Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-12-29
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE
IN THE HANDS OF CONTRAC T.
oRs AND $4,000 CONVENT AND
SCHOOL BECOME CERTAINTY.
BIDS TO CLOSE
BY JANUARY 10
NETTING OF CoMPLETEJ JOB WILL
DEPEND ON THE COOPERATION
THAT Is AFFORDED THE SIS
TIERS IN THE VENTURE.

Plans and specifications for the pro
posed S150,O00 convent and academ.
for the Sisters of Humility OF Mary
are now in the hands Of contractors
Bids will close January Is, when thu
contract will be let. Whether the con
tract for the building complete, or tol
only q small portion of it, Will be let
will depend altogether on the generous
cooperation OF the friends OF the 1nstl
tuition. Those in charge are very nope
full that their appeals for help to carry
on this great undertaking will be re-
sponded to literally and that every
thing will be in readiness to begin the
work as soon as spring opens.
This building, when completed, wall
be one of the finest and most beautiful
structures of it's kind, not only in OF
tumwa, but in the state. 1t will be mod
ern In every respect, consisting Of Eng
lish basement and three stories, con-
structed of red pressed, brick and
white stone.
In the English basement will be To-
Gated recreation halls, gymnasiums,
cloak rooms, trunk rooms, toilets, stor-
age rooms, refectories, kitchen, bakery
and ice rooms. s 's -aa
On the first floor will be parlors, Of
flee and supply rooms, library and
reading rooms, study halls, class and
recitation rooms, commercial and type
writing rooms, physical and chemical
laboratories and music rooms. On this
floor also will be large auditorium ex-
tending through one and half stories.
The Second Story. -
~ On the second and third floors will
be the sleeping apartments, which will
consist mostly of single and double
bedrooms, there being few dormitories,
and these few, small. On the second
floor also will be a large, two-story
chapel, the Sisters and novices' COM
muhity rooms, sewing rooms toilet
and bath rooms, and large private
parlor for the young lady boarders.
Natural Light for Art Rooms.
On the third floor will be located the
art rooms, ideal light for which will be
supplied through large skylights.
The building will contain freight
and a passenger elevator. and be sup
piled throughout with gas and electric
lighting and hard and soft water.
The east wing Of the building will
contain the novitiate or training school
for young girls wishing to enter the
Accommodate Large Number.
The acadamy when completed, will
accommodate more than two hundred
boarders, besides one hundred sisters.
Pains will be taken to make the build-.l
ing, as we'll as the spacious grounds,
ideal for the purpose. 1t is the inten-
ton OF the sisters to turn the ten
acre grove in the rear, into beautiful
park. and a large pond containing liv-
ing springs will be enlarged and beau
titled to serve as a boating place mi
summer for the young ladies, and a |
skating place in winter.
ss5-. OttumWa Favored.
Merchants Of all classes realize what |
an advantage It will be to them to
have an institution of this kind board. !
ing hundreds of students, located here, !,
and are congratulating themselves |!
upon their good fortune in having this
city chosen. as the site of this magnifi-
cent structure.
IA Considering these facts, the sisters
fees justified in expecting generous do
nations from Ottumwans when they
will be called upon in the near future.
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