Compare And Contrast Notre Dame And Drake

The University of Notre Dame and Drake are a lot alike for one main reason; they both “started from the bottom and now they’re here”. As the great Father Edward Sorin once said, “I came here as a young man and dreamed of building a great university in honor of Our Lady. But I built it too small, and she had to burn it to the ground to make the point. So, tomorrow, as soon as the bricks cool, we will rebuild it, bigger and better than ever.” (Why the French-Founded Notre Dame School's Athletic Teams Are the "Fighting Irish"). Notre Dame began with the purchase of 524 snowy acres of land in the Indiana mission field with no other additions. Over the course of time, the work exerted on building this university increased and it soon became an all

As Notre Dame flourished, Saint Mary’s College was founded, specifically to meet the needs of French-Catholic women in the South Bend, Indiana area. Even after some of the buildings of Notre Dame burned down, Notre Dame came back, stronger than ever before. Eventually becoming a coed university in 1972, Notre Dame’s athletic department also founded a football team. Through the hundred years and more rivalry with the University of Michigan, the slogan and nickname, “The Fighting Irish” came to be. Although it was an insult at first, the name came around and people soon adored it. With Notre Dame being the second highest ranked college for religion in the entire nation, Catholicism has a lasting effect on many people of the area. Many Catholic traditions are upheld and celebrated. Throughout the community, Notre Dame has benefited from many people and, to this day, benefits thousands. The University of Notre Dame brings in a great deal of money to the Saint Joseph County area. With the football stadium being under construction and renovated recently, the job count has increased in the city of South Bend. The University of Notre Dame has had a huge impact on the world and has made a significant footprint in history. Father Hesburgh quotes, "Notre Dame can and must be a crossroads where all the vital intellectual currents of our time meet in dialogue, where the great issues of the Church and the world today are plumbed to their depths, where every sincere inquirer is welcomed and listened to and respected by a serious consideration of what he has to say about his belief or unbelief, his certainty or uncertainty; where differences of culture and religion and conviction can co-exist with friendship, civility, hospitality, respect and love; a place where the endless conversation is harbored and not