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S y a S A A rM L S S ity I Y ty fr aw awa a f Salt SaU Lakes Lake's Newest exclusive school for girls will be constructed at a cost of at the base of the Wasatch mountains by St. St Mary Marys academy on one of the most picturesque sites in the United States i c and will replace the old St. St Marys Mary's academy located on First West street between First and Second South Streets I Contracts for Magnificent Ne New w Structure Will Be Let in January Jan- Jan M uary Site Embraces Acres t- t 4 1 R ITE plans for the tha erection D of a a new St. St Marys Mary's academy were completed d carl early In Der December De- De r cember and the new exclusive school for girls will be erected erect at t a of near the mouth of Em- Em migration canyon on a site at the foothills of the beautiful f and that picturesque picturesque pic pic- Wasatch mountains that overlook Salt Lake valley from the East The first units wilt will b be completed completed com com- the during 1924 at the cost ot of and when finished will be bo one of the most beautiful exclusive schools for girls In the West est schools The The building site embracing i a res on an tho the ench douth Bouth of v tion turn canyon carton reaches to the base of or the Was Wasatch mountains It was purchased purchased pur- pur chased for It is the land that II a few years ears It was as proposed to convert convert convert con- con vert Into Into-a. a. a golf goU and country club 1 but the tho project did not materialize material For the purpose of considering the construction of the new Mother General M. M Aquina of te the Sisters of the Holy Cross Cree hob has conferred conferred con con- erred for forr the tho past week with the Right flight Rev Jos Joseph Jh S S. S Glass Glasa bishop of Salt Salt Lake Sister M. M Bertilde superior pero of St. St Marys Mary's academy J J. J A. A Bruneau of ef the Hill Bruneau Investment oc com com- J J T pany gany any W. W H H. Teary Leary dean of the tho law School chool of the University of Utah with George B. B Helene Helme of Helmle Heimle Helmle Helmie architects and engineers of SP Springfield Springfield Springfield Spring- Spring field Ill HI the firm that has been commissioned to design the buildings Construction of a now nw academy has been under consideration for sometime some sometime sometime time and negotiator negotiation for a suitable location have he been heen en included by y Mr I Bruneau and Mr Lea Leary Leary- MODERN INSTITUTION The new school which is exclusively Ively for girls will be one of the most beautiful and modern modem In the United States and affords an excellent excellent excel excel- lent view of the Salt Lake valley The Tho location Is Ideal The Wasatch mountains form fonn a ft background for the buildings and they will ill be designed to harmonize with their setting The units will wUl be of perpendicular Gothic o style according to Mr He Helmle The materials and colors will blend with the hues of the tho mountain range The b buildings are to be so con conand constructed and arranged that they will conform to the slope of the ground and the present natural grade will not be dis dis- dis The group arrangement will be symbolic symbolic symbolic sym sym- bolic of the ideals and purposes of 01 the academy In the center the he chapel with its Gothic tower will form the motif of the design The academic departments will be adjacent to the chapel on both sides and one wing to the south will be the science building f r completely equipped with laboratories I I for tor chemistry physics and biology The domestic science departments aleo al- al eo be in n this wing The adjoining wing to the north will be the music fine line arts and recreation building and will contain forty rooms rooms three large recreation halls and the tha art studios An auditorium with mth a seating capacity capacity capacity ca ca- of will be constructed inthe In Inthe Inthe the main building The sisters sisters' rs' rs convent will be located at the extreme south and the girls' girls dormitory will be somewhat to the east and to the north of the educational educational educational buildings All AlI buildings will be connected with corridors The architects have made a complete complete complete com com- plot plan lan for foX future additions added and all alb th the the- buildings can canto be added to in s1 such sucha ch a a away way that I It t will not mar ar the architectural and proportions of the group and at the same time the relative positions of the various departments will not be changed All buildings will be strictly fireproof fireproof fireproof fire fire- proof and of the most moot modern mOdem con con- A central heating plant will be built about feet from the main buildings and at a a. near-by near point there will be a modern laundry building buildIng buildIng build- build Ing and quarters for A tunnel tunnel tunner tun tun- nel ner will connect these buildings with the main group The buildings willbe will willbe be he equipped with the latest type of forced ventilation the highest-class highest plumbing and three electric pushbutton push but ton elevators The architects have been Instructed Instruct Instruct- ed to complete working drawings and specifications as ag rapidly as possible COMPETENT OFFICIALS S. S Mr l Bruneau who vho has for years assisted the Sisters of the Holy Cross Crossin in conducting the business affairs of the academy has been placed In charge of the project by the mother mother- general and all business arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments will win be In hiI bands b The and engineering work will willbe willbe willbe be in charge of Helmle Helmle This firm has done considerable of this nature in the east for the Sisters of the Holy Cross This firm is now constructing a Catholic project at I Riverton Ill which will cost 2000 The chapel alone will cost I HOO The site selected for iCY th the chool Is far enough south to be out of the I path of any storms that may sweep down Emigration canyon and the th buildings will be close enough to the I mountains to be afforded protection from extreme winds Summer temperatures temperatures temperatures tem tem- will be Ideal It Is pointed out The entire acreage has been under undera a high state of cultivation for several several several sev sev- eral years and the soil conditions are perfect for landscape and agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural development In addition to the site for the buildIngs buildings buildIngs build- build Ings and academy grounds the school schools has s acquired Spring canyon which adjoins adJoins adjoIns ad- ad Joins the grounds on the east cast and extends ex extends extends ex- ex tends a mile and a half Into the mountains The beauty of ot this wooded wooded wood wood- ed od canyon makes it a valuable adjunct adjunct adjunct ad ad- to the academy grounds At the upper end are two mountain springs which are the source of the little stream that runs through the canyon This water will be used to supply the buildings and for tor Irrigating the grounds It is nearly fifty years since at atthe atthe atthe the solicitation of the late Bishop Scanlan two sisters of the Holy Cross came from the Mother House at St. St Marys Mary's at Notre Dame Ind to devote devote devote de de- de- de vote their lives to educating the children children chil chil- dren of the Salt Lake diocese They reached Salt Lake In June 1875 The sisters Ilsters opened school in a modest cottage on First West street Recognizing the value of the members of the sisterhood as educators the people evinced an eagerness to assist them and th the first unit of the present academy building was The academy academy academy acad- acad emy has expanded from time to time but it has become altogether Inadequate inadequate inadequate quate to meet the demands made upon it for the accommodation of resident and day dav pupils and this construction of ofa ofa ofa a newer and a larger becomes necessary i I I |