Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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inaccurate to overlook the foresiglu and courage of Brother Facile ( 1800-1877), who as Assistant-Supe- rior General in the period following the Civil War was responsible for the nationwide expansion of the Christian Brothers. He realized the difficulties that would be encoun- tered but also taking into considera- tion the caliber of the Brothers, Brother Facile made the decisions and formulated the plans that were later to pay immeasurable spiritual and educational dividends. There were other sons of St. La Salle who deserve citation. Brother Patrick 0822-1891) devoted his en- ergies to train a nati e clerg ' in the preparation of spiritual and educa- tional text books and was also re- sponsible for the extension of the parochial school system. Then there was the outstanding Brother Azarias f 1847-1893), a man of many gifts who especially distinguished himself as a philosopher, educator, linguist, and lecturer. He earned world-wide recognition for his erudite books, magazine articles, and pamphlets. Among the more famous of his scholarly tomes are The Philoso- phy of Literature, Essays Educa- tional, and Aristode and the Chrisdan Church. Brother Azarias was considered as perhaps the out- standing Catholic literary critic at the latter part of the 19th Century. Lie was also one of the founders of 13

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long and tedious journey to the shores of the Pacific in 1868 and es- tablished the Brothers at the College of St. Mary by the famous Golden Gate in California. Before too many years had passed, the Brothers had become an integral part of the educational system at New Orleans and Santa Fe. The number of vocations to the order grew and the demand for the Broth- ers as educators multiplied through the years. New York City continued to be the hub of acti ity. Manhattan College was building up a rich tra- dition as both teacher and scholar enhanced the reputation of the Christian Brothers and their educa- tional system. Indixidual accomplishments must necessarily be woven into a testimo- nial because there are always those who have singularly distinguished themselves in a cause. It would be 12

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the Catholic Summer School of America. In the scientific field a contem- porary of Brother Azarias was sig- nalled out as one of the more bril- liant men in a field that is well studded with great minds. The name Brother Potamian (1847-1919) is quite familiar to present-day scientists. This scientific genius made several significant experiments with wire- less, contributing in no small a to the further de elopments of the Ital- ian pioneer, Marconi. In Ireland Brother Potamian is remembered as the scientist who introduced into that countr - the medical use of the X-Ray. Few men have contributed more to the furtherance of scholastic phil- osophic thought in America than the astute Brother Chrysostom ( 1863- 1917). Among those of Thomistic persuasian he is recognized as one Brother Pastoris 14