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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1909)
TOE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 21, 1909. CLOSES 50TH YEAR Bt. Mary's Academy to Ob serve Anniversary. HOW SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED Twelve Sisters of Holy Xamcs Braved Hardships of Pioneer Days to Establish Insti tution In Portland. In mid-June. 1909. the Slaters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, the pioneer Catholic sisterhood of the Northwest, will celebrate the 50th an olversary of their arrival in Portland At the solicitation of Most Rev.F. N Blanchet. D. .. first archbishop of Oregon. II sisters of the above-nam order, from Montreal. Canada, under took the establishment of a school in Portland. These 12 sisters were young talented; soma were of Canadian par entage, others were of Irish ancestry, but ail were brave In heart, and while all were free to accept or reject the appointment of their superiors to t-.e distant field of labor on the Pacifi Coast, no one hesitated. The 12 sis ters of the Holy Names for Pcc-tland two sisters of Providence for van couver, Wash., two sisters of St. Anne for Victoria, B. C, led by Archbishop Blanchet, left Montreal September 16 1859. They sailed from New York by way of the Isthmus of Panama and ar rived at Portland October 21, 1859. Before his departure for Montreal Archbishop Blanchet had purchased the unfinished house built by Dnr.icl H. Lownsdale on the southwestern bor der of the frontier town. The house. untenanted for some time, aerved as a refuge for town vagrants. The first sight of the wretched condition of their future home would have discouraged the stoutest heart. Though completely exhausted from a long sea Journey, the sisters forgot all desire of physloal comforts in their efforts to make the house habitable. "The large store" of Portland In 1859, whose proprietors were the Hirsch Bros., furnished the sisters with their first meager bill of merchandise, end that on credit, for the monetary resources of the community did not ex ceed a few dollars. Their poverty forced them to be content with the rude floor for thein bed and carpetbags for their pillows. The six blankets purchased (luring the afternoon, in ome unaccountable manner, responded to the needs of 13. It was not until the beginning of December that these conditions were ameliorated. In later days these courageous sisters often told of the keen relish -'lth which they partook of their humbla fare of dry bread and of the Joyful spirit mat reigned among the little band. The main building of the Lownsdale House was of two stories, with a wing 17x17 on either side. The wintry rains came unbidden through the roof and the cold December winds found an equally easy access through clefts in the walls. Archbishop Blanchet. mm aelf. lived like the poorest of the poor and could give nothing more acceptable than his genuine sympathy, and tnis was never wanting. On November . 1859, the sisters opened a school for girls. The first day showed an enrollment of six pu pils, of which number three vera of the Catholic faith, one of the Episcopalian rreed. and two were of the Jewish. On November 16, the sisters welcomed a little orphan girl aged 7 years, their first boarding pupil. The first piano, purchased In New York in September. Journeyed around Cape Horn. In Feb ruary Its arrival was a heartily wel comed by the students as by the sis ters. Piano lessons were at once in augurated in the school. Lessons in drawing, painting, and needle-work were features of the curriculum. Tho duties of teaching and the care of a boarding-school would have seemed a task onerous enough for 12 sisters. Before a year had elapsed, multiplied duties came. The mission of the Sister of Charity, then an un filled one, was supplied by the Sisters of the Holy Name; almost daily they were called upon to visit the sick, sometimes providing them with both food and clothing. It was not an un usual occurance for a sister who had spent her day In the class-room, to keep vigil throughout the night by tha bed of suffering. Homeless children were brought to the school for gratu itous keeping. The unemployed woman claimed the protection and assistance of the nuns. The wretched parent In whose heart there was but a flicker ing ray of mother-love, turned her thoughts to the little convent doorstep as a place of safety for her rejected Infant. Every form of suffering hu manity hoped to find In the Catholic sisterhood relief, comfort, and protec tion, and the records of those early years prove that their trust was not unrounded. In December. 1R59, the sisters of St. Mary's Academy opened a school for little boys, which existed until 1872. 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OC''Jfr You cannot invest a dollar in Portland, anywhere, that will OEaVll J- not work for you and make you a handsome profit. It is also a fact that GREGORY HEIGHTS is the most reasonably priced real estate in the city. It is also true that you cannot buy a lot in the city for so little money as $100 and upon such easy terms as $5.00 down and $2.50 per month. You can do so in GREG ORY HEIGHTS. You will scold yourself until the crack of doom if you do not take our advice and get in on the ground .floor. HEIGHTS TODAY RESULTS GREGORY Will Show You the Property and Help You Pick Out a Fine Lot for Your Home. INVESTMENT COMPANY The homeless man, with a wife and children, perhaps, depending utfon him. ubo owns not his own home. Is not living up to the full measure of tho responsibility that civilisation Imposes upon Li hi. This Is especially true when property and a home can be secured at such prices and upon such terms as GREGORY 13 EIGHTS offers. Turn over a new leaf, Mr. "Wage-Earner, and take the streetcar Sunday that bears these signs! liEAST ANKENYI7 days, spent under the protecting care of the Sisters of the Holy Names. The little orphan girls. In the early days. were domiciled with the boarding; pu pils; among: the latter were daughters of prominent early pioneer families of the state. It may have proved a dis cipline for these refined young: girls to aid their teachers In caring; for the homeless girls, but the close sympathy thus developed between sisters and pu pils grew Into a loyalty which can nev er be surpassed among- later genera tion of students. - "As loyal as pioneer Btudents," is the Ideal often held up before Bt. Mary's 20th century glrL - The hall now standing at the corner of Fifth and Mill streets was primary lly built for a boys' orphanage. The opening- of St. Michael's College In 1872 materially altered the demand for such an Institution and the orphan g-irls were subsequently transferred to it. 32 Divorces in Five Hours. NEW YORK, Feb. 3ft. All within the space of Ave hours, 32 absolute divorces were granted by Justice Thomas In Brooklyn yesterday. The record case was disposed of in three minute. This renks all Brooklyn divorce records. The dispatch In which the legal machinery moved is attributable to the fact that none of the cases was defended. Society News of Past Week Continued From Page 6. gagement of her youngest daughter, Isa bel Frances, to Milton B. Chiiders, the marriage to take place Tuesday evening, February 23, at St. Mark's Church, Nine teenth and Quimby streets. . The wedding; of Miss Cecil Gore, of Vancouver, B. C, to J. A. W. Gar diner, of Portland, will take place in Portland, Thursday evening, February 25. Irving-ton Tennis Clubhouse for danc ing or social parties. Apply to Mr. Rowe, Lumbermen's National Bank. COMIXG EVKXTS. The Sunday "at home" at the Y. W. C. A., Seventh and Taylor, offers a full programme. At 4 o'clock Mrs. II. H. At kinson, Just returned from Turkey, where her husband is a physician, will give a talk on "Experiences in a Strange Land." Miss Atkinson has the power of bringing vividly before her hearers the life in Turkey from a woman's point of view. At 4 M there will be a musical pro- PIONEER SCHOOL FOE GIRLS WILL CELEBRATE ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 7PT -" 4fz J V v i. ' K r Af v. 1 1 T. MARV'8 Af ADKMV, AS IT APPEARKD 1ST GARLY DAYS. gramme. Among the numbers are a so prano solo, "Awake My Soul" (Wiegand), Miss Carrie Seal: contralto solo. "Alone With God" (Bailey), Mrs. L. Hammond; duet. Miss Bva Wells and Mrs. Buck man. The chief address of the afternoon will be by Rev. Daniel T. Thomas, "Re ligion in the Home." A social half hour. when a light supper will be served, will close the "at home" to which all girls are invited. The Columbian Choral Society will give a programme at the Y. W. C. A. audi torium "Wednesday evening, March 3, for the benefit of the T. W C. A. furnishing fund. The club is composed of the fol lowing members: Catherine Covach, di rector; tenors, J. S. Shields, Scott Kent, James Banuon; sopranos, Catherine Covach, Eva Wells, Ada Larsen: con traltos, Rose Frledle, Mrs. J. S. Monte, Mrs. L. Hammond; bassos. Joseph Tau scher, Gustav Cramer, Benjamin Winne Bxan. Mis Mabel Fraley, accompanist. A reception to the Rev. Henry Rus sell Talbot, the' new rector of St. David's Episcopal Church, will be given Tuesday evening at the residence of Dr. S. EL Joseph!. An excellent programme has been arranged, as follows: Vocal solos. D. B. Mackie, Miss Clara Howell and Miss Lillian Gardner; violin solo, Miss Regina Shea; piano solos. Miss Claire Oakes, Miss Mabel Warren and Miss Gra ham. An Invitation la extended to the friends of St. David's. The U. C. T. Social Club has been or ganized in the membership of Oregon Council No. U, United Commercial Trav elers, and the first of a series of parties Will be an informal card and dancing party at Women of Woodcraft Hall, Tenth and Salmon streets, on Friday evening. February 26. Any stranger U. C. T. boys who may be in the city at that time will be welcome. The parish of St. David's will hold a reception to welcome Rev. Henry Russell Talbot, its new rector, on . Tuesday evening, at the residence of the senior warden. Dr. S. E. Josephi, East Twelfth and East Morrison streets. All those Interested in St. David's are cordially invited. The reception wil be under the management of the women's guild. . Tomorrow, from S to B o'clock, the ladies of the Aid and Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian church will give their annual colonial tea at the residence of Mrs. A. G. Klosterman, 20s Twenty-fourth street, corner Kearney. All the ladies of the church and congre gation axe cordially invited to attend. Miss Leota Siegner. an elocution teacher, and her pupils will give a recital at the Seaman's Friend Insti tute. Friday evening, February 26. She will be assisted by the musical depart ment of the Woman's Club. Ine solo ists are Mrs. Dhuria, Mrs. Price, Mrs. Branch and Miss Harwes. Mr. and Mrs. L. Krause will receive their friends todajr from Ho t F. U at their home, 325 Thirteenth street. In honor of the confirmation of their son, William. The Sewing Society of the Lincoln-Garfield Relief Corps will meet with Mrs. Williams, 290 Sellwood street, Tuesday, February 23. Mrs. L. C. Bailey will entertain the ladies of the Portland Heights Club on Tuesday afternoon. SOCIETY PERSONALS. Mrs. W. F. Osburn, of Eugene, Is vis iting in the city. J. A. Higgin8 left on Tuesday for a month's trip East. Mrs. C. Lewis Mead is among the many Portlanders visiting in Southern Califor nia. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Roberts left on Wednesday for a tour of Southern Cali fornia. Mrs. E. J. Oliver, of 157 Tenth street, now in New York, is expected home about the flret week In March. Mrs. H. F. Gibson, of Seattle, spent several daj-s last week as the guest of her mother, Mrs. R. P. Earhart. Mrs. P. B. KInsey left Saturday night for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. B. C. Towns, of Burlingame, Cal. Mrs. George Gerald Root, accompanied by her father, J. T. Cromwell, and her little daughters, Geraldine and Edna May, will leave the latter part of the week to spend several months In Los Angeles, Cal. Alonzo F. Burke, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Burke, who recently underwent a severe operation, is convalescing rapidly. Mrs. F. H. Alllston, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. H. F. Gibson, of Seattle, re turned Friday from a three-months trip to Southern California. Mrs. R. E. Bonduiant, with her daugh ter, Margaret Pauline, have returned home after a visit with Mrs. Bondurant's sister, Mrs. W. F. Osburn. Air. and Mrs. A. Cotetonage and daugh ter Mary have left for San Francisco, to be present at the marriace of their son Samuel to Miss Sarah Peters, of San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ellison, with their little son Earl, have left for San Fran risco to attend the wedding of Mrs. Ellison's brother, Samuel Constonage, to Miss Sarah Peters. Among the rassengers of the Mon golia, leaving San Francisco February 16 for Yokohama, was Fred Zimmerman, of Portland, who will spend the year in India, Egypt and Europe. Guests from Portland attending the an niversary party of Mr. and Mrs. j. T. Pomeroy. of Salem, were: Mrs. C Cor nelius, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cornelius and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kirts. Mr. snd Mrs. Julius Durkheimer and son Sylvan left last night for an extended European trip, going via Ban Francisco and the Gulf States. They will tour America two. months before- crossing tha Atlantic. Miss Celia Chernis, accompanied by her mother, left Saturday for Corvallis, Or., to be gone 10 days. She will attend the "Prom." given by the Oregon Agricul tural College, at which her brother Jo seph is a student. Miss Helen Watt, of Medford, Or., who is attending St. Helen's Hall, Is tho guest of Mrs. It. P. Graham over Mon day vacation at the Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Graham recently returned from a month's sojourn In California. Thomas E. Armstcad, wife and two daughters, leave Portland early this week for Vancouver, where they take passage on the Canadian Pacific steamship sailing February 26 for Honolulu. They will bo away from the city for four months. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Katzky nave moved to Lents and will be nt home to their friends at tlielr residence. 129 Thirty-second avenue, corner Marie, the first Sunday of the month. Mr. Otto Katzky, of Wadena, Minn., la their guest. John Itedondo Sutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sutton, of this city. Is spend ing a short vacation with his mother in Washington, D. "'. 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