The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-24
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE
HAS A NEW CLASS.
Father Anthony, o. S. B., Has Been
Added to the stan of Teachers.


Added to the STAFF of Teachers.
Workmen began yesterday to pre-
pare another class room in the build
ing temporarily occupied by the Bene-
dictine College at Thirty-first and
Habersham streets. The building will
be used during the fall term, and it
is confidently expected to move into
more commodious and modern school
quarters in time to begin the spring
term.
The college will open it's fall session
Sept. 26 and with the opening another
class is to be organized. 1t will, be
remembered the college opened in the
fall of 1902 with but one class, the
academic. Last fan another class, the
first collegiate, was opened. Rev. Faith
er Anthony of st. Mary's College, Bel
mont, N. c., the new addition to the
staff of teachers, arrived in the city
last week, and this assures the Or
ganization of a third class, viz, Sec
ond collegiate.
The studies of the academic comprise
languages, mathematics, history, Latin,
elocution, etc. In the first collegiate
the following branches are taken up:
Latin. Greek. English, rhetoric and
composition, American literature,
arithmetic, algebra, geometry, general
history and elocution.
The Cadets who finished this class
last term will be promoted to the new
class, the second collegiate. AS this is
higher class, much harder work will
be required. Besides the continuation
of the classes of the first collegiate
the commercial branches, bookkeeping
and commercial law, will be intro
duced. The class will also study as
tronomy and shorthand. In English lit
erature there will be special studies
| of Bacon, Milton, Dryden, Addison,
Pope, Gray and Shakespeare plays.
There remains but one higher class to
be organized, September, 1905 when
| the full course of four years will be
completed.
The military training as in the past,
will be a prominent feature, and daily
military and physical exercises is COM
pulsory. This department Will again
he under the able direction of Col.
Jordan F. Brooks, G. S. T. The course
comprises: Setting up exercise, school
of the soldier, school of the company,
extended order, bayonet exercise and
Butts physical drill. The uniforms VIII
he the same as last year, cadet grey.
The staff of teachers for the fall term
will be as follows: Rev. F. Bernard
o. S. b., second collegiate; Rev. f.
Aloysius, o. S. B., English and elocu-
ton; Rev. F. Jerome, 0. S. b., hrst
collegiate; Rev. F. Anthony, o. 5. B.,
academic Col. J. F. Brooks, military
department. -,
Work on the plans Of the new col
lege to be erected at Thirty-fourth ana
Bull streets has progressed sufnclehtly
far TO insure the commencement or
building some time in September
Father Michael, o. S. B.. of the arehi-
tectural department of ST. Marys Col
leee left for Belmont N. c., last Fri
dav to complete the drawings. Inc
faculty expects to move into the new
college building by March !, 1905. In
Ali probability a preparatory course
viii then be opened, as there has been
a great demand for admission OF boys
who were not sufficiently far advanced
10 enter the academic class.
with the completion OF the college
building the parochlal residence ana
he new church. the Sacred Heart con-
sregation will have one OF the most
i'm nosing and complete church proper
ties in the South.