Spillard, C.S.C., Father Daniel J., Holy Cross College, New Orleans, Louisiana to James F. Edwards, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1897 March 26

He asks Edwards to find him some back numbers of "The American Ecclesiastical Review" to complete his set Father Andrew Morrissey, C.S.C. spent about a week with them and seemed pleased with his visit. They have a small school 21 boarders and 20 day students. He is told that there were never before as many day students. Spillard divides his time between the college and the church five miles distant. The second session of the "Winter School" closed last Saturday. Austin Adams drem the best audiences. Mrs. B. Ellen Burke delighted her hearers. Although the waters of the Mississippi are rolling rapidly within a stone's throw they are not ararid of any bad breaks. :: XI-1-o A.L.S. 2pp.