The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-07-23
nssrning Star and Catholic Messenger.
HEw ORLEANS, SUNDAY. JULY %. 1871.
Second Comm sncsmsmt and Annual Examination
at Pass Christian Colls4e-seasion 1901.

at Pass Christian collsee-seasion 1901.
For the past month we have been giving our
readers accounts of the closing exercises in the
various schools, academies and colleges of New
Orleans, and have endeavored to allow none of
them to pass unnoticed. We believe, and no
doubt we are justified in our belief, thai we
can boast of as fine institutions of learning in
our city and in its immediate vicinity as can
be found in any part of the United States.
Parents who are not disposed to send their
children to distance, can certainly ind In
our home schools as excellent system of
education and as efficient professors as they
can wish for. To those parents who believe
that children become more studions when
separated from home influence, we can volun-
teer the suggestion that, provided their chill
dren are away from home, however short may
be the distance, they are under the eye OF
stranger, and the object of having them away
from home is accomplished. If the object,
then, can be attained by placing your children
at an institution near to home, where every
advantage to be acquired in collegiate school
ing may be had, it is certainly consideration
which should have some weight with those
who think of sending their children to college.
For, be it the feeling of paternal love, a case
-
rent would desire to see his child, and if hun
dreds of miles away to what inconveniencies
would he not be subjected il order to reach
him. Nor are these the only things which we
should consider; all things else being equal
the course of instruction, the efficiency of
teachers, the salubrity of climate-a preference
this kind.
Pass Christian College was incorporated
under an Act of the Mississippi Legislature in
the year 1855, and has, since that time, been
under the direction of the Christian Brothers.
Like many other great things, this, at the
beginning, was small (; in few years, how
ever, the brothers had made such progress that
they bought the most beautiful piece of
property on the lake-shore, which they have
much improved since it's purchase; SO great,
in fact, has been this Improvement, that they
have been offered about five times the price
which they paid for it. We would wish very
much to give our readers o description of this
magnificent place, but as we were led from one
place to another in the building and over the
grounds, we were so delighted and We might
even say enchanted, that, upon beholding some
new object, We forgot what we had just left.
Ageneral outline of the place is all that we
can attempt to give and, even at that, we fear
we shall not do Justice to its merit
The college il located Immediately on the
beach ; the grounds upon which it is built are
about two hundred feet front and
back. several hundred feet. 1t consists of
main building, two story high and sur
mounted with an elegant cupola, and standing
back about one hundred feet from the road, in
front of which there is beautiful parterre,
laid off in walks and planted in shrubbery of
all kinds; it is also shaded with large ever
green's. Extending from this main building
towards the front, on either side, there is
large two-story wing, one of which is used for
class and the others for professors
rooms. At the entrance of the main building
there is an extensive gallery, which We found
gaily decorated with flowers and plants, some
of which were of the rarest kind, and all raised
on the college grounds From the gallery you
enter the parlor, and there find many things
worthy of notice. We found hanging on the
walls several specimens of architectural draw
ing, by Master j. p. Devereux, young
brother of our esteemed friend Jno. c. Dever-
eux. So far as our judgment goes, these draw
ings were nothing short of masterpieces. There
are also several beautiful specimens by Master
Kirby Smith, of Alexandria, La, and by Mas
ter n. p. Burke, of New Orleans, which are GER
tainly remarkable, from the fact that these
young gentlemen began but few months ago.
Immediately behind the parlor is the Brothers
Chapel, which is of very respectable size,
and for the occasion of the examination is con-
verified into an exhibition hall; it is capable of
seating about four hundred persons with COM
fort.
The library chemical laboratory aud mu-
scum, we'll as the dormitory and kitchen,
and the room where the washing is done by
steam, in fact, all the departments, give con-
elusive testimony of the excellence of the sys-
TEN adopted by the Brothers.
EXAMINATION
began on Tuesday morning, at o'clock and
lasted until ~ NJ, and recommended at z
o'clock, and closed at 10 o'clock in the evening,
and on the following Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday continued during the same hours.
The examination of the pupils consisted of q
searching inquiry into everything they had