The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-09-04
MT. ST. JosEpH,s ACADEMY.
The Opening of this superior instr
tuition in this City Yesterday.

For many years past the edu-
eational institutions of Asheville
have embraced all denominations
OF Christianity save that of the
Catholic. Why this has been SO,
Is best explained in the fact that
the Catholic faith. in Asheville
has not been sufficiently large to
warrant the establishment of a
school by the authorities of that
church. Mt. st. Joseph's Acade-
my, established near Hickory and
ST Mary's College, under the
Benedictine monks, at Belmont,
CASTOR county have been the
cissss purely Catholic o,i;nstiitutions
oflesrning established in the Do
cese of North Carolina. Bishop
Northrop, as early as last Febru-
ary, conceived the idea of remoy-
ing the school at Hickory to this
place, and with this object in |
view, purchased the elegant resi-
dence of Capt. M. E. Carter. on |
French Broad avenue, to be used |
by the Sisters of our Lady of |
Mercy, as convent and academy. |
These Sisters were removed here
about the middle of July, and &C
tive preparations were at once
begun looking towards the open
ing of the school in September.
Sister Mary Baptist is the Mother
Superioress of the institution,
and she is assisted by seven other
Sisters in the different branches of
study. All of these ladies are
graduates of the most noted Cath
oic colleges of America and Eu-
rope, and their whole and undi-
vided attention is given to the
work of thorough education in all
the languages and arts of the
modern school. Young ladies
who are in search of a really first
class education in all that per-
tains to useful and honorable
womanhood, will find it here, and
the prospects for the success of
Mt. st. Joseph's, we are glad to
know are very fattering. Quot
ing from the annual circular of
this institution we reproduce the
following:
'This institution, conducted by
the Sisters of our Lady of Mercy,
is charmingly situated in Ashe-
vile. The Sisters who conduct
the establishment consider them /
selves conseientiously bound to
respond to the confidence which ]
parents and guardians place in |
them. Whilst strictly attending
to the intellectual improvements
of the pupils the Sisters endeavor j
to cultivate in them that delicaey
and refinement of manner which
will fit them for society. ]
Though the Institution is Cath j
olic, yet no undue influence is ex- !
over the religious opin- {
ions of the pupils. For the main 8
5enance of good order all are re- t
luired to observe the ordinary i
religious exercises of the acade- (
my. 1
The course of instruction en-
braces all the branches of En- |
glish, music, painting, crayon l
1rawing, languages, together !
with fancy work.
The art student has in this t
charming locality wide field for |
5he exercise of talent. The beau Q
~ and varied scenery would alone
be sufficient to move as if by mag
Ic the painters pencil.
No pupil will be received for !
shorter period than one session. q
Pupils are required to write to
parents or guardians once a t
week. a
Letters written or received by
jhe pubils are subject to inspec-
ion, thus preventing all objec-
;ionable correspondence. y
All communications should be i
addressed to the Superioress of /
Mt. st. Joseph's Academy. \
Express charges on articles to =
pupils should be prepaid. s
The facilities of travel to and /,
rom all parts of the Union rem
Ter the academy easy of access" T