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Show CONVERT TO BECOME NUN. Miss Ida Hitchcock.' daughter of the Rev. Charles Hitchcock, head of the Hitchcock academy at San Rafael, formerly rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Epis-copal church, Marion county. California, has announced an-nounced her intention of becoming a nun in the Catholic Church. She will take the white veil of-her of-her novitiate at the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Name in Oakland on August 18. This is not a matter of surprise to the friends of the girl, whose affiliation with the Catholic-Church Catholic-Church became known some time ago, nor is there any opposition on the part of her family. The determination to adopt a life of sanctity in the work of a Church other than that in which her father has spent a lifetime of zealous labor has been reached only after long consideration and many family consultations. ' "I have given my full consent to Ida becoming a nun," the Rev.- Mr. Hitchcock said in an interview inter-view on the subject. "I do not think that I should be a barrier between her and her duty as she sees it.'" ... The military-academy with which the Rev. Mr. Hitchcock has long been identified is one of the most popular of the California schools for boys. It, is attended by the sons of many of the wealthiest wealth-iest families in the west. The Episcopal Church of which the clergyman and educator Avas rector is perhaps the most, fashionable in Marin county. Miss Hitchcock is a beautiful girl, only 20 years old. She is in, a position to command a prominent position in the most exclusive society of San Francisco Fran-cisco and the Bay region. She was educated at the Holy Name Convent in Oakland. When she announced her wish to become a member of the Catholic Church, her father gave, his consent and the girl was baptized at the convent. con-vent. Now that she has determined to make the convent her permanent home and to devote her life to the religious work of " the sisterhood, again the parental approval is given. |