The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-05-09
ST. VlNCENr'S SCHCCL.
SksicG Of the Hare some New Slruc u:e
Built By Father C0Sgrove.

ST NinccntS school of the Blessed
Sacrament. Virginia avenue and La
Fond street, st. Paul, was opened on
September, 1902. The ground was
first broken for it on the feast of All
Saints, 1900 The corner stone was
blessed and laid on the DIST of July.
1901, by the Very Rev. John y. Start
la, then V. G. of st. Paul, now bishop
of Lead, $. d., Rev. John H. Harri-
son, pastor of st. Joseph's. preached
the sermons. The school which WAS
merely finished for the day of opening,
is an imposing structure three stories
might've for school purposes and one
Il basement. 1t stands on spacious
Srounds-large enough after providing
ample playground for the children, to
afford an enclosed park, planted with
trees and covered with green sward
and diversified with beds of flowers
The whole grounds are enclosed by an
iron fence. The building is of the
colonial style OF architecture The
material is Twin City notified pressed
brick With Georgia marble trimmings.
The grand entrance is approached by
Il spacious promenade of Portland
stone which al,uts on IL new stone side
walk which HOW fronts the whole of
the church property on Virginia ave
hi 10
street. The promenade widens as it
approaches the marble steps that
three in lllllnbcr-leatl to the floor of
The vestibule. The vestibule itself is
open in front and rises to the height
of the second school floor. Its entHb-
llture is supported by three Byzantine
brick arches. resting ON two brick
arches, resting on two brick central
columns and two triple pilasters in the
wallis of the main building, which pro-
jccts on each side to embrace the vesti-
bule. The capiumnS and pilasterS arc
Georgia. marble. The architrave is the
same material. Over it OH the frieZe,
which is also marble. the appropriate
Inscription. "Suffer the little children
to come unto me- is done i'm gold let
ters. The cornice is a beautifully
carved moulding The eltablature is
surmountel by carved balustrade
with marble caps. In the rear there is
also Il similar style of veslibule APP
preached by three marble steps, rising
from a STONE promenade that leads
from La Fond street The base course
corner stone window sills of all the
windows. the Initials, imposts and
plinths of the cOltels of the basement
arches of the other windows, are all
marble The floors of both vestibules
are marble and the steps leading from
them to the large hall within, which
runs across the building from front
to rear. as well as it's floor and wain-
scOtin@. are of the same material. The
inside finish throughout is of quarter
sawed white oak and the floors Of
polished maple. The entrance and
dlmught doors have large bevclled
plntc-glnss panels and are made to
open outwardS to guard against dis
aStcr, in case Of panic or fire. The
classroom doors have chipp Il glass
panels. Outside of each room there is
Il clonl-roOm for the chi!drs MS wraps.
furnished with Il locker fer the teach
ers' use and shelves for overshocs and
hooks with lmclicl-plntcl tags num-
hered so that each child may have it's
own hook. There are eight class
rooms. with Il seating capacity for 800.
They are large and airy and well
lighted, each having six large Win
dOWs-three Oh each of the two out
side adjacent walls. There are alto
gctlcr % windows in the building.
The wallis for distance cOnven' ent fer
with blackboard done in plastcring.
Embedded in the wall in conspicll-
GUS place in each room. q marble slab
is fixed. having inscribed on it in gold
en- letters the names of the benefac-
tors who furnished the room. The
partition walls of the class-roOms arc
l~,fening walls which kill the sound
produced in each room so that it can.
not disturb those in the one adjoin.
ing. From the first floor a double
flight Of stairs-one at each side
leads to broad landing. and the sec
ond story is reached by Il single flight
eight feet wide which rises from be
tween the other two. The office is
located on the second floor over the
front entrance. 1t is equipped will
lockers for school supplies. The
plumbing fixtures are of the mos
modern style. In the basement arr
located recreation and toilet rooms
with separate stairs for both girls ant
boys, and steam heating plant fol
the building. This portion Of thu
building is we'll lighted by large win
dows. The ventilating system is alst
located in the basement and consist.
, of indirect radiators incased in larg'
} galvanized iron ducts leading to elcl
room and hall in each story. Thu
!. fresh air is taken directly from tn
outside and is forced over the indirec
. coils. where it is heated to tempera