Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1850

pg 143                        5.  A Successful Scholastic Year

                  The scholastic year was more successful and with a better 
             attendance than any previous year.  The average number of pupils 
             was fifty-eight.  The year was terminated by a brilliant discourse 
             by the Honorable D. Gregg, secretary of the United States in 
             Illinois.  This speech was printed and circulated to the great 
             benefit of the college.

                                   6.  St. Mary's Academy

                  Equal success seems to have crowned the labors of the Sisters 
             at Bertrand, although the number of boarders there is thus far 
             only fifteen to twenty.

                                      7.  The Missions

                  The missions being oftener and more regularly visited, are 
             assuming a more consoling and encouraging appearance.  Two new 
             churches were blessed this year, one at Michigan City and the 
             other at Niles, and the corner-stone of a third church has also 
             been blessed at Kalamazoo.