ANNUAL CATALOGUE iOF THEa UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, Indiana. • • • • 1896-1897. FIFTY-THIRD Annual Catalogue OF THE University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. 1896- 1897. T h e U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s.- NOTRE DAME, IND. M AR^. Board of Trustees VERY REV. WILLIAM CORBY, C. S. C., P r e s i d e n t . REV. DANIEL E. HUDSON, C. S. C., V ic e -P r e s i d e n t . REV. ANDREW MORRISSEY, C. S. C., C h a n c e l l o r . REV. JAMES J. FRENCH, C. S. C., S e c r e t a r y . BRO. EDWARD, C. S. C., T r e a s u r e r . 4 U n iv e r s it y o f N o t r e D a m e . Officers of the University REV. ANDREW MORRISSEY, C. S. C., P r e s i d e n t . REV. JAMES J. FRENCH, C. S C., V ic e -P r e s id e n t and D ir e c t o r o f S t u d ie s . REV. MARTIN J. REGAN, C. S. C., P r e f e c t o f D i s c ip l in e . BRO. PAUL, C. S. C., S e c r e t a r y . BRO. JOSEPH, C. S. C., A s sist a n t S e c r e t a r y . Assistant Prefects of Discipline. BROWNSON HALL. BRO. EMMANUEL, C. S. C. BRO. HILARION, C. S C. BRO. HUGH, C. S. C. BRO. VITAL, C. S. C. CARROLL HALL. BRO. ALEXANDER, C. S. C. BRO. LAWRENCE, C. S. C. BRO. ALBEUS, C. S. C. BRO. ALPHONSUS, C. S. C. ST. EDWARD’S HALL. BRO. CAJETAN, C. S. C. BRO. JEROME, C. S. C. BRO. GUY, C. S. C. U n iv e r s it y o f N o t r e D a m e . The Faculty. R e v. ANDREW MORRISSEY, C. S. C., E v id e n c e s o f R e l ig io n . REV. JAMES J. FRENCH, C. S. C., L a t in and E n g l is h . REV. MARTIN J. REGAN, C. S. C., C h r is t ia n D o c t r in e . REV. ALEXANDER M. KIRSCH, C. S. C., B io l o g y . REV. NICHOLAS STOEFEL, C. S. C., G r e e k L anguage and L it e r a t u r e . REV. DENIS J. HAGERTY, C. S. C., E cclesiastical H is t o r y . REV. STANISLAUS FITTE, C. S. C., P h il o s o p h y . REV JOHN B. SCHEIER, C. S. C., L a t in L anguage and L it e r a t u r e a nd G e r m a n . REV. JOSEPH KIRSCH, C. S. C., N a t u r a l S c ie n c e s a nd G e r m a n . REV. EDWARD P. MURPHY, C. S. C., M a t h e m a t ic s . REV. JOHN W. CAVANAUGH, C. S. C., R h e t o r ic . U n iv e r s it y o f N o t r e D a m e . RET. JAMES A. BURNS, C. S. C., C h e m is t r y . JAMES F. EDWARDS, A. M., LL. B., H is t o r y and L ib r a r ia n . WILLIAM HOYNES, A. M., LL. B., L a w . JOHN G. EWING, A. M., M. S., H is t o r y , and L e c t u r e r on P o l it ic a l E c o n o m y . MARTIN J. McCUE, M. S., C. E., A str o n o m y and C iv il E n g in e e r in g . AUSTIN O'MALLEY, A. M., M. D., PH. D., LL. D., E n g l is h L it e r a t u r e . LAURENCE McGRISKIN, A. M., G r e e k and M a t h e m a t ic s . JEROME J. GREEN, M. E., E. E., E l e c t r ic a l E n g in e e r in g and E xperimental P h y s ic s . WILLIAM LOGAN BENITZ, M. E., E. E., M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g . CHARLES VENEZIANI, A. M., PH. D., R o m a n ce L a n g u a g es . GEORGE E. CLARKE, A. M., LL. M., E l o c u t io n and P h o n o g r a p h y . JOHN B. BERTELING, M. D , (Resident Physician.) A na to m y and P h y s io l o g y . U n iv e r s it y o f N o t r e D a m e . Assistant Professors and Instructors. REV. WILLIAM MOLONEY, C. S. C., B o o k k e e p in g and C o m m e r c ia l L a w . Bao. BONIFACE, C. S. C., G e r m a n . BRO. ALEXANDER, C. S. C., M a t h e m a t ic s . BRO. PHILIP NERI, C. S. C., P e n m a n s h ip and G e r m a n . EDWARD J. MAURUS, M. S., M a t h e m a t ic s . CHARLES PERCY MAcHUGH, L a t in and E n g l is h . FRANK POWERS, B. S., A s sist a n t and D emonstrator in B io l o g y . FREDERICK J. SCHILLO, B. S., E n g l is h . DANIEL P. MURPHY, A. B., L a t in . 8 U n iv e r s it y o f N o t r e D a m e . JOHN B. MURPHY, C. E., M a t h e m a t ic s . ARTHUR W. STAGE, Lirr. B., E n g l is h C o m p o s it io n . M. JAMES H. NEY, T e l e g r a p h y . WILLIAM McDONOUGH, T y p e w r it in g . Teachers in Preparatory Department. BRO. EMMANUEL, C. S. C. BRO. CAJETAN, C. S. C. BRO. JEROME, C. S. C. BRO. ALPHONSUS, C. S. C. BRO. LEANDER, C. S. C. BRO. CYPRIAN, C. S. C. BRO. ALBEUS, C. S. C. BRO. HUGH, C. S. C. U n iv e r s it y o f N o t r e D a m e . Department of Fine Arts. MUSIC. Bao. BASIL, C. S. C., D ir e c t o r o f M u sica l D e p a r t m e n t . BRO. LEOPOLD, C. S. C., I nstrumental M u s ic. BRO. GERARD, C. S. C., I nstrumental M u s ic. DAMIS PAUL, P iano and V i o l in . NEWTON A. PRESTON, Mus. BACH., V ocal M u s ic, D ir e c t o r o f B and and Or c h e s t r a s . DRAWING. FRANCIS XAVIER ACKERMANN, L in e a r , A rchitectural a nd M e c h a n ic a l D r a w in g ATHLETICS. PAUL BEYER, G y m n a st ic s . FRANCIS EARLE HERING, I n s t r u c t o r in A t h l e t i c s . 10 U n iv e r s it y o f N o t r e D a m e . NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY. HISTORICAL. The University of N otre Dame was founded in the year 1842, by Very Reverend Edward Sorin, the late Superior Gen­ eral of the Congregation of the Holy Cross; in 1844 it was chartered by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. It grew rapidly from a small frontier school to a fairly equipped college, and at length assumed the proportions of a University. On April 23, 1879, five of the college buildings were destroyed by fire. The loss included the Library, Museums, and scientific apparatus. The progress of the University, however, was arrested but for a short time. In September, 1879, the college had been partially rebuilt, and the beginning of the present extended group of buildings had been made. The new order of things fulfilled a hope rather than a promise of the old, and the Notre Dame of to-day, with its equipment, its standard of studies, and its increasing influence, more than realizes the most sanguine expectations even of those who had the firmest belief in the possibilities of higher education in the West. A brief review seems not inappropriate. Material Equipment of the University. Main Building. This is five stories high; its dimensions are 320 x 155 feet. The distance from the ground to the electric light just above the statue surmounting the dome is two hundred and seven feet. This building contains museums, libraries, art galleries, class rooms, study halls, dormitories, lavatories, trunk rooms, armories, etc.