The Donaldsonville chief., 1914-03-07
APPEAL To 8. ]. c. |. ALUMNI,
Graduates and Former Students of
Worthy Catholic School Request
ed to Aid Project for Securing
| More Adequate Quarters.

More Adequate Quarters.
10 the Alumni of S. j. C. l.:
| Your Alma Mater Genes to you to
day III an appeal to your generosity
and she knows her appeal will moi
be unheeded.
your Alma Mater has sent forth in
to the world young men who have
battled with the world and Won sue
cess by their own grit and energy
enhanced by their carly formation
| The education they received has
braced them to overcome every
obstacle.
You are one of the number, there
fore we know you have in your
heart a deep, abiding gratitude to
| her, who was such a factor in your
| success.
| Your Alma Mater today finds her
self in very squalid surroundings.
She finds herself hampered in her
work because she has not the IA
cllitles which are necessary in the
educational work of today. She feels
Inundated to see that her activities
in the educational field are hindered
by lack of those helps of which the
most commonplace school can boast
Only a year ago there was great
danger of her being abandoned by
the withdrawal Of those excellent
teachers, the Brothers of the Sa-
cred Heart, but the citizens arose
en- masse and called 4 mass meeting
which was attended by large num-
Der of representative citizens of the
town and parish, including many
non-Catholics. EX-Nayor Charles
Maurin called the assembly to or
der and explained the object Of the
meeting, stating that the present
school building and residence oc-
cupied by the Brothers of the Sa-
cred Heart, who have conducted the
institute in this city for more than
twenty-seven Years, are no longer
adequate, and that Unless they are
replaced by modern and more com
nodious quarters there will be no
alternative but to close the school
permanently.
Addresses were made by Judge
Paul Leche, Hon. E. N. Pugh, Mayor
Walter Lemann and Very Rev. J.
NJ. 7. Massardier, all being unani-
nous in their expressions that the
closing of S. j. c. I. would be
deplorable calamity and one which
would reflect much discredit upon
the community. A subscription list
was opened, and within a short time
the sum OF zss2662 had been pledged
the contributors being as follows.
Rev. j NJ T. Massardier $500, w.
D. Park 5000, E. N. Pugh s1OO, John
S. Thibaut $100, Charles Maurin
s100, K. A Aucoin $100, Walter
Lemann $100, Paul Leche s100, J.
E. Blum $50, D. E. Ducos s25, Ed
mund Maur4n s25, Edmond Richard
$l0O, A. J. Melancon $40, Paul Braud
SO, Sandy Truxillo s25, Prosper Ro
driguez. Jr., S10O, ]. c. Babin $50,
James Fortier $25, Valery L. Duffel
s25, William J. Leblanc s25, R. N.
Robertson $25, Joseph E. Blum s25,
E. D. Melancon s25, A E. Truxi1lo,
$25, John Ramirez $40, J. Mavor
Melancon $50, Hubert Richard $40,
J. Clarence Bouchereau $25, L. J.
Brun $25, J. L. Rusca $25, L. A.
Landry s25, H. Schaff e Sons $50,
L. B. Mattingly SO, J. A. Mollere
S25, Joseph D. schatf SIS, Richard
Melancon $50, V. A. Rodriguez SIS,
Edward Schaff $40, George H. Rich
ard $50, E. c. Hanson $50, Paul J.
Gisclard $40, L. J. Gaudin $40, Joseph
N. Gisclard $40, J. c. Dabadie $40,
P. S. Richard $40, Jules F. Landry
$25, Prosper Rodriguez, Sr., $40,
Justilien Delatte SIS: Joseph Martel
$40, R. S. Vickers $40, c. R. Allie
man $12, H. R.. Alleman $40, John
Delatte $40, Pat Stakelum $50, Ida
Duhon $40, Bella Landry s5, Marie
Michel S25, Joseph R. Braud $25,
Capt. Joseph Constantin, $5 per
month for 1914, $50.
AS site for the proposed new
school building, the square of ground
owned by the Catholic congregation
in Mississippi street opposite the
Catholic Church is regarded as the
most suitable. A large part of the
bricks and lumber required for the
of the building is avail
able from the material obtained
from the old Catholic Church, re-
Gently demolished.
A grand opportunity is hereby pre-
sented to our Alumni to perpetuate
a grateful tribute to their Alma
Mater by assisting in material
manner in the erection of the
GREATER S. J. G. l.
Your assistance will be an incen-
tive to your children to stand by
The grand old school, and like you,
reflect an honor on the institution
which prepared you for the world
where honest worth IS certain to re-
ceive recognition.
Would you as a loyal member OF
the Alumni want to see your Alma
Mater set aside the grand march OF
progress as unworthy of notice?
Would you not wish to see her, on
the contrary, stand out before the
world as an institution to be ad-
mired both for her exterior beauty
and her interior worthiness?
Don't you think her aspirations
are laudable, and will you not en-
courage them financially to the best
Of your ability? All loyal sons are
coming forward to help her, and we
know we can count On you to help
make the greater and grander S. j.
G. I.
Contributions should be RENTED
to Richard Melancon, treasurer, and
will be most gratefully received.