The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29
ST. MARY's SCHOOL.
The lending Church school Of
the South.
FACTS PERTINENT TO IT'S PRESENT
AND PAST AND SUITABLE
FOR PUBLICATION IN
THIS REVIEW. II

SoiicScS anu oemlnArleS 10 IneeI
great educational enterprise that
ioes not feel above emitting itself a
'schooP-such is est. Mary's', and
VIC honor the good taste that suggest.
ed and has since retained that simple
appellation.
The Raleigh Observer, in a most en-.
pertaining and carefully prepared ar
ticle, devoted some columns of space
to consideration Of the school-its
past, its present and its future, and
we will be pardoned if We make Lbs
eral excerpts from it without further
credit. .<-
Owing its origin to the hearty co.
operation Of the Bishop of North
Carolina, the late Rev. DIR. Smedes
and the church generally, the school
was opened under Church auspices in
The month of May 1912, and from
that time to this it has pursued its
Heayen.born mission. II is the only
Church school for girls south Of Vir
GINA, and the results accruing from
forty-threc years Of earnest endeavol
can never be fully known or appreci'
ated-the results enter into home
life all over the land, and the schooI
training received at st. Mary's BY
the thousands who have been its stu
dents has served to refine and educate
almost countless others, through wha
may be called an inductive process
Its patronage has in the main beef
received from States south of the Pc
tomac,--looking over the list ofpu
pills for the session 1883-S4 we fin
. 1872 from North Carolina, 5 fror
Georgia, from the District of Cc
lumbia, 2 from Mississippi, 4 fror
South Carolina, 3 from Virginia,
from Texas, Q from New York, l frol
Maryland, and ! from Massachusetts,
the fact that such widely separate
sections If the country are represent
ed indicates the wide-reaching pop
larity of the school, and is assuranS
ofthe esteem in which it is held as
safe custodian and liberal instruct'
of youth.
1t was a happy conclusion that d
termined Raleigh as the seat of til
institution oflearning. The Bisho
in conversation with DIR. Smedes,
1S4l, had pronounced Raleigh Il
hest. place IN the United States for d
proposed school. Its climatic conc
tions we're all favorable. It was
city ofhomes a city where existed I
eyated moral and religious sentimen
il was easily accessible from all par
of the land, and il was central poi
from which radiated influences al
measures that could not but lea
their lasting impress upon the cour
.ry at larse.
Equally happy was the choice
the site. St. Mary's is beautiful
located in a magnificent oak gro
twenty acres in extent. The buil'
ings are we'll adapted to the purpo'
for which they were designed. al
the we'll lighted and wellventilst
recitation rooms, dormitories, ref
tory, eic., are all that could be askt
In the main building we observe pi
ticularly one Of the most noted ROOF
in the State-ihe large and elega
parlor, whose walls are lined wi
gems Of art-one can spend hours
studying the oil paintings and stat
airy, aud in this large apartment ha
from time to time been gathered bi
liant assemblages; il is charm
spot in the minds Of thousands,
here the "feast Of reason and flow
soul" has been unchecked for dcca
after decade; here brilliant CONVEX
ton, bewitching music and innoc'
pastimes have aided In endearing
Mary's 70 those who have in yeI
gone by been its happy, studious
mates and here for years 10 con
we trust, will they be continued 10
daughters Of the land.
The Chapel, too, Is q notewort
building; handsome in architectul
appearance and used only for sacr
purposes, from il has emanated inc
culable good. Indeed the ent
equipment Of the schoul Is equal
the requirements Of such an instit,
Of learning. and its curriculum
studies is in keeping with the advar
ell modern idea Of femRIe educati,
Referring to the course and mo
Of instruction, We cannot do betl
than quote from the Observer arti'
the following:
ave remark that ST. Mary's d,
not claim 10 be an Institute, or III
or a College. Il Is simply a scho
for discipline, for training, for goo
honest, hard work. The course
instruction embraces the studies
young children, as well as those
pupils the most advanced. Speci
attention IL paid 10 the structure ri
literature Of the English Labguap
Careful instruction In mathematics