ROME, AMERICAN COLLEGE AT

Lecated in Rome, Italy. Founded December 8, 1859 by Pius IX., for training young men for the Catholic priesthood in the United States. The regular college course is 2 yaars in philosophy and 4 years in theology. A preparatory course is provided for those who have not completed a college course. The governing board consists of four archbishops, of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The college officers are the rector, vice rector, and spiritual director. In 1884 President Chester A. Arthur intervened to save the college from confiscation by the Italian government, town, E ex, England; breweries. Pop. 864) is largest in U. K.