{"id":152,"date":"2010-08-26T10:09:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T14:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archives.nd.edu\/about\/news\/?p=152"},"modified":"2010-08-26T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T14:09:25","slug":"university-catalog-1863-1864","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/university-catalog-1863-1864\/","title":{"rendered":"University Catalog 1863-1864"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- RSPEAK_STOP --> <a href='http:\/\/wr.readspeaker.com\/webreader\/webreader.php?cid=&amp;t=wordpress&amp;url=https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/university-catalog-1863-1864\/&amp;title=University Catalog 1863-1864' onclick='readpage(this.href, 152); return false;'> <img src='http:\/\/graphics.readspeaker.com\/images\/wr\/listen_.gif' style='border-style: none;' alt=''><\/a><div id='WR_152'><\/div> <!-- RSPEAK_START --> <p>The University publishes its annual catalogs and bulletins to inform prospective students and their families of life at Notre Dame.\u00a0 They often list the <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.nd.edu\/search\/faculty.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faculty<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.nd.edu\/search\/students.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">students<\/a>, and the academic calendar, and outline activities of the University, such as the available courses, student organizations, and regulations of the University, now known as <em>du Lac<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 1863-1864 catalog was the University&#8217;s twentieth such catalog.\u00a0 Fr. Edward Sorin was president and the Golden Dome didn&#8217;t exist.\u00a0 The Thespian Society had fifteen members and the Notre Dame Cricket Club had twenty-two members.\u00a0 Room, board, and tuition was $200.\u00a0 Each student was expected to arrive with six shirts, four towels, one hat, three pairs of shoes, and one setting of silverware, among a few other personal effects.\u00a0 The Christmas holiday was only three days long.\u00a0 Below are the three pages of regulations from the 1863-1864 catalog, which give insight into daily student life at Notre Dame.\u00a0 Fortunately, students are no longer required to bathe in St. Joseph&#8217;s Lake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-154\" title=\"PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archives.nd.edu\/about\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/files\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p10.jpg 643w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/files\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p10-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/files\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p10-634x1024.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156\" title=\"PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archives.nd.edu\/about\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"1038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/files\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p11.jpg 644w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/files\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p11-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/files\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p11-635x1024.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-157\" title=\"PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archives.nd.edu\/about\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"645\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/files\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p12.jpg 645w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/files\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p12-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/files\/2010\/08\/PNDP-30-Bu-02-1863-p12-635x1024.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/>[Source:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.nd.edu\/cgi-bin\/display.pl?NDP013.HTM+14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PNDP 30-BU-02<\/a> 1863-1864]<\/p>\n <!-- RSPEAK_STOP -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- RSPEAK_STOP --> <a href='http:\/\/wr.readspeaker.com\/webreader\/webreader.php?cid=&amp;t=wordpress&amp;url=https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndarchives\/university-catalog-1863-1864\/&amp;title=University Catalog 1863-1864' onclick='readpage(this.href, 152); return false;'> <img src='http:\/\/graphics.readspeaker.com\/images\/wr\/listen_.gif' style='border-style: none;' alt=''><\/a><div id='WR_152'><\/div> <!-- RSPEAK_START --> <p>The University publishes its annual catalogs and bulletins to inform prospective students and their families of life at Notre Dame.\u00a0 They often list the faculty, the students, and the academic calendar, and outline activities of the University, such as the available courses, student organizations, and regulations of the University, now known as du Lac. 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