University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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t Dome: Past Presidents of the University REV. EDWARD SORIN, C.S.C. First President, 1842-1865 REV. W. CORBY, C.S.C. REV. T. E. WALSH, C.S.C. Thinl and Sixth President, 1866-1872, 1877-1881 Seventh President, 1881-1893 REV. P. DILLON, C.S.C. REV. A. LEMONNIER, C.S.C. Second President, 1865-1866 Fourth President, 1872-1874 REV. A. MORRISSEY, C.S.C. Eighth President, 1893-1905 REV. P. COLOVIN, C.S.C. Fifth President, 1874-1877 22 ! i 1

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Dome ♦$ The next quarter-century witnessed a great scientific and artistic stride. The charred campus was rebuilt, greater than ever, and the new buildings were beginning to be enriched by the long sojourn of Gregori, Vatican artist. The wonderful decorations in the Church of the Sacred Heart and the Colum- bian frescoes in the Main Building are but part of his work. His pupils were the tragic-fated Wood, and Walker, a prize winner at Paris exhibitions. Before the arrival of the noted Italian, the elder Ackerman had done artistic work which was nearly all destroyed by the fire. A few of his designs are still to be found in the various refectories. In this golden age of the University, the Bishops Memorial Hall was be- gun; the Catholic Archives of America were enriched; and the Latare Medal 1 OLD COLLEGE I was first conferred upon John Gilmary Shea in 1883. The Law course, founded by Professor Colovin, brother of Father Colovin, one-time President, received new vigor when Professor William Hoynes in 1883 became Dean. Scholastic growth was stimulated by able professors in Edward Lyons, founder of the Philpatrians; the Rev. Neal Gillespie; the Rev. Augustus Lemmonier, Lemmonier Library; William Hoynes; Professor Stace, and the Rev. A. Zahn, Roosevelt ' s companion in the South American Expedition. The Rev. Edward Sorin had celebrated his fiftieth anniversary as a priest, but he did not live to see the formal celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the University, held in 1895. The aged founder was laid at rest in 1895. 21 »J

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I $ DOME ' P Thus closed the Golden Jubilee. In 1905, the Rev. John C. Cavanaugh succeeded Father Morrissey to the presidency. Great steps were made by gracious Father Cavanaugh in advancing the University. It is not given to observers to appreciate the events happening about them; time lends per- spective to events. So it is with the deficiency of the contemporaneous his- torian that our picture of the twenty-five years preceding the Diamond Jubilee year is somewhat inadequate. Many of the buildings erected in the golden age were considerably embellished in the third-quarter span. Walsh Hall, the newest residence, was built in 1909. Five years later, the old postoffice, the grant of Henry Clay in 1851, was torn down to make way for a larger building. Fire partly destroyed the Novitiate a few years ago, but a greater structure has replaced the old one. This year a wonderful Library shines on the campus. We are come to the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the University. The work of seventy-five years is to be royally crowned. Preparations have been made for a kingly celebration. But a shadow comes over the plans of the University; the Stars and Stripes have called not a few of our ever- patriotic students. But the glorious exercises of June are not to be dimmed. The spirit of Notre Dame vaults mountain-looming difficulties, and lives on in glowing pictures of her work. 1 I 2S