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

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1860

pg 398       richly benefited by it.  In America people must make themselves 
             known, must show themselves to the world if they expect anything 
             from the world.
                  The same considerations some months afterwards prompted the 
             appointment of an agent in the West to canvass for pupils, sell 
             scholarships, and collect the debts of the college and of St. 
             Mary's academy.  The choice that was then made of a non-Catholic 
             gentleman may appear strange; but when it is carefully examined, 
             it is easy to see that such a man, well known in a big city like 
             Chicago, will succeed better than a Catholic in breaking down 
             numbers of prejudices against Catholic institutions, especially if 
             he is a man who has the confidence of the public and his children 
             in those institutions, and that his son has been for three years 
             in Notre Dame and is making progress.  It is an experiment, which 
             seems to justify the expenditure of more than 3500fr. for six 
             months.
                  The financial crisis continued to be felt in a more acute 
             form, money seemed to be growing scarcer, and serious fears were