Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-22
PLAN ONE OF FINEST
SCHOOLS IN STATE
Present Boarding School Adj
joining St. Mary's Church
Has Been Found made
quate to Accommo-
date Needs

The Sisters Of the Humility Of
Mary have closed a contract for the
purchase of lit acres of land adjoin-
ing Grand View addition, directly
north of the Country club from L. A.
Andrew, trustee, and plans will be
prepared at an early date for a
$4,000 academy and boarding
school, which will also serve as the
mother house of the twelve missions
subordinate to the Ottumwa institu-
ton
A landscape gardener from New
York will arrive soon to lay out the
grounds in lawn, orchard, farm and
garden that this work may be pushed
forward before the actual building
work is begun
No more suitable site could have
been secured than the Grand View
property. 1t is high ground affording
view Of the surrounding country;
1t is near enough to the city to be
easy of access, yet sufficiently remote
to insure quiet and privacy, and there
is room for a farm and garden in ad.
dition to the walks, lawn, tennis
courts and play grounds adjoining the
building
Present Quarters Too Small.
The Sisters outgrew their present
mother house and boarding school,
which adjoins st. Mary's church.
Years ago, but in the last two years
the place has been found so made
quate that larger quarters were deem
ed imperative. For instance there
have been large list of day pupils,
100 music pupils and 35 boarding
pupils attending the academy In tho
new academy there will be room for
LOO boarding pupils and the school
VIII be made so attractive to them
that the Sisters believe, scholars from
all parts of the state will be attract.
ed to the institution.
Here Quarter of Century.
For twenty-five years the Sisters OF
the Humility of Mary have conducted
a school in Ottumwa. The order first
occupied brick building on east
Court ST., which has since given way tc
dwelling houses. Then when the Sis
tiers of the Visitation removed to Hast
1ngs, Neb., the convent on Fourth
street was secured and has since been
the home OF the Sisters of the Humil
ity of Mary. When the order first insti
tuted branch in Ottumwa there We're
five Sisters. Now that number has
grown to 100 and there are eleven mis-
sion houses over the state under the
supervision Of the Ottumwa mother
house. OF these two ore at Davenport,
and one at each of the following
places: Fort Madison. Nicola, Ports
mouth Extra, Parnell, Melrose
Marshalltown, Cosgroye and Grea
Falls, Mont
The Sisters of the Humility of Mar,
have always been progressive. Theil
aim has constantly been to increase
the efficiency of their school, Ant
when the new building is occupied i
is certain no plans will be spared tt
make the institution one of the mos
complete and best equipped academies
in southern Iowa
The land upon which the new schoo
will be erected was purchased from
l.. A. Andrew, trustee, and brought
The Sisters have not plan
ned to egin building work i'm
mediately, but it has been decided tina
the new building will be occupied with
in the next two years. By that time
it is believed. the street cars line
will have been extended to the ney
academy site.
The Sisters appreciate that thei
progress and success in the past ha
been due to the warm support the
have been given by the people of OF
tumwa and it is because Of the &C
operation they have secured in TIL
past that they feel encouraged to tax
this step.