The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-09-26
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ST. ANTHONY SCHOOL.

added to the parish equipment the
brick school at the corner of Second
Street and Eighth Avenue. This and
the adjoining stone building still serve
to house the grades and the high
school,
But ST. Anthonys parish, although
the oldest in Minneapolis, is still
growing with the vigor of it's early
youth, and the present schools have
4 become Inadequate for the increasing
number of children. Reverend Patrick
Kenny, the present pastor, took
charge of the parish four years ago,
and under his leadership the new
school project has developed.
The New School.
According to the plans drawn by
Architect e. ]. Donohue of st. Paul,
the new school of st. Anthony of
Padlia is 143 feet long, SO feet wide,
| with full basement and two stories,
1t is of reinforced concrete construc-
ton and fireproof throughout, with
modern ventilating, heating and light
ing plants. No expense will be spared
in providing the best equipment that
science and experience can dictate.
The building itself will cost about
$75, 600 and the contract for it's cree
ton has been awarded to the P. NJ.
Hennessy Construction Co. of st.
Paul.
A flight of broad stone steps leads
up to the main entrance on Ninth
Avenue Above the double doors is
the name-stone, an oblong panel, and
at the summit of the center pediment
stands out prominently stone
cross. A wide and we'll lighted vesti-
bule leads up to the corridor which
extends the full length of the building,
opening upon the five class rooms of
| the first floor and having two
entrances to the parish hall. There
are ten class rooms in the school,
uniform in size and arrangement; five
on each floor. The light for each
comes from five large windows at the
left of the pupils and the lighting
| space is proportional with scientific
accuracy to the size of the room. The
wardrobe in each room has two
entrances so arranged as to enable all
the children to enter or leave the
room promptly without interfering
with one another. There is a locker
/ in the wardrobe for the convenience
of the teacher: The air of the room is
heated by specially arranged heating
coils in the wall and the ventilation
provides for an abundance of fresh air
| for every child.
g.: Auditorium.
The parish hall is one of the most
attractive features of the building and
one of the best equipped auditoriums
in the Twin Cities. The seating capa-
city is 1000. The entrance is from
Second Street from which large COW
cred porch is reached by flight of
steps. The hall itself extends to the
top of the building. A wide gallery at
the rear is reached from the second
floor There is large stage flanked
| by dressing rooms and provided with
| footlights. This with the box Office
| at the back of the hall, with toilets,
check rooms, and ladies' dressing room
provides every facility for the theatre
| cal entertainments which have long
been feature in the social and edu-
cational life of ST. Anthony's parish:
Nor was the pastor unmindful of the
safety of the large crowds which will
often gather in the big hall, for there
are exits on every side.
Gymnasium.
The auditorium, however, is not
| the only provision made in the build
ing for gatherings of the parishioners.
The basement which is high and well
lighted has a. number of attractive
features, not the least of which is the
gymnasium, equal in floor space to the
| parish hall and situated directly be-
meath it. Provision is made for bowl
ing alleys and other athletic facilities.
AT the north end where the boys
entrance is, there is vestibule, toilet
room and Office. At the opposite end
which is entered from the girls cor
ridor there are shower baths, toilets
and lockers. Beyond these are large
parish kitchen and the boiler-room.
The forward portion of the basement
is occupied by two club rooms ar
ranged for the holding of lodge and
society meetings.
Altogether the new school of st.
Anthony promises to be one of the
1 finest parechial, buildings in the
Northwest. With class-rooms in
which every device of modern science
is brought to the aid of teachers and
pupils with a we'll equipped audi.
torium, gymnasium, club rooms and
kitchen, the new building promises to
become a, general center for the many
] sided activity of parish life. BY
means of the social life which will
rally round the school the priests will
be able to keep in constant touch
with the youthful members in their
flock after they have left the class
rooms, with the young men and
women who will seek opportunities
for innocent and wholesome recrea-
ton, and with the parents who will
meet there in their organized efforts
to support every good work of the
i parish.