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

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The New Notre Dame T l HE natural beauty of Notre Dame ' s location, partly realized in a mas- terly grouping and arrange- ment of the college build- ings, bespeak infinitely great- er possibilities. The new Xotre Dame aims to realize this in fullest measure. A second quadrangle will be fronted by structures not even approximated by the builders who have gone before. Notre Dame ' s constantly increasing prestige has been marked in commensurate growth. Students assemble in constantly augmented numbers, with the advent of each semester. New class rooms, new residence halls, new space for equipment and appliances, is imperatively demanded. The construction of the splendid new library marks an epoch in the history of the university. It heralds the transition from brick and wood to stone and steel. It is to be followed, according to most authentic accounts, by a. new residence hall, a Knights of Columbus building, and an edifice devoted exclusively to the College of Law. This by no means marks the ulti- mate goal of the new Notre Dame. But these will materialize within a brief span of time, while other details of the pretentious project, must needs await the wand of future developments. The new Notre Dame aspires to equal in enrollment, as she has always equalled in accomplishment, the greatest universities in the United States. Ever foremost among Catholic colleges, she strives toward concomitant greatness in even broader fields. Her faculty for attaining her objective, attested by three quarters of a century of unfaltering forward progress, is ample assurance that her newest ambition will be crowned with success. The newer and greater Notre Dame will be realized in a measure directly proportion- ate to the zeal and enthusiasm manifested by her alumni. If the 1916 Dome will serve to awaken memories in the minds of graduates and old students, that will transform abstract well wishes into a tangible effort to hasten the realization of the splendid project, its mission will have been vindicated. If her beautv and accomplishments, cherished in memory from an attendance of other days, are the incentive that we of ' 16 believe they will be, your co-operation will be of the practical nature that insures results. It ' s a fine thing to exult over the Gold and Blue ' s athletics triumphs. It ' s a nice thing to wax re- miniscent, and live again your boyhood hours at the old school. But it will be a mightier achievement, after all, to turn to and help bring forth from the mists of fancy, into the enduring sunshine of actuality, a newer, bigger and better, Notre Dame. 18

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— — — REV. JOHX C. CAVANAUGH, C. S. C. President of the University 20