The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-13


! praise which was given it at the
services this morning Every detail
of its arrangement and building is
complete and absolutely modern
The entire building is electric light
ed and steam heated. The heat is
means of tunnel underground, and
the tunnel is also used as a pas
sage between the, two buildings
Every room in the entire building
is well lighted and we'll ventilated.
The view from the tower rooms on
the second and third floors is mag
nificent and on clear days the city
of ST. Peter can be seen clearly.
The building has four stories and
a full basement. On the three main
floors there are wide corridors run
ming the entire length and width of
the building. The corridors are
wainscoted in North Mankato mar
BILE with Kasota marble trimmings
The two stones are also used in all
of the toilets and baths, and take
a beautiful finish. The entrance as
well as the kitchen, domestic science
department and the laboratories
have tile floor.
Two Reception Rooms. pr
There are two reception rooms
on the main floor, one for the Sis
ters and one for the boarding stu
dents. The students library is To-
Gated on the first floor and is al
ready well stocked with books, ref
erence, fiction and text books. Con-
siderable material for the museum
has also been sent. There are a
number of class rooms on each
floor, and in the east wing of the
located ....r
The music rooms are on the sec.
ond and third floors. There are
private practice rooms which are a
decided improvement over the old
way of arranging music rooms.
There are eight practice rooms on
each floor and each room is just
large enough to have room for the
piano, music cabinet and a chair or
two, and the pupil will not be dis
turbed OF disturb any one else while
she is practising. There are two
instrumental studios, vocal studio
and chorus room.
The Bishops Apartment
The bishops apartment lin on the
first floor. This suite consists of
a chamber, study and bath and is
very comfortably furnished.
The packing room, where the
school supplies are kept is on the
second floor. The room is arranged
with shelves and cupboards to hold
all the school and stationary sup
plies. The household supply store
room is in the basement, and is a.
large room with cupboards and
shelves built to the ceiling.
Besides the regular class rooms
there are rooms for art and needle
work, domestic science, chemical
laboratories, gymnasium with baths,
and assembly rooms on each floor
The sisters have sitting room, a !
library, administration rooms and !
their own dining room and dorm
itory.
The boarders' dormitories are on
the third floor and fourth floors and
there are private rooms on the Sec
ond floors also.
All of the dining rooms, except
for visitors and priests, are on the
basement floors, with serving rooms
off of each. There are well lighted
and nicely arranged. The kitchen
is large room and is furnished
with all modern conveniences. The
domestic science kitchen will have
gas ranges as well as coal ranges
and the young ladies will be given
very practical work in that line.
Use of the Building.
Part of the building is devoted to
the use Of those young ladies who
are studying for the sisterhood. These
who are in the first work, the can
didates, have their private study,
sitting room and library, and the
novitiates, who are preparing for
the final vows, have their private
hall, with balcony and private
quarters.
There are places for every con-
use in the building, hun
1reds of lockers, linen closets,
clothes schutes, private telephone .
system connecting all the various
parts of the building, an elevator,
and the water is forced into the
building by two electric hydraulic
pumps.
The chapel is one of the prettiest
'ooms in the building and although
t will be used only until the new
building is put up in a beautiful
Dom. The altar as two statues |
which are hand carved and which +
,ame from Munich. The furniture is {
I'll in quarter sawed oak. A paint l
ng representing Our Lady of Good n
Counsel is hung in the center of 2