Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-09-17

and preliminary training received in
various schools, is of the most thor
ough sort.
One of the important institutions
of learning of the Black Hills which
fills its own place in the best way
is st. Martins Academy, located at
Sturgis. St. Martins Academy was
founded in 1889 by Bishop Martin
Marty of Sioux Falls. 1t is a, board
ing school for girls and connected
with it is boarding school for lit
tie boys. 1t is conducted by the
sisters of st. Benedict.
AccessabIy Located.
Its location is very convenient
one. Sturgis is within one or two
hours ride from Deadwood, Lead,
Belle Fourche, Rapid City, Spearfish
and other towns in the northern
Hills. 1t is on the main line of the
Northwestern and is directly reached
from all places in the eastern part
of the state, and from surrounding
states. The school grounds are To-
Gated adjacent to the railway sta
ton and three blocks west of the
business part of Sturgis on a slight
ly elevated plateau. The buildings
are all of stone, of two and three
stories in height and in sanitation
and all conveniences are modern.
The grounds are ample and afford
every recreation facility.
The buildings are located at a
distance from one another and re-
mote from other properties and be-
ing of stone and we'll equipped the
danger from fire is minimum, yet the
safety of pupils is assured by fire
escapes. The buildings and grounds
get the purest water supply from
springs in the nearby hills.
Politeness Is Taught.
The curriculum embraces the ele-
mentary, academic, commercial and
music courses. The two latter sub
jects are charged for extra. The
last year there were 260 pupils reg
istered, these coming from six diff
ferent states. Graduates from here
are holding positions as school teach
ers, music teachers, and stenograph-
ers in South Dakota, Wyoming and
lectual and practical training is the
aim of st. Martins academy, and
every pupil is prepared for the posi-
ton to which she aspires and all are
taught those virtues and womanly
graces indispensable to the true mis-
tress of the home. In class rooms,
in the dormitory and even on the
play ground politeness is taught in
quiet unobtrusive way, and great
stress is always laid upon observance
of the laws of etiquette. The sys-
TEN of education is designed to cul-
tivate the heart, develop the mind
and refine the character.
An advantage parents feel who
place their children here is that they
are at all times under the personal
supervision of the sisters. When
visits to town are made they are in
care of one of the instructors, and
all mail sent or received is subject
to the scrutiny of the authorities
at the school.
Plain food, simple living, early
hours to bed and strict observance
to moral discipline are the rule at
this school. There is but little to
distract the girl from the purpose of
her attendance.
Day School.
A day school is maintained for
those who are so situated they may
live at home.
Being Catholic school the ma
jority of those in attendance are
from Catholic homes, but there is
no interference in matters of leug-
ion. The Academy enjoys the pat
ronage and immediate direction of
Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Busch, bishop of
Lead, S. D. The mother superior
welcomes at all times any inquiry
from parents or guardians regarding
the courses of study or other jnfor.
nation