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Show SACRED HEART ACADEMY. Aims to Fit Students for Every Sphere of Life. ogden, Aug. 1G. Summer is a season .of earnest anxiety for parents who have children to be educated and many there are who deem it necessary to send their children far off. yet right in our m'dst we have institutions which rival any in the land. " Before deciding the school where they shall place their children, would it not be advisable for such parents either to visit Sacred Heart academy or examine its catalogue cata-logue for 1305. Beautifully located near the foot of the picturesque Wasatch, within a fchorl distance of Ogden's historic canyon, can-yon, standa this beautiful building, one of the favorite institutions of the West. Since environment is such an- important import-ant factor in the development of heart and mind, and since tranquil surroundings surround-ings are such a strong incentive to study and reflection, the situation of Sacred Heart must apneal to all as an ideal one from an educational view- j point. j The entire building is heated by hot water, lighted by electricity, supplied with all modern appliances that contribute, con-tribute, to comfort and home feeling, and equipped with all the requisites for a thorough and accomplished education. No better test of the' academy's worth can be found than its ever-growing favor and the steady increase of i mi students. The enrollment for the past year far outnumbers that of any previous term. Sacred Heart academy offers young ladies every facility fa-cility for acquiring the highest grade of education. The course of studies is thorough and systematic', and embraces em-braces four departments minims, juniors, - preparatory and academic. The high standard of excellence required re-quired for graduation in both academic and musical departments has secured the commendation of all true educators. The musical department, modeled after the best conservatories, affords unsurr passed advantages to those desiring musical education. The high degree of excellence attained in both vocal and j instrumental is well attested by the J unanimous praise bestowed by compe- I tent critics. The frequent musical, liir I erary and dramatic entertainments given are a great incentive to the students' stud-ents' improvement in these lines, besides be-sides the opportunity they afford parents par-ents and friends to judge the students' progress. The following tribute of an Eastern professor testifies to the merits mer-its of these performances: "For skill and artistic work the program of this evening would do credit to any conservatory con-servatory in the country." Elocution and the art of expression receives special spe-cial attention also. In the art department students receive re-ceive carfeul instruction in Uie principles prin-ciples of perspective drawing, china painting, sketching from nature, paint1 ing in oil and water color, and pyro-graphy. pyro-graphy. Equally noted for beauty and variety, are the results of the artistic needlework needle-work department. The discipline is mild, yet firm: Every effort is made to impart a homelike character to the surroundings, to render ren-der the students happy and to fit them for any sphere of life. OGDEN. Mrs. Elizabeth Richey Swan died at the home of her brother, Walter Richey, 2414 Madison avenue. An interesting in-teresting coincident is that her husband, hus-band, A. H. Swan, died less than forty-eight forty-eight hours before, and the husband and wife were buried in the- same grave. The couple had lived together nearly forty-seven years and grief over the incurable illness of her husband hastened the end of Mrs. Swan. The two were born at Carmichael, Pa., were -married in 1S?9 and removed to Ohio. In 1S63 they came west to: Iowa , and lived there till 1S74. when they came on west to Wyoming, where Mr. Swan soon became a prominent figure in the state as the head of the Swan Land & Cattle company, one of the largest companies com-panies of the kind in the world. In 18SS they removed from Cheyenne to Ogden, where Mr. Swan was one of the owners and projectors of the first street railway. rail-way. For a number of years he has not been participating in active business. Mr. Swan was 74 and his wife 72 years of age. They have two children. W. R. Swan of Ogden and Mrs. R. S. Van Tassell of Cheyenne. Mrs. Swan was a sister of Walter and A. F. Richey, both of Offden. f The opening of the Hermitage hotel in Ogden canyon was formally celebrated cele-brated Monday. About 400 persons j were at the tables when supper was served in the big dining room. Gov ernor Cutler wa3 represented by his private, secretary and there were many guests from Salt Lake and Ogden. The committees engaged in the collection collec-tion of funds to pay the expenses of the Ogden tabernacle choir to the Portland Port-land fair, have reported that there is now a deficit of ?2,000 in the fund. Farmers and others who have been fighting the grasshopper and cricket pests have been compelled to let the pests have their own way for a few-days. few-days. The supply of arsenic in the local and Salt Lake drug stores has ueen exnaustou. ine poison nas Deen provided "free by the county commissioners. commis-sioners. -f The council held an adjourned meeting meet-ing Monday night, and the members voted $-"00 to aid the Weber county fair association. All the members except Councilman Nye voted in favor of the appropriation. The council also decided to purchase another street sprinkler. The most important act of the session was to order . that the Grand opera house be fully equipped, both front and rear, with modern fire escapes, without delay. The arrival of a baby in the family of Mr. and Mrs. M. Malone, S12 Twenty-third Twenty-third street, has caused much rejoicing. The excursion season is at its height and heavy travel is reported through the Union depot yards from all directions. direc-tions. A special train from Morgan county Wednesday carried about 700 persons to Lagoon, while the annual picnic of the employes of the Keith-O'Brien Keith-O'Brien store in Salt Lake was held ut the Hermitage. |