TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Congregation of the Mission in the United States, 3

History of the College and Seminary (Introductory), 9

CHAPTER I

Establishment of a College on Lake Shore near Buffalo — Fathers Lynch, C. M., and Monaghan, C. M., the Sole Faculty — Visit to Niagara Falls — Purchase of the Vedder Farm, 100 Acres, Midway between Suspension Bridge and Lewiston — No Funds, Yet Another Purchase of 900 Acres from the DeVeaux Estate — "The Folly of the Cross " — Father McGuinness and the Miraculous Ten Thousand Dollars — Bishop Timon Gives Advice — Bishop Loughlin Solves a Difficulty 13

CHAPTER II

Father Lynch Appointed Coadjutor of Toronto — Death of Father McGuinness — Incorporation of Seminary — Officers Elected — Some Well-known Names — N. Y. Legislature Petitioned to Grant a Charter to the Seminary — Text of Charter — Some Events of the Early '60's — Burning of the Seminary, 17

CHAPTER III

Rebuilding of the Seminary— Present South Wing Opened for Studies — Distinguished Visitors Present— Corner Stone of Main Building Laid — New Trials — Generous Friends — Niagara's Aid to Poor Students — More Prosperous Times — The New Gymnasium, S3

CHAPTER IV

Silver Jubilee of the Seminary — Morning Exercises — Dignitaries Present — Afternoon Exercises — Alumni Association Formed — Alumni Gaudeamus, 31

CHAPTER V

Our Silver Jubilee (continued) — Address of Archbishop Lynch — The Music — Letters of Regret — Father Aliseri's Latin Jubilee Poem, 43

CHAPTER VI

Change of Title — " Niagara University " — Text of Charter — School of Medicine Established — Historical Sketch by Dr. Hubbell— Report of the " Buffalo Express " on the Eleventh Commencement of the Medical School 65

CHAPTER VII

Niagara University (continued) — School of Law Established — Notable Petitioners—Our Attitude Towards Special Schools— " Buffalo Courier's " Report of Law School's First Commencement, 85

CHAPTER VIII

History of Alumni Chapel — Opened for Regular Service — Decorated and Solemnly Reopened — Ceremonies on that Occasion — List of Visitors — Destroyed by Fire — Rebuilt and Converted into Alumni Hall — New Accommodations for Our Societies, 95

CHAPTER IX

Buffalo's Bishops — Right Rev. John Timon, C. M., D. D„ First Bishop of Buffalo, 109

CHAPTER X

Right Rev. Stephen Vincent Ryan, C. M., D. D., Second Bishop of Buffalo — First Chancellor of Niagara University, HT

CHAPTER XI

Right Rev. James Edward Quigley, D. D., Third Bishop of Buffalo — Second Chancellor of Niagara University, 134

CHAPTER XII

Right Rev. Charles Henry Colton, D. D., Fourth Bishop of Buffalo — Third Chancellor of Niagara University, 144

CHAPTER XIII

Niagara's Presidents and Their Associates — Very Rev. John Joseph Lynch, C. M., First President — Rev. John Monaghan, C. M., and Other Associates, 159

CHAPTER XIV

Very Rev. John O'Reilly, C. M., Second President of Niagara — His Associates, 166

CHAPTER XV

Very Rev. Thomas J. Smith, V. C. M., Third President of Niagara — His Associates, 169

CHAPTER XVI

Very Rev. Robert E. V. Rice, C. M., Fourth President of Niagara — His Associates, 177

CHAPTER XVII

Very Rev. Patrick V. Kavanagh, C. M., Fifth President of Niagara — His Associates, 199

CHAPTER XVIII

Father Kavanagh 's Silver Jubilee — His Departure from Niagara — His Sickness, Death, and Burial, £33

CHAPTER XIX

Very Rev. Patrick S. McHale, C. M., Sixth President of Niagara — His Associates, 244

CHAPTER XX

Very Rev. William F. Likiy, C. M„ Seventh President of Niagara — His Associates, 964

CHAPTER XXI

Alumni Bishops — Rt. Rev. James J. Hartley, D. D„ 1888 — Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Lillis, D. D., 1884, 883, 985

CHAPTER XXII

Organisations, 989, 991