF the w %.
opens September -. TIE u".Fs s''.
: maintains an Eastern office ~ tie
management Of william T. . "sr a;
505 Firth veuue New York c''y