The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26

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ST. vINcENT,s ACADEMY.

correspondence Intermountain Catholicl
Helena, Mont, May 22,-This insti-
tuition, under the patronage of Right
Rev j. b. Brondel, was, established in
1869 at Helena, Mont, under the df-
rect1on of the Sisters of Charity and
was incorporated in 1879 The present
extensive building crowns an eminence
from which is had a charming view of
| the city.
In the plan of the building nothing
! has been omitted in regard to size
! ventilation or arrangement of rooms
which might be conducive to the health
or progress of the pupils. 1t is pro
/ Vided with all the modern improve
ments.
The aim of the Sisters is to surround
the children committed to their care
with the quiet influences of a Chris
tlan home; to strengthen their bodies
by regular hours, regular exercise and
wholesome food; to adorn their minds
with all the culture of our day and
their manners with, the graces of the
holy women of old; above all to i'm
press their hearts and consciences with
religious, moral and intellectual truths.
which make their education solid and
refined. Though the institution is a
Catholic one members of every de-
nomination are received.
The course of instruction embraces:
CHRISTIAN doctrine, orthography, read
ing, penmanSh1p, grammar, rhetoric
prose and poetic composition, litaf-
ature, mathematical, political and phy-
sical geography, geology, chemistry,
physics, astronomy, botany, physiology.
ancient, modern, United States and
church history, arithmetic, bookkeep-
ing, algebra, geometry, trigonometry.
civil government, stenography, type
writing, physical culture, elocution.
logic. moral and intellectual philosophy,
french, German and Latin, music on
the harp, violin, piano, organ, guitar.
mandolin, banjo, cello and vocal music,
drawing, painting in oil and water col
ors, also china painting, plain and or
namental needlework
Such schools as these are of vital i'm
portance in the training of our young
girls. On them depends the future af
nations and the molding of the charac-
ters OF those who are to govern this
vast and proud universe. How much
better they are fortified for their labors
by the grand religious and scholastic
training as they receive at the hands |
OF the dear, faithful and loving Sis
ters, whose only aim and highest am
bltlon is to make good, pure, true and |
noble women out of those under their |
charge. The spiritual side of the stu !
dents nature is not overlooked, but |
so harmoniously blended with the tenn |
poral as to lay the foundation Ior their
eternal welfare.
Inc hygienes and sanitary conditions
OF the academy are perfect Study
mans are well lighted and ventilated
ana AFFORD ample accommodation for
d, al the students. The dormitories, with
their snow couches so neat and clean
SHOWS plainly in this part of the acad-
smy neatness and attention to detail
IS the common law and reminds us of
me maxim, Order is heavens first
aW."
Amid such surroundings as these
aothing but the highest order of intel
ectual purity of mind and body can
,Xlst. The melodious and harmonious
ceiling that exists between the teach
RS and pupils is a source of much
and edification to see all SO
lrmly united in such bonds of ever
asting unity. Too much praise can
lot be given the good Sisters in charge
L such an excellent institution.