The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-02-27
THE URSULINE CONVENT.
A Brief Sketch or Our New Religious
land Educational Institution.

l
! as Ursulines, or Daughters of st. Ur-
sula," was founded in 1886 by Angela
Merici, who was born March 2l, l474,
at Dezanzeno, n little town In Italy,
situated on lake Garda, in Bressans,
six leagues from Brescia. She was FAM
Gus for her piety, learning and zeal in
the education Of young girls, to which
she devoted her life. BY her precept,
example and work, she did much to
promote purity of life and culture. In
1907 Pope Plus VII. canonized this holy
woman. In every civilized country
the order is now represented by con-
vents in which young girls are educated
and brought up under the eyes of pious
nuns, who devote their time to the in
struction of them in all spiritual infor-
nation, and in habits of neatness,
truth, virtue and modesty.
The building just erected here Is
large, commodious and well ventilated.
There is an air of simple comfort and
cleanliness about it which shows disci-
pline, order and intelligent manage
ment. The convent proper is two
story frame building, with garret ex-
tending the whole length. On either
side of the main entrance are winding
stairs leading up into the second story.
The vestibule, on the first floor, opens
Immediately into the school room,
which is handsome, airy, well-lighted
apartment, furnished with the latest
improved school room furniture, and
properly warmed with stoves. A door
opens on to back gallery, nearly the
length of the room, with small rooms
on either end of it. There is large
cistern under one end of the school
room, convenient to the kitchen and
the dining room, which is 20xll4.
THE SECOND STORY
Is sub-divided into a room for the
nurses and infirmary, and a dormitory
for scholars boarding in the convent.
Corridors 6x31 divide the dormitory
from the infrmary and nurses room,
and another corridor 5x2S divides the
infirmary from the sisters room. On
either side of the front of the second
story are small rooms 10X15, occupied
by the nuns.
PARLORS, CLASS ROOMS, ETC.
The outbuildings fronting on Bryan
street are used at present as class
rooms, reception rooms and store room.
THE GROUNDS
Have all been tastelully laid out, and
planted with grass, flowers, shade and
fruit trees. Everything will be done
to make the place attractive to the
young girls and children, of whom
there are now about seventy in attend
ance, under the charge of Mother S,i-
perior and six sisters, nuns, members
of the order of Ursulines.
THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION
Taught in this excellent Institution
embraces everything from the prima-
ry to the highest branches, including
music, drawing, fancy work, embrOid-
cry, etc. The most perfect regularity
and order prevails. The moral, rs well
as the intellectual development of the
pupils, is encouraged and guarded.
Habits of neatness, punctuality, modes
ty, humanity and piety are inculcated.
The children are cared for with parent.
al solicitude by the holy women who
have dedicated their lives to the noble
work of religion and education.
THE ADVANTAGES
of such an Institution are manifold,
affordng as it does those Of the i!"tuan
Catholic church who desire ,uvrrior
educational facilities for their aaugh-
! ters, as well as those who are not Gath
olics, the privilege of having them
| here ut home.
THE SISTERS
are all cmimently fitted for the task OF
/ instructing the young by precept and
example. They have been carefully
educated and trained for the purpose.
| Their order was founded for the work,
! and they hut obey it, rules ia giving
their best efforts To teaching young
girls their duties to themselves, TO So
! ciety and To their Maker.
| BISHOP DUBOIS
will arrive tomorrow to visit anh In
spect the convent, the total cost of
which has bcen, for the main build
ing, hetwcen four and five thousand
dollars.
/ The editor Of THE HERALD begs
leave to thank the Reverend Father
Martiniere and the Mother Superior,
who very courteously permitted him
to look through the building. and con-
graduates them upon the work they
have so successfully carried out.
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Tue following are the consuls now
ir Galveston rs reported hy the
Civilian Julius Kaufman, Austria {;
Arthur +. Lyon, England; J. b.
BorcIly, France ; F. Gonzales, Spain
and Mexico; Charles F. HohOrs.,
Germany; f. hammers, Belgium /;
II. Portman, Netherlands; II. Ro-
senburg, Switzerland; Julius Runge,
Sweden and Norway J.J Stevens,
Russia; f. II. Henderson, Denmark /;
A. c. Garcia, Uruguay.
Tho Roclldale Messenger has en-
countcrcd Chinese, with one of
whom the following dialogue oc-
Cured: You shivcr, my friend,
are Won rold?7 Yes, belly cold. "
Then" says the Messenger man,
"why in (hic) h i don't you tuck
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