The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-01


ias greatly increased in business very :,
-optllsEson- Several handsome IL
ssii'-1irsss havs been put M, and II '
Der o. residences Foueroy i PIE Of
minus q the Poneroy branch with q
y. X & n Co. 5 railroad The perify
eaeksd ey lauge and. feytile appn I
came from localities a. stated in the
! following Seattle, s.. Tacoma. s:
Yakima, s. Kent, ;: oysterviIle. .;
? Hoqriaua- =, Eiraa. 3; SneAsnaisA. 5
5 Nhatcon. 3. Battle Ground. Il
Pnystlup. :; Olympia. 4 yzncoaver.
l. florenee. ;; Cascades. 1; Cclfzx, !:
tsoi1endsle. ?; Port LadloN. /: Oak
Harhor. / Sqzak. >: Newcastle >.
New Duaesness. SPokaze Falls. ,.
kertoa. N2shca. 1: Stanwood, 5. La
conner. 1; irarlaie. 1 White River,
FIr, Port II WeTy,I' shehahs,
dale. snoaaalnase. L: PresSer. /.
W4ila Walla, 1: Green River, l.
Spra<ae. /: WiIkeSor. 1. Wscs uia-
mon1, /: Slaughter. L. Oregon. Is.
Iowa, L. Wisconsin. /. California. >.
Nebraska. l. That the university BIZ
no means confines il benefits 10 ifS
immediate neighborhood. Is apparent
from the foregoing.
ACADEMY or TIE HOLY NAMES
The largest and most fieuriShing
school for young ladies exclusively in
the territory, il not in the entire North
Pacific region Is the Academy az the
Holy Names, i. Seattle. conducted By
the Sisters OF the Holy Names IL
Jesus and Mary. The institution was
founded in isssi, ard has inside steady
and grand progress since. Ii j. IDEAS
antly situated IN one 81 the best resi-
dence neigisboThooas. The building is
beautiful enc, four stories high.
erected at . cost OF S5a.No. Is stands
N the center q 4 highly cultivated
gansens upon an eulinence from which
j. obtainsd an extensive and grand
view. TlIe location and hEildine could
I hardly he improved upon.
The object Of the school l. 70 imparf
20 young girls solid, nseful pnd
ornamental education. 10 form wo-
men. who vii not only grace society
with their accomplishments, but
honor and edify il with their virtues
That the good sisters are succeeding
in their efforts Is fully apparent
There are five gra 1es-the primary,
juuior, preparatory, sknioEand graslls-
ating The instruction includes a
complete coarse in the English
branches, mathematics, other sci
enees. modern languages. music,
painting. drawing. nee4ilework. etc,
/ The charges are exceedingly moder-
ate, way below those OF young ladies
schools in California and the Eastern
states.
( Pupils come 10 this school from al
over the North Pacific countFy-0re-
gon. Idaho, Washington. british
Columbia and Alaska attracted by
its many known exeellencies II is
exceedingly prosperous, and Is this
7 year doing S far greater work than
( ever before. Its corps Of instructors
K includes eight Sisters Present at
tendance. l59 pupils, ~ Of whom are
of the day OF town class. ami 80
boarders, or gias from abroad. The
whole number of entries this year has
been lJl-G0 boarders and 81 day
pupils. The number last year was
I los, of whom 81 were boarders: the
average attendance being IS In
other words, the patronage OF this
I year IS nearly double that OF last.
OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
I Among other private schools in the
! city are the Seattle Business College,
I where instruction is given TO both day
night classes in the branches usually
taught in schools OF that character.
Father Poaps conducts school for
boys in the basement of the Roman
I Catholic church. This is new enter
prise, in it, first term, but is one that
Is expected in due time 10 attain the
standing of a college. Misses Hawley.
/ Won Babo and Tomlinson conduct
kindergartenS. Mrs. Mcpherson, Miss
Lynch and Miss Fisken have schools
in which various grades Of pupils are
received About $50 children are
taught in the schools referred TO in
this concluding paragraph.