The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-29
A MODEL INSTITUTION
Where Boys and Girls Are Carefully
Trained.

Trained.
Upon a recent business and recreation
trip had occasion to visit the charming
and thrifty city of Washington, Ca,
where is located the now famed Academy
of st. Joseph's, for girls, and an orphan
age for boys, both of which are under the
direction and instruction Of Mother St
John, an able and devout educator, as
sisted by a corps of sisters, remarkable
for their intellectual attachments and fit
| ness for the work in hand.
! These are under the immediate super
intendence and guidance of Father Ba-
zain, a name so well known in Savannah
that it would prove an act of superero-
/ cation were | to attempt a pOrtraiture of
his many virtues, or of his devotion to
| the duty assigned him at this place.
| By reason of education, prediction
ana godliness, no one better fitted for so
! responsible an Office could have been
selected, his election proving one of those
anomalies where, happily, 1.-THE place
suits the man, and the man the place.
and truthful representation of 1.-THE
I.eternal fitness.' s'l ~ e'n.J5 @fF
Father Baizan and his consecrated
teachers are duly conscious of the respon-
sibility resting upon them in rearing and
educating those who will take our places
| in the years that are to come. Persever-
ance, earnestness, energy and-an abiding
trust in the results of their life work is
apparent even to casual observer. In
this hastily written sketch it is impossi-
bic TO do justice to the institution, or its
devoted educators.
Did time and space permit, it would be
pleasing task to give some idea OF the
| impressions made after a careful survey
| and an examination into the working and
everyday life both Of scholar and teacher.
where such nicely of order and precision
of detail is observed that admits neither
of oversight or neglect
One noticeable feature, at once crafty
| ing to these Christian laborers in THE
Masters Vineyard" is the respectful
love and veneration in which they are
held by their pupils, the result of kind
ness, forbearance, patience. And all the
arduous duties attendant is evidenced by
expressed contentment, happy smiling
faces and merry. ringing laughter.
The buildings themselves are situated
with view to health and are well ven
tilated, commodiOus and imposing in APP
pearance, and are bordered by beautiful
gardens, from which the laden breezes
come perfumed with the incense of
fiOwers-the whole clustering upon
commanding hill, from which a mag
nifcent view is had of the surrounding,
undulating country, differing in so
marked u degree from the plain level of
our sea coast section as to chain the at
tention and become a pleasing study by
reason of contrast, and an eXhaustless,
panorama of picturesqueness to the eye.
Aside from draughts imbibed from the
fount of knowledge, and inculcations of
precepts to life Of holiness drawn from
the stream that flows from the throne
of God, from another standpoint, and one
not TO be overlooked or deprecated when
health as well as the happiness of our
little ones are considered, is the refresh
ing, pure crystal water drawn from wells
of great depth, which administer in no
small degree to their temporal well
fare. and in connection with the bracing,
health-promoting atmosphere, coming
fresh from their mountain home, CO.
mingled with plentiful supply of appetiz-
inT Iood-prepared under careful and in
telligent supervision - taken together
with allotted hours for play, as well as
for study, and the rudy cheek, bright
eye, elastic step, happy heart and merry
laugh is easily accounted for. w. j. G.