Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-22
ENDORSEMENT
GIVEN PROJECT
COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION TAKE
COGNIZANCE OF MOVEMENT
FOR BIG ACADEMY.
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS
Directors Lend Support to the Ercc'
tIon OF Large Educational In.
stitution Under Way by Sis.
tiers Of Humility. ~,

BY passing resolutions that com.
mend the project to the citizens of OF.
tumwa, the directors of the CONNER
cial association lend the endorsement
of that body to the Sisters of the HUI.
mility of Mary in the big building pro.
tect under consideration by the sister
hood. The resolution as adopted by
the Commercial association takes cog
nizance Of the favor shown Ottumwa
in the selection of this city as the
home of such an institution of learn
In as the new academy promises to
Ibe The site for the new school and
convent has been in the possession of
the sisters for the past few years. It
| is located north of; the city beyond the
| Country club tract The acreage Is
large and the location decidedly at
tractive It is situated high and dry
and in an ideal location for such an in
stitution, affording all the seclusion
necessary for a convent as we'll as
hea1thfuI and pretty site for large
seminary for girls. The plans for the
structure have been drawn by Archi-
tect John O'Connor of Des Moines,
whose speciality is churches, converts
and colleges. The drawings have been
gone over several times in the past
year in order to make alterations and
corrections that will lend to the more
general desirability of the building for
it's purposes when completed. The
hope of the sisters is to commence Op-
erations preparatory to erection next
spring and the building when CON-
p1eted will aggregate some 100000 in
cost. The work when completed will
give Ottumwa an educational institu-
ton second to none of its kind in the
state for architectural beauty and gen.
eral attractiveness. It will also provide
for school accommodating over 200
pupils and boarders who will be
taught all modern branches of educa-
ton.
The Resolutions.
The resolutions adopted by the Com
mercial association follow:
Whereas, the directors of this asso-
citation have been made acquainted |
with the purpose and plans formulated
by the Sisters of the Humility of Mary
for the construction of extensive
buildings and the development of an
institution for the secular education OF |
girls, and;
Whereas, the development of such |
an institution in Ottumwa, in the opin-
ion of the directors of this association,
is most desirable from the standpoint
of material progress, as well as intel
lectual advancement, as tending to
draw to our city the favorable consid.
Grafton of large numbers of worthy
people, as well as to afford excellent
ia cilities TO? educational work at all |
times commendable, therefore,
Be it resolved by the board of di-
rectors of the Ottumwa Commercial
association, that we express our unre.
served approval of the enterprise I'M
dertaken; that we commend it to the
favorable consideration of all our PEG.
pie. as most worthy of encouragement
and that we congratulate the city Of
Ottumwa upon her good fortune in
being selected as the home Of such an
institution
J. B. Sax.
E. G. Moon.
M. B. Hutchison, Com.