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

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men of vision were needed ... This college cannot fail to succeed . . . Before long, it will develop on a large scale, and it will be one of the most powerful means for good in this Country . . . Dear Father, you cannot help seeing that this new branch of your family is destined to grow under the protection of O ur Lady of the Lake and of St. Joseph. At least, this is my deep conviction. Time will tell if I am wrong. So wrote Father Edward Sorin of Notre Dame in 1842. Then there was nothing but a lake and a few hundred acres of land. But Father Sorin had faith and hope in a vision, the vision of a great Catholic university in America. Under his guidance, Notre Dame was founded and incorporated and began to grow. After Sorin came other men to lead-William Corby, John Zahm, John W. Cavanaugh. These priests of Holy Cross shared Father Sorin ' s dream, and their efforts brought it ever closer to realization; they cast the mold fo the Notre Dame of today.

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From a single chapel nd collie new main building