Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-06-21
HE Laying q Ihs Csfssr Stsss.

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Pursuant TO notice given the corner
stone of the new Arcadia College,
building vas laid last Friday after
noon, with appropriate ceremonies.
A large attendance of the Valley
citizens hon0red the O~ccssioa. An
ideal June day was last Friday, and II
don't think ] ever saw the Valley in
more attractive mood and gaIb.
Promptly at $50 the Sisters and pupils
in procession marched from the chapel
responsive to the bells ~proclaiming
the hour. They took their position in
front of the speakers stand which
faced stone fitted to receive the
articles to DO sealed within its body.
The stand vas decorated with the
Stars and Stripes, and the Sisters and
pupils sangNthe two songs which now
appeal to us as they never did before:
"America" and "Star Spangled Ban
ner."
Then followed an addreSs--able and
pertinent and patri0tic-by Father
Adrian of Poplar Bluff, after which,
with appropriate religious ceremony,
the box containing the mementoes,
was put in place and duly sealed.
Among the contents was the follow
ing document:
"In the year ls47 a school was estab-
lished in Arcadia by Rev. Jerome g.
Bergman. under the auspices of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South,
and was called the Arcadia High
School; a two story frame building
25x120 feet, with an annex, having
been erected.
A few years later the high school
was chartered by the legislature of
Missouri az "Arcadia College," In
the year 1870 a four story brick build
ing 60x12O feet was erected but left
unfinished.
In the year 1877 Right Rev. Msgr.
Henry Muehlsiepen, Vicar General
and Spiritual Director OF the Ursuline
nuns OF 21l2 South 18th ST., st. Louis,
purchased the Arcadia College prop.
erty for the nuns, who finished the
, building and laid out the grounds in 4
, park.
Most Rev. Peter Richard Kenrick
Rev. Mother Johanna Blum, Superior
t of the Ursuline nuns; she died May 2,
r 1883. In the same year the Ursuline
! nuns r%eopened the Arcadia College
= with Mother Rose Karrenbrook as
z Superior of the Arcadia community
1 She died IS Rev. Mother Superior OF
C the Ursuline nuns at Arcadia, March
%, 1912.
Y The second Superior Of Arcadia,
: 1880 to 1889, was Mother Marian
Meyer, who died at Arcadia, April
9 18th, 1889.
In the year 1908 the Chapel was
built at a cost of 500, 900, the architec'
being Brother Anselm, o. F. NJ, b.
It Rev. Mother Seraphine Tlntrup, wht
: died in st. Louis, February IS, 1912
This chapel was dedicated by thu
a Most Rev. j. j. Glennon. Archbishop
If of st. Louis, April 14th, 1909, MotheI
h Borgia Bigley being the third Superio
le at Arcadia.
SO In the year 1914 the old fran,
of building of the original Arcadia Col
j. lege was removed and a new fou
er story brick building was erected as
y, wing to the Brick building at a cost G
10 SAC, 900, Thos. F. limbs, of st. Louis
in being the architect. and George A
Buckley the builder; Rev. Mother AN
brose Duff being the Superior Of tn
IUrsulines and Mother Borgia Bigle
a. local Superior at Arcadia.
w On the 9th February, 1917, the O.
m brick building of the Arcadia Colleg
was totally destroyed by fire, b,
rs thanks be to God, no lives were los
and not one person was even injure
The chapel and the wing buildil
were saved by the heroic, genero'
and efficient help of the people
Arcadia and Ironton.
Steps were taken Immediately aft
RI the fire to erect q new building on Il
old site of the destroyed building
es- an estimated cost of S40,0 00, Thos.
limbs, architect, and G. A. Buckle
st. builder. Rev. Mother Ambro
Duffy, Superior, and Mother Victor
lis kettei local Superior at Arcadia.
In the year of Our Lord 1917, on Il
rex Is of June, and in the l41st year
the Declaration of independent
ITO Woodrow Wilson being Preside
of the United States;
IL Frederick Gardner, Governor
Missouri;
liar Frank Hargedine, Mayor of Arcad
Benedict XIV, reigning Pope;
NE j. J. Glennon, Archbishop of
Louis;
Lie. Wernert, Pastor and Chaplai
L. J. Blankemeier, Assistant Past
an and Chaplain;
Rev. Mother Ambrose Duffy, S
perior of the Ursulines;
Mother Victoria Kettel, local
ear perior of Arcadia.
-. On the feast of the Sacred Heart
TED Jesus this Cornerstone was laid
the Rev. M. T. Sevcik, pastor
left Bonnie Terre, Mo-, for the greal
10. honor and glory Of God, in the ma
10 a of Our Lord Jesus Christ, for
An. Christian education Of youth"
,,;s The ceremonies concluded with Il
,i ms the Sisters and pupils retired fr
'i"e the ground, and we all departed
,o,. several ways-hoping that no
or. Iss toward event would necessitate
'no laying there Of a succeeding corn
Is stone for a hundred years to come,
Mr..
W anted. Agents for the FARM