The Mankato free press., 1910-06-03
SITE Is SECURED FOR
SCHOOL; ALSO CATH
0LIC MOTHER HOUSE
From Fridays Daily.

+ rom fridays Daily.
Work on the buildings for the
mother house and ladies' high
school which the Sister of Notre
Dame propose to erect i'm this city
Will not be begun until next
spring. The sisters have been ad
vised that labor is so high this
year that they had better wait
until next spring. and have decided
to do so. They desire that the
city shall prepare the two roads
to the site selected, this year, so
that the material can be hauled
up during the winter.
Called to Winona.
Rev. Mother Mariana and her
secretary were called to Winona
yesterday afternoon to meet the
new bishop. and A. y. Dukes re-
turned 10 his home at Peru, Ind.
on the same train. His offer to
donate fourteen acres as site has
been accepted. The land is To-
Gated south of the l.. G.. NJ Fletcher
farm, and goes up from the road
way TO the crest of the hill and Il
little beyond. Besides this, 3.H
acres have been purchased from
MIR. Swensen and others, so that
the school will have fine, large
site.
1t is said that all doubt about
the institution being located in
MankatO has disappeared, and that
all that remains to be done is to
look after the legal end of the
matter. All matters inside of the
church are expected to be arranged
satisfactory, and consent obtained
To all the steps taken. The pope
has recently issued an order for
bidding any school To incur debt
of more than $4,000 without the
consent of the cardinal, but it is
thought that this can be obtained
without any trouble.
Will Expend 100000 on Start.
The first building to be erected
will cost over 100000 in addition
to the donations from this city.
it is said, and it is expected that
the building and its furnishings
will represent an expenditure of
%l50,000. 1t will he located on the
top of the bluff at Il very slightly
point, where there is II beautiful
view up and down the valley of
the Minnesota. The site is level,
and surrounded by pretty ravines
and stretches of side hill.
Both t., ald Boarding School.
There W!.. lic hJ,.i :: day school
and lboard:ng school, all for ladies,
and only the more advanced sub
jects will be taught, so that it will
be practically a high school.
There will be a mother house for
novitiatcs who wish to enter and
become teachers in the parochial
schools. This will be similar to 4
normal training school. During the
summer vacation, sisters who are
teaching p,in various schools will
come and take Il summer course,
and there will also he retreat.
Sisters who wish to enter re-
treat now have TO 90 either to st.
IOlIiS ar Milwaukee
Expected to Grow Rapidly.
The building is to be put up in
a very substantial manner, and the
institution is expected to grow so
rapidly that inside of five or ten
years it is predicted that it will
he the largest educational insti-
tuition in the city. Other buildings
will be erected as fast as needed.
The site is beautiful and healthful,
with all of the advantages that
large city offers, and with all of
the advantages that the country
holds out. Sewer and water and
lights and good roads will be sup
Piled, yet the location is such that
city noises and smoke and dust
and city thoughts will Obstrude but
little.
Great credit is due the commit
tee which had charge of the nc2o-
tiations for securing the location
of the institution in Mankato. This
committee was composed of Rob
ert Lamm. George Klein, Joseph II.
Ihro. Louise Kruse and Henry
Hance.
Others who assisted in the work
OF locating the mother house and
school here are NJ +. Sullivan,
George Schultz, Henry Meinzman,
William Wittrock. NJ. j. Bowe. W.
Hodapp, George Scheurer, Joe p.
Meurcr.