The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-24
SANTA ROSA
SCHOOL OPENS
OCT. 4 NEXT
NEW INSTITUTION AT MARY
ESTHER UNDER AUSPICES CON-
fGREGATIoNAL CHURCH WILL
BEGIN WORK WITH FULL CORPS
OF TEACHERS.

The announcement of the Santa Rosa
Academy and Industrial Institute To-
Gated up the sound at Mary Esther is
just out and it makes a very fine
showing of what Is in prospect for the
new school.
The fall term will open Oct with
a strong corps of teachers. The build
ing is now being erected and all is ex-
pected to Fbe in readiness by the date
for opening. The following is taken
from the announcement itself:
On Sacred Foundation.
Santa Rosa Academy and Industrial
Institute is built upon sacred foun-
dalton. The Rev. Mr.. Newton, of
sainted memory, lived, taught and
wrought here, and now regularly or
ganized school is to take up the work
which he laid down many years ago.
Several years ago the Florida State
Conference Of Congregational churches
voted that a school ought to be estab-
lished at Mary Esther, and the effort
was made; but circumstances pre-
vented its completion at that time.
The idea never died, however; and
when superintendent Jenkins came to
Mary Esther he took up the work
again, and the institution is now or
ganized and will open it's first session
October 4.
The Location.
The location is a most beautiful and
healthful one. Summer and winter
the climate is delightful. The outlook
over Santa Rosa Sound and Island
with glimpses of the Gulf of Mexico
beyond is one of great attractiveness.
Ten acres of splendidly located land
with a fine water front form the
campus. This has been cleared,
wharf has been built from it out into
the sound, and on it the new building
is now rising.
Eighty acres of land just back of the
campus have been given for a demon
stration farm, thus giving the fnstitu-
ton ninety acres in all. The agricul-
tural and other industrial work will
have to wait until the literary work Is
established; but 1t is hoped that prep
aration may be made during this year
for this work to open the following
year.
An academy building with FIVE rooms
one large study hall and audito-
rium-is in process of construction,
and 1t is hoped to have it ready for
the opening of the school year. A
presidents house will follow and then
a dormitory. Temporary arrangements
will be made for accommodating the
students with rooms and board until
the dormitory is built.
The Faculty.
The institution has been most for
tunate in securing it's first faculty.
It's president is a Congregational min
lister, a graduate of one of our best
colleges, a student in the Kansas State
Agricultural College and in Chicago
Theological Seminary. This variety
of education together with much prac-
teal experience especially fits him for
the kind of work this institution pro-
poses to do. His first assistant is a
graduate of the Kansas State AgTicul-
tural College and a student of Wash
burn College. The teacher in the
grades studied at Rollins College, and
has had successful experience in
teaching in Florida Other teachers
will be added from time to time as
needed.
The aim Of the institution will be to
furnish a non sectarian but decidedly
Christian education. This will cover
not only literary studies, but Industrial
principles and training as we'll, in or
der that the students may be trained
for practical life.
The studies win cover all grades
from primary through the twelfth,
thus giving a full high school and col
lege preparatory course
and more detailed information will be
published as soon as possible. This
preliminary announcement will tempo
rarily take its place.
Divisions of the School Year.
The school year for 1911-12 will be
divided into five terms of six weeks
each. Each term will end with two
days examination on the work of the
term-the only regular examinations
held in the institution All studies
and bills will be arranged on the basis
Of the six-week term.
The tuition in the academy grades
ninth to twelfth-will be $500 per
term: in the grammar grades-sixth
TO eighth-S2.50 per term; primary