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

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1855

pg 250            This establishment has always given full satisfaction, having 
             always been the first parish school in Cincinnati in the manner of 
             conducting it, and in the progress and number of its pupils.  It 
             was founded in the hope that is would do much good in the place 
             and that vocations would there be found amongst the Germans; and 
             at this day it serves as a postulate for Germans.
                  Everybody knows that the city is peopled by Germans, and 
             there is every reason to think that in time there will be amongst 
             them a rich harvest of subjects for the Society.  Moreover, it is 
             a centre of business and commerce, and Notre Dame cannot but 
             derive great advantages from a house in this vast centre.  The 
             Brothers own a brick residence facing St. John's church.  They 
             have at this writing five hundred children divided into four 
             classes.