The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-09-07
Church of the Holy
Name of Mary

There will be a meeting tonight a
40 of the Holy Name Society To
morrow is the feast of the Nativity
OF the Blessed Virgin Mary and will
mark the opening of the Novena for
the Holy Name of Mary. There will
De BenedictiOn every evening aft :
o CLOCK. Our parOchial school will
open September 18th. 1t is thorough
~ graded from kindergarten to High
| school In addition we have a com
mercial course that compares favor
| ABLY to any in the city. We wouId
IKE TO see more of our girls take ad.
vantage of this course.
Our Parochial Schools will 20.
open on Wednesday September n
after Mass at the Holy Name of Mary
Church at $50 a. m.
We. who are privileged to attend
inc closing exercises in June. were
1illed with wonder at the work that
Is being done in those simple m
pretentious buildings by our Sisters
Properly organized and solidIv mo.
Dlllzed for every practical purpose
Oh education from the tasks of the
Grammar school, to specialized Com
mercial work, Music and Art: orr
sisters have plainly shown us what
they are, and what in virtue of their
scholastic achievements they can &C.
complish in the Sacred Cause of Edu.
cation here in Algiers.
The Schools are under the able
direction of the Sisters of Holy Cross.
The Superioress is Sister Mary of ST.
Antonine. The only changes in the
faculty were Sisters Mary Eusebia and
Vlctorine, who have received higher
appointments. The former has been
named Superioress of st. Basirs
Academy. Plaquemine, and the latter
mas been appointed to teach Fourth
Year High in the same Institution.
Their places have been taken bv
Sisters Mary Cecilia and Enda. Sister
Cecilia comes to us after eighteen
years of teaching in the Grammar
and High Schools of New York Civ
Sister Enda has been teaching in the
Parochial Schools of New Orleans for
the past twelve years.
Besides the Grade School the Sis.
tiers conduct Commercial and High
School Departments. Since 1916 the
High School has been consolidated
with the Commercial
The boys and girls who wish to
enter the Commercial Department
must have successfully completed
the Eighth Grade The Commercial
Course may be completed in one year,
but the Faculty has found it has
proved more advantageous to pupils
who have only completed the Eighth
Grade to take the Two Years. course.
The Commercial Course has been re-
vised for the coming session: It in.
cludes Commercial Law, Shorthand. |
Typewriting. Spelling, English, Liter.
ature and Rhetoric, Commercial
Arithmetic, Bookkeeping, History and
Business Writing.
Private lessons are given in Short
hand. Typewriting. Music, Drawing.
For further information regarding the
above studies Sister Superioress can
be seen by appointment at the Con-
vent. SOP Olivier Street; or Phone
Algiers II.
By "An Old Pupil"
BAPTISIMS.
Milton Joseph, son of Joseph Adam
1laison and Leah Dupuy of 512 Bouny
street. Sponsors: Joseph Forester
md Cordelia Dupuy.
Rose Mary Clare, daughter of VIM.
:. Guidry and Mildred Walters of 1926
reche street. Sponsors: Joseph Wal
ers and R. Guidry.
Erwin Joseph, son of Charles H.
iuillott and Catherine Haag of s26
'acific Avenue. Sponsors: ]. A. Gull.
oft and Nesbit Haag.