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

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1863

pg 470       difficulties of the Congregation, and at the end of December 
             nothing authentic or official had been issued by that supreme 
             tribunal.
                  This year the number of entries was greater than ever.  The 
             pupils came the first days in such numbers that soon every spot 
             was occupied, and beds had to be placed wherever they could be 
             crowded in.
                  Then, laborers became so scarce that it was hard to find men 
             to cut fire wood.  The Council of Notre Dame suddenly found itself 
             face to face with the almost impossible task of obtaining the 
Steam heat   amount of wood necessary for the winter, which had already set in.
1863-4       After the most serious deliberation it was resolved to introduce 
             steam heating as an escape out of the difficulty as had been done 
             at St. Mary's.  There was not a day to spare:  it was November.  
             The work was urged forward with all possible haste, and by 
             Christmas the college was heated satisfactorily and economically, 
             as it had not been done before.
                  The steam heating at St. Mary's a year earlier had much to do