The San Francisco call., 1897-06-06
ACADEMY Of THE
SACRED HEART
A Model Institution Now
Being Built at MenlO
Park.
Will Be Notable Among Cali
fornia'S Educational Estab-
liShmentS.
Objects of the S-ciaty, S History
and lis Wonderful Grow
and Pros perity.

On Monday, the 3lst OF May last, the
cornerstone of the new Academy of the
Sacrel Heart at Menlo Park was laid
with impressive ceremonies his Grace the
Arch bishop of San Francisco presiding.
Outside of the enormous theological
seminary now in course of constru ction
at the same place, this school, when COM
pleted, will be the largest Catholic educa-
tional establishment in California. The
Society of the Sacred Heart has prospered
and grown from its inception, until now
its influence is a great factor in educa-
tional fields for women.
1t was founded in 1901 by Nine Sophie
Madeleine Barat, who opened the first
school at Amlens, France. In 1918 Nine.
Duchesne, an enthusiastic devotee of the
order opened the first school in America
at ST. Louis. Mo-, from which the mum Der
of establishments in the United States has
grown to "a. The total mum ber for the
world is 1873, divided up as follows:
France 40, Italy 9, Belgium 6, Great Brit
ain 10, Spain s, Austria Hungary T.
United States "a, Canada 6, Mexico ),
1Uth America 8, Cuba 2 and Oceanica 3.
They are conducted by $3.50 devoted
women, who are governed from the
mother house in Paris.
Tne professed end Of the society
is the glorlfcation of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, the means used being
the education of young girls of
the more prosperous classes and the
gra tuitous instruction of the poor in the
tenets of the Catholic faith and ali
branches of learning. The academy was
founded in San Francisco IN 1887, on Bush
street, but was shortly afIerward moved
to the present quarters, at the corner of
Franklin and Ellis streets. The new
building now in course of erection at
MenlO Park will be a quadranguar
structure two stories in height, at the cor
ner OF Valparaiso and + ena avenues, COW
ering an area 24Ox320, with a chapel an
mex 4Ox90.
The buildings will surround a court 100
feet square, and when completed will cost,
exclusive of the 40-acre site, in the neigh
borhood of $500 900. The design furnished
ty Architect Charles J. Devlin will be of
the modern RomanesQue style, and will
be carried out IN stock brick, with trim
mings of terra Gotta and sandstone and a
slate roof. For the present, the southern
wing only will be erected, and it will be
completed and arranged 10 admit pupils
in August OF mex; year. The full arrange
ment OF the academy when finished Will
be as follows:
South wing, first floor. main entrance.
parlors and administration departments;
second floor, music and art studios. West
wing, first floor, kitchen and refectory; /;
second floor, com annuity apartments.
East wing. first floor, educational DEPART
ments, schoolrooms, etc; second floor,
boarders' dormitories and accessories.
North wing, first floor, recreation and ex-
hibition halls; second floor, bathrooms
and infirmary. The south wing will be
the only one furnished with concrete
basement, in which will be situated the
heating apparatus and storerooms. The
interior of the buildings will be finished
with native woods in natural colors, and
lighted by both gas and electricity.
There will not be room in the academy
that Will not receive the sun at ONE time
OF the day, and special attention has been
paid to Obtaining the very best sanitary
conditions.
The furnishings will be commemorate
with ;he magnitude OF the undertaking,
and no effort will be spared to secure per-
! lection in every detail.