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

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1859

pg 358       Chicago, whose Bishop at the time was very unfavorably disposed 
             and whom he had greatly surprised by telling him that he was 
             coming to Notre Dame.  The difficulties of Notre Dame with Mgr. 
             Duggan were submitted to him, and he did not hesitate to give his 
             opinion and his ? in favor of the Congregation.  The venerable 
             Archbishop seemed to be well pleased and even edified by what he 
             saw, repeating that he had not suspected that the Congregation had 
             such an establishment in the West, and that the had of God was 
             manifest in this work.
                  The scholastic year 1858-1859 had terminated with success; and 
             in spite of the financial crisis which still prevailed in the 
             West, the receipts fell only a little short of those of the two 
             previous years.  One hundred and eight-seven entries had been 
             recorded, and there was an average attendance of one hundred and 
             twenty-five pupils for the year.  This was a gain of some pupils 
             over 1858; but what was perhaps equally consoling was the excellent