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152 PIONEERING IN LOUISVILLE
working knowledge of the language. Brother Paul super-
vised both schools and acted as procurator. Brother
Philip looked after the living quarters and prepared the
meals.
After Brother Ryken had time to look around and to
make inquiries, he concluded that the prospects for
the future in Louisville were not too inviting. Accord-
ing to the contract, the Brothers could open a pay-school
but every boy in the city whose parents wished him to
attend such a school was already enrolled at the Ca-
thedral school. Here Rev. Francis X. d'Hoop, S.J., a
Hollander, and Rev. Ignatius Maes, S.J., a Belgian, with
the assistance of three lay teachers, taught 250 boys.
It was from talking to the two Jesuits that Brother
Ryken found out that it would take at least $200 per
man to provide even minimal essentials.
Brother Ryken at the first opportunity asked the
Bishop to authorize an upward revision of the amount
specified in the contract. The Bishop was hostile, re-
minding the petitioner that $130 had not been his
suggestion and that he simply agreed to what had been
named as a satisfactory amount. Eventually, probably
after several conferences, he promised the two hundred
dollars.
After spending two months in Louisville, Brother
Ryken decided to return to Bruges. IIe was content to
see his Brothers serve one year in Louisville and thus
live up to the terms of the contract. He said good-bye
to His Excellency on October 4th. He took away with
him a copy of "Sketches of the Life, Times, and Char-
acter of Rt. Rev. Benedict Joseph Flaget." On the fly-
leaf Bishop Spalding had written: "Presented to T. J.
Ryken, Superior of the Xaverian Brothers, by rhe
Author."
Bishop Spalding did not enthuse over rhe departing