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Show GIRLS' SCHOOL VERY POPULAR Rowland Hall Provides Opportunity Op-portunity for Many-Pupils Many-Pupils of West Rowland Hall arsa founded in 18&1 by Virginia Roa!inl in memory of1 Iver hunband. Henjamin Rowland of Philadelphia. Iter (lurpose waa it perpStuata hia nn-morv by etabllb-Ing etabllb-Ing "a Christian Hchool for ir'rln." While the ho .: is unile- the sapei- lslon of the Kplcopal vhureh yl girla of all reeds and denomlnatlora are welcome. The firt home of the school was I In hit was known a the Wsvtttl houKe. lot ii! on tho high bench land north of the City, Rut n the ChOOl has grown and new building have been added, so ulso haa the city grown, and now the hall stands la one of the best residence districts. In ir10. Mrs. l-lpplnrntt. daughter of Virginia Rowland, Increased tho equipment Ot Rowland Hull by erec-Ing erec-Ing a beautiful chapel In memory of her m-uher. who founded the hall; and In 1511 Colonel and Mrs W all Installed In-stalled in this Chapel a pipe organ In memory of their daughter, afattta Wall. At different times, gifts and bequests be-quests have been made to the hall Notable among these are the Virginia I liowl t..l library anil 1 lie l-'eli I'.ri- not bsquest bf lit. 000; used lo ere!! mi at nooi Duuoing. 1 The need ( boarding schools for glrl9, where, with a hlijh standard of secular Instruction. theie will be t hrlstian teaching and a Chrlstla-i home life provided, has been generally gener-ally recognised, and in most of the western dioceses and districts such M-hool.H have been founded. In no part of the field Is this need more pressing than, in I'tah. There .ire nere all the kinds of soi 111 life irhl h characterise tho west, in small mining min-ing camps, In little farming commua-ltles, commua-ltles, on rmoto ranches, there aro i::rls who must tro away to school, t Is not safe for them to find lodg'.ng pi. ices in the larger towns and at-tend at-tend 1 he public schools as day puplN. nnd Rowland Hall's offer of first rate InstrUCtion and the attnosphere of a t 'hrlstian home has roved a blesslnc to many girls, not only from Utah, but also from neighboring .states. Rowland Half la on the accredit. -d list of siho?Ii With admission privileges priv-ileges to all the large women's col leges eust ind west. The faculty rep- isnts Mich Institutions of learning i Rad nffe ooilege. wallesley college. Smith college. Columbia university. Chlcnco univSfsity, Northwestern university. un-iversity. I-eland Stiinford university. I and Trinity college, London. French Is taught in nil the grades, both in the upper and lower schools. This work Is In charge of Mis Jane B ;ins of Leinnd Ht.mtord university ' the Sorbonne, Paris. The school h:s a fine musfc department de-partment with highly trained nr.d 'Willful teschers, nd coursea are offered of-fered in piano for both advanced and beginning .students; in vol e, In hai-niony, hai-niony, In Violin) In harp, and In organ. or-gan. The dep.1rtr.1ent ir. In charge of alias Adallne Jones, graduate of the Northwestern University School o' Music, and pujdl of Victor Uarwood, Mrs. Crosby Adams. Madame Marth-ine Marth-ine Dietrichaon, and the late David Blspham Besides the rRidar college course given in tho upper school, elective courses are offered. The art courses nre taught by Ml3n Marthu Sprlnu-man Sprlnu-man under the supervision of M'.a Ware University of I'tah; the hoiUS eeonomlcs department by Mrs. Har-vlelle Har-vlelle of the State Teachers' college of Santa Barbar. The course In physical educution In-dudea In-dudea gymnasium work, swimming. physlclojcy. corrective work, tennis, nnl othpr outdoor Sports; and basketball, basket-ball, etc. This department Is in Pharge of sflsa Marjorie Stevenson of the Sargent School for Physical Ed-u Ed-u ation, t am bridge. The principal of the Fchool is Miss Alice B. Macdonald, Radcliffa college. col-lege. Cambridge. Rowland hall is under the direction of the Rt. Rev. Arthur W. Moulton. Bishop of I'tah. He gives it such su-pervlalon su-pervlalon as Is poasihlo In connection with his other dutiey. He will M i ;;hul to hear from parents at any time I with reference to the progress of , thei.- children. It Is hi purpose to j know- the pupils personally and tc j take nn interest in their intellectual. I n 'fare; It Is uia I tlssirs to make this school a well rex- BH 11: tie, 1 home In Which the highest BBB ideals may be formed and the finer BBBJ traits k i character developed. I 00 MBJ |