Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-29
SPLENDID PARISH
SCHOOL BUILDING
ST. MARYS PARISH SCHOOL
BUILDING WILL BE DEDICATED
NEXT WEDNESDAY - DEscRlP-
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will be dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies Wednesday, February S.
There will be pontiicial high mass
and blessing OF the school by Bishop
Stanley, then dinner and speeches,
which will be made quite pleasant
feature of the event. In the after.
noon at 3 o'clock the bishop will con-
firm large class in the church and
in the evening there will be an en-
tertainment in the assembly room of
the school house under the direction
of Mrs. A D. Anderson, fittingly clos
ing day which ought to be memoir
able in the history of the parish. Ev-
eryone is invited to attend the exer-
cises.
The new school house is indeed one
of which not only the Catholics, but
all citizens should feel just pride in.
There is no better building in the
city, so far as substantial construc-
tion and perfection of design is con-
cerned, than this.
There is a large assembly hall in
the basement which will seat about
400 people, equipped with a small
stage for, theatricals or other exer.
cises, which will be useful adjunct
to 1.-THE school, Off this room is a
kitchen fully supplied with all that
issl,necessary for preparing suppers,
which has been furnished by the lad
les of the parish. In the basement
are also the toilet rooms and other
appurtenances.
On the first floor above the base
ment are the recitation rooms, four
in1anumber, fully equipped with all
the accessories of modern school,
each well lighted from two sides and
kept neat and hygenic in every re.
spect.
| On the second floor are the par,
lors and music rooms, well supplied
with pianos and other musical in
struments, where music is taught by
the best teachers under the most
pleasing conditions. Adjoining are
two rooms used by the sister super
ior and beyond is large dormitory,
both apartments being well lighted,
cheerful, airy and healthful. On the
other side of the wide hall are locat-
ed the library, the chapel, SO arrang,
eds<thats the large folding doors be.
tween it and the library can be op.
ened making one large room. Fur
ther on on this side of the building is
a big, pleasant dining room, like all
| the other rooms in the building, we'll
lighted and cheerful, and next to it
the kitchen and a large pantry with
it's closets, which would make house
keeper green with envy.
Still above this floor the ample
space under the roof has been util-
| lied as a large dOrmitory,
around which are many closets for
storage purposes. This room is well
lighted by the dormer windows in
the roof and is excellent for the pur.
pose designed
All the furnishings of the building
are in oak, the walls and ceilings are
exce1lently done in beautiful tints by
Artist Maassen and nothing is left
undone that would add to the sub.
stantial and lasting properties of the
edifice A feature worth mentioning
is the fact that all the stairways are
outside the main building, being ar.
ranged inside the west or front wing
so that quiet reigns in the schools
and elsewhere when the pupils are
coming and going from the build
ing. IT,
Father Clements, the sisters and the
parish people are proud of their
school and we'll might be, for it repre-,
sents deal of hard work and no lit.
tie bravery to undertake the erection
of such a splendid and costly build.
ing in city of this isze. All Bis
marck is proud of it, also.