Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-07-27
DAVENPORT, IOWA. FRIDAY, JU

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Msis - Body. This sdssasieaal iasSea'
lisa uill u . shset tias bseeos 80 q shs
nssG vslsabls ones Of eur ~. Ths proper.
u ~ purshassd sbsut ysas go let Ne<
vsabss, efR. B. Hill, Esq, ics The ssn Of
osS.0 900. The leestion b an szesllsnt one.
tsiae retired, ssd shs grounds ven shsdsd.
cad capable Il bsiss vssy highly bsssti6ss.
Al ~ tias Il tts purshass, 10 sdditiss "
ths main Academy building. and twe saaAlss
ssss Gov used for schesl purposes. there
were fesr dwelling houses, which ~ now
rsatsd end Inhabited BY eitissos. The In.
stitutioa bed scarcely besa placed 10 rss.
ming srdse before Il was discovered that ths
lask of fAeilitiss was vssy great, - but .
small nunbsr of students eesld b aeesm-
nodatsd, 10 ssmpasissa 70 ths nsnseous
spplicatieas made. The number 10 attend
anes as he lest term was forty boarding
scholars, end one hundred Day Scholar. 10
order 10 meet the public demands, il was
dsteroiosd 70 erect . fFaos bsilding
sufficient for ah p:sssnt. purposes
This 10 nov approaching completion
Il is two stories high. With front Of
twenty -four feet. . depth Of seventy feet.
and two story wing abost fourteen feet
square, which latter will BE- used for ante
rooms. At the rear Of The upper and lower
6oers win b roems for the Jsnios Dspaft>
msnt, 10 bs connected with the main rooms
By folding doors. The larger rooms will b
occupied BY the more advanced classes.-
Each floor will be laid o6 In the same manner.
The present Academy building will then b.
used for residence for the Sisters. and fos
the Musical department. II 10 calculated
that The nsw building will accomoodai 900
pupils. The lower story Will Be used for
The day scholars. and the upper one for the
bosrdsss. The bsilding nov sssd for the
day scholars will thsn b ussd for the De-
pastasats os Music, Drawing, and othes
kindred seomplishusnts. The new builds
ing will cost from four 10 Ave thousand dol>
lars, and will soon bs completed.
The course u instruction 10 the same -
that pursssd in the Academies of the East.
After leaving ths primary department.
three yssrs will be required to finish tbs
sourss. There ere twelve teachers In al,
six of whom ssrvs IL The Musical Depart.
meat In sddition to their other dutisA-
Three have charge ef Ne Juniee Depart
nsat. three of the Higher Dep>rtmsat, and
enc bsing allotted 70 ssch special branch,
shs whole being under the charge Of Sister
Mary Marguerite Mann, Supsrioress. Tho
next term commsness on The 0rst Monday
Of Ssptsnbsr next, and will continne ill
July nsxt. With the exception Of vacation
q Christmas, and will conclude with .
public dislributisas Of pssmisms. No
class has yet graduated owing to the lask
Of facilities, % before stated. During .
visit to the Academy this sftsrneon, We
were treated with the greatest eivility and
kindness. and chsesfally furnished With
whatever might be Of interest to the public.
for which those concerned will please ac>
eept our thanks.