| Show I ST MAEYS ACADEMY The School Which the Sisters of the Holy Cross Have Charge The opening of the abovenamed institution on Monday was marked with a larger attendance both of boarders and day pupils than on any previous year The roll was not completed when a HERALD reporter I called upon the Sister Superior in charge some forty additional boarders being on the way In from Idaho Montana Arizona Colorado and even from California one fact which speaks loudly for the popularity popul-arity of the academy After an explanation of the modus operandi of the establishment establish-ment from which we learned of the conduct and management we were politely shown through the buildIng build-Ing and around the grounds The departments of learning are four senior intermediate junior and minimeach of which is divided into three classes the branches taught embracing everything calcu lated to give the pupils a thorough English education The teachers are chosen from the ranks of the Sisters who are placed in charge of the departments they are best qual fled for and their movements in the line of studies and measures of progress are directed by the Sister Superior The musical department is graded into nine classes is furnished fur-nished with capable exponents of the divine art has twelve pianos and a number of smaller string instruments and pupils are given time for practice at stated hours between Cam and 7 pm The art department is well supplied with models figures pictures and drawings and with instruments and materials wherewith to copy and reproduce re-produce The very best mathematicians mathema-ticians have been secured who instruct struct in all the science of figuring from notation to trigonometry Besides the studies of the classroom class-room the pupils are taught the principles prin-ciples of housewifery they are instructed in the duties of the cook the seamstress and the chambermaid chamber-maid are trained in decorum discipline cipline etiquette and all that is required to make them ladies in every sense of the word but their religious beliefs or inclinations are not interfered with in the least and the nonCatholic children who attend the academy are as free religiously as they would be in schools of their own denominations The hour for rising in the morning is 6 and that to retire S The building is conveniently arranged and well adapted for the uses to which its numerous rooms are set apart During the vacation the floors have been painted the other woodwork varnished and the walls and ceilings papered and calcimined cimined giving the air of the inte I nor a freshness and sweetness that are pleasing to the senses In the basement are the kitchen and dining din-ing room on the first floor waiting rooms chapel and class rooms and a valuable cabinet of choice specimens speci-mens oE minerals and curiosities adorns the main hall on the second additional classrooms and on the third the dormitories of the boarder pupils which are models of neatness neat-ness and cleanliness At the rear from the top floor is a flight of stairs on the outside built for emergency in case or an accident wmcn it is hoped will never be needed From the upper porch in front a fine view of the city on the eat is to be had Hot and cold water service has been put in throughout the edifice with hose in convenient rooms for use incase in-case of fire and as prevention is better than cure these precautions are well placed The grounds have recently been I added to by purchase of between five and six rods on the north and a small piece on the west and have been planted systematically with shade trees and sown to grajs on which the girls may romp and gambol gam-bol without restraint thereby developing de-veloping their muscles lungs and physical growth Summerhouses and rustic seats at convenient places furnish for the more sedate resting spots in the open air yet screened from the solar heat In the rear on the south are located the laundry and dairy where everything is manipulated by willing hands in a businesslike cleanly and orderly manner In connection with the academy and in a small building to the south of it is a school for boys where about 100 are being educated in the rudiments of readin ritin and rithmetic The discipline and good order here manifest speak volumes vol-umes for the means used and measures mea-sures adopted by the Sisters in charge as boys will be boys as everybody knows yet the boys here are as tractable manageable and ruly as is possible Fathers Scanlan and Kelly iiave interested themselves in the welfare wel-fare and growth of the academy from its first conception to the present pre-sent time and with means and influence in-fluence have rendered valuable assistance as-sistance to the Sisters in bringing it up to its present excellence and popularity |
