The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . l initiative. Furthermore,there are many societies of a distinctly moral and re-ligious nature ap-peaUng to the lifeand character ofyouth: religiousreunions, organi-zationsf or instruc-tion, apostleship,pious and chari-table enterprises,such as the Eucha-ristic missions,the ChristianPress, Society ofSt. Vincent dePaul, school foradult working-men. Nor is phys-ical developmentoverlooked, andthere are fineequipments forthe vari
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 9); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . l initiative. Furthermore,there are many societies of a distinctly moral and re-ligious nature ap-peaUng to the lifeand character ofyouth: religiousreunions, organi-zationsf or instruc-tion, apostleship,pious and chari-table enterprises,such as the Eucha-ristic missions,the ChristianPress, Society ofSt. Vincent dePaul, school foradult working-men. Nor is phys-ical developmentoverlooked, andthere are fineequipments forthe various university has a strong bond of unity; its moralforce is incontestably the most powerful element of itsvitality. The relations between professors a nc 1 studentsstill continue when the university days are over, andthe majority retain their attachment to the AlmnMater. The-Ui/mni are one of the out-ward signs: the permanence of personal relations iseven more telling. To complete this sketch of Louvain something mustbe said about the student life. Owing to the limitedterritory of the country, to the manv easv and inex-. HOTEL DE \ILLE, LoLVAIN LOVE 397 LOVE pensive means of communication, many students areenabled to return home every day. They are callednavettes in the college slang. The others live at Lou-vain, some (about 200) in the university colleges (con-vidus), supervised by one of the professors as presi-dent, where for a moderate sum (about 700 francs)they are given full board. Others live with citizens ofthe town, usually occupying two rooms. A very largenumber go away and spend Sunday with their fami-lies, and this is encouraged. The academic year al-lows for quite a number of vacations. It begins aboutthe third week in October with the Mass of the HolyGhost. There is a fortnights vacation at Christmas,three weeks at Easter; the lectures cease on 25 month of July and the first part of October are de-voted to examinations. During th
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